Detail InformationEdit The Copertino Castle (Italian Castello di Copertino) is a castle in Apulia, southern Italy. It is located in the eponymous city of Copertino, north of Gallipoli on the heel of Apulia, between Manduria and Galatina. Like The Castle of Otranto, Copertino was built for the defence of the peninsular of the Salento. The […]

Alesia was the capital of the Mandubii, one of the Gaulish tribes allied with the Aedui, and after Julius Caesar’s conquest a Roman town in Gaul. There have been archeological excavations since the time of Napoléon III in Alise-Sainte-Reine in Côte d’Or near Dijon, which have claimed that the historical Alesia is located there. Earlier […]

Detail InformationEdit The Château de Montbéliard (Castle of Montbeliard), also known as the Château des ducs de Württemberg (Castle of the Dukes of Württemberg) is a fortress located on an outcropping rock that surveys the town of Montbéliard in the Doubs département of France. It is a monument historique listed by the French Ministry of […]

Noyon is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.It lies on the Oise Canal, 100 km (approximately 60 miles) north of Paris.The Gallo-Romans founded the town as Noviomagus. Supposedly also known as Veromanduorum to distinguish it from numerous other places of the same name, though no Roman source can prove it. The town […]

Saint-Quentin is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France. It has been identified as the Augusta Veromanduorum of antiquity. It is named after Saint Quentin, who is said to have been martyred here in the 3rd century. Saint-Quentin is a sub-prefecture of Aisne. Although Saint-Quentin is by far the largest city […]

Detail InformationEdit The Temple of Kalabsha is an Ancient Egyptian temple that was originally located at Bab al-Kalabsha , approximately 50 kilometers south of Aswan. The temple was situated on the West Bank of the Nile River, in Nubia, and was originally built around 30 BC during the early Roman era. While the temple was […]

Detail InformationEdit The Temple of Kalabsha is an Ancient Egyptian temple that was originally located at Bab al-Kalabsha , approximately 50 kilometers south of Aswan. The temple was situated on the West Bank of the Nile River, in Nubia, and was originally built around 30 BC during the early Roman era. While the temple was […]

Detail InformationEdit The Visovac Monastery is a Catholic monastery on the island of Visovac in the Krka National Park, Croatia. Visovac was settled by Augustinian monks, who established a small monastery and church dedicated to the Apostle Paul in the 14th century. In 1445 the Augustinian monastery was enlarged and adapted by the Franciscans who […]