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Advantages: An important piece of recent history, interesting, enlightening Disadvantages: Not a great deal to see so for the really interested only
In the mid 1990s I watched television news bulletins transfixed at the pictures coming from the besieged city of Sarajevo. For over four years the people of Sarajevo were trapped in their city, often cold, usually hungry as missiles rained down on them. In spite of many months of fierce attack plucky Sarajevo managed to defend itself ? thanks mainly to an 800 metre tunnel that connected the city with ?Free Bosnia?.
How the exact location of the tunnel was not discovered by the Serbs is a miracle. The tunnel runs under Sarajevo Airport which, although it was designated a neutral zone, was often closed due to heavy shelling. The Serbs knew roughly where the tunnel was but were never able to pinpoint it exactly. The tunnel was no secret; everyone knew of its existence, Serbs included. Food, fuel, medical supplies and arms ? all were ...
Advantages: Plenty to see; good value for money; Disadvantages: No budget flights yet (but also a good thing!)
a tour out to a museum on the outskirts of the city.
Sarajevo is well connected with other European cities though no budget airlines serve it at present. We arrived by bus from the southern city of Mostar; the bus station is a tram ride (or a twenty minute walk) from the heart of the city but we weren?t certain how far we were from town when we arrived as the bus and adjacent train station were out of the area covered by the small street map in our guidebook. Fortunately the unmistakable sight of the yellow box that is Sarajevo?s Holiday Inn helped us get our bearings; it?s funny how you can know a place without ever having been there before. The Holiday Inn was built for the Winter Olympics and but it was during the siege that it became well-known across the world as it was the base for international journalists covering the conflict ...
Advantages: Beautiful cathedral and friendly guides Disadvantages: None
On a recent short break to Ripon in North Yorkshire, and having a liking for cathedrals as I do, I took the time to visit Ripon Cathedral with my partner.
Located just five minutes walk from the market square area of Ripon town centre, the cathedral is very easy to reach. There is also a car park a couple of minutes walk from the cathedral.
Ripon Cathedral is unusual in that, in common with only one other Cathedral in the country, it also functions as a Parish Church.
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A LITTLE HISTORY
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The Cathedral building itself began in the 7th century when St Wilfrid built one of England's first stone churches on the site.
St Wilfrid was educated at Lindisfarne and then travelled to Rome in 652. On his return, he became abbot of a Benedictine monastery and built a church in Ripon. The crypt of the church is ...
JEFFJEN 14.12.2009 (19.12.2009)
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