Silbury Hill

Silbury Hill is the largest artificial mound in Europe, located near Avery, Wiltshire, South West England. Probably completed around 2400 BCE, it stands approximately 40 meters high and 160 meters wide, and its construction is estimated to have involved about 4 million hours of work. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Gaeta

Gaeta is an Italian city located on a promontory in the province of Latina, in Lazio, Central Italy. Gaeta played a significant part in Italy’s military history—its fortifications date back to Roman times and were extended in the fifteenth century under the Kingdom of Naples.

Oriel College

Oriel College, located in Oriel Square, is a college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Founded in 1326, the original medieval foundations were set up by Adam de Brome, under the patronage of Edward II, and was called the House or Hall of the Blessed Mary at Oxford.

Tuscany

Tuscany is a region in west-central Italy that lies along the Tyrrhenian and Ligurian seas. It comprises the provinces of Massa Carrara, Lucca, Pistoia, Prato, Firenze, Livorno, Pisa, Arezzo, Siena, and Grosseto. The region is regarded as the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance. 

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