Spain’s turbulent history has resulted in a multitude of hilltop fortresses ranging from extravagant fairytale-like palatial palaces to oppressive military fortresses and, of course, the architectural delights of the Moorish Alcazars.
With roughly 2,500 castles to explore, whether they stand in near-perfect preservation or are now just atmospheric ruins, here are some of the best castles in Spain that you must see.
The land that is now Portugal has been inhabited for thousands of years and its national boundaries have been defined for eight centuries. This long history is reflected in a particular culture that is the result of the mixture of the many peoples who settled here and those that the Portuguese encountered on their journeys of Discovery.
It is found in the villages and towns, in the monuments and traditions, which bring together influences that the Portuguese have applied creatively. And the omnipresent sea has also shaped our personality and taken us beyond the continent of Europe, enabling us to learn and share with the rest of the world.
Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George’s Channel. Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest on Earth.
This film summarises our 10 days trip to the dolomites, followed by some 5 days or so in Cinque Terre. Only on our last day I had the idea for the notebook and how to tie the whole story together, so we filmed those parts on our last afternoon, and I called up Luca whom I’d met spontaneously through Instagram and who had come to the famous Seceda-2500 with us, and asked him if he was okay with narrating the story.
FILMED OCTOBER 2020 – First-person perspective London walk tour in Kensington’s mews and side streets, covering 3.5 miles (5.6 km), including Kynance Mews’ red ivy leaves, on a grey, autumn day post-lockdown.
The video was shot with the intention of highlighting the natural beauties of the upper Val Seriana, in the Bergamo Orobie. The shots, carried out in the summer and autumn, aim to analyze the mountain environment from the high peaks to the valley floor, characterized by extensive woodland coverage. It is precisely on the forest heritage that the greatest attention has been paid to the sequence of images, passing from wide panoramic views to some details of the undergrowth up to peculiar alpine floral manifestations.
The Bergamo Orobie Mountains Park is a protected area that has been designated a “Mountain Park forest.” It includes the southern side of the Orobie chain of Alps, the provincial territory of Bergamo, and covers an area of 63 thousand hectares. Its territory is marked by the rivers Brembo, Serio and Dezzo that run through the Brembana, Seriana and Scalve valleys, and several other tributaries that through side valleys.
See the most iconic sites in Rome including the Pantheon, Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona and the Colosseum during this 9.31km (5.8 mile) evening walk that starts at 6:32pm on the Ponte Sant Angelo. The walk was filmed on October 10th, 2020.
Video Timeline Links0:00 – Map of the Walk Intro 1:20 – Ponte Sant’Angelo 6:53 – Via dei Coronari 16:00 – PIAZZA NAVONA 24:15 – Pasquino (Talking Statue) 25:20 – Street of Outdoor Restaurants 1 32:50 – Via degli Orsini 33:30 – Via di Monte Giordano 36:03 – Street of Outdoor Restaurants 2 40:26 – Piazza Navona 45:40 – THE PANTHEON 58:35 – Walk from Pantheon to Trevi Fountain 1:00:57 – Bartolucci Toy Store 1:03:15 – Piazza di Pietra (Tempio di Adriano) 1:04:38 – Via di Pietra 1:06:16 – Via delle Muratte 1:09:43 – TREVI FOUNTAIN 1:15:50 – Walk from Trevi Fountain to Spanish Steps 1:22:07 – Piazza di Spagna 1:23:55 – SPANISH STEPS 1:32:16 – Walk from Spanish Steps to Piazza del Popolo 1:39:50 – Piazza del Popolo 1:43:37 – Via del Corso 2:01:18 – ALTAR OF THE FATHERLAND (Altare della Patria) 2:06:51 – CAMPIDOLGIO (Capitoline Hill) 2:10:37 – Roman Forum Viewpoint 1 2:13:30 – Lupa Capitolina 2:14:07 – Roman Forum Viewpoint 2 2:18:03 – Walk to the Colosseum (Via dei Fori Imperiali) 2:24:40 – COLOSSEUM
Rome is the capital city and a special comune of Italy, as well as the capital of the Lazio region. The city has been a major human settlement for almost three millennia. With 2,860,009 residents in 1,285 km², it is also the country’s most populated comune.
Lucerne, a compact city in Switzerland known for its preserved medieval architecture, sits amid snowcapped mountains on Lake Lucerne. Its colorful Altstadt (Old Town) is bordered on the north by 870m Museggmauer (Musegg Wall), a 14-century rampart. The covered Kapellbrücke (Chapel Bridge), built in 1333, links the Aldstadt to the Reuss River’s right bank.
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Valletta (or Il-Belt) is the tiny capital of the Mediterranean island nation of Malta. The walled city was established in the 1500s on a peninsula by the Knights of St. John, a Roman Catholic order. It’s known for museums, palaces and grand churches. Baroque landmarks include St. John’s Co-Cathedral, whose opulent interior is home to the Caravaggio masterpiece “The Beheading of Saint John.”
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