Are you planning to visit Austria‘s smallest town, Rattenberg? The town has just over 400 inhabitants and it is actually possible to spend a whole day there. But is there …
Europe - Travel Guide of History
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If you want to avoid Amsterdam and are looking for a city that is comparable to our capital, you soon end up in Haarlem. With 150,000 inhabitants and many places …
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Trier is the oldest city in Germany. With a walk through the old town you will come across many Roman remains. But there is another thing that should not be …
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People from Zwolle have blue fingers. That’s not because they are bad do-it-yourselfers and constantly hit their fingers when doing jobs. No, it is a nickname that arose around 1500 …
Remember the past, but live in the future
I am Steven, historian and world traveller. At Travel4history I create a historical travel guide of the most beautiful places I have been to. This is in order to gain a better understanding of what history has meant for those places. If your interested in travelling, you're at the right place. And if you would like to know more about the past, travel4history can guide you through the world.
Asia - travel guide of history
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The king fled to the rock and had his empire built there. For seven years, he lived in wealth but also in fear, until his half-brother came to visit him. …
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King Valagamba fled Anuradhapura after a Tamil invasion and settled in the Dambulla area. Here he sheltered with monks, until the Tamils were driven out of Anuradhapura. In return, the …
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Half an hour by train west of Osaka you can find Himeji. This city has 500,000 inhabitants and owes its fame mainly to the most beautiful castle in Japan, Himeji …
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During a visit to South Korea, the city of Gyeongju in the southeast of the country should not be missed. From the 1st to the 10th century AD this was …
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Chiang Rai is located in the north of Thailand and some tourists do go to this city. And others skip it and go back to Bangkok. Shame, what Chiang Rai …
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Vientiane is the capital of Laos and has about 400,000 inhabitants. This makes it one of the smallest capitals of Asia and when visiting this city you will soon notice …
The purpose of studying history is not to deride human action, nor to weep over it or to hate it, but to understand it. And hopefully then to learn from it as we contemplate our future.
-Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)
About Travel4History
Travel4history discovers the best and most special places on earth and unravels the special history that lies behind these places.
