September 13, 2010
by europeexplored
Volterra – alabaster work since Etruscan times | Tuscany, Italy Updated: March 23, 2020 | By Claire | More Tuscan city of Volterra is situated on a plateau at an altitude of 530 metres in a mountainous area between the valleys of Valle di Cecina and Era. Due to its location there are breathtaking views […]
Tags: alabaster, alabaster-work-since-etruscan-times, arco-etrusco, city, city-gates, city-of-alabaster, descent-from-the-cross, domenico-ghirlandaio, etruscan-art, etruscans, historical-monuments, italian-artists, italy, medieval-stone, mountainous-area, museo-etrusco, museo-etrusco-guarnacci, piazza-san-giovanni, romanesque-style, signorelli, town, tuscany, unspoilt-nature, volterra
Categories: Italy, Sights
September 10, 2010
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Trakai is one of the most enchanting destinations in the Baltic states — a historic town 28 kilometres west of Vilnius, home to the breathtaking Trakai Island Castle, a red-brick Gothic fortress floating on Lake Galvė that is the only castle in Eastern Europe built on an island. Once the medieval capital of the Grand […]
Tags: ancient-capital, aukstadvaris-regional-park, authentic-nature, capital-city, capital-of-lithuania, city, europe, island-castle, landscapes, lithuania, lithuania-vilnius, medieval-castles, regional-park, statehood, tourist-destination, town, trakai, trakai-historical-national-park
Categories: Lithuania, Nature
September 8, 2010
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Vatican City State – Christian capital city Updated: December 24, 2020 | By Claire | More It was back in 1929 when the Vatican City was first established within the city of Rome. The walled city which is also known as the Holy See only consists of 44 hectares but is none the less a […]
Tags: basilica, capital-city-of-italy, christian-capital-city, citta-del-vaticano, city, cleavage, dress-code, hats, italy, knees, map, navel, pope, profanity, rome, sistine-chapel, sovereign-city, st-peter, state, town, vatican, vatican-city-state, vatican-library, vatican-museums
Categories: Italy, Sights
September 8, 2010
by europeexplored
Arezzo is one of Tuscany’s most elegant and underrated cities — a treasure trove of Etruscan, Roman, and Renaissance history best known for its world-famous monthly antiques fair that transforms the entire historic centre into a collector’s paradise. While tourists flock to Florence and Siena, Arezzo offers the same medieval grandeur without the crushing crowds. […]
Tags: antiques-fair, antiques-market, arezzo, artefacts, attendance, city, costumes, exhibitors, fair, fiera, history-view, italy, map, panorama, piazza-san-francesco, town, traditions, unique-antiques, vasari
Categories: Italy, Sights
September 6, 2010
by europeexplored
Oia (pronounced “EE-ah”) is the most photographed village in Greece — the iconic cascade of whitewashed Cycladic houses, blue-domed churches, and pastel-coloured neoclassical captains’ mansions clinging to the northern cliffs of Santorini that produces the single most recognisable image of the Greek islands, reproduced on a million postcards, Instagram feeds, and travel magazine covers. Perched […]
Tags: aegean-sea, beautiful-sunsets, beautiful-views, city, devastating-earthquake, docks, europe, favorite-places, fishing, greece, greek-houses, island, map, oia-village, prosperous-town, renovation, santorini, santorini-island-greece, sun-lovers, sunset, thira, thiru, tourist-destinations, tourists, town, traditional-buildings, village
Categories: Greece, Nature, Sights
August 26, 2010
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Modena – the capital of engines, Italy Updated: December 26, 2020 | By Claire | More The city of Modena can be found in the southern end of the Po River valley. While the history of the town goes back to the prehistoric era, it is mostly known as the home of the finest Italian […]
Tags: 360-modena, accademia-militare, archeological-finds, biblioteca-estense, capital-of-engines, car-makers, city, corporate-headquarters, ducal-palace, duomo-modena, enzo-ferrari, etruscans, exotic-sports-cars, ferrari-360, ferrari-360-modena, ferrari-motor, francesco-ii, gabriele-amorth, invasion-of-italy, italian-service, italian-sports-car, italian-sports-cars, italy, luciano-pavarotti, medicine-and-law, military-academy, military-museum, military-stronghold, modena, modena-italy, nearby-university, operatic-tenor, pagani, palazzo-comunale, piazza-grande, po-river, queen-consort, rock-singer, tenor-luciano, top-sports, town, traditional-strengths, vasco-rossi, villanovans
Categories: Italy, Sights
August 23, 2010
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Jindřichův Hradec is one of the Czech Republic’s most enchanting small towns — a harmonious blend of Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque architecture in southern Bohemia, dominated by one of the largest castle complexes in the country and the world’s first narrow-gauge railway. Located roughly halfway between Prague and Český Krumlov, this often-overlooked town on the […]
Tags: assumption-of-our-lady, bohemian, church-of-the-assumption, city, conservation-area, czech-republic, jesuit-college, jesuit-seminary, jindrichuv-hradec, map, medieval-centre, narrow-gauge-railway, national-museum-of-photography, nativity-scene, prague, renaissance-town, south-bohemian-region, st-john-the-baptist, tourist-destinations, town, vajgar
Categories: Czech Republic, Sights
August 5, 2010
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Saint-Tropez is the most famous fishing village in the world — a sun-drenched Provençal port on the French Riviera where billionaires’ superyachts bob alongside traditional wooden pointus, the glitterati gather at the legendary Club 55 on Pampelonne Beach, and the soft Mediterranean light that inspired Matisse and Signac still bathes the pastel-coloured houses of the […]
Tags: azur-region, brigitte-bardot, city, fashion-models, film-series, france, france-during-world-war-ii, french-riviera, gendarme-de-saint-tropez, inhabitants, louis-de-funes, marseille, models-and-millionaires, provence, provence-alpes, regattas, saint-tropez, southeastern-france, southern-france, summertime, tourist-spot, town, world-war-ii
Categories: France, Nature, Sights, Virtual Travel
May 12, 2010
by europeexplored
Levoča is one of Slovakia’s most precious heritage towns — a remarkably preserved medieval trading city in the Spiš region whose Church of St. James houses the tallest wooden altar in the world (18.62 metres), a masterpiece of late Gothic carving by the legendary Master Paul of Levoča that is, astonishingly, 500 years old and […]
Tags: 15th-century, altar, burgher, charming-medieval-town, city, ctown, frescoes, gothic-cathedral, highest-altar-in-the-world, historical-monuments, inhabitants, largest-preserved-medieval-town-square-in-europe, levoca, magnificent-city, renaissance-styles, slovak-republic, slovakia, south-facade, st-jacob, stone-walls, tourist-destination, town, town-hall, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list
Categories: Sights, Slovakia
