A secret map of Ireland's coastline played a crucial role in taking down a powerful alliance of pirates that had based itself in the southwest of Ireland in the 17th century.

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The olive tree is one of the most iconic symbols of the Mediterranean basin, deeply intertwined with the region's history, ...

Even 35 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and reunification, Germany is a fragmented landscape of memories.

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