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The Rocca Scaligera of Sirmione seen from Lake Garda
History

Castello Scaligero di Sirmione: The Water Fortress of Lake Garda

At the very tip of a long, narrow peninsula reaching out into the blue waters of Lake Garda, the largest and one of the most beautiful lakes in Italy, stands

The Castello Sforzesco, the great citadel of Milan
History

Castello Sforzesco: The Renaissance Fortress of Milan

In the heart of Milan, one of Italy’s greatest and most modern cities, stands a vast red-brick fortress that seems to belong to another age entirely. The Castello Sforzesco is

History

Castelvecchio: Verona’s Fortress of Fear and Art

Verona is a city that most people visit for love. It is the city of Romeo and Juliet, of balconies and star-crossed romance, of a great Roman amphitheater where opera

History

Castillo de San Marcos: The Coquina Fort That Cannonballs Could Not Break

In the old city of St. Augustine, Florida, on the shore of Matanzas Bay, stands a fortress unlike any other in the United States. The Castillo de San Marcos is

History

Castillo del Morro: The Fortress That Guarded the Treasure Port of Havana

Guarding the narrow entrance to one of the finest harbours in the Americas, on a rocky headland facing the old city of Havana, stands the Castillo de los Tres Reyes

History

Castillo San Felipe de Barajas: The Fortress That Broke a British Fleet

On a steep hill overlooking the old walled city of Cartagena, on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, sprawls one of the greatest fortresses ever built in the Americas. The Castillo

History

Castillo San Felipe del Morro: The Fortress That Guarded Spain’s Caribbean

Stand at the tip of the old city of San Juan, where the land runs out into the Atlantic, and you find yourself dwarfed by one of the mightiest fortresses

Catal Corba
Culture

Catal Corba Recipe – Amasya

Ingredients 1.5 tea glasses of green lentils 2 tea glasses of cracked wheat 7 glasses of water 1 medium sized onion 100 gr. ground meat 2 tablespoons of butter Salt,

Çatalhöyük, Konya, Turkey
History

Çatalhöyük: The 9,000-Year-Old Town With No Streets

In central Turkey, thousands of people once lived in a honeycomb town with no streets, entering their homes through the roof and burying their dead beneath the floor. Meet Çatalhöyük, one of humanity’s first great experiments in living together.

In Life

Category: Bicycles

bicycles Easily Turning a Bicycle into an Electric Bicycle do December 20, 2020