Fillongley Village
by Ralph Ames
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Panorama OF Fillongley village, located just outside Coventry in the county of Warwickshire.
Fillongley also has a church, the parish church of St Mary and All Saints, the tower of which can just be seen. It is also recorded that Fillongley had two castles in medieval times.
Panoramic shot of the Nuneaton road (B4102) as it sweeps down towards Fillongley. Taken in early May ...
Exterior of Allesley Hall which is now a private nursing residence. Allesley Hall lies on the north s...
Coventry canal, close to Hawkesbury junction (otherwise known as Sutton Stop) at Longford. The ...
Former mineral railway bridge on the Coventry canal near Hawkesbury Junction. Adorned with the work o...
Panorama of Hawkesbury Junction as seen from a 1837 cast iron bridge, made at the Britannia Foundry i...
Hawkesbury Junction is a meeting between the Coventry Canal and the Oxford Canal. It is also known as...
The village of Berkswell forms part of the borough of Solihull and is located just a few miles from C...
Bridge No. 1 (Leicester Row) just beyond Coventry Canal Basin. The canal features various works of ar...
Coventry Canal Basin opened in 1769 and was built by James Brindley. It was restored to its present s...
River Anker as it flows through Riversley Park in Nuneaton. The area is close to Nuneaton town centre...
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.
