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Bigar Waterfall, Romania


The Romanian locals refer to the beautiful Bigar Waterfall as โ€œthe miracle of Minis Canyon.โ€ Indeed, the Bigar Waterfall is one of the must-see tourist attractions in Romania. Blanketed in moss, the waterfall consists of numerous cascading streams from the Mina River creating a halo-like effect.
"We die today not only for our friends and family but for our gods and for our forefathers and men before them so pray to them to make us victorious"

โ€” Vegetius
The Russian โ€œtarchโ€ is a curious weapon that incorporats on a metal gauntlet a shield and other spiky components. It was used between the 14th to 17th centuries in Russia.

There are very few information about the โ€œtarchโ€, but is concludent to say that this was a special kind of shelom (shield).
In the Middle Ages brown bears were to be found right across the European continent.

They have now however disappeared from the greater part of the area where they once lived having lost most of the habitats they needed: great stretches of the continent were wooded and these woods provided the furry, brown giants with sufficient food and protection.

Since then their population has declined, mainly as a result of hunting and habitat loss, the brown bear was wipped out from many countries. Today the European brown bear population numbers roughly 17,000 animals, distributed between ten separate populations across 22 countries.

Remember, preserve Mother Nature is preserve Europe.
A day as today:

In 1085 Alfonso VI of Leรณn, nicknamed "The brave", takes Toledo (Spain), back from the Moors.
Peรฑalba de Santiago, El Bierzo, Spain
Parade sword of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, dated 1496.