Glastonbury, The legend of Avalon

Rising like a beacon from the flat Somerset plain, the Tor seems to beckon the pilgrims who journey in their thousands to this remarkable spot, once described as 'this holiest earth'. People come in search of many things: the Grail;enlightenment; inspiration.


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Glastonbury: la leggendaria Avalon

Ergendosi sulle uniformi pianure dei Somerset Levels, la collina di Glastonbury, o Glastonbury Tor, con in cima il suo campanile in rovina, costituisce il simbolo inconfondibile di uno dei luoghi più misteriosi d’Inghilterra.


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Merlin , the Wizard

Merlin is a legendary figure best known as the wizard featured in the Arthurian legend. The standard depiction of the character first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, written c. 1136, and is based on an amalgamation of previous historical and legendary figures.


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Merlino, il Mago

Il mago e chiaroveggente Merlino è uno dei personaggi centrali del ciclo bretone e delle leggende arturiane: fu lui l'artefice della Tavola Rotonda: grazie a un suo incantesimo Uther Pendragon giacque con Igraine e così fu concepito Re Artù; fu ancora lui ad allevare Artù e condurlo fino all'ascesa al trono.


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Tintagel Castle and King Arthur

Tintagel Castle (Cornish: Dintagel, meaning "fort of the constriction") is a medieval fortification located on the peninsula of Tintagel Island, adjacent to the village of Tintagel in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. The site was possibly occupied in the Romano-British period, as an array of artefacts dating to this period have been found on the peninsula, but as yet no Roman era structure has been proved to have existed there.


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