Switzerland, nestled in the heart of Europe, is renowned for its stunning landscapes, high quality of life, and reputation as one of the happiest countries in the world. With its prosperous economy, political stability, and emphasis on personal well-being, Switzerland consistently...
The Sudetenland is the second largest mountain system in Poland. Its highest point is Mount Snezhka (1603 m) in the Krkonoše mountain range (Giant Mountains). More than a dozen resorts have been opened in the Sudetes – mountain climatic, balneological, and,...
According to Animalerts, the medieval city of Bruges is one of the most visited places in Belgium. The historic city has a lot of cultural heritage, which means that tourists from both home and abroad visit the city en masse. It...
South of Portugal lies the Spanish province of Cadiz, containing the town of Jerez de la Frontera. The city is well known as the sherry capital, the Andalusian horse breed and for the traditional flamenco dance. And the climate of Jerez...
From the 6th century, the Khazars (groups of Turkic and Iranian peoples who moved north) began to subjugate the Finno-Ugric and Slavic population living in the area of today’s western Russia. The Khazars created a prosperous empire that covered most of...
The most beautiful city break destinations in Switzerland According to Smartercomputing, Switzerland is not only a nature travel destination for outdoor fans, but also offers culture lovers one or the other highlight. If you like city breaks, these cities in Switzerland...
According to Printerhall, 50 km south of Madrid is the city of Aranjuez. (Aranjuez). The main attraction of these places is the palace and park ensemble, which served as the summer residence of the royal family. Now it is included in...
According to Petwithsupplies, 50 km from Sortavala on the northeastern shore of Lake Ladoga is the city of Pitkyaranta. Its name is translated from Finnish as “long coast”. A settlement on this site was first mentioned at the turn of the...
Is it worth vacationing in Greece? According to toppharmacyschools.org, many tourists and tourism professionals are very fond of Greece, but it cannot be said that there are only advantages in resting there – this country also has some disadvantages. Advantages Very...
Balearic Islands The archipelago is located in the western Mediterranean Sea. Its wealth is island resorts with heavenly beaches and excellent infrastructure: Ibiza, Mallorca, Menorca, Fermentera. Among the many resorts in Spain, many tourists often choose the Balearic Islands. ANDYEDUCATION.COM: Introduction...
Beach vacation On the 69 km long Belgian coast you can while away the time with sailing, horseback riding, rowing, sand yachting, fishing, golf and tennis. The beach promenade is closed to traffic. The beach is mostly flat and fine sand...
Excavations have shown the existence of advanced wooden architecture from the 9th to the 12th century. Geometric motifs decorate in various ways bracelets, buckles, necklaces, etc.; noteworthy, for this period, also the woolen fabrics, which attest to a lively sense of...
The island has gradually seen its residents grow (216,628 in 1974; density 2 residents per km 2), given the rather high coefficient of increase (13 ‰ per year). The tendency to live in cities is increasingly pronounced (urban index: 86%), while...
While the sky of Italy was traversed by the sun of Dante’s art, flashes of art plowed through it with varying intensity and duration. They came from the rhymes of the last poets of the new style, among which Cino da Pistoia...
History In order to protect Sweden from invasions by foreign fleets and to put an end to the looting of which cities such as Sigtuna on Lake Mälaren were victims. Under the influence of Magnus Ladulás, Stockholm prospers thanks to its commercial relations with Lubeck. It is...
Slovenia. The Republic of Slovenia is a Central European country and since 2004 a member state of the European Union. It borders Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast and Austria to the north. It has a population of 2,009,000 residents. About 400,000...
According to Pharmacylib, the modern city of Sarajevo was built as a fortress for the Ottoman Empire in the 15th century, it has also been the center of international attention on several occasions throughout its history: in 1914 the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria took...
Serene Republic of San Marino or San Marino. It is the second oldest republic in Europe, after the Roman Republic and is the fifth smallest state in the world. With an economy practically based on small agriculture, tourism, commerce and small services, it is one of the nations with one...
The Romanians living in today’s Romania appear from the ethnic point of view as a very mixed people. In the mountainous parts of the country, elements of Alpine and Dinaric races prevail, while in the southern part, in the plains, strong...
