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Tag: Gothic

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Poreč – Euphrasian Basilica and charming Venetian old town

Poreč is a city located on the Istrian peninsula in western Croatia, in the area inhabited since prehistoric times. Parentium, an ancient settlement in the vicinity of modern-day Poreč was […]

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Krosno – glass, oil and the historic Market Square

Krosno, located in the south of Poland, in the Jasło-Krosno Basin, which is part of the Central Beskidian Piedmont, is undoubtedly a city with many faces. Certainly it is associated […]

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Szydłowiec Castle – Szydłowiecki family former residence

Szydłowiec is a small town located on the Korzeniówka River in the southern part of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship. It once belonged to the Sandomierz region, which was part of Lesser […]

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Sestiere Cannaregio – railway connection with Venice

Cannaregio is the northernmost district of Venice. Its name probably derives from the “Canal Regio”, which is the old name of Canale di Cannaregio. Until the construction of a railway […]

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Rialto Bridge over Venetian Canal Grande – sestiere San Polo

San Polo and Santa Croce lie in the bend of the Grand Canal. The largest palazzi stand along the Grand Canal. Now there are interesting museums. In 1097, in the […]

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Venetian sestiere Castello and Riva degli Schiavoni

Castello is the largest sestiere of Venice, stretching east of San Marco. The name Castello derives from the fortress standing in the eighth century in the place of today’s church […]

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Venice – islands, turquoise canals and picturesque lagoon views

Venice is located in the Veneto region, once inhabited by the Euganei, a Proto-Italic ethnic group. Around 950 BC they were conquered by the Veneti, probably of the Illyrian origin. […]

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Sestiere San Marco, Basilica of St. Mark – heart of Venice

Venice is divided into sestiere (districts). The heart of the city is Piazza San Marco in sestiere San Marco, with many representative buildings like the Basilica of St. Mark or […]

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Brno old town and Špilberk castle – capital of South Moravia

The oldest traces of settlement in this area come from the Bronze and Iron Age. Around the 5th and 7th centuries, a Slav stronghold was established, and later in the […]

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Barbara Berek

Barbara Berek

I am a passionate enthusiast of travel, archeology, photography and dancing :) On this page I try to combine the first three elements: P and show you that travelling becomes definitely more interesting when we discover visited places, and often inconspicuous ruins hide the most fascinating stories :)

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