Excerpt from the book Travels through History : Northern Ireland and Scotland Belfast and the Causeway Coast has been rated best region in the world to visit in 2018 by Lonely Planet. In September 2017, Scotland was voted the most beautiful country in the world by a respected travel company, Rough Guides. Before the book, the Da Vinci Code,Continue reading “Rosslyn Chapel”
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London Churches
St Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster Abbey aren’t the only sights in London for people interested in churches and cathedrals. Visitors to the main sights in London should always be aware that there is a historical church close by. These smaller churches aren’t as famous as St Paul’s Cathedral or Westminster Abbey, but you won’t haveContinue reading “London Churches”
Skip Rome’s queues and entrance fees and visit a baroque masterpiece
The Church of St Ignatius of Loyola is an oasis of calm in Rome’s tourist central showcasing wonderful trompe-l’oeil frescoes
Armenia – Saghmosavank Monastery
On the way back to Yerevan I stopped at Saghmosavank (“Monastery of Psalms”) another Armenian sight close to a spectacular gorge, this time the Kasakh Gorge. The monastery has a large gavit to the west of the Zion church. A gavit serves as a narthex, mausoleum and assembly room for the church, but at SaghmosavankContinue reading “Armenia – Saghmosavank Monastery”
Armenia
I have visited some of Armenia’s outstanding monuments during this day. The ‘temple’ at Garni is the only Graeco-Roman structure in the whole country and is situated by the side of a spectacular gorge where basalt columns, similar to the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland, can be seen. Garni has been expertly reconstructed after aContinue reading “Armenia”
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