Jerusalem
Names. The first mention of Jerusalem (Rusha Lemun) can be found in Egyptian curses of the hostile cities of XIX-XX centuries B. C. Under...
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Masada Fortress (Israel)
Masada (מְצָדָה, Metzada) is a fortress at the southern tip of the Dead Sea (25 kilometers south of Ein Gedi) on top of a mountain...
Read MoreThe Kolomna Kremlin
“Its walls built of big stones and solid wonderful brick are of terrible height. Its towers are like those of Antioch or even better,...
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One of the oldest fortresses on Russian soil, Tula’s Kremlin, has been preserved to this day very well and continues to delight the eye...
Read MoreThe Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin
“This city kingly rising over the entire east of Russia has completely infatuated us. How delightful and boundless are its open fields....
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