Cultural history

Castello Aragonese in the Golf of Neapel

The Castello Aragonese is a fortress on the island of Ischia in the Gulf of Naples, southern Italy. It is located on the eastern side of the island and is connected by a 200-metre bridge to the ancient village of Borgo di Celsa, which is on the mainland. The first...

The Arc de Triomphe Porte du Peyrou

The »Porte du Peyrou« is a triumphal arch in the southern French city of Montpellier. Completed in 1693, it was originally in use as a city gate. Today it forms the eastern entrance to the Promendade du Peyrou green area (a popular meeting place for the city's...

Cervantes Monument in Madrid

Don Quixote and his friend Sancho Panza are certainly among the most famous novel heroes in the world and have been a symbol of Spanish culture since their publication. The novel by Miguel de Cervantes is therefore rightly considered a classic of world literature and...

The tulip mania

The "Tulip Mania" was the first well-documented speculative bubble in European history. The day when the collapse of this cleverly constructed entity began was February 3, 1637 and it is worth taking a look at the back story of this event to understand it. Originally,...
Cervantes Monument in Madrid

Cervantes Monument in Madrid

Don Quixote and his friend Sancho Panza are certainly among the most famous novel heroes in the world and have been a...

The tulip mania

The tulip mania

The "Tulip Mania" was the first well-documented speculative bubble in European history. The day when the collapse of...

The city of Zadar

The city of Zadar

The city of Zadar on the Croatian Adriatic coast seems almost like a monument on which the course of the centuries can...

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Hallstatt in Austria

Hallstatt in Austria

In the Austrian Salzkammergut lies one of the most beautiful UNESCO World Heritage Sites in our country, which even...

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Chambord Castle

Chambord Castle

The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes has been inhabited since the Palaeolithic Age. After a...

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Gripsholm Castle

Gripsholm Castle

Around 1380, the Swedish Imperial Councillor and landowner Bo Jonsson, a member of the Grip family, who had acquired a...

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The Vltava

The Vltava

"The Vltava" is one of the works known to everyone. At least everyone who has heard the piece once has its powerfully...

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Peter Hagendorf

Peter Hagendorf

Besides the most famous literary testimony of the Thirty Years' War, the "Simplicissimus" by Grimmelshausen, there is...

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Before the storm

Before the storm

Christmas 1812: Half of Europe is occupied by French troops whose emperor is currently pull back from Russia. Prussia...

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