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The Blind Piper Pub in Cathair Donall (Caherdaniel), County Kerry, Ireland. A very popular local pub.

View from the doorway of the 6th-century ringfort, Grianan of Aileach (Grianán Ailigh) on Greenan Mountain at Inishowen, County Donegal, Ireland.

Memorial to those who died in World War I and World War II, Derry, Northern Ireland.

The Donegal Abbey Cemetery near Donegal bay, County Donegal, Ireland.

Seal impression from Nushi Jan Castle Complex, c. 650 BCE. National Museum of Iran, Tehran, inv. no. 13145. Median art has few remaining examples and almost none that seem free from the impacts of its regional predecessors...

Château de Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France. The promontory on which the royal fortress of Chinon stands has been used for thousands of years. Gradually, the fortress was divided into three distinct parts, which the kings called their "three...

Château de Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France. A unique example of the development of French architecture from the 13th to the 17th centuries, the Château de Blois has been a listed historic monument since 1845. The château has been associated with...

Built in the 15th century at Lémeré, near Chinon in France, the Château du Rivau's origins go back much further, however, as it was built on the foundations of a 13th-century fortified house. Part fortified castle, part pleasure residence...

Château de la Ferté-Saint-Aubin, Loiret, France. First built in the 16th century, it was confiscated during the French Revolution. François-Victor Masséna, son of André Masséna (1758-1817, Marshal of the Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte...

Château de Meung-sur-Loire, Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret, France. It was built from the 11th century onwards and served as the residence of the bishops of Orléans and as a prison. François Villon, the 15th-century bandit and poet, was undoubtedly...