The district capital, ¡YIOS YERMAN”S proves a surprisingly large village of tile-roofed houses, overlooking a patch of Meg·li PrÈspa in the distance. It's worth making the trip up just to see two tiny late Byzantine churches, whose...
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Spreading north from the banks of the River Nene, NORTHAMPTON is a workaday modern town whose appearance largely belies its ancient past. Throughout the Middle Ages, this was one of central England's most important towns, a flourishing...
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Thucydides predicted that if the ancient city of Sparta were deserted, distant ages would be very unwilling to believe its power at all equal to its fame. The city had no great temples or public buildings and throughout its period...
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