Monday, 17 December 2007
Combe Sydenham, Somerset
This is where Elizabeth Sydenham lived,who married the widowed Sir Francis Drake in 1585.
Culbone,Somerset, England
The Church here is only 35 feet only, is believed to be England's smallest parish church.
Thursday, 6 December 2007
Fowey, Cornwall, England
Kenneth Grahame who wrote The Wind in the Willows was married here in 1899.
Bolventor, Cornwall, England
Here is the Jamaica Inn, which gave its name to one of Daphne du maurier novels about smuggling.
Tuesday, 4 December 2007
Vezelay,Yonne, France
St Bernard here on 31 March 1146 called for a Second Crusade.
King Richard the Lionheart met the french king here in 1190 before he departed for the Third Crusade.
The abbeyhas relics of Mary Magdalene.
Saint Francis of Assisi founded a monastery here about 1217
King Richard the Lionheart met the french king here in 1190 before he departed for the Third Crusade.
The abbeyhas relics of Mary Magdalene.
Saint Francis of Assisi founded a monastery here about 1217
Roche de Solutre, Saone-et-Loire, France
This place has given its name to a type of prehistoric flint tools;Solutrean
There is also a museum of prehistory, explaining about the prehistoric site.
There is also a museum of prehistory, explaining about the prehistoric site.
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