Category: Early Modern World

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Wandering Haarlem

  By Wandering Jana May 8, 2025 May 8, 2025 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Medieval World, The Netherlands, Updates from the Road, Wandering

A former resident of Harlem, New York, explores the original Haarlem.  Continue reading

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Wandering Leiden

  By Wandering Jana May 2, 2025 May 8, 2025 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Medieval World, Modern World, The Netherlands, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a South Holland city where you are never far from water.  Continue reading

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Return to Amsterdam

  By Wandering Jana April 24, 2025 May 2, 2025 Amsterdam, Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Modern World, The Netherlands, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

A wanderer finds herself back in the “Venice of the North.” Continue reading

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Italia: Wandering Bergamo

  By Wandering Jana October 18, 2024 October 25, 2024 Blog, Castles!, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a city with gorgeous churches, multiple fortifications and view of the Alps.  Continue reading

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Italia: Wandering Pavia

  By Wandering Jana October 4, 2024 October 10, 2024 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a former capital city in Italy.  Continue reading

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Italia: Museo di Santa Giulia

  By Wandering Jana September 24, 2024 October 4, 2024 Ancient World, Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Hidden History, Italy, Medieval World, Museums, UNESCO, Updates from the Road

Explorations of a UNESCO world heritage site where the ancient world meets the medieval world and beyond.  Continue reading

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Italia: Wandering Brescia

  By Wandering Jana September 20, 2024 September 24, 2024 Ancient World, Blog, Cemeteries and Tombs, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Museums, Updates from the Road, Wandering

A northern Italian city with ancient ruins, a UNESCO monastic complex, and even a castle!  Continue reading

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Italia: Wandering Bologna

  By Wandering Jana September 13, 2024 September 21, 2024 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Museums, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a medieval city known for its grand towers, churches, and porticos! Continue reading

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Italia: Wandering Ferrara

  By Wandering Jana September 6, 2024 September 13, 2024 Blog, Castles!, Cemeteries and Tombs, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Museums, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explore a city so lovely that it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.  Continue reading

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Italia: Wandering Pistoia

  By Wandering Jana August 30, 2024 September 6, 2024 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Museums, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a gorgeous medieval Tuscan city.  Continue reading

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Italia: Wandering Prato

  By Wandering Jana August 23, 2024 August 30, 2024 Blog, Castles!, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Museums, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a small Tuscan city not far from Florence. Continue reading

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Italia: Wandering Arezzo

  By Wandering Jana August 16, 2024 August 23, 2024 Ancient World, Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Museums, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a lesser known, but still gorgeous, Tuscan city. Continue reading

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Italia: Wandering Perugia

  By Wandering Jana August 9, 2024 August 16, 2024 Ancient World, Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Modern World, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explore a hilltop city complete with medieval buildings, churches and gorgeous views.  Continue reading

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Italia: Wandering Assisi

  By Wandering Jana August 2, 2024 September 4, 2024 Blog, Castles!, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a city made famous by its saintly son.  Continue reading

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Italia: Wandering Orvieto

  By Wandering Jana July 30, 2024 August 4, 2024 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Hidden History, Italy, Medieval World, Modern World, Museums, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of an Umbrian city high above the countryside. Continue reading

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Italia: Wandering Naples

  By Wandering Jana July 12, 2024 September 4, 2024 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Museums, Naples, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Another visit to the amazing city of Naples. Continue reading

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Italia: Wandering Monopoli

  By Wandering Jana July 2, 2024 July 12, 2024 Blog, Castles!, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a gorgeous city on the Adriatic Sea. Continue reading

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Italia: Wandering Ostuni

  By Wandering Jana June 28, 2024 July 2, 2024 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Modern World, Updates from the Road, Wandering

 Explorations of Apulia’s White City! Continue reading

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Italia: Wandering Alberobello

  By Wandering Jana June 25, 2024 September 4, 2024 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Hidden History, Italy, Medieval World, Modern World, Museums, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explore the home of the trulli! Continue reading

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Italia: Wandering Bari

  By Wandering Jana June 21, 2024 September 4, 2024 Blog, Castles!, Early Modern World, Europe, Hidden History, Italy, Modern World, Museums, Updates from the Road

Explorations of a port city on the Adriatic Sea and the final resting place of Ole St. Nick. Continue reading

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Italia: Wandering Lecce

  By Wandering Jana June 14, 2024 June 21, 2024 Blog, Castles!, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Modern World, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a Baroque city built in stone.  Continue reading

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Italia: Wandering Altamura

  By Wandering Jana June 3, 2024 June 14, 2024 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Modern World, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a small Southern Italian city few have heard about.  Continue reading

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Italia: Wandering Matera

  By Wandering Jana May 31, 2024 September 4, 2024 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Hidden History, Italy, Medieval World, Modern World, Museums, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a city where people built their houses in caves! Continue reading

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Italia: Wandering Scilla

  By Wandering Jana May 28, 2024 May 31, 2024 Blog, Castles!, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Modern World, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a small town perched by the edge of the sea.  Continue reading

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Italia: Wandering Messina

  By Wandering Jana May 24, 2024 May 28, 2024 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Modern World, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a harbor city where Sicily and mainland Italy meet. Continue reading

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Italia: Wandering Catania

  By Wandering Jana May 15, 2024 May 24, 2024 Ancient World, Blog, Castles!, Cemeteries and Tombs, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Modern World, Museums, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a Baroque city at the foot of Mt. Etna.  Continue reading

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Italia: Wandering Ragusa

  By Wandering Jana May 10, 2024 May 15, 2024 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Modern World, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a Southeastern Sicilian city perched on top of two hills.  Continue reading

