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Ten Roman wonders of Britain
Discover the Roman Empire’s extraordinary legacy left on Britain through this selection of ten Roman wonders.
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Buxton’s tuffa calcite terraces
One of Turkey’s most impressive geological wonders is Pamukkale (meaning "cotton castle"), renowned for its sinter terraced formations created by calcite-rich springs.One of Turkey’s most impressive geological wonders is Pamukkale (meaning "cotton castle"), renowned for its sinter terraced formations created by calcite-rich springs.
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The Vari Cave Sanctuary
Vari Cave is a small cave system in the Hymettus mountain range, located in the Athens area of Attica, East Central Greece.
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The Wieliczka Salt Mine
The Wieliczka Salt Mine is a subterranean network of man-made tunnels up to 327 metres in depth for extracting salt, located beneath the town of Wieliczka in southern Poland.
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The Palmanova Star Fort
Palmanova is a town and comune built during the late Renaissance by the former Venetian Republic in Northeast Italy.
Camlet Moat – London’s Camelot
Camlet Moat is a quadrangular moated enclosure monument known as ‘London’s Camelot’ near the summit of Ferny Hill, located in the Trent Country Park in the London Borough of Barnet.
The Mysterious Lapis Niger Sanctuary Beneath Ancient Rome
The Lapis Niger is an ancient sanctuary and a remnant of the Comitium in Rome, that some Romans believed was the venerated sacred tomb of the city’s legendary founder, Romulus.
The Puxerloch Cave Castles
Puxerloch refers to the two adjacent cave castles of Luegg and Schallaun, located in the municipality of Teufenbach-Katsch, Austria.
Kropfenstein Cave Castle
Kropfenstein Castle is a ruined höhenburg (hillfort) type castle, located on the edge of a vertically sloping rock face in the municipality of Waltensburg/Vuorz, Switzerland.
The Ras il-Wardija Punic Sanctuary
Ras il-Wardija, corrupted from the word ‘guardia’ which means ‘watch’ is a Punic Sanctuary carved into a promontory on the island of Gozo in the Maltese archipelago.
Castro de Baroña
Castro de Baroña is a fortified Iron Age settlement, located on a rocky outcrop on the coastline of A Coruña in Galicia, Spain.
Mystras – The Byzantine Capital of Morea
Mystras, called the “wonder of Morea” was the capital of the Byzantine Despotate of Morea in the 14th and 15th centuries AD, located on Mount Taygetos in the Peloponnese region of Greece.
The Paris Catacombs
The Paris Catacombs is a subterranean complex of around 200 miles of tunnels, housing the remains of millions of interred Parisians, in the former Tombe-Issoire quarries under the plain of Montrouge in Paris, France.
The Sunken Town of Dunwich
Dunwich, located in Suffolk, England, was an important port and trading centre, until storms and coastal erosion engulfed the town, making it now the largest underwater medieval site in Europe.
The Eleusis Ploutonion – The Gateway to Hell
The Eleusis ploutonion is a sacred sanctuary in the ancient Greco-Roman city of Eleusis, located in the Thriasian Plain in the West Attica Regional unit of Greece.
The Cave of the Sibyl
The Cave of the Sibyl is a subterranean complex beneath the ancient city of Cumae, located on the outskirts of the present-day Metropolitan City of Naples in Campania, Italy.
Caer Gybi – Anglesey’s Roman Fort
Caer Gybi (named after it’s Welsh namesake “Caergybi”) is a late Roman fort, located in Holyhead on the western coast of Anglesey, Wales.
The Giant Jelling Viking Stone Ship
The Jelling stone ship is situated in a Viking burial complex, which lies under two large burial mounds constructed by King Harald Bluetooth in Jelling, Denmark.
The Meta Romuli – The Lost Roman Pyramid
The Meta Romuli, also called the Piramide Vaticana was a large pyramid shaped monument, constructed by the Romans between the Circus Neronis, and the Mausoleum of Hadrian in the ancient city of Rome.
London’s Roman Fort
London’s Roman Fort was constructed in Londinium, the Roman capital of Britannia, located in the area now occupied by the City of London.