A series of themed talks can be given relating to history and architecture. The talks can fit in with the cruise destinations or they can be grouped to follow a specific theme, for details of each of the talks listed see the Architecture page.

A selection can be taken from the titles listed to fit the number of talks required.

Religious Buildings – In this series of talks Ron looks at the religious buildings around the world from ancient temples to the cathedrals of the middle ages and modern mosques

·         St Pauls Cathedral  - London

·         Lincoln Cathedral

·         Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo) – Florence

·         St Peters Basilica - Rome

·         Pantheon - Rome 

·         Sagrada Familia - Barcelona 

·         Acropolis – Athens

·         Blue Mosque – Istanbul

·         Hagia Sophia – Istanbul

·         Temples of the Nile

·         Karnak Temple – Luxor

·         Temple of Rameses the Great - Abu Simbel

·         St Catherine’s Monastery - Sharm el Sheikh 

·         Hassan II Mosque – Casablanca

·         Temples of Angkor - Siem Reap

Palaces of the World – In this series of talks Ron looks at some of the world’s most famous palaces

·         Buckingham Palace

·         Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament)

·         Blenheim Palace

·         Doge’s Palace - Venice

·         Palace of Versailles

·         Alhambra Palace - Granada

·         Topkapi Palace - Istanbul

·         Hermitage - St Petersburg

·         Catherine’s Palace - Near St. Petersburg

·         Peterhof - Near St. Petersburg

·         Forbidden City - Beijing

·         Summer Palace - Beijing

·         Grand Palace - Bangkok

Castles and Defences – In this series Ron looks at architecture and buildings developed to provide a system of defence in different parts of the world

·         Windsor Castle – Windsor

·         Tower of London

·         Hadrian’s Wall - North of England

·         Prague Castle – Prague

·         Peter & Paul’s Fortress - St Petersburg

·         Kremlin - Moscow 

·         Masada - Israel

·         Great Wall of China 

Historic Sites - In this series of talks Ron looks at some of the cities and sites, which were, in their time of special significance and which today are a major tourist attractions.

·         Pompeii - Italy

·         Olympia  - Greece

·         Delphi  - Greece

·         Ephesus - Turkey

·         Carthage - Tunisia

·         Petra - Jordan

·         Cities of the Maya - Central America

·         Tenochtitlan – Mexico

·         Machu Picchu - Peru