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December 5, 2009
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November 18, 2010
Hadrian’s wall
the Pyramids of Giza
Abu Simbal
Chester city walls
Stonetown, Zanizbar ( Freddie Mercury’s family home is there)
Parthanon(sp?)
the Shambles in York
St Peter’s in Rome
there’s a convent in Montreal which I can’t remember the name of which dates back to c17th.
Hampton Court
the Tower of London
It's always bunnies.
In no particular order:
The Alhambra, Granada
The Alcázar, Seville
Hever Castle
Tower of London
Hampton Court Palace
Kenilworth Castle
Notre Dame, Paris – also love Sacre Coeur
Bradgate ruins and Bradgate Park
The acropolis, Lindos, Rhodes
The duomo in Florence
Debunking the myths about Anne Boleyn
11:32 pm
June 7, 2010
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November 18, 2010
1:35 am
November 18, 2010
Anyanka said
Claire said
Should add my house too!
The oldest building in the town I live is 1860’s. The town itself dates back to 1799. I was used to living in places where 1860’s buildings were the just part of the scenery and not historic unless there was another connection to them.
Our is supposed to be the 2nd oldest house in the village and is over 300 years old. We have Moorish remains in the village and we still have the terracing on the mountains that the Moors put in for water, it’s fascinating.
Debunking the myths about Anne Boleyn
5:49 pm
February 24, 2010
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December 5, 2009
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November 18, 2010
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March 26, 2011
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January 3, 2012
Anyanka said
If stone circles fit the criteria…how could I have missed Avesbury??
I’ve been there Anyanka it’s a very strange place. The biggest stone there is 80 ton my brother had a wee up it LOL. I don’t suppose you would remember the children’s series in the 70’s called the Children of the Stones, (too young me thinks, not like me a fossilised old dragon) but that was based in Avebury.
Semper Fidelis, quod sum quod
1:35 pm
November 18, 2010
Boleyn said
Anyanka said
If stone circles fit the criteria…how could I have missed Avesbury??
I’ve been there Anyanka it’s a very strange place. The biggest stone there is 80 ton my brother had a wee up it LOL. I don’t suppose you would remember the children’s series in the 70’s called the Children of the Stones, (too young me thinks, not like me a fossilised old dragon) but that was based in Avebury.
I don’t remember the show but I grew up during the 70’s…I was 6 in 970
It's always bunnies.
9:05 pm
January 29, 2013
1. Gwydir castle : in North Wales, home to the Wynne family and one of the cousins of Queen Elizabeth 1, Catherine of Berain. This is an amazing Tudor house.
2. Plas Mawr ( the Elizabethan house) again in North Wales and also belonging to the Wynne family. Built at the time of Queen Elizabeth it’s a beautiful Tudor town house.
3.Aberconwy house : Medieval merchant’s house in Conwy ( and I work here)
4.Townley hall: in Burnley, a good recussant house with priest holes.
5.Hampton court palace.
6.Hatfield house.
7.Hever castle
8. Warwick castle
9.Chester cathedral
In no particular order ( though the top five pretty much all equal as number 1 )
Windsor Castle
Hampton Court Palace
Hever Castle
Tower of London
Palace of Versailles
Edinburgh Castle
Balmoral Castle ( visited there last year- it really is a lovely little place and i can see why Victoria and Albert loved it so much. Just to note though the ballroom is the only room in the building you can go into as it is the personnel residence of The Queen, but that and the vast extensive grounds are just beautiful and i do love the castle’s design)
Westminster Abbey
Warwick Castle
St Paul’s Cathedral
1:33 am
January 9, 2010
My 10 favourite historic buildings that I’ve been to:
Tower of London
Westminster Abbey
Leeds Castle
St Michael’s Mount
Sudeley Castle
Versailles
Fontainebleau
St. Peters/Vatican
St Marks in Venice
Bath House in Rotorua, New Zealand (I used to live in Rotorua and I always loved the mock-Tudor/colonial architecture of the bath house)
Places I desperately want to see:
Hever Castle!!!!!!!
Alnwick Castle
Hagia Sophia in Istanbul
and all of New Orleans!
2:13 pm
January 31, 2013
Here are a few of mine. I’ve never been there but hope to one day:
Holyrood Palace
Edinburgh Castle
Glamis Castle
Huntingtower Castle
Stirling Castle
Tower of London
Hampton Court Palace
Hever Castle
Notre Dame Cathedral
The Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain
Fontainebleau Palace
Versailles
At times I almost dream, I too have spent a life the sages' way,
And tread once more familiar paths. Perchance I perished in an arrogant self-reliance
Ages ago; and in that act, a prayer For one more chance went up so earnest, so
Instinct with better light let in by death, That life was blotted out—not so completely
But scattered wrecks enough of it remain Dim memories as now, when once more seems The goal in sight again. -- Robert Browning, Paracelsus