Thread: There is a peculiar plot found in many Eurasian fairytales: Brothers (mostly three) have to complete a task (like kill a dragon), which will get them a princess and a throne...And all the brothers fail, except the youngest, who gets both the girl and the throne...
Thread: Praia a Mare is a town on the northern-west coast of Calabria. It's original name was "Plaga Sclavorum" (Slavic beach) because of a large colony of Slavs, expert sailors sent by the Byzantine Emperor Niceporo Foca (963-969), to counter the dominance of the Saracens...