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🏛️ Archaeological Park of Metaponto and the Tavole Palatine (ancient Metapontum)

Archaeology & Antiquity Italy

Metapontum is an ancient Greek city in southern Italy that served as a major settlement of Magna Graecia. Founded in the 7th century BCE by colonists …

🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Mascún III

Archaeology & Antiquity Spain

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🛡️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Nether Denton Roman fort, associated vicus and length of Stanegate Roman road

Archaeology - Ancient Rome United Kingdom

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🗿 Borne milliaire romaine de Brossel au Broc

Archaeology - Ancient Rome France

The Borne milliaire romaine de Brossel au Broc is a Roman milestone in Le Broc, Puy-de-Dôme, that once marked distances along provincial roads through…

🏛️ Columnata Romana

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Spain

Columnata Romana is a Roman colonnade in Cartagena that preserves architectural evidence from the city's period as Carthago Nova, a major Mediterranea…

🏛️ Saint-Paulien: Mosaïque gallo-romaine

Archaeology - Ancient Rome France

Saint-Paulien: Mosaïque gallo-romaine is a Roman mosaic floor in Haute-Loire, central France, that belonged to a wealthy villa and demonstrates sophis…

🏛️ Routes of Santiago de Compostela – Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain: Chemin de la Côte

Transportation & Infrastructure Spain

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🏛️ Archaeologists Uncover Roman "Service Station" During Roadworks in Gloucester

Archaeology - Ancient Rome United Kingdom

The Gloucester mutatio is a Roman roadside settlement discovered during A417 roadworks near Gloucester, Gloucestershire, that functioned as a service …

🗻 West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord: Geirangerfjord Area

Parks Squares Hills & Mountains Norway

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🏰 Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment

Archaeology & Antiquity Hungary

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🏛️ Ruines gallo-romaines des Fontaines Salées (également sur commune de Saint-Père) à Foissy-lès-Vézelay

Archaeology - Ancient Rome France

The Fontaines Salées is a Gallo-Roman archaeological site in the Yonne department of Burgundy that comprises a substantial villa complex and associate…

🛡️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia: Sărățeni - Casa Sării

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Romania

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🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Britus Il (Britus II)

Archaeology & Antiquity Spain

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🏛️ Lofotr Viking Museum

Education & Entertainment Norway

Lofotr Viking Museum is an archaeological museum on Norway's Lofoten Islands that reconstructs Iron Age Norse life from the foundations of an authenti…

🍷 The French House

Hospitality & Markets United Kingdom

The French House is a public house in Soho, Westminster, that has operated continuously since 1910 as a meeting place for various communities. As of 2…

🕳️ Wookey Hole

Caves & Underground United Kingdom

Wookey Hole is a cave system in the Mendip Hills of Somerset, England, that contains evidence of human habitation spanning from the Paleolithic period…

🪖 Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western Segment): Traismauer – Kastell Römertor

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Austria

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🏛️ Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps: Fiavé-Lago Carera

Archaeology & Antiquity Italy

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🛡️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Fort site and civil settlement of Marienfels

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Germany

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🚠 World's steepest cable car opens in Switzerland

Adventures & Experiences Switzerland

The world's steepest funicular cable car is a mountain transport system in the Bernese Oberland that opened in December 2024 with a record-breaking 15…

🎨 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde: Faia - Vale Afonsinho

Archaeology & Antiquity Portugal

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🏛️ Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura: Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights

Museums & Memorials Holy See

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🚶 St. Olavsleden: Matsfor – Stöde

Roads Bridges Trails & Transportation Sweden

St. Olavsleden: Matsfor – Stöde is a pilgrimage trail section in central Sweden that connects two rural villages through boreal forest and agricultura…

🌀 Funerary Tradition in the Prehistory of Sardinia – The domus de janas: Necropolis of Su Crucifissu Mannu

Archaeology & Antiquity Italy

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