The city of Augsburg is the ancient Augusta Vindelicorum founded by the Romans in 15 AD. as the arrival point of the Via Claudia, it is today an important city in Bavaria, and after Trier it is the oldest city in Germany. In addition to the Roman era, Augsburg was also important during the Renaissance, […]
Trier (Trier), an important historical city of the country, located near the border with Luxembourg, was the Roman Augusta Treverorum, founded in the first century BC. C. became the capital of Gallia Belgica and then one of the capitals of the Western Roman Empire. In medieval times the city was one of the electric cities […]
This beautiful German town in Lower Saxony, located a few km southeast of Hanover, is home to interesting and valuable historic buildings, including the cathedral and the ancient Benedictine abbey (Kirche St. Michael), buildings built in the Middle Ages, during the sacred Roman Empire, both declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. Another notable place of […]
Hanover is the capital city of Lower Saxony, this German city was also completely destroyed during the Second World War, so its historic center has only been partially preserved, the city was rebuilt after the war in a modern key. Hanover is famous for its Baroque Royal Gardens (Herrenhausen). HANOVER CHRISTMAS MARKET As for Christmas, […]
Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia has kept a practically intact medieval old town, the two most famous buildings of the city are the Cathedral (Mariendom) and the church of St. Severus (Severikirche), which are located next to each other. Other interesting buildings include the citadel of Petersberg, a fortress from the Baroque era, the old […]
City of medieval origin located east of Dortmund, it was founded in the 9th century, and in the following centuries it became one of the most important in the region, it also became part of the Hanseatic League, but starting from the 15th century, it underwent a slow but constant decline . Today Soest has […]
A city in Lower Saxony, located along the Weser River, an important artistic and cultural center, Hamelin is known for being the most famous center of the Weser Renaissance art movement, an artistic form that arose in the 16th and 17th centuries that resumed the Italian Renaissance. The historic center of Hamelin contains beautiful examples […]
Mainz, located along the Rhine River, south of Wiesbaden and southwest of Frankfurt am Main, is an ancient city founded by the Romans with the name of Mogontiacum, initially a fortified place then became the capital city of the province of Upper Germany . In the 13th century Mainz became a Free Imperial City reaching […]
Dijon is the historic capital of Burgundy, the city was founded by the Romans with the name of Divio, and was located along the road that connected Lyon to Paris and Mainz. The city together with the duchy of Burgundy reached its maximum splendor between the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, becoming one of the major […]
Orléans is a beautiful historic city in France, capital of the Center region, located along the course of the Loire river. The Loire Valley area where Orléans is located is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city has many valuable buildings, among them, the Gothic cathedral (cathédrale Sainte-Croix d’Orléans), the Renaissance town hall and […]
Menton is the first French town that is coming from Italy along the Ligurian coast. The city founded in the thirteenth century became part of the Principality of Monaco in the fourteenth century and remained linked to it until 1848, when it voluntarily gave itself to the Kingdom of Sardinia, in 1861 it was ceded […]
Situated between Arles and Avignon, along the left bank of the Rhone, the town of Tarascon has a beautiful historic center with a medieval castle (Château de Tarascon) and ancient streets among which the rue des Halles stands out with its arcades, among the most interesting, in addition to the castle, the collegiate church of […]
Martigues, the Venice of Provence (Venise Provençale), is located on an island at the mouth of the Rhone, between the Berre pond (Etang de Berre) and the Charon canal (chenal de Caronte), not far from Marseille and Aix-en- Provence. The town is very beautiful with its canals and colorful houses and definitely deserves a visit. Martigues is […]
Aubagne, a small town in Provence between Marseille and Toulon, famous for being the headquarters of the Foreign Legion, is also considered the capital of the Santon de Provence, the very colorful clay figurines, typical of Provence, which are used in the Nativity scenes. During the Christmas holidays, Aubagne will be animated by fairs, nativity scene […]
Arles, the ancient Arelate of the Romans, was founded by them in the 1st century BC. Thanks to its position on important communication routes, the city developed to become, in the late empire, the capital of the prefecture of the Gaul praetorium. Arles was of some importance in the Middle Ages and then in the […]