The Northern Lights Route - The septentrionale region

The septentrionale region

The asterism Big Dipper is formed by seven of the stars in Ursa Major or the Great Bear. The Romans called the neighbouring constellation Bootes the Herdsman of the Septentriones, that is, of the seven oxen represented by the seven stars of the Big Dipper, which was seen as the the plow.

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The Northern Lights Route is part of The Council of Europe Cultural Routes. The Cultural Routes are an invitation to Europeans to wander the paths and explore the places where the unity and diversity of our European identity were forged.