the first half of two thousand and eighteen and now it's a good time to round off the year with a look at important things that happened in the second half from july until this month and as you'll see time certainly does fly by. the remnants of head of a trading settlement and done a very kind of fortification system are among the world's best preserved viking sites in july head to blue and diana verga were placed on the unesco world heritage site. as was number cathedral in saxony on hold you know sco calls it an outstanding testimony to medieval art and architecture. one hundred years ago the baltic states of lithuania declared independence from russia and became a sovereign country in july this momentous day was celebrated with us and ten re song festival.