Sentences with phrase «remaining medievals towns»

The old town is home to beautiful old and colorful houses and is considered as one of the best remaining medievals towns in Switzerland.

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A ceremony is believed to have taken place shortly after the battle in the Kirk o» the Forest in Selkirk and the remains of a medieval chapel have now been located in the ruins of the town's 18th century Auld Kirk church.

A University of Southampton professor has carried out the most detailed analysis ever of the archaeological remains of the lost medieval town of Dunwich, dubbed «Britain's Atlantis».

Cradle Cross is a town out of time — battered by war and yet linked to a distant past, an isolated pocket of the country whose customs and views have remained intact since medieval times, where talismans protect loved ones and rituals can help wring away the grief of loss.

An UNESCO world heritage site, this medieval town was saved from demolition and partially reconstructed, not altogether authentically, in the nineteenth century and much of the original medieval city remains.

Immerse yourself in ancient Roman history when we stop at Pont Du Gard, a UNESCO World Heritage Site built in the 1st century; visit the amphitheater in Arles, the city with the most Roman remains outside of Rome, Then, moving on to the Middle Ages, visit Rocamadour, a town perched high on a cliff; walk by the ancient battlements in the beautifully preserved, medieval town of Carcassonne; and visit Beaune's Hôtel - Dieu charity hospital, built in 1443 after the Hundred Years» War left many of the town's population destitute..

Pickering is a delightful and traditional Yorkshire market town and is notable for its twelfth - century parish church, and for the impressive remains of the medieval Pickering Castle.

Here you can take a stroll through the pretty cobbled streets of this charming Alpine town and discover the remains of its medieval town wall.

On this affordable tour of Britain and Ireland, stop in some historic towns, including Oxford, home to some of England's most famous colleges; Durham, a medieval city with its cathedral, built in 1093, and castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site; York, England's most complete medieval city with its cobbled streets and the magnificent York Minster, England's largest gothic cathedral; Stratford - upon - Avon, birthplace of Shakespeare; Chester, where a walking tour highlights its Roman remains and black and white half - timbered buildings; Adare, founded in medieval times and known today as one of Ireland's prettiest villages; and Bath, known for the excavations of Roman baths used for bathing and socializing 2,000 years ago.

Sections of the medieval walls that once enclosed the town survive, along with a Romanesque gate that dates back to the 13th century, and the remains of a Roman settlement and necropolis are currently being excavated.