The cemetery was created in 1748, at the time of King Frederick II the Great of Prussia, to serve the nearby home for the invalids. Starting with the war of liberation against Napoleon in 1813, the cemetery became the resting place of high-ranking military personalities, first Prussians and then Ger
It happened all over medieval Europe. Even the daughters of kings had to be ready to lose every trace of their identity in their new husbands house. And our Polish princesses were especially affected. The example came from the very top, that is, from the Byzantine Empire. It was weakened and res
On this small island, from 1903 until 1957, one of the last closed leper colonies in Europe operated. Officially, a substitute for a normal life was created for them. The truth, however, was terrifying - that Spinalonga had no escape, and its forced inhabitants were disappearing from their documents
In the history of the crusades, a strict image of the two conquests of Jerusalem has become established. The Crusaders ruthlessly bathed the city in blood when they captured it in 1099. In 1187, Saladin, on the other hand, was to be completely civilized and to guarantee the population a safe exit fr