October 25, 2011
by europeexplored
St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk – the largest Brick Gothic church in the world | Poland Updated: October 25, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More One of the greatest landmarks of the Polish city of Gdansk is certainly a medieval brick church of the Virgin Mary. This church of red bricks (indeed almost all […]
Tags: architect, baroque-furniture, brick-church, bricks, cathedral, church, churches, gdansk, gothic-church, guidance, hetzel, landmarks, memorial-plaques, monuments, nave, perimeter, poland, polish-city, protestants, reconstruction, sight, st-marys-church-in-gdansk, virgin-mary, world-record, world-war-ii
Categories: Poland, Sights
July 8, 2011
by europeexplored
Muiden Castle – the most visited castle in the Netherlands Updated: July 8, 2020 | By Claire | More 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 […]
Tags: 17th-century, 19th-century, building-material, castle, city-of-amsterdam, count-floris, demolition, disrepair, duke-albrecht, dutch-writer, fortress, inadequate-treatment, inhabitant, king-willem, most-visited-castle-in-the-netherlands, muiden-castle, muiderslot, netherlands, new-castle, pieter-corneliszoon-hooft, reconstruction, river-vecht
Categories: Netherlands, Sights
June 6, 2011
by europeexplored
Trulli di Alberobello – strange houses in Italy Updated: June 6, 2020 | By Claire | More In the south of Italy, in the tourist undiscovered area – Puglia, you can find thousands of wonderful houses. At first glance they resemble the seat of fairy elves or Tolkien’s hobbits, they are called Trulli. The majority […]
Tags: alberobello, conservationists, countryside, elves, fairy-houses, first-glance, guesthouses, holidays, houses-in-italy, italy, pubs, puglia, reconstruction, south-of-italy, stone-structures, tolkien, tourists, trulli-di-alberobello, trulli-houses, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site
Categories: Italy, Sights, Virtual Travel
March 4, 2011
by europeexplored
The Stone Bridge in Písek is the oldest surviving bridge in Central Europe — a magnificent 13th-century Gothic structure spanning the Otava River in southern Bohemia, predating Prague’s famous Charles Bridge by nearly a century. Built around 1270 under King Ottokar II of Bohemia, this 111-metre bridge of seven arches has survived floods, wars, and […]
Tags: 13th-century, 18th-century, bohemian, central-europe, charles-bridge, czech-republic, disastrous-flood, gothic-bridge, granite-blocks, monuments, old-bridge, oldest-bridge, oldest-bridge-in-central-europe, otava, pillars, pisek, reconstruction, sculptures, segment, seven-arches, statues, stone-bridge
Categories: Czech Republic, Sights
September 28, 2010
by europeexplored
Gravensteen Castle — the “Castle of the Counts” — is one of Europe’s most formidable and well-preserved medieval fortresses, a brooding grey-stone giant rising from the heart of Ghent in Belgium with castle walls, turrets, and a central keep so intact you can almost hear the clanking armour in its halls. Built in 1180 by […]
Tags: 12th-century, 14th-century, alsace, belgium, castle, city-of-ghent, disrepair, flanders, gravensteen, gravensteen-castle, north-west-side, reconstruction, renovation-project, tourists, wooden-castle
Categories: Belgium, Sights
May 24, 2010
by europeexplored
Bojnice fairytale castle – one of the most popular castles in Slovakia Updated: February 19, 2020 | By Claire | More Bojnice Castle is not just one of the most popular castles in all of Slovakia, it is also one of the most infamous castles in the world due to the fact that it has […]
Tags: 12th-century, 19th-century, bojnice, bojnice-castle, castle, castles, centuries, heirs, hungary, illegitimate-son, inspiration, king-ladislaus, king-matthias, palffy, picturesque-castle, private-owner, reconstruction, reincarnation, slovakia, storybooks
Categories: Sights, Slovakia