A Monastery in Meteora, Greece. The area was originally settled by monks in the 11th Century who lived in caves within the rocks. They climbed higher and higher up the rock faces until they were living on the inaccessible peaks where they were able to build he first monasteries by bringing material and people up with ladders and baskets.
A nice little lake. No other information available.
View of the roof around the atrium of La Pedrera in Barcelona, Spain. Completed in 1912 and designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí. La Pedrera translates as ‘The Quarry’.
An Old House, Talinn, Estonia. No other information available.
Dragon House, Mount Ohi, Eubia Island, Greece. These unusual stone houses were explained by myths as “Dragon Houses” because they thought that the houses must have been constructed by dragons or other supernatural creatures. Photo by Flickr’s Pitheas.
The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the Greek god Helios, erected on the Greek island of Rhodes by Chares of Lindos between 292 and 280 BC. It was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Before its destruction in 226 BC, the Colossus of Rhodes stood over 30 metres high. Picture by Flickr’s elel_442.
Sorano is a town in the province of Grosseto, southern Tuscany, Italy. It as an ancient medieval hill town hanging from a tuff stone over the Lente River. Sorano was probably originally inhabited by Villanovan culture, but the first historical mentions are relative to the 3rd century BC, when it was an Etruscan city. Follow link for photo credit.
Cetatea Râsnov, Transylvania, Romania, is one of the best preserved peasant fortresses in the area and was built in the 13th and 14th centuries by the inhabitants of the settlement. The principal purpose was to defend themselves against attacks by the Tatars. Follow link for photo credit.
Low impact woodland home in Wales. This house was built in four months using manual labour and only cost about £3,000. It looks so cosy inside. More information at the owner’s website: http://www.simondale.net/house/
Sweethaven Village, Malta. This was used as a filming location for the 1980 film Popeye.
