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Apollo’s Gate on the island of Naxos.
The island of Delos, the legendary birthplace of Apollo and Artemis, a religious and financial center of Greece for centuries and meeting place of the Delian league. Once a place of tens of thousands of people, multistory buildings, marble temples, and a colossal statue of Apollo; a series of brutal assaults and changes in trade routes led to it becoming effectively abandoned by the end of the 1st century BC. Centuries of weathering and looting have taken their toll, but it’s estimated 80% of the ruins are still buried beneath the hills.
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Bran Castle, commonly called “Dracula’s Castle,” but foremost a military installation defending the mountain pass between Transylvania and Walachia, with little connection to Vlad Dracula, other than a few months he was held prisoner here. Cool fortification though, with multiple layers of fallback positions inside and floor to floor.
see all 13 photos Carol I’s 160-room summer retreat. Carol I fought in the Russo-Turkish war and secured Romania’s independence from the Turks, becoming the first King of Romania.
I wasn’t allowed to take photos inside, so only got away with a few… all the coolest rooms had too many employees around 😔
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Cathédrale Saint-Julien
