January 18, 2012
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Daugavpils – second largest city in Latvia Updated: January 18, 2020 | By Claire | More Daugavpils is the second largest city of Latvia, and also the metropolis of the south-eastern part of country, situated near the border with Lithuania and Belarus. It was founded in 1275, when was built a Dünaburg castle here at […]
Tags: boris-and-gleb, camp-stalag, city, concentration-camp, dominant-feature, fortification, gilded-dome, historic-architecture, latvia, modern-buildings, mother-river, museum-of-regional-history, napoleonic-wars, orthodox-cathedral, river-daugava, russian-style, soviet-architecture, sports-complex, stone-lions, straight-streets, world-war-ii
Categories: Latvia, Sights
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 […]
Tags: 4th-century, amber-road, amph, archaeological-park, austria, bad-deutsch-altenburg, constantine-ii, emperor-augustus, emperor-constantine, emperor-marcus-aurelius, fortification, hungarians, museum, pannonia, public-baths, reconstructed-buildings, roman-buildings, roman-empire, roman-troops, slovakian-capital, western-edge
Categories: Austria, Sights
May 8, 2011
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Carisbrooke Castle – the place where King Charles I was imprisoned | United Kingdom Updated: June 10, 2020 | By Claire | More Carisbrooke Castle is situated on the outskirts of Newport, Isle of Wight in England. Castle, which history is more than a thousand years old, offers an unforgettable experience in the form of […]
Tags: 11th-century, archaeological-finds, carisbrooke-castle, castle, castle-grounds, castle-houses, charles-i, colorful-garden, constant-fear, countess-isabella, edward-i, england-castle, fortification, king-charles-i, medieval-artifacts, newport-isle-of-wight, normans, princess-beatrice, queen-victoria, roman-style, united-kingdom, youngest-daughter
Categories: Sights, United Kingdom, Virtual Travel
April 17, 2011
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The town of Telč – well-preserved Renaissance and Baroque houses in the Czech Republic Updated: May 16, 2020 | By Claire | More The territory of Telč was, according to archaeological excavations, inhabited already from ancient times. Exact time when the settlement was founded is not clear. Local legend says that it happened after the […]
Tags: archaeological-excavations, architectural-styles, baroque, baroque-style, bohemia, castle-church, city, city-gates, czech-republic, exact-time, fortification, frescoes, gothic, gothic-style, gradual-evolution, jesuit-college, karel-iv, legend-says-that, margrave, medieval-walls, otto-ii, pointed-arches, renaissance, telc, town, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list
Categories: Czech Republic, Sights
January 17, 2011
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Kutná Hora – historic town in Czech Republic Updated: May 16, 2020 | By Claire | More Kutna Hora is a historic town in the Czech Republic, located in the Central Region, east of Prague. Town of Kutna Hora was founded in the late 13th century by German miners who began to mine for silver […]
Tags: 13th-century, baroque-architecture, cathedral-of-our-lady, cistercian-monastery, city, czech-republic, fortification, german-miners, gothic-church, historic-town, italian-court, jesuit-college, kutna-hora, middle-ages, pany, patron-saint, st-james, town, underground-city, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list, ursuline-convent
Categories: Czech Republic, Sights
November 1, 2010
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Valletta – lots of historical sights in the capital city of Malta Updated: April 2, 2020 | By Claire | More Valletta is the capital city of Malta with suburb of Floriana, situated between two magnificent natural harbors – Marsamxett Harbour and Grand Harbour. From all sides, it is protected by the strong walls, that […]
Tags: bay-windows, beautiful-bay, capital-city, cinema-theater, city, defending-the-island, floriana, fortification, government-ministry, historical-monuments, historical-sights, history-lovers, jean-parisot, la-valette, malta, military-museum, national-war, natural-harbors, ottoman-invasion, representative-buildings, second-world-war, sightseeing, st-elmo, town, valletta, war-museum
Categories: Malta, Sights
