Anyone visiting Otranto on the Adriatic coast of Apulia finds themselves in a place where the great conflicts of the Mediterranean region converge as if under a magnifying glass. This south-eastern It...
Pendennis Castle stands high above the mouth of the River Fal near Falmouth – one of England’s most impressive coastal fortresses. From the headland, the castle overlooks the Carrick Roads, a deep, na...
High above the valley of the Schweidnitzer Weistritz, Grodno Castle stands on a steep rocky outcrop; for centuries, it was known as Kynsburg in German-speaking regions. Even today, its location seems ...
In the heart of the historic Pokuttya region, in what is now western Ukraine, stand the ruins of Chernelytsia Castle – “Chernelytskyi zamok” in Ukrainian, “Zamek w Czernelicy” ...
High above the densely packed houses of Genoa, on Monte Galletto in the Castelletto district, stands a building that at first glance resembles a medieval castle. Battlements, towers, pointed arches an...
High above the town of Jajce stands a fortress whose walls have withstood several centuries of South-Eastern European history. The Citadel of Jajce – often referred to as the Fortress of Jajce – is no...
