| Date |
Link |
Item |
| 01/12/2024 |
Dubrovnik (Vieille ville) |
New series of photos of the old town of Dubrovnik, numbered from B0001 to B0036 |
| 29/11/2024 |
Ston |
Ston is an ancient fortified city, which was once of enormous importance to the Republic of Ragusa. Its monumental walls guarded the saltworks, the first in Europe, which brought enormous wealth to Ragusa. The walls of Ston are a remarkable example of medieval architecture. |
| 28/11/2024 |
Trogir |
Trogir is a small, picturesque town, surrounded by parks and bathed by the sea on all sides. This town located 20 km west of the city of Split has an architectural heritage that earned it a UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 1997. |
| 25/11/2024 |
Omiš |
Omiš, a city located in central Dalmatia, is characterized by a "tripolar natural disorder": the turquoise Adriatic Sea, the magical mouth of the Cetina River and the mighty peaks of the Dinarides rocky massif. In its small stone houses and alleys, the city hides the rich history of the Illyrians, Greeks and Romans, the reign of the Venetian Republic, the Austrian Empire and Napoleonic France.
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| 17/11/2024 |
Međugorje |
Medjugorje is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina that has become an unofficial site of Catholic pilgrimage since the supposed apparition of the Virgin Mary on the "Hill of Apparitions" in 1981. A statue of the "Queen of Peace" marks the site of the first apparition, and another has been erected in front of the Church of St. James. Liquid is said to have flowed from the statue of the Risen Christ located near the church. A concrete cross stands on top of Mount Krizevac to the south. |
| 15/11/2024 |
Mostar |
The historic city of Mostar, nestled in the deep Neretva Valley, is a former Ottoman frontier town that developed in the 15th and 16th centuries, and during the Austro-Hungarian period in the 19th and 20th centuries. Mostar is characterized by its old Turkish houses and the Old Bridge, Stari Most, from which it takes its name. However, during the conflicts of the 1990s, most of the historic city and the Old Bridge by the famous architect Sinan were destroyed. The Old Bridge was rebuilt and many buildings in the Old Town were restored or rebuilt.
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| 07/11/2024 |
Cetinje Monastery |
Destroyed several times by the Ottomans, Cetinje Monastery was rebuilt each time. The current building dates back to 1786, and outside you can see the remains of the original building founded in 1484. The chapel of the Holy Virgin, to the right of the courtyard, houses two extremely precious relics: a piece of the Holy Cross and the mummified right hand of Saint John the Baptist. |
| 04/11/2024 |
Our Lady of the Rocks |
When they built the island of Our Lady of the Rocks, the people of Perast piled up stones and rocks around the cliff. In the middle, they built a small chapel. Every July 22, and for centuries, they have celebrated the traditional festival of Fasinada.
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| 03/11/2024 |
Bay of Kotor |
A mini boat cruise allows you to discover the banks and villages of the Bay of Kotor from Tivat, as well as the islands of Our Lady of the Rocks and Sveti Dorde. |
| 02/11/2024 |
Kotor |
The city of Kotor, surrounded by an impressive and well-preserved defensive wall, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Venetian influence from the 15th to the end of the 19th century is particularly noticeable in the structure and architecture of the city. We have added some photos from our previous visit.
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| 01/11/2024 |
Budva |
We begin our visit to the coast of Montenegro with the old town of Budva, a charming city surrounded by ramparts. |
| 18/08/2024 |
Airlines in Canada |
The waltz of bankruptcies of Canadian low-cost airlines continues. After Swoop in October 2023 and Lynx Air in February of this year, it is now Canade Jetlines which is ceasing all its air operations.
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| 13/07/2024 |
Saint-Martin-de-Ré |
Saint-Martin-de-Ré is a small town fortified by Vauban, on the north coast of the island. It is also the main administrative center of the island and an attractive tourist center.
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| 28/06/2024 |
Venice (Sestiere de Castello) |
Castello is the most extensive Venetian sestiere. A large part of its area is occupied by the Arsenal and its basins, the civil hospital and the parks of the islands of San Pietro and Sant'Elena.
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| 19/06/2024 |
Senlis (Old town) |
The old town of Senlis is made up of a group of old houses and streets surrounded by Gallo-Roman and medieval ramparts, around a Gothic cathedral. The city retains a rich heritage from its long history.
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| 15/06/2024 |
Nogent-le-Rotrou (the castle) |
The castle Saint-Jean has a keep with walls 3.5 m thick at the base and 1.50 m at the top. The circular enclosure and towers date from the late 12th and early 13th centuries. Between the 15th century and the 16th century, several constructions gave the castle a more residential function.
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| 06/06/2024 |
Hala Sultan Tekke |
The Hala Sultan Tekke or Umm Haram Mosque is a Muslim shrine on the shore of the Salt Lake near Larnaca. Umm Harâm is the nurse of the Prophet Muhammad.
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| 04/06/2024 |
Larnaca (Saint Lazarus Church) |
The Church of Saint Lazarus of Larnaca, dating from the end of the 9th century, was built on the site of the tomb of Lazarus of Bethany, who was ordained bishop by Saint Barnabas.
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| 03/06/2024 |
Monastery of Agia Thekla |
The monastery of Agia Thekla is located south of the village of Mosfiloti. It is built in the middle of a small green valley, in a place that offers the necessary peace and quiet to the women's community that lives there.
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| 02/06/2024 |
Bellapais Abbey (Abbaye de la Belle Paix) |
Of this monastery, built in the 13th century by the Premonstratensian order, only ruins remain. Five buildings are remarkable: the church, the cloister, the refectory, the dormitory and the chapter house.
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| 02/06/2024 |
Bellapais (Village) |
A small village located on the heights near the town of Kyrenia, Bellapais is best known for the ruins of the Abbey of Beautiful Peace and for its Tree of Idleness (mentioned by Lawrence Durrell in his book "Bitter Lemons").
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| 01/06/2024 |
Kyrenia (Fortress) |
Built on the ruins of Roman and Byzantine forts, the fortress was built under the reign of the Lusignan and reinforced under the domination of the Republic of Venice.
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