Open Air Museum Petronell-Carnuntum – Roman world in Austria

October 15, 2011 by europeexplored No Comments

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 […]

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Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome – one of the four papal basilicas | Italy

July 31, 2011 by europeexplored No Comments

Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome – one of the four papal basilicas | Italy Updated: August 15, 2020 | By Claire | More Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome was founded in the year 420 on the site, that was addressed to some superior force. In the summer of 358 the snow […]

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Aqueduct of Segovia – one of the oldest bridges in the world | Spain

February 25, 2011 by europeexplored No Comments

The Aqueduct of Segovia is one of the greatest surviving monuments of Roman engineering — a colossal double-tiered arcade of 167 granite arches soaring 28 metres above the Plaza del Azoguejo in the heart of the Spanish city of Segovia, constructed without a single drop of mortar nearly 2,000 years ago and still standing in […]

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