Siccar Point is a rocky promontory on the coast of Berwickshire in southeast Scotland, and it is the most important geological site in the history of science. It was here, in 1788, that James Hutton, the father of modern geology, found the evidence that proved the Earth was far older than the 6,000 years that […]
Categories: Nature, United Kingdom
Český Šternberk Castle is one of the best-preserved Gothic castles in the Czech Republic, a magnificent 13th-century fortress dramatically perched on a rocky promontory above the Sázava River in central Bohemia, which has been continuously owned and inhabited by the same noble family (the Šternberks) for over 760 years, one of the longest continuous family […]
Categories: Czech Republic, Sights, Sights
