Amiens – beautiful city in France and the birthplace of Jules Verne

March 26, 2011 by europeexplored No Comments

Amiens – beautiful city in France and the birthplace of Jules Verne Updated: June 18, 2020 | By Claire | More In northern France, in the Somme River valley lies one beautiful town of Amiens. It is located in the French region of Picardie and has about 135,000 inhabitants. Its history dates far back. It […]

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Categories: France, Sights

Monte Vesuvio – destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in Italy

October 10, 2010 by europeexplored No Comments

Mount Vesuvius (Monte Vesuvio) is the most famous volcano in the world — the brooding 1,281-metre giant looming over the Bay of Naples whose catastrophic eruption in AD 79 buried the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in metres of ash and pumice, preserving them in extraordinary detail for nearly two millennia and creating one […]

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Categories: Italy, Nature