The people, places and events that have shaped our history and culture
Some recent shots between Wandsworth and Westminster in London. Taking in St Mary's Church, Crosby Hall (Sir Thomas More), Battersea Power Station, the American Embassy, Millbank, MI5 Headquarters and the Houses of Parliament. (Uber Boat by Thames Clippers).
Colchester Castle is built directly over the massive foundations of the Temple of Claudius, the largest classical temple in Roman Britain. Constructed between 49 and 60 AD, it served as the centre for the worship of the deified Roman Emperor Claudius. Built when Colchester (Camulodunum) was the first capital of Roman Britain, the temple was [...]
North of Naples, the Flavian-Neronian Amphitheatre is a remarkable Roman ruins. Located in Pozzuoli, it is the third-largest Roman amphitheatre ever built, constructed during the 1st century AD over successive reigns of the emperors Nero, Vespasian, and Titus. The arena, with a capacity of 50,000, was a popular sporting destination for senators and wealthy Romans [...]
Cumae, around twenty miles north of Naples, was the first ancient Greek colony on the mainland of Italy. Established in the 8th century BC the fortified port-city became an early gateway for Greek culture and trade in the Italian peninsula. Today, its extensive ruins are preserved in situ, now slightly inland due to the retreating [...]
Las Médulas is the largest open-pit gold mine from the Roman Empire. Operational between the 1st and 3rd century AD, water pressure was used to extract the gold. Fresh water from nearby mountain lakes (at a higher altitude) was directed through canals to reservoirs constructed on top of the gold-bearing hills. Beneath the reservoirs, channels [...]