Christianity that came from Byzantium was unable to establish a mediation with Western culture, but rather gave rise to the isolation of the country that the Tatar invasion accentuated and that made Russia a country that was always a bit wary...
After the city fire of 1842, which destroyed almost a third of the buildings in the city center, extensive urban changes began. The urban planning activities of F. Schumacher (1909–33) had a formative effect at the beginning of the 20th century. Despite the...
Ullswater The Lake District in the north west of the UK is one of the UK’s most popular tourist destinations. Anyone traveling in the 19 hectare national park in England should definitely make a detour to Ullswater. The second largest lake...
Take a tour of France and enjoy a vacation in the land of Napoleon and the Sun King Louis XIV! The numerous sights of the country include the capital Paris with the Eiffel Tower as a landmark, the Notre Dame, the...
Winter sports enthusiasts should visit Slovakia between December and March. Summer vacationers particularly like to come in the warm months of July and August. But June and September in Slovakia are also attractive: it is warm, the rainfall is not too high...
The state is made up of two historical regions, Bosnia and Herzegovina, linked by a common thread. Both – before assuming these denominations that date back to the Middle Ages – belonged to the Roman province of Dalmatia, were included in...
CINEMA The pioneer was Vasil Gendov, an amateur who in 1910 filmed and played The Gallant Bulgarian. For decades the production remained temporary and sporadic, in a country without equipment, with the few cinemas powered by foreign films; yet Gendov continued until...
CULTURE Due to its geographical position, Bulgaria has constantly acted as a bridge between the Western, Balkan and Orthodox world, and the Eastern, Islamic and, once, Ottoman world. Even if the Bulgarian culture has always been considered similar to the Serbian...
In the 1994 elections, the PSB secretary Jan Videnov was elected prime minister and in January 1995 the PSB formed a three-party coalition with the electoral partners, led by its leader Videnov who, however, did not prove capable of resolving the...
The defeat forced Ferdinand to abdicate in favor of his son Boris III. In the twenty years between the two wars, Bulgaria had a politically agitated internal life: initially (1918-1923) governed by an alliance between the Agrarian Party of A. Stambolijski...
The Bulgarian hordes appeared as early as the 10th century. VI in the area crossed by the lower course of the Danube, but it was only with the khān Asparuch that they settled definitively in the territories between the river and...
TRADITIONS According to aparentingblog, the rich heritage of traditional songs and dances that formed the soul of Croatian folklore is performed by numerous professional groups and is no longer closely linked, as indeed everywhere in Europe, to the expression of local...
CULTURE Among the countries of the Balkan area that in the twentieth century were part of the socialist bloc, Croatia is the richest in contrasts: its culture is both that of the Dalmatian coast, Catholic and historically close to Italy and...
ARTS In the coastal regions of Istria and Dalmatia, today mostly belonging to the Croatian Republic, traces of Greek (Nesatius) and above all Roman settlements are still preserved, among which Pula and Split are particularly noteworthy. This territory was later part...
The Croatian-Muslim conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a veritable war within the war, ended, at least officially, with the agreement signed in March 1994 for the formation of a Croatian-Muslim federation opposed to the Bosnian Serbs. The Croatian government therefore undertook...
Inhabited by the Illyrians and colonized by the Greeks, the region was part of Pannonia in Roman times and in 356, after being provisionally subdued by the Ostrogoths, it was annexed by Justinian to Byzantium. Conquered by the Avars (568), it...
Geographically located in Asia, in the easternmost bend of the Mediterranean off the Turkish and Syrian coasts (from which it is only 65 and 86 km away respectively), the island of Cyprus has undergone the influence of the numerous civilizations that...
CULTURE Cyprus has been the subject of various colonizations and dominations over the centuries: Cretans, Phoenicians, Greeks, Persians, Romans, Arabs, Byzantines, Venetians, Ottomans and English have followed one another on its territory, leaving more or less profound marks in the artistic,...
The island of Cyprus represented from the earliest times an important economic link between the Asian world, towards which it naturally gravitated, and the Greek West. Active center already in the Eneolithic age, during the second millennium it was politically attracted...
At the end of 1963 a real civil war broke out between the Greeks and Turks (on the initiative of the former). The UN in February 1964 decided to send its own emergency forces (UNFICYP), with little success. The coup d’état...
