Journal Archive
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Continue reading →: CASTLE OF Donnafugata: A Journey Through Time and Sicilian NobilityA Journey Through Time and Sicilian Nobility
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Continue reading →: Hluboká Castle: A Fairytale Escape in South BohemiaA Fairytale Escape in South Bohemia
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Continue reading →: Battle of Vác 1684: Charles V, Duke of Lorraine’s VictoryEmperor Leopold I of the Holy Roman Empire and King of Hungary and Bohemia appointed Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (Lotharingiai Károly) to lead the allied Christian forces.
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Continue reading →: Tash-Rabat is a caravanserai, a type of inn along the ancient Silk Road, in the At-Bashy district of the Naryn region in Kyrgyzstan.Tash-Rabat is a caravanserai, a type of inn along the ancient Silk Road, in the At-Bashy district of the Naryn region in Kyrgyzstan.
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Continue reading →: Krk Cathedral or Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a cathedral in the town of Krk on the northern Adriatic island of Krk, CroatiaThe cathedral is located beneath the Krk town hill. The first documented mention of the church dates from 1186. It is a three-nave early Christian basilica which is part of a larger complex, along with the Romanesque Church of Saint Quirinus (12th century), a bell tower (16th century), the Chapel…
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Continue reading →: CAROLINGIAN INVASION OF AL-ANDALUS IN 778. The battle of Roncevaux Pass and Roland’s deathThe Muslim rulers of Zaragoza, Gerona, Barcelona and Huesca, who had been cornered in the Iberian Peninsula by Abd al-Rahman I, the Emir of Córdoba, offered homage to the great king of the Franks in exchange for his military aid.
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Continue reading →: Anjihai Grand Canyon, Xinjiang China 🇨🇳The Anjihai Grand Canyon, also known as the Hongsha (Red Mountain) Grand Canyon, lies in the northern foothills of the Tiashan Mountains like a colorful ribbon.
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Continue reading →: 9 DAYS IN CHINAJUNE 2024About an hour’s drive from Xi’an, fifty years ago’ a farmer as he did every morning left his house early to hoe his small plot of land
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Continue reading →: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗗𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗙 𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗦 𝗜𝗜On the occasion of his thirtieth jubilee, Pharaoh Rameses II asked the Hittite king Hattusilis III for the hand of his favourite 13 years old daughter. In occasione del suo trentesimo giubileo, il faraone Ramses II chiese la mano della figlia maggiore del re ittita Hattusilis III, che aveva solo…
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Continue reading →: The Persian EmpireThe Persian Empire eventually met its match in one of history’s most brilliant military tacticians of all time in the name of Alexander.
