13th century

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ITALY * SICILY * apartment in ancient quarter of Siracusa (Sicily) 2bd

I am a professor of Sicily History who teaches half the year in the SF Bay Area. For the other half of the year, my apartment is available for vacation rental. Siracusa (Syracuse) was one of the greatest ancient Greek cities, with a fabulous history that includes Plato, Archimedes, and Santa Lucia. I live in the ancient district of Syracuse, called Ortigia, a pedestrian quarter with charming streets (still laid out on the Greek city plan of 5th Century BC), great restaurants and cafès. It is the most intact ancient city center in Italy; see for yourself: just Google 'Ortigia'. Mediterranean swimming right around the corner from my door (swimming season lasts to November). Totally renovated apartment on a small piazza w/ 13th Century church. Quiet piazza w/ no through traffic. Apartment fully functional: 5 rooms + bathroom. High quality kitchen w/ gas stove, full fridge, & marble counters. Stone floors throughout. One double bed, 2 single beds (& futon available if desired). Good high-speed DSL, telephone, & fair cell phone reception. Corner groceries & lively open street market nearby. No terrace, but little balcony w/ view over piazza & ancient church. No TV, video or DVD player, since this is a place for walking ancient streets, watching life go past in cafès, swimming in the sea, or taking day trips to Taormina, Agrigento, Etna, and all of eastern Sicily. 200 euro / week

Beijing's Vanishing Alleyways

"Beijing as we know it today?including its famous hutong, or alleyways?was initially built by Kublai Khan, the great Mongol emperor, in the 13th century. There were richer hutong neighborhoods and poorer ones, but most were made up of courtyard houses, walled and enclosed, the architecture mirroring the inward-looking nature of Chinese civilization. Many of the narrow lanes were arranged in grids, running from east to west, and, though the houses were enclosed, they formed close-knit communities. Children played out in the lanes, and the shouts of vendors selling their wares echoed off the crumbling brick walls along the alley. read more

The history of the Cornish pasty

Although its origins remain unclear, recorded mentions of the Cornish pasty date back as far back as the 13th Century, during the reign of Henry III.

Famed Roman statue 'not ancient'

A statue symbolising the origins and power of Rome, long thought to have been made around 500 BC, is found to date from the 13th Century.

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