Burgenland and Eisenstadt Austria’s youngest federal state, Burgenland, is a popular holiday destination. The wooded hills in the south of the region are the forerunners of the Alps. Everywhere in…
General information about Portugal The official name is the Portuguese Republic (Republica Portuguesa, Republic of Portugal). It is located in the southwest of Europe, in the western part of the…
For most of us, the island of Kerkyra is known as Corfu. It is the second largest island in the Ionian Sea and the northernmost in the Ionian island chain….
Surrounded by majestic mountain peaks reaching 3000 m, in a picturesque, sparkling snow, sunny valley, the ski resort of Livigno is located. Since the 50s of the last century, Livigno…
The destinies of Serbian art are the living reflection of its geographical position and the historical events of the country. Placed on the edge of two cultural worlds, the Western…
Population data. – The population of Estonia at the time of the first census (1922) amounted to 1,110,000 residents, a figure that did not increase much in 1930 (1,114,861). As…
From the Reformation to the end of the 19th century A profound division between the cantons was created with the adhesion of a group of them to the Reform, introduced…
The germinating cell of the Swiss state was made up of small rural regions around Lake Lucerne: Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden and not throughout their present territory. Uri lacked the Urseren…
Historical evolution. Although M. complained in some famous pages of the political fragmentation of the peninsula, it would be anachronistic to consider him a precursor of the national unitary state…
They are of three genres: literary, epigraphic, papyrological. Since the century Street. C. we have news of Greek artists who wrote about their art or the works they made. Thus…
This form of culture, which had to irremediably lose ground as a result of the new currents, was inspired in general – from whatever part of the world – by…
According to the constitution, approved by the Weimar National Assembly and promulgated on 11 August 1919, the German Reich is a republic, in which sovereignty emanates from the people. The…
The major effort of the eighteenth century was to revive tragedy within the neoclassical system of three units, promoting an abundant exemplification of French models with translations and adaptations by…
The sacred eloquence of the Spanish seventeenth century is copious, reasoning, solidly firm in the dogma and seriousness of its own doctrine. He does not disdain worldly and literary allurements,…
Wroclaw – the Venice of Poland The well over 290 square kilometer city of Wroclaw in the south-west of the country is the fourth largest city in Poland after Warsaw,…
Protected lagoons on the Algarve coast The Parque Natural da Ria Formosa in Portugal owes its creation to a geological catastrophe. According to historical records, the bottom of the sea…
Trakai water castle in Lithuania 27 kilometers southwest of Vilnius is a medieval pearl in the Baltic States – the Trakai moated castle. It was built on an island in…
“The world has become more peaceful,” some say. No, others say, it’s not so safe at all. We can explain some of the differences in views with different starting points…
On August 16, 1960, according to Allcitycodes, the independence of Cyprus was proclaimed, which became a member of the UN that same year and joined the Commonwealth in March 1961….
The desire of the representative bodies created in the Danube principalities (“Divan ad hoc”) to unite both territories under one hereditary prince led to the election of Colonel A. I….