Apse

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In architecture, the apse is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome.

Dervish

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A Dervish or Darvesh  is someone treading a Sufi Muslim ascetic path or "Tariqah", known for their extreme poverty and austerity, similar to mendicant friars in Christianity or Hindu/Buddhist/Jain sadhus.

Orchestra

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The theatre of ancient Greece, or ancient Greek drama, is a theatrical culture that flourished in ancient Greece between c. 550 and c. 220 BC. The city-state of Athens was its centre, where it was institutionalised as part of a festival called the Dionysia, which honoured the god Dionysus.

Diazoma

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The word diazoma originally comes from Greek language meaning belt. When talking about ancient Greek theatre it means the wide path which separated the lines of seats into two or three zones (dress circle, upper circle). In Roman theatre construction the corresponding words “praecinctiones” or “balteus” were used instead.

Route of Ten Thousand

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The Ten Thousand were a group of mercenary units, mainly Greek, drawn up by Cyrus the Younger to attempt to wrest the throne of the Persian Empire from his brother, Artaxerxes II.

Station 38 - Camping Center Belgrade

Camping Center Belgrade - Welcome to Belgrade

Camping Center Belgrade - Belgrade is no longer just the capital of Serbia, but has become a popular destination for travels along the Danube, even we often have set a stop over for overnight stays, but without real parking for caravan or camper.

Station 45 - Camping Site "Unter dem Jenzig" in Jena

 Station 44 - Camping Site

Unter dem Jenzig, a campground at the green belt of Jena is located at the foot of the mountain Jenzig, which makes it an ideal starting point for city sightseeing as well as cycling and hiking along the Saale or up to the Jenzig mountain horse shoe.

Station 12 - Zampetas Camper Stop & Service Station

Zampetas Camper Stop & Service Perea

Zampetas - Free parking is available for camper friends at us! We, Alexander and Antonis Zampetas are Camper friends because of our German-Greek parents, which always were campers on the roads before opening the shop for camping goods in Thessalonica.

Camper route for wintering across the Balkans to South

Camper route for wintering across the Balkans to the south

Since May 2014, as part of our cultural project "Comprehension and cultural journey along the Roman road system" to promote local cultural heritage in conjunction with booming camper tourism, we have been developing a route concept across the Balkans to the south, which will also lead to a variety of acquaintances and encounters Campers, regardless of whether they are traveling with a caravan, camper van or motorhome.

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