Creech Grange Arch Southern Side
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This is one of many strange Follies built on the land during the 15th to 20th centuries. This section of wall and its central Arch was built so that it can be viewed from the Grange House at the foot of the hill as though there was a full house up on the ridge itself above the Grange.
This is one of many strange Follies built on the land during the 15th to 20th centuries. This sectio...
This is one of many strange Follies built on the land during the 15th to 20th centuries. This sectio...
This view is looking along the Purbeck ridge, is taken from Whiteway car park although there is not a...
This view looking across the bay towards the Clavell tower, with the cliffs at the back. The cliffs a...
This is a view of Kimmeridge Bay with a silhouette of the small waterfall there. The air was clear an...
Goulds Cottage, Tyneham, Dorset. Tyneham was evacuated in 1943 by order of the War Department, to pro...
Inside one of the "Double Cottages" at Tyhenam, Dorset, England. These cottages were abandoned in 19...
A pair of cottages known as the "Double Cottages" in Tyneham, Dorset, England. Abandoned in 1943 whe...
Inside the "History Barn" at Tyneham Farm, Dorset, England. Last used in the early 1940s, the farm g...
The village of Tyneham, Dorset, England was abandoned 1943 by its residents to make way for the army....
Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.
The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.
Don't be confused that Europe is called a continent without looking like an island, the way the other continents do. It's okay. The Ural mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years. Russia technically inhabits "Eurasia".
Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights.
In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states.
Text by Steve Smith.
