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Murlo, also known as Castello di Murlo, was a bishop's see and castle, first mentioned in 1189 (but most likely older than that, perhaps dating to the beginning of the 11th century). The village was built with heavy fortifications and the remaining walls dates to the 12th and 13th century. After the middle ages Murlo lost most of its importance and it has been unchanged for centuries (and it remains quite tiny). The steeple you can see is the cathedral of San Fortunato - the tiniest cathedral I have ever come across.
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A) Roman penannular brooch. Made of copper alloy with red enamel decoration depicting fish and birds. This type of brooch is believed to come from Ireland in the third and fourth century A.D. Found at the excavation of the sacred spring in1979.
B) Celtic bow brooch of the so-called 'Colchester B' type, dating to 50-70 A.D. It is made of copper alloy. Found at the excavation of the sacred spring in 1979.
C) Celtic bow brooch made of copper alloy. It is a so-called 'Nauheim derivative', a British version of a common type of brooch on the continent. It dates to the early to the middle of the first century A.D. Found at the excavation of the sacred spring in 1980.
D) Roman ear ring with twisted silver and bronze. Found at the excavation of the sacred spring in 1980.
E) Roman rings of copper alloy. Found at the excavations of the sacred spring in 1979-80.
(I haven't been able to find any additional information on the other ear ring.)
The waters at Bath were very popular already in Roman times, and they in their turn took after the Celts who had built a shrine dedicated to the goddess Sulis. The Romans built both temples and baths and called the town Aquae Sulis (the water of Sulis).
According to the Anglo-Saxon chronicle the baths were destroyed in the 6th century. But not totally - the spring continued to draw attention to its healing powers, and it is now housed in a 18th century building, one of the central features of Bath. And extensive archaeological research to the Roman remains has also been made.
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(The last shot in this series.)
Notre Dame in Reims - once the place where the French kings were crowned. Work on the church was begun in the beginning of the 13th century, replacing an earlier church which had been destroyed by a fire. The church was badly damaged during the fighting of the First World War, but a lot of time and effort has been put into making the church what it once was.
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Our chosen venue for the wedding-ceremony, the classical collection at Lund university museum - which has a wide variety of both original objects and plaster castings of famous sculptors (these are in original size) including Nike from Samothrace, Harmodios and Aristogeiton, and Venus de Milo.
(Yes, we're getting rid of the big blue thing in the middle....)
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(Originally uploaded in February 2011. Explored back then.)
The ruins to the left are Notre Dame and the ones to the right are St Pierre.
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