The Moors of the Balearic Islands
The Moors were North African and Arab Muslims who controlled the Balearic Islands of Ibiza, Mallorca and Menorca for over 300 years
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The Battle of Culloden: Bonnie Prince Charlie and the end of the Jacobite Revolution
Since the 1630s civil war had been a constant fear as Scotland, Ireland and England struggled to find a way to live and prosper together.
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Adventure Golf; Golfing Scotland’s Northern Highlands
Given their location the golf courses in the Northern Highlands of Scotland are generally less known, less visited and less expensive than others further south and closer to the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh.
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Caravaggio: Tortured Artist of the Renaissance
Caravaggio, was an Italian painter active in Rome during the Renaissance and for most of his artistic life. During his final four years, he moved between Naples, Malta, and Sicily.
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Baroque Towns of Sicily: Scicli
Scicli is one of several small towns in the South eastern corner of Sicily re constructed in the baroque style fashionable at the time when the region was devastated by an earthquake in the mid 17th century.
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