Category Archives: Historical Monument
St. Paul’s Cathedral
About On September 5, 1666 a fire started at a bakery on Pudding Lane. It gutted the medieval city of London inside the old Roman city walls. It threatened, but never reached the aristocratic city of Westminster. 13,200 homes were … Continue reading
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Tagged Cathedral, London, London Attractions, London England, St. Paul's Cathedral, UK Travel
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Roman Baths
About The Roman Baths in Bath are Britain’s only natural occurring hot springs. Roman baths were common, but most were heated by steam caused by heating the water and circulating it under rooms elevated by stacks of flat rock. Thermal … Continue reading
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Roman Britain
The Romans named the part of Great Britain they controlled ”Britannia”. The inhabitants of Britain prior to the Romans had already established trade and cultural communications with continental Europe, but the Romans introduced new developments in commerce, industry, agriculture and … Continue reading
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Cleopatra’s Needle
About Along the Thames River in London are a number of monuments. Tourists pass by many of these old monuments without taking the time to learn their history. Cleopatra’s Needle is one of these. It was made in Egypt 1,000 … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Monument, Unique and Unusual
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Surprising Stonehenge
About Stonehenge is a collection of enormous prehistoric stones prearranged in a semi-circle on the side of a hill in southwest England. That is all that is known for certain. Some believe it to be an ancient burial group, a … Continue reading
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Hadrian’s Wall #2
Bill and I were exhausted walking all over Lindisfarne Island and then up and down Bamburgh Castle. The sun doesn’t set in England right now until after 9:00 p.m. As we headed towards Durham and our hotel for the night … Continue reading
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Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh is pronounced “ed en burr oh”. The city is built on an extinct volcano overlooking northeast Scotland in all four directions. More than 1,000 years ago a castle was built on this volcanic rock. There is now a road … Continue reading
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Hadrian’s Wall
This might have been the coolest thing I have ever seen. For those not familiar with Hadrian’s Wall I will give a brief history. Roman Emperor Hadrian visited Britain in AD 122. He wanted a barrier to be built to … Continue reading
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