A stopping place for travelers since colonial days, when it was a prime Chesapeake port, CHESTERTOWN is the northernmost town on the eastern shore. Stretching west along High Street from the Chester River, it is surprisingly intact, with its...
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Sixty-five kilometres northeast of Yogya stands quiet, leafy low-rise SURAKARTA , or, as it's more commonly known, SOLO . This is the older of the two royal cities in Central Java, and its ruling family can lay claim to being the...
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With its Gothic spire rising against a backdrop of Morvan hills, AUTUN , even today, is scarcely bigger than the circumference of its medieval walls , and they in turn follow the line of earlier Roman fortifications. The emperor...
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