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The Pantheon in Rome was originally built as a temple to the seven deities of the seven planets in the Roman state religion, but has been a Christian church since the 7th century. It is the best-preserved of all Roman buildings and the oldest important building in the world with its original roof intact. Brandon Rowan from Rome says: It has a massive hole at the top and it lets…
To follow on from our recent tour of the Via Appia Antica, we’ll move into the centre of Rome to…
To celebrate the holiday season this year we’ll take a look at Christmas Trees, whose “leaves are so unchanging. Not…
We recently took a look at a number of Churches with twisted spires. Rather more common are Churches with detached…
Via Appia (The Appian Way) was one of the earliest Roman Roads, running south-east of the Italian capital towards Brindisi.…
Siciliy’s Mount Etna is the largest volcano in Italy, the tallest in all of Europe, and one of the world’s…
Each year during Desert Week, we take you around the world to show you the best sights from the world’s…
For our first post of Desert Week 2011, we’re travelling to the Grand Erg Oriental, or ‘Great Eastern Sand Sea’…
As is customary, the “much-more-interesting-than-it-sounds” desert week is one week late again this year! However, our writers have been touring…
Check out all of these white cars parked on an airfield in Green Cove Springs, Florida! GSS reader Jon who…
Portmeirion is a small resort village in North Wales famous for its Italianate architecture, and for being the setting for…
Continuing our exploration of one of the world’s largest UNESCO World Heritage Sites, we’ll visit some of the structures built…
Portmeirion is a small resort village in North Wales famous for its Italianate architecture, and for being the setting for…
Continuing our exploration of one of the world’s largest UNESCO World Heritage Sites, we’ll visit some of the structures built…
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