Callander: “Tannochbrae” in the Trossachs
Callander (/ˈkæləndər/; Scottish Gaelic: Calasraid) is a small town in the council area of Stirling, Scotland, situated on the River …
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Oban: Gateway to the Inner and Outer Hebrides
Oban (/ˈoʊbən/ OH-bən;[An t-Òban in Scottish Gaelic meaning The Little Bay) is a resort town within the Argyll and Bute …
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Loch Lomond: On the bonny, bonny banks
Loch Lomond (/ˈlɒx ˈloʊmənd/; Scottish Gaelic: Loch Laomainn – ‘Lake of the Elms’) is a freshwater Scottish loch which crosses …
Loch Long: A Sea Loch in Winter
Loch Long is a body of water in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The Sea Loch extends from the Firth of …
Claymore Hotel: On the banks of Loch Long
Information obtained from http://www.arrocharheritage.com/HistoryOfArrocharHouse.htm. All rights acknowledged. Arrochar House has had several names. Over the years the name has changed …
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Inverary Castle: Ancestral Seat of the Dukes of Argyll
Inveraray Castle (Scottish Gaelic Caisteal Inbhir Aora, pronounced [ˈkʰaʃtʲəl̪ˠ iɲɪɾʲˈɯːɾə]) is a country house near Inveraray in the county of …
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Inveraray: A model town in Argyll
Inveraray (/ˌɪnvəˈrɛəri/ or /ˌɪnvəˈrɛərə/; Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Aora, pronounced [iɲɪɾʲˈɯːɾə]; “mouth of the Aray”) is a town in Argyll and …
Malcesine: Masterpiece of Lake Garda
Malcesine is a comune (municipality) on the eastern shore of Lake Garda in the Province of Verona in the Italian …
Piazza San Marco: All Venetian Life
Piazza San Marco (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjatsːa sam ˈmarko]; Venetian: Piasa San Marco), often known in English as St Mark’s Square, …
The Lion Of Venice: Symbol of Venetian Power
The Lion of Venice is an ancient bronze winged lion sculpture in the Piazza San Marco of Venice, Italy, which …
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Gondolas and Gondoliers: travelling in style!
The gondola (English: /ˈɡɒndələ/, Italian: [ˈɡondola]; Venetian: góndoła [ˈɡoŋdoɰa]) is a traditional, flat-bottomed Venetian rowing boat, well suited to the …
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The Guidecca Canal: Churches of Palladio
The Giudecca Canal is a body of water that flows into the San Marco basin in Venice, Italy. It is …
The Grand Canal: The Venetian Highway
The Grand Canal (Italian: Canal Grande [kaˌnal ˈɡrande]; Venetian: Canal Grando, anciently Canałasso [kanaˈɰaso]) is a channel in Venice, Italy. …
St Mark’s Basilica: the height of Italo-Byzantine architecture in the heart of Venice
The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark (Italian: Basilica Cattedrale Patriarcale di San Marco), commonly known as Saint Mark’s Basilica …
The Doge’s Palace: Seat of Power in the Venetian Republic
The Doge’s Palace (Italian: Palazzo Ducale; Venetian: Pałaso Dogal) is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of …
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Bridge of Sighs
The Bridge of Sighs (Italian and Venetian: Ponte dei Sospiri) is a bridge located in Venice, northern Italy. The enclosed …
The Rialto Bridge: Antonio da Ponte’s classical crossing of the Grand Canal
The Rialto Bridge (Italian: Ponte di Rialto; Venetian: Ponte de Rialto) is the oldest of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. Connecting the sestieri (districts) of San Marco and San Polo, it has been rebuilt several times since its first construction as a pontoon bridge in the 12th century, and is now a significant tourist attraction in the city.