History
Travchat
wanderinghelene
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot yeah, that is the heartbreaking part. It may not be done in the same manner, but it has repeated itself. #travchat
TravelProCobham
RTWBarefoot
replying to @GlobalGrapevine @GlobalGrapevine @travchats ... aaaaaaaaand now it's a boring pile of stones in a field viewable from a distance. N… https://t.co/NbFQqp9suU
DoroLef
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot @wanderinghelene Never again. But people vote Brexit, Trump, Ukip, AFD, rightwing in Austria, Poland a… https://t.co/crcRY94A6i
masalaboxtravel
A2 #TravChat Oh my God. So many of us sharing about the bad times from history! And humans don't seem to learn much from it.
VicGetaways
replying to @masalaboxtravel @masalaboxtravel It must have been very moving Chittra. That is very well known here in Australia even today! #travchat
DoroLef
replying to @aTravelCompanio @aTravelCompanio Voting for rightwing racists; last election they got over 10%. #travchat
GarryJGray
A3: #TheForum and #Colosseum remnants of a civilization that controlled the known world. Breathtaking for their bea… https://t.co/ePl3NgXXU4
wanderinghelene
replying to @DoroLef @DoroLef @RTWBarefoot haha I wasn't going to take it there, but yeah. A joke, really. #travchat
VicGetaways
replying to @GlobalGrapevine @GlobalGrapevine @travchats @opiumteahouse @DoroLef Hooray you didn't! Welcome to #travchat today :) Plenty of time left too!
lourebas
RT @DoroLef: Q2 Tell us about a historic site or landmark that has left you speechless. Where is it & why is it so important? #travchat
RTWBarefoot
#travchat A3: Great Zimbabwe. Because it's vast & few ppl know about it in our anglocentric bubble. Centre of Afric… https://t.co/8y661bkb7a
HHLifestyleTrav
replying to @travchats @travchats A3: This is the Château de Mareuil. it is apparently owned by an eccentric who occasionally gives odd… https://t.co/TX62Nt6csf
DoroLef
Q3 Post a photo of one of the most interesting castles, ruins or historical structures you have visited. Share part… https://t.co/WZj9t1YO0A
junkkDNA
replying to @travchats @travchats A1. In school when I had to remember all those dates, it felt heavy on head. Now I enjoy legends and sto… https://t.co/QJ7h4LmJOR
opiumteahouse
replying to @masalaboxtravel @masalaboxtravel @DoroLef Hey hey, welcome to #travchat! Couldn't agree more, history is what makes a place interesting.
findinganeish
replying to @DoroLef @DoroLef @opiumteahouse Indeed. I didn’t realise it had suffered so much at the hands of the Soviet Union. A very textured city. #travchat
DoroLef
replying to @wanderinghelene @wanderinghelene @RTWBarefoot We should talk openly about this #travchat
TheConstantHost
replying to @travchats @travchats A3 St John’s Castle in Limerick - my first ‘real’ Castle. Dates back to the Vikings in the 900s. Game-Of… https://t.co/j0bjVWHbml
aardvarksafaris
A3 Robben Island Prison Museum #CapeTown brings to life Nelson Mandela's time served there by guides that are forme… https://t.co/iscgI0zLIl
masalaboxtravel
replying to @VicGetaways @VicGetaways yess! The museum around the hell fire pass was built and funded by Australians. And this being prett… https://t.co/kUA4BHvSGA
aardvarksafaris
RT @RTWBarefoot: #travchat A3: Great Zimbabwe. Because it's vast & few ppl know about it in our anglocentric bubble. Centre of African King…
sl2016_sl
replying to @DoroLef @DoroLef A2. Sooo many places have left me speechless! One particular favourite is the Dendera complex in Egypt.… https://t.co/v3cTiTkeF7
findinganeish
replying to @writingtravels @writingtravels @DoroLef @opiumteahouse The Old Town is lovely. As a city though it’s very much still a work in progress. #travchat
DoroLef
replying to @findinganeish @findinganeish @opiumteahouse It suffered at the hands of so many, and they didn’t mind to make others suffer. #travchat
mel_mcleod
replying to @travchats @travchats #Ephesus, Turkey was a little unexpected on how well preserved the ruins and excavations are. A place wh… https://t.co/de5En8oP1p
CorsicanPlaces
A3: Calvi's medieval Citadel and its five bastions, combining incredible sea views with impressive architecture and… https://t.co/3TCxZI59cm
Go2Africa
Q2 The isolation cells at the jail on Constitution Hill in Johannesburg where many anti-apartheid fighters were imp… https://t.co/otXuw1Mjtz
TheCastleHunter
A3: This is Caerlaverock Castle in southern Scotland. In 1300 Edward I 'Longshanks' besieged it - for 2 days 60 Sco… https://t.co/nMN13fL55l
gavdah
replying to @opiumteahouse @opiumteahouse A1: Yeah history is very important, often brings context to a destination or attraction. Why that pl… https://t.co/c1zvvxjlzH
RTWBarefoot
RT @masalaboxtravel: @VicGetaways A2 #travChat I was recently at the Bridge over river Kwai at Kanchanaburi, #Thailand- https://t.co/FRq1tW…
opiumteahouse
replying to @DoroLef @DoroLef I like to think that Berlin's subcultures and creative youth will always stand in the way of history repea… https://t.co/OQsmdRdf8q
wheresshellyii
A3: Ballycarbery Castle in Kerry, Ireland was built in the 1500's. The back of the castle is missing a wall after l… https://t.co/dMabuc5ZkA
Pura_Aventura
A2 The ancient arabic fortress of La Alhambra in Andalusia (Southern Spain) is probably one of them! In my opinion,… https://t.co/bH2PhihxAQ
DoroLef
replying to @findinganeish @findinganeish @writingtravels @opiumteahouse Reckon thre wasn’t much money during cold war times #travchat
wheresshellyii
replying to @opiumteahouse @opiumteahouse sure is and hard to comprehend that it's recent history #travchat
StreetFoodUK
RT @DoroLef: A2 Berlin, so sad, the whole town is sad. But too many Germans are in their way to repeat the same stuff. #travchat
TheTrawheeler
replying to @travchats @travchats A1: History is not boring at all and definitely is important in my travels, both the history of a certai… https://t.co/Iah0FeVboQ
GlobalGrapevine
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot @travchats Too true. I've been back and it's not the same place. We camped in the field opposite then… https://t.co/w2aMEipKPO
aTravelCompanio
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot I was not impressed somehow, pity #travchat
seznz
A3 When I visited Corfe Castle in Dorset, UK it was on a whim & I am so glad I did. I could just imagine a time whe… https://t.co/bcf5Di3VAS
DoroLef
replying to @wanderinghelene @wanderinghelene @RTWBarefoot Too many fear to loose assignments #travchat
TanSuoTravel
replying to @HHLifestyleTrav
@HHLifestyleTrav @travchats This sounds amazing! We want to go on an odd and insulting tour!
#Travchat
DoroLef
replying to @wanderinghelene @wanderinghelene @RTWBarefoot Let us connect here. I love your attitude. Happy to have met you here #travchat
TheCastleHunter
RT @writingtravels: A2. I think I've settled for Linlithgow Palace - a beautifully preserved ruin with stories in the walls. #travchat http…