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Category: World & Travelling

October 21, 2022

Mont-Saint-Michel

I visited Mont St. Michel more than six years ago, but it doesn’t take much to recall the tidal island with its abbey—though it…

October 14, 2020

Fort Ticonderoga

Ticonderoga has a name which might be difficult to remember at first, but once it’s in a mind it’s also unlikely to be forgotten….

October 13, 2020

Daugavgrīva

Swedish Livonia lasted for less than a century, and Swedish rule managed to fortify this important overseas territory less than its other provinces. Indeed,…

October 11, 2020

Schloss Mitau

At one point, the Livonian Order—or, to put it rightly, the Livonian Branch of the German Order—had its castle at Mitau, modern Jelgava. History’s…

October 10, 2020

Ordensburg Riga

From the moment after it was founded in 1201, Riga was the centre of Medieval Livonia: the administrative centre of the Archbishop of Riga…

August 31, 2020

Burg Wack

Burg Wack, or the castle of Vao, is described as a tower-fortress, the keep being one of the few surviving edifices. Background literature, as…

August 20, 2020

Burg Engern

Burg Engern, or Angerja, was a relatively minor fortified manor house, standing a small distance outside of Tallinn to the south. Construction was started…

August 1, 2020

Ordensburg Fellin (Viljandi)

It has taken me a very long while to gather myself for another look at a castle. There is no good reason for this—so,…

July 24, 2020

Bonavista poolsaar (EE)

Kanada suuruselt neljas saar, Newfoundland ehk Uus-leitud-maa või Terre-Neuve ehk Uusmaa, moodustab koos mandrile jääva Labradori poolsaarega ühe Kanada kümnest provintsist. Saarele jäävad nii…

October 2, 2019

La Ciudad de los Reyes (EN)

The Estonian version of this post is here. If one was to mention the name of Pizarro in a group these days, then it…

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