Roughly six miles outside of Palma, Spain is the dominating Bellver Castle. It covers nearly the entirety of Mallorca Island. Spain’s King James II ordered the castle to be built in 1300. The main portions of the castle took nine years to build, not including the ornamental designs that were added later. Around seventy subjects …
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The Ggantija Temples of Gozo in the Maltese Islands
It isn’t difficult to spot the similarities between languages of peoples that have been handed down and morphed throughout the ages. The ancient temples on Malta’s islands have that effect – they’re called the Ggantija, which immediately invokes the English word ‘gigantic.’ In Maltese, ‘Ggantija’ comes from the root word ‘ggant,’ meaning ‘giant.’ It’s no …
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The Ruins of the Maasi Fortress-Castle in Estonia
The Livonian Order originally possessed a castle in Poide, but when it was destroyed during the mass uprisings on the Night of St. George in 1343, they realized the need to rebuild. They chose the plot of land on Vaike River for its suitable harbor. Books that have been preserved by the Order chronicle the …
Hiking the Wicklow Way – Ireland
Ireland is pocked with landscapes of all varieties, from mountains, to valleys, and mounds. In Wicklow County is one such area of spectacle. While it is very near to the capital city of Dublin, there are miles and miles of unspoiled mountain trails. The Wicklow Way is the most popular of these and for good …
Arlington National Cemetery – Arlington, Virginia
The land on which Arlington National Cemetery now sits was once the land of Martha Washington’s grandson, the step-grandson of the father of the nation, George Washington, Mr. George Washington Parke Custis. It was Custis’ life-long venture to celebrate Washington, and as memorial to the nation’s first president, he built a home on the more …
Akershus Fortress of Oslo, Norway
The fortress at Akershus is one of Oslo, Norway’s important identity markers. Within the walls, the center of the city was established in 1624. Today, Akershus remains an important landmark together with City Hall. Looking out to sea, this is Oslo’s most distinct silhouette – gray and fortified, starkly in contrast with the lakes, mountains, …