October 30, 2011
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Santa Maria del Popolo – notable Augustinian church in Rome | Italy Updated: October 30, 2020 | By Claire | More On the edge of a Roman Piazza del Popolo you can find a Renaissance church of Santa Maria del Popolo. The square and the church was named after the parish, which stood here in […]
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Categories: Italy, Sights, Virtual Travel
October 29, 2011
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Castillo de la Mota is one of the most beautiful medieval fortresses in Spain — a magnificent 15th-century castle in the town of Medina del Campo, Valladolid province, Castile and León, built from the region’s distinctive red brick in the Mudéjar style and considered one of the finest examples of military architecture in the Kingdom […]
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Categories: Sights, Spain
October 25, 2011
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St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk (Bazylika Mariacka) is the largest brick Gothic church in the world — a colossal 14th–15th-century basilica in the heart of Poland’s most beautiful Baltic city whose soaring nave, 78-metre tower, and capacity of 25,000 worshippers make it one of the most awe-inspiring religious buildings in northern Europe. Built over 159 […]
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October 24, 2011
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Foro Romano – one of the most important archaeological sites in the world | Italy Updated: July 17, 2020 | By Claire | More The heart of ancient Rome is formed by its oldest part – the Roman Forum (Foro Romano in Italian or Forum Romanum in Latin). Here you can find many important buildings […]
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October 23, 2011
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Guimarães – oldest and one of the most important historical cities of Portugal Updated: October 23, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More The city of Guimarães lies at the north-western part of Portugal in the province of Minho. It is considered the cradle of the Portuguese nation. Right here was born the first Portuguese […]
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October 22, 2011
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Seville Cathedral – the largest cathedral in Spain and 3rd largest in the world Updated: October 21, 2020 | By Claire | More Seville Cathedral, known also as The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See (Catedral de Santa María de la Sede) was built on the site of the Grand Mosque, but its architect […]
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October 21, 2011
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Cologne Cathedral – one of the best-known architectural monuments in Germany Updated: October 27, 2020 | By Claire | More Close to the left bank of the River Rhine rises a massive construction of Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom). It is a Gothic cathedral built in the French style. It is a symbol of the city […]
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October 19, 2011
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Bran Castle is one of the most famous castles in the world — the legendary “Dracula’s Castle” perched on a rocky outcrop at the entrance to the Bran Pass in Transylvania, Romania, whose dramatic turreted silhouette, secret passages, and association with Vlad the Impaler (the 15th-century Wallachian prince who inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula) draw over […]
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October 17, 2011
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Frankenstein Castle – the monster’s home | Germany Updated: October 27, 2020 | By Claire | More The ruins of a medieval Castle of Frankenstein are located at 370 m high rocky outcropping in the German state of Hesse, about 5 km south of Darmstadt. The castle probably inspired the writer Mary Shelley to write […]
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October 15, 2011
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Open Air Museum Petronell-Carnuntum – Roman world in Austria Updated: October 13, 2020 | By Claire | More Just a few kilometers from the Czech borders, about 20 km west of the Slovakian capital Bratislava, on the way to Vienna, lies the small towns Petronell and Bad Deutsch-Altenburg. There was, in the times of the […]
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