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 […]
Dartmoor National Park – one of the most renowned picnic places in England | United Kingdom Updated: October 10, 2020 | By Claire | 2 Replies More Dartmoor National Park is a rough landscape of heaths, bogs and granite rocks, located in the county of Devon in southwest England. Granite plane covers an area of […]
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Montserrat – the most sacred place of Catalonia | Spain Updated: August 16, 2020 | By Claire | More Each country has its landmarks, which are well-known to all the members of the nation and often seen as a kind of a national symbol. In Catholic Spain, respectively, in the Catalan part, the name of […]
Hohensalzburg Fortress (Festung Hohensalzburg) is one of the largest and best-preserved medieval castles in Europe — a colossal white-walled fortress perched 506 metres above the Baroque city of Salzburg on the Mönchsberg hill, whose massive fortifications, towers, and battlements have dominated the city skyline for over 900 years without ever being conquered by enemy forces. […]
Malbork Castle – the largest brick Gothic castle in the world | Poland Updated: September 2, 2020 | By Claire | More Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork or simply Malbork Castle is the largest Gothic building in the world and the largest brick building in the world. It is located in Poland in the town […]
