Tag: “Medieval”

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  1. Cesky Krumlov

    Cesky Krumlov - city life

  2. Bodiam Castle

    Built in 1385 possibly to protect the area against a French invasion, though probably also for show, Bodiam is a water castle surrounded on all four sides by a moat filled with large Koi. Bodiam is mostly a ruin on the inside thanks to the English Civil War, and was abandoned until the 1920's when it was given to the National Trust.

  3. Medieval Village

    Durfort is a tiny medieval village in Southern France. For hundreds of years is has been a town filled with coppersmiths and artists.

  4. the angels are concerned for the head of St Denis

    St Denis was martyred in the 3rd century, by beheading, on the hill that is now Montmartre, in Paris. Afterward, it is written, he picked up his head and walked two miles, preaching a sermon, until he reached the site where now stands the Basilica St-Denis.

  5. Stradun

    The polished limestone pedestrian street through Dubvronik's Old Town is trafficked by tourists and locals alike. Also known as the placa, it starts at the Pile Gate and Fountain Onofrijeva and runs down to the .

  6. Hvar, Croatia

    Hvar is an Island off the coast of Croatia. It's probably the most know out of the whole chain, but still relatively untapped if you ask me...

  7. Knezev Dvor

    Just south of Luza Square is the Rector's Palace. It was the seat of the Ragusan (previous name for Dubrovnik) government.

  8. Old town

    Jules Verne, the father of science fiction, in search of unique places for his novels, chose Rovinj as a setting for some chapters of his novel 'Mathias Sandorf'. Just as he was, many a writer has through centuries equallv been enchanted by Rovinj and its beauties.

  9. View of old town Dubrovnik

    Croatian city of Dubrovnik endured months of blockade during the civil war that engulfed this small European nation in the 1990s.

    Since the end of the war, city has gone through a period of rejuvenation and has become one of the top European tourist destinations.

    Photo was captured from the old Imperial fortress high on top of Srd Hill, built during the Napoleonic invasion of the Dalmatian coast.

  10. Late afternoon on the Stradun

    Stradun square in Dubrovnik's old town is really just a very wide street that makes an L shaped turn within the old city walls.

    In the background you see the Srdj mountain rising above the city.