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Italia: Wandering Rome, Again, Part 2

  By Wandering Jana April 25, 2024 September 4, 2024 Ancient World, Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Modern World, Museums, Rome, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

My obsession with Rome is starting to get a bit ridiculous.  Continue reading

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Italia: Wandering Rome, Again

  By Wandering Jana April 17, 2024 September 4, 2024 Ancient World, Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Modern World, Museums, Rome, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Vatican City, Wandering

A fifth visit to the Eternal City.  Continue reading

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French Illinois

  By Wandering Jana October 27, 2023 October 22, 2023 Blog, Cemeteries and Tombs, Early Modern World, Hidden History, Illinois, Modern World, Museums, National Parks/Public Lands, United States

The French were not just in Louisiana. They were all along the Mississippi.  Continue reading

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Wandering Munich: the Residenz

  By Wandering Jana August 25, 2023 January 15, 2025 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Germany, Modern World, Museums, Updates from the Road, Wandering

This palace is a lot, but in a good way.  Continue reading

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Wandering Munich: Schloss Nymphenburg

  By Wandering Jana August 18, 2023 August 25, 2023 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Germany, Museums, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of an absolutely gorgeous palace in the suburbs of Munich. Continue reading

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Wandering Munich

  By Wandering Jana August 11, 2023 August 25, 2023 Blog, Cemeteries and Tombs, Early Modern World, Europe, Germany, Medieval World, Modern World, Museums, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of the third largest city in Germany! Continue reading

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Wandering Regensburg

  By Wandering Jana August 4, 2023 September 4, 2024 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Medieval World, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of one of the most intact medieval city centers in Germany! Continue reading

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Wandering Nuremberg, Part 2

  By Wandering Jana July 28, 2023 August 9, 2023 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Germany, Medieval World, Modern World, Museums, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explore even more of the amazing city of Nuremberg, including the castle! Continue reading

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Wandering Nuremberg

  By Wandering Jana July 21, 2023 August 9, 2023 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Germany, Medieval World, Modern World, Museums, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a really impressive German city! Continue reading

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Wandering Würzburg

  By Wandering Jana July 7, 2023 September 4, 2024 Blog, Castles!, Early Modern World, Europe, Medieval World, Modern World, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explore a lovely Bavarian city that was fantastically rebuilt after WWII.  Continue reading

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Wandering Bamberg

  By Wandering Jana June 30, 2023 September 4, 2024 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Germany, Medieval World, Modern World, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of one extremely adorable German city. Continue reading

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Wandering Potsdam

  By Wandering Jana June 23, 2023 September 4, 2024 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Germany, Museums, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Check out the grand palaces of the Prussian kings! Continue reading

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Wandering Berlin

  By Wandering Jana June 16, 2023 September 4, 2024 Ancient World, Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Germany, Modern World, Museums, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

A palace and a bit of a wander, check out my explorations of Berlin! Continue reading

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Wandering Dresden

  By Wandering Jana June 9, 2023 December 25, 2023 Blog, Castles!, Early Modern World, Europe, Germany, Medieval World, Modern World, Museums, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explore a city that rose from the ashes of WWII.  Continue reading

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Wandering Prague, Part 3

  By Wandering Jana June 6, 2023 September 4, 2024 Blog, Cemeteries and Tombs, Czechia, Early Modern World, Europe, Medieval World, Modern World, Museums, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

More explorations of the enchanting capital city of Czechia.  Continue reading

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Wandering Prague, Part 2: Prague Castle

  By Wandering Jana May 26, 2023 September 4, 2024 Blog, Castles!, Early Modern World, Europe, Medieval World, Modern World, Museums, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Discover the grand castle of Prague! Continue reading

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Wandering Prague, Part 1

  By Wandering Jana May 16, 2023 September 4, 2024 Blog, Czechia, Early Modern World, Europe, Medieval World, Modern World, Museums, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Take a look at the city that stole my heart. Continue reading

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Wandering Brno

  By Wandering Jana May 12, 2023 February 1, 2025 Blog, Castles!, Cemeteries and Tombs, Czechia, Early Modern World, Europe, Hidden History, Medieval World, Modern World, Museums, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Bones, mummies, and even a castle! Check out the amazing Czech city of Brno! Continue reading

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Wandering Bratislava

  By Wandering Jana May 5, 2023 May 12, 2023 Blog, Castles!, Cemeteries and Tombs, Early Modern World, Europe, Hidden History, Medieval World, Modern World, Museums, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explore the adorable capital city of Slovakia! Continue reading

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Wandering Vienna, Part 3

  By Wandering Jana April 18, 2023 September 4, 2024 Austria, Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Modern World, Museums, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Even more museums, churches and palaces! Explore a bit more of Vienna! Continue reading

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Wandering Vienna, Part 2

  By Wandering Jana April 14, 2023 September 4, 2024 Austria, Blog, Cemeteries and Tombs, Early Modern World, Europe, Medieval World, Modern World, Museums, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

More museums, more palaces, more churches and even a crypt. Explore more of Vienna! Continue reading

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Wandering Vienna

  By Wandering Jana April 11, 2023 September 4, 2024 Ancient World, Austria, Blog, Cemeteries and Tombs, Early Modern World, Europe, Medieval World, Modern World, Museums, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Palaces, museums, and churches! Oh, My! Explore the amazing Vienna, Austria! Continue reading

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Wandering Salzburg: DomQuartier

  By Wandering Jana April 4, 2023 September 4, 2024 Austria, Blog, Cemeteries and Tombs, Early Modern World, Europe, Medieval World, Museums, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

My 200th Update from the Road brings Salzburg’s famous DomQuartier.  Continue reading