Erice Magical view over Sicily The Italian municipality of Erice is located in the north-west of Sicily in the province of Trapani. A total of over 30,000 people live there. The small town attracts tourists and the curious not only with ancient buildings and medieval construction methods, but also impresses […]
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Madonna della Corona – a church on the rock: Churches are attractive places to visit for many tourists. The sacred buildings impress with their architectural styles, architectural features, their mosaic windows and church treasures. Many holidaymakers want to experience the region directly on a day trip. The pilgrimage church of […]
Lake Orta Lake Orta, also known as Lake Orta, is a lake in northern Italy west of Lake Maggiore in Piedmont. The Lago d´Orta is only 13 km long and offers Italian landscapes of a magical kind. In the west, the snow-covered Monte Rossa, the second highest peak in the […]
Pienza An urban jewel If you interrupt your study trip through Italy in the small town of Pienza, the best way to get to know its sights is on a city tour. Pope Pius II wanted to erect an urban monument here. The renaissance city, which has retained its character […]
Verona The northern Italian city of Verona (260,000 inhabitants) is located in the Veneto region on the banks of the Adige River. The old town of Verona is so rich in historical monuments that it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000. Between June and August – when […]
According to Rrrjewelry, the province of Madrid occupies a separate position in the interior, which has remained essentially rural, where there is a density of 799 residents / km²: it is in fact an area that has become vital exclusively thanks to the presence of the capital, its sovereign role […]
HISTORY: THE CHRISTIAN STATES OF THE NORTH UP TO THE 13TH CENTURY Parallel to the history of Al-Andálus, and in close relationship with it, that of the Christian states of the North develops. For a historical paradox, the mountaineers-marauders of the Cantabrian and Pyrenees, who had so much resistance to […]
HISTORY: THE CATHOLIC KINGS According to Sourcemakeup, the tendency towards the unification of the peninsular kingdoms came from far away, at least since it was reborn in the Asturias of the century. VIII the Isidorian myth of the “Gothic monarchy” (also evident in the adoption of names of Germanic origin […]
The period 1874-98 finally brought political tranquility to Spain, thanks to a stable democratic-parliamentary structure, and undeniable socio-economic progress. The constitutional monarchy (Alfonso XII, and after his death in 1885, the regent Maria Cristina of Habsburg in the name of her son Alfonso XIII) and enlightened “civil” statesmen, such as […]
The Middle East is a geopolitical and cultural area that usually covers southwest Asia and Egypt. The area consists of the countries around the southeastern part of the Mediterranean and east of it, as well as the countries of the Persian Gulf. It is not clearly defined which countries belong to […]