Anniversary: D-Day Seen from the Longues-sur-Mer Battery — June 6, 1944
At 5:37 on the morning of 6 June 1944, the British cruiser Ajax opened fire on the German battery at […]
Plamort and the Resia Pass Alpine Wall (1938-43): The Dragon Teeth and Bunkers Italy Aimed at Its Own Ally (Curon Venosta, South Tyrol)
The anti-tank barrier on the Plamort plateau: three parallel lines of concrete cones, each capped with an iron point, laid
Peleliu Battlefield (Palau): The Umurbrogol Caves, the Airfield That Was Not Needed, and Three Ways of Telling One Battle
A Sherman tank of the US 710th Tank Battalion, destroyed in October 1944 by an improvised mine made from an
Giorgio Taverniti: A Retrospective at La Rizza
From August 20 to 24, the Giacomo Zanella Primary School in La Rizza, a hamlet of Villafranca di Verona, hosts
Longues-sur-Mer Battery (1943-44): Four Atlantic Wall Casemates, Their Original Guns, and the Contested Story of 6 June (Calvados, Normandy)
Two of the four M272 casemates at Longues-sur-Mer, with the original 15 cm naval guns still in the embrasures. Photo:
UNESCO World Heritage Sites Near Basseterre: the Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park
St Kitts has 1 UNESCO site: Brimstone Hill Fortress NP (1999), 13 km northwest of Basseterre — the “Gibraltar of the West Indies”, the largest British colonial fortress in the Eastern Caribbean.
UNESCO World Heritage Sites Near Roseau: the Morne Trois Pitons National Park in Dominica
Dominica has 1 UNESCO site: Morne Trois Pitons National Park (1997), 8 km east of Roseau — Boiling Lake (2nd largest thermally active lake), Trafalgar Falls, Sisserou parrot habitat.
UNESCO World Heritage Sites Near Saint George’s: Brimstone Hill and the Grenadine Islands Heritage
Grenada has no UNESCO sites. Saint George’s features Fort George (1705), the Carenage harbour, and the Molinière Underwater Sculpture Park. Nearest UNESCO site: Brimstone Hill in St Kitts (300 km NW).
UNESCO World Heritage Sites Near Dili: the Komodo National Park and the Subak Irrigation of Bali
Timor-Leste has no UNESCO sites. Nearest: Komodo NP in Indonesia (1,000 km west, 1991) — home to the world’s largest lizard. Timor-Leste’s own heritage includes the uma lulik sacred house tradition.
UNESCO World Heritage Sites Near Thimphu: the Dzong Architecture of Bhutan and the Himalayan Parks
Bhutan has no inscribed UNESCO sites. Tashichho Dzong (in Thimphu) and Taktsang Monastery (65 km west) are the most celebrated examples of the distinctive Bhutanese dzong architectural tradition, on the Tentative List.