May 31, 2011
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Tindari – the Greek-Roman archaeological site | Sicily, Italy Updated: April 23, 2020 | By Claire | More Tindari is a small coastal town situated on a rocky hill (Capo Tindari) and contains the remnants of an ancient Greek site Tyndaris from 396 BC. Thanks to its strategic location, the city could easily control and […]
Tags: aeolian-islands, ancient-cities, black-madonna, byzantine-times, capo-tindari, carthaginians, city, defensive-walls, dionysus, double-walls, greek-roman-archaeological-site, greek-theater, italy, madonna-nera, oliveri, period-of-decline, place-where-people, religious-purposes, roman-ceramics, roman-houses, sicily, spa-area, stone-blocks, strategic-location, tindari, town
Categories: Italy, Sights
October 20, 2010
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Bunratty Castle and Folk Park – one of the best attractions of Ireland Updated: April 2, 2020 | By Claire | 2 Replies More Bunratty Castle with Folk Park is located about 15km west of Limerick on the place, which was once the island on the north bank of the River Shannon. It’s a very […]
Tags: 19th-century, bunratty, bunratty-castle, castle, century-village, citadel, city, folk-park, ireland, limerick, macnamara-family, medieval-banquets, medieval-feast, normans, one-of-the-best-attractions-of-ireland, paintings, park, post-office, river-shannon, sculptures, several-times, singers, strategic-location, tapestries, typical-village, vikings, village-buildings
Categories: Ireland, Sights
May 5, 2010
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Penyal D’ifac – the smallest protected area in Europe | Spain Updated: December 28, 2020 | By Claire | More Peñón de Ifach is a rock formation and protected Natural Park situated above the bay of Calpe, in Valencia region. It is also a symbol of this seaside town and also of the whole Costa […]
Tags: bird-species, calpe, costa-blanca, earlier-times, endemic-species, magnificent-views, mediterranean, mediterranean-coast, nature, nature-reserve, nice-weather, penon-de-ifach, penyal-difac, protected-area, rock-formation, sea-gulls, seaside-town, spain, square-kilometers, strategic-location, surroundings, valencia, valencia-region, visual-attraction, watchtower
Categories: Nature, Spain
April 30, 2010
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Košice – the most beautiful city in Slovakia and European Capital of Culture in 2013 Updated: September 5, 2020 | By Claire | More Košice is the most beautiful city in Slovakia, a metropolis of Eastern Slovakia and the second largest city in Slovakia. Together with the French city of Marseille, it is an European […]
Tags: aristocratic-palaces, beautiful-city, boutiques, bratislava, catholic-churches, city, city-emblem, city-photo, coat-of-arms, constitutional-court, dioceses, eastern-europe, eastern-slovakia, faculty-of-medicine, french-city, gothic-cathedral, kosice, law-science, living-in-the-city, marathon, marseille-france, medicine-law, medieval-history, most-beautiful-cities-in-slovakia, most-beautiful-city-in-slovakia, museums-galleries, oldest-marathon-in-europe, pedestrian-zone, railway-connections, renaissance, secession, slovak-ore-mountains, slovak-republic, slovak-towns, slovakia, southern-europe, st-elisabeth, steel-mill, strategic-location, transport-routes, university-of-veterinary-medicine, urban-reserve, vibrant-city
Categories: Sights, Slovakia
