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The Battle of Marathon took place in 490 BC during the first Persian invasion of Greece. It was fought between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea, and a Persian force commanded by Datis and Artaphernes. The battle was the culmination of the first attempt by Persia, under King Darius I, to subjugate Greece. -
The Battle of Salamis was a naval battle fought between an alliance of Greek city-states under Themistocles and the Persian Empire under King Xerxes in 480 BC. It resulted in a decisive victory for the outnumbered Greeks. -
Karagöz and Hacivat are the lead characters of the traditional Turkish shadow play, popularized during the Ottoman period and then spread to most nation states of the Ottoman Empire. -
Karagöz (literally Blackeye in Turkish) and Hacivat (shortened in time from "Hacı İvaz" meaning "İvaz the Pilgrim", and also sometimes written as Hacivad) are the lead characters of the traditional Turkish shadow play, popularized during the Ottoman period and then spread to most nation states of the Ottoman Empire. -
Every february the town of Manresa celebrates 'El Miracle de la Misteriosa Llum' (The miracle of the misterious light), which claims that in 1345 an unusual light came from the mountain of Montserrat and entered the church of Església del Carme. That event, interpreted as a divine sign, ended up solving the construction standstill of an irrigation canal, solving the water drought the town was suffering. Water and light became since then the symbols of this holiday in Manresa. -
During the 16th century, the Venetians helped the city withstand Turkish sieges by building a large drinking water cistern with five ornamental wellheads. When the Turkish threat ended, a park was built on top of the nearby bastion, and nowadays the attractive stone-flagged park serves as the perfect gathering point for locals and tourists. -
The Drummer of El Bruc is a Catalan legend derived from what happened during the Battle of El Bruc between French and Spanish forces in the Peninsular War. -
Petar Preradović was a Croatian poet, writer, and military general. He was one of the most important Croatian poets of the 19th century Illyrian movement and the main representative of romanticism in Croatia. -
A French resistance fighter during the Second World War, she helped save many persecuted people. -
Léon Jean Malet, a.k.a. Léo Malet (1909-1996) was a French mystery writer, usually regarded as the father of Gallic harboiled fiction through his novels and short stories