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A photo of 12th century Spiš Castle. Located in Slovakia. The castle was the centre of Szepes County. Photo credits: Petr Kratochvil

St. Andrew's Church, Kyiv, an 18th-century Orthodox cathedral. The church is an example of Elizabethan Baroque architectural style.

A photo of Wawel Cathedral. Wawel Cathedral is a 14th century cathedral located on Wawel Hill in Cracow, Poland. It was the place of coronations of many Polish monarchs. Photo credit: Jar.ciurus

A photo of the interior of ancient orthdox temple of Saint Sophia, Kyiv.

Portrait of Ladislaus Vasa, oil on canvas, 1620s. By Peter Paul Rubens. Wawel Castle, Krakow.

The passages under the hippodrome of Tyre (Lebanon). The hipprodrome, built in the 2nd century CE, is considered the second-largest hippodrome in the ancient world.

The preserved seats of the hippodrome of Tyre (Lebanon), built in the 2nd century CE. The hippodrome of Tyre was U-shaped and measured 480 meters (1575 ft) by 160 metres (525 ft). It could accommodate around 30,000 spectators. It is considered...

A modern bust of Teuta, the 3rd-century BCE queen of the Ardiaei, an Illyrian tribe. Teuta commanded fleets that were accused of piracy by the Romans, who sent a force to defeat her in 229/228 BCE. Krujë, Albania.

A medieval illustration of a Hussite Wagenburg (wagon fort), an innovation of Jan Zizka (l. c. 1360 – 1424). (Austrian National Library, Cod 3062 fol. 148r)

A medieval illustration of King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (r. in Bohemia 1378 – 1419, King of Germany 1376 – 1400). From the Wenceslaus Bible, 1390s.