Barbican

Plymouth and Dartmoor

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January 12th 2007
My weekend in Plymouth was loads of fun and actually quite interesting. Noted below are some of the things that I did. Barbican Large parts of Plymouth were destroyed during the second world war, but the Barbican area survived, preserving the mediaeval street layouts and many of the Tudor Dwellings. The Barbican is a maze of narrow streets and alley ways, adjacent to Sutton Harbour, ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more