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Scillato – a good starting point for interesting trips in Sicily | Italy

Scillato – a good starting point for interesting trips in Sicily | Italy

About 40 km from the northern coast of Sicily is a small inland town Scillato. It is situated directly next to the highway, after which you can get to the capital Palermo in the north or to the town of Enna in the south. Scillato is a good starting point for interesting trips to nearby […]

Updated: December 22, 2020 | By | More

Edinburgh Castle – one of the most visited places in Scotland | United Kingdom

Edinburgh Castle – one of the most visited places in Scotland | United Kingdom

Edinburgh Castle, which is built on an extinct volcano, dominates the Scottish capital. The history of the castle is closely linked to the city of Edinburgh. Today it is a major tourist attraction and one of the most visited places in Scotland. The castle complex consists of a group of objects originating from the 12th […]

Updated: August 5, 2020 | By | More

Muiden Castle – the most visited castle in the Netherlands

Muiden Castle – the most visited castle in the Netherlands

Muiden Castle (Muiderslot) is the most visited castle in the Netherlands. It is located near the capital city of Amsterdam. The first castle on this place was built around the year of 1280 by Count Floris to secure the mouth of the river Vecht. In 1296 the Count was kidnapped, held captive and later killed, […]

Updated: July 8, 2020 | By | More

Tower of London – Royal Palace, fortress, prison, place of execution, arsenal, Royal Mint, Royal Zoo and jewel house | United Kingdom

Tower of London – Royal Palace, fortress, prison, place of execution, arsenal, Royal Mint, Royal Zoo and jewel house | United Kingdom

There are four World Heritage Sites that are among the leading sights of London, and of those the Tower of London provides arguably the most fascination for tourists. It is a historic castle on the bank of the Thames, founded in 1066 as part of the Norman Conquest, and one of the most popular tourist […]

Updated: June 10, 2020 | By | More

Grazzano Visconti – neo-Gothic landmark with a unique atmosphere in Italy

Grazzano Visconti – neo-Gothic landmark with a unique atmosphere in Italy

Grazzano Visconti Castle is a fortress located in the province of Piacenza in the town of Vigolzone. The castle has four towers (in each corner), two of them are cylindrical and two squares. It was built in 1395, probably on an existing structure, by Giovanni Anguissola to reside with his wife Beatrice Visconti, sister of […]

Updated: May 23, 2020 | By | More

Portoferraio – the largest and capital city of the Italian island of Elba

Portoferraio – the largest and capital city of the Italian island of Elba

Portoferraio is the largest and capital city of the Italian island of Elba. It lies on the northern coast of the island, about 25km from the mainland. In 2010 it has about 12,000 inhabitants. There is a large port and many monuments from the 16th century. The old port was already used by Etruscans. At […]

Updated: May 20, 2020 | By | More

Hohensalzburg Castle – one of the largest medieval castles in Europe | Austria

Hohensalzburg Castle – one of the largest medieval castles in Europe | Austria

Hohensalzburg Castle, landmark of the Mozart city – Salzburg, is the largest and also very well preserved castle in Central Europe. Hohensalzburg Castle was built as a fortress in 1077 by Archbishop Gebhard von Helfenstein. Archbishop Leonhard von Keutschach (1495 – 1519) extended the fortress, and gave it the present form. In the long history […]

Updated: May 15, 2020 | By | More


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