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Nesactium, located in modern-day Croatia near Pula, was the capital of the Histri tribe and a Roman municipium. The site contains the remains of a prehistoric cemetery, a Roman municipium, and an early Christian basilica from the 6th century...

The mosaic of the Punishment of Dirce in Pula (Croatia) was found in 1959 during construction work near the Chapel of St. Mary Formosa, and it has been completely preserved. The multicoloured mosaic floor, dated to the 3rd century CE, covered...

The Small Roman Theatre of Pula in Croatia could accommodate about 1,000 spectators and was situated within the city walls on the eastern slopes of the central hill of the town, a few hundred metres from the larger one. Only its reconstructed...

St Patrick's Hall, Dublin Castle was previously used as a ballroom and is now the location for the Irish presidential inaugurations. The room and its interior date from the 18th century.

The main hall of Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin. The prison was established in 1796 and was operative until 1924. Many Irish revolutionaries were imprisoned here, especially after the Easter Rising of 1916.

St Patrick's Cathedral was established in 1191 and the building you can visit today originates from c. 1220.

The 8th-century BCE Tumulus MM, otherwise known as the 'Tomb of Midas', outside Gordium, capital of Phrygia (modern Turkey). It is the second-largest ancient tumulus in Anatolia.

The Long Room of the Old Library at Trinity College Dublin dates from the early 18th century and contains the oldest books of the Trinity library.

Christ Church Cathedral is believed to have been founded by Dúnán (d. 1074), the first bishop of Dublin and the Norse king of Dublin Sitric Silkenbeard (r. c. 989/995–1036) as a Viking church during the 11th century. The stone church, parts...

The so-called Gate of Hercules is the oldest city gate in Pula (Croatia). Architecturally modest, it stands as a single-arched stone gate with, at the top, a worn carving relief of the head of Hercules with his club. The gate was built during...