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Coal extraction (millions of tons)

ad_hlab_min — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:48:38 +0000

Line graph with four variables showing the evolution in each country.

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Via Romea Germanica

ad_hlab_min — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:42:13 +0000

It can be seen as a route of dialogue between Europeans and the Christian faith; while being part of the major pilgrimage axis to Rome and to Jerusalem. The Via Romea Germanica also joins a branch of the Via Francigena on its way to Rome.

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Museum Judengasse

ad_hlab_min — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:41:42 +0000

Through the visit you can discover the history of the first ghetto in Europe, established in 1462.

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Romea Germanica Route

ad_hlab_min — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:41:03 +0000

Starting in Northern Germany, and reaching Rome through Austria and Italy, the Via Romea Germanica is retracing the steps of Abbot Albert of Stade as narrated in his diary. He was a pilgrim on his way to Rome in 1236 with a mission to ask the Pope for approval of the new Monastic Rule for his community. In the Annales Stadenses, written in 1256, abbot Albert analysed different routes to Rome, describing places, characteristics and distances. In his writings, we can read a detailed description of the best way (the “Melior Way”) for pilgrims coming from Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and the Baltic Countries to get to Rome. Since then, the Via Romea Germanica has been travelled by emperors, kings, soldiers, travellers and merchants. The Via Romea Germanica can be seen as a route of dialogue between Europeans and the Christian faith; while being part of the major pilgrimage axis to Rome and to Jerusalem. The Via Romea Germanica also joins a branch of the Via Francigena on its way to Rome.

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Amber route

ad_hlab_min — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:40:53 +0000

From the first historical reference on the people of the Estii (people of the East) who lived along the shores of the Baltic Sea, we will focus on the protagonists of the processing and trade of Amber, that is, the fossil resin whose trade in the Baltic territory began in the Neolithic.

Starting from some individual pieces of amber found in Egyptian tombs (3400-2400 BC), and some objects from the Baltic area dating back to the period 1600-800 BC, attention will be paid to the role of great importance in the sorting and processing process. amber from the shores of the Baltic covered by paleoveneti, (1000 BC), from the Po area (Polesine). Also of interest is the trade of the product with the lands of the Germanic populations which was intense and developed in the Roman period, from the 1st to the 3rd century CE . It was in that period that the famous “Via dell’ambra” was born – a trade route that connected the lands of the barbaric populations with the Roman Empire. At the end of the third century. the roads extended to the east and this allowed the Baltic peoples to reach the Black Sea and come into contact with the Byzantine Empire and the Arab lands. In the twelfth century, the Teutonic order began to monopolize the extraction and trade of amber.

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