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Europe. The Old continent

Maiden Tower (Baku)

The Maiden Tower is a Baku landmark, a much loved symbol of the city and of Azerbaijan. It looks dark and enigmatic, looking [...]

Angelokastro

Angelokastro is a Byzantine castle on the island of Corfu, Greece. Angelokastro also referred to as “Castle of Angels” or “Angelos’s castle” is [...]

Gediminas’ Tower

Gediminas’ Tower sits on top of the hill of Gediminas and it is the highest natural hill of such kind in Lithuania. The [...]

Tall Hermann Tower

Tall Hermann or Pikk Hermann is a tower of the Toompea Castle, on Toompea hill in Tallinn, Estonia. It is the defensive tower [...]

Belém Tower

Standing on the waterfront at Belem near the mouth of the River Tagus is located the Torre de Belém, which is arguably the [...]

Mont Saint Michel

Le Mont-Saint-Michel is a small island commune which is located in Normandy, topped by a gravity-defying monastery and counts among France’s most stunning [...]

Bratislava Castle

Bratislava Castle, looking over the historic core of the capital of the Slovak Republic is a landmark of this town and a National [...]

Kalyazin Bell Tower

The Kalyazin Bell Tower, also known as the Flooded Bellfry, is a Neoclassical campanile or as the English equivalent would be a bell [...]