Kategória: LANDMARKS
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Edinburgh Castle Official Honours of Scotland (Scottish Crown Jewels) Edinburgh Castle slideshow A Visit to Edinburgh by Rick Steve Cleaning of the Scottish Crown Jewels
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The Isle of Wight is a remote paradise and a great place for showing the beauty of Britain in a relatively compact place (as you can visit the Isle in one day). Home of cathedrals, gorges (Shanklin), coastline beauty (The Needles), botanical gardens (Ventnor) and a steam railway, the Isle’s popular attraction is the castle…
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The building of the favourite weekend-home of Her Majesty the Queen – the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world – began soon after the Norman conquest. William the Conqueror was really thoughtful and ordered to build the motte on a 30-metre-high cliff on which the keep was erected. The early layout of William’s…
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About Leeds Castle In 857 CE, a Saxon leader called “Esledes” (Leed) had a wooden fortress built on he River Len. This fort was later given as a token of friendship by Edward the Confessor to the Godwin Family, a great rival to William the Conqueror The fort / castle was occupied by William who…
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About Maiden Castle Maiden Castle & Dorchester:
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MOTTE-AND-BAILEY STONE KEEP CASTLE CONCENTRIC CASTLE THE MEDIEVAL CASTLE
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The story behind the place Visitor Centre
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About Stonehenge: GR8Britannia story What to see there and how: Visitor Centre English Heritage site Other Great Stone Circles: Avebury (Wiltshire, ENG) Brodgar, the Orkneys, SCO Calanais, SCO Castlerigg Long Meg and her Daughters, Cumbria, ENG Machrie Moor, SCO In SCOTLAND:
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The charity organization founded in 1895 holds and preserves a majority of Britain’s monuments and coastline. A great number of volunteers and huge amounts of donations help to conserve the British landscape for the forthcoming generations. Click HERE for a map to see all the Trust has to offer.
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The most famous places / sights / landmarks: St Paul’s Cathedral; the Bank of England (and Museum); the Monument (of the Great Fire of London); Millennium Bridge; Shakespeare’s Globe; The Guildhall; Saint Bride’s Church. The City of London was once “London only” – in Roman times it was Londinium surrounded by walls. You can still…
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