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Nao Santa Maria, Canning dock Liverpool

Shaftsbury, Dorset, UK

At the Nittany Antique Machinery Association Fall Penns Cave show, September 2017, near Centre Hall, Pennsylvania.

Geoglyphs stretch across the desert landscape in Paracas, Peru, revealing ancient artistry carved into the earth.

Tucked away in a bay somewhere in Montenegro, we came face-to-face with the rusting hulks of forgotten warships - built for a battle that never reached them. With corroding cannons and decaying decks, these relics of the Yugoslav Navy hold forgotten stories. Join us in the final chapter of Balkan Detours Season 1: youtu.be/1vuHEPPPeqw

Tucked away in a bay somewhere in Montenegro, we came face-to-face with the rusting hulks of forgotten warships - built for a battle that never reached them. With corroding cannons and decaying decks, these relics of the Yugoslav Navy hold forgotten stories. Join us in the final chapter of Balkan Detours Season 1: youtu.be/1vuHEPPPeqw

Construction of the great Norman keep began in 1076, on the orders of William the Conqueror. It was built directly over the foundations of the Roman Temple of Claudius, erected when Colchester was the first capital of Roman Britain. Those Roman foundations still survive beneath the castle and can be visited today.

Colchester Castle is particularly remarkable for its size. The keep measures approximately 46 by 33.5 metres and is regarded as the largest Norman keep in existence. Its design has similarities with the White Tower at the Tower of London and its construction may have been supervised by Gundulf, Bishop of Rochester, who was also associated with the White Tower. With little suitable building stone available locally, enormous quantities of Roman material from ancient Colchester were reused in its construction.

What we see today is only part of the original structure. By the 17th century the castle had become increasingly ruinous. In 1683 it was sold to John Wheeley, who attempted to demolish it so that the stone could be sold as building material. Walls and towers were attacked and even gunpowder was used, but the work proved uneconomic and was eventually abandoned. The surviving keep is now probably less than half its original height.

In 1727 the castle came into the possession of antiquarian Charles Gray. During the 18th century he restored and altered the surviving building and landscaped the surrounding grounds. Some of the features visible today, including the Mediterranean-style tiled roofs and the dome over the great staircase, date from this period rather than from the Norman castle.

The castle began its modern life as a museum in 1860 and today houses Colchester Castle Museum, with collections telling the story of Colchester from the Roman period onwards.

This aerial view is particularly useful for showing the scale and unusual shape of the surviving Norman keep, as well as its position within Castle Park in the centre of Colchester.

At the Central Nevada Museum in the desert mining town of Tonopah.

Als Teil der gut erhaltenen Dinkelsbühler Stadtbefestigung verdankt der Faulturm seinen Namen vermutlich seiner einstigen Nutzung als Gefängnis. Zusammen mit dem Parkwächterhäuschen bildet das historische Ensemble am Stadtgraben heute eines der bekanntesten Motive entlang der Romantischen Straße.

As part of the well-preserved fortifications of Dinkelsbühl, the Faulturm (digester tower) likely owes its name to its former use as a prison. Together with the park warden's lodge, this historic ensemble by the town moat now forms one of the most famous sights along the Romantic Road.

Dunluce is one of the most picturesque and romantic of Irish Castles. With evidence of settlement from the first millennium, the present castle ruins date mainly from the 16th and 17th centuries. It was inhabited by both the feuding McQuillan and MacDonnell clans.

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Tra le pieghe della città vecchia, Mentone rivela la sua anima più silenziosa. Le viuzze si arrampicano tra muri colorati e archi di pietra, dove il tempo sembra fermarsi e ogni passo diventa memoria. È un labirinto di luce e ombra, di scale e finestre che raccontano la vita mediterranea nella sua forma più autentica.

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Dans les plis de la vieille ville, Menton révèle son âme la plus silencieuse. Les ruelles grimpent entre les murs colorés et les arches de pierre, où le temps semble s’arrêter et chaque pas devient mémoire. C’est un labyrinthe de lumière et d’ombre, d’escaliers et de fenêtres qui racontent la vie méditerranéenne dans sa forme la plus authentique.

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Within the folds of the old town, Menton reveals its quietest soul. The narrow streets climb between colored walls and stone arches, where time seems to pause and every step becomes memory. It’s a labyrinth of light and shadow, of stairs and windows that tell the Mediterranean life in its most authentic form.

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