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Kuldiga Old Town
Kuldīga, located in western Latvia, is a well-preserved example of a traditional town. In the 16th-18th centuries, it developed from a small medieval village into an important administrative center of the Principality of Courland and Semigallia. The urban structure of Kuldīga has largely preserved the street layout of the time, and the houses are a mixture of traditional log buildings and other styles influenced by foreign influences, reflecting the rich exchange between local craftsmen and traveling artisans along the Baltic coast. The architectural influences and craft traditions introduced during the principality period continued until the 19th century.
Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site
Joya de Cerén was a pre-Hispanic agricultural community that, like Pompeii and Herculaneum in Italy, was buried by a volcanic eruption in the Laguna crater around 600 AD. Because the remains are so well preserved, they offer insights into the daily lives of the Mesoamerican people who worked the land at the time.
Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata
On 24 August 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius erupted, engulfing the two prosperous Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, as well as many of the region’s wealthy villas. Since the mid-18th century, these villas have been gradually excavated and opened to the public. The vast expanse of the commercial town of Pompeii contrasts with the smaller but better preserved remains of the resort of Herculaneum, while the exquisite frescoes of the Villa Oplontis in Torre Annunziata provide a vivid picture of the lavish lifestyles of the wealthy citizens of the early Roman Empire.