Arrr! Can you talk like a pirate? Sep 19, 2021

Arrr! Can you talk like a pirate?

Ahoy matey! Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day so we present to you a fortress that was really used to defend against pirates. Arrr! This is Le Castella, a magnificent fortification on the Calabrian coast of Italy. For centuries it served as a defense against warring nations and rampaging pirates from the Ottoman Empire.

© mRGB/Shutterstock

palette

Today in History

Sep 19, 2018Talk like a pirate—or walk the plank
Sep 19, 2019Fall for birding
Sep 19, 2020Arrr, it be Talk Like a Pirate Day
Sep 19, 2022State funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
Sep 19, 2023Splügen Pass, Switzerland
Sep 19, 2024International Talk Like a Pirate Day
Sep 19, 2025Thousand Islands region, St. Lawrence River, US-Canada border

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jun 26, 2022Pride 2022
Oct 20, 2025International Sloth Day
Feb 10, 2024Happy Lunar New Year!
May 12, 2023Wild lupines
Nov 24, 2018The tortoise and the finch
Jun 9, 2023Cappadocia, Türkiye
May 28, 2019Why’s it called a spelling ‘bee,’ anyhow?
May 31, 2025Knuthöjdsmossen, a nature reserve in Sweden
Jul 12, 2018Provence blooms with lavender at Sénanque Abbey
Dec 15, 2023SantaPark, Lapland, Finland
Aug 7, 2018Guiding ships to safety
Sep 30, 2025Koala in the Great Otway National Park, Australia
Oct 17, 2021A walk among the giants
Mar 7, 2024Roques de Benet, Els Ports Natural Park, Catalonia, Spain
Jan 16, 2025Anniversary of Pinnacles National Park, California
Mar 26, 2019The forecast calls for blooms
Feb 23, 2026Great white egret, Upper Bavaria, Germany
Jul 10, 2024Collared aracari in Costa Rica
Oct 19, 2018Portland celebrates its bounty
Feb 23, 2024Haghartsin Monastery, Armenia
Feb 7, 2018The Kelpies statues in Falkirk, Scotland
Apr 18, 2019Stop and see the flowers
Nov 23, 2020Autumn comes to Old Town
Mar 8, 2020Joan charges Riverside Park
May 28, 2022Bungle Bungle Range in Purnululu National Park, Australia
Sep 9, 2023Ayutthaya Historical Park, Thailand
Jul 17, 2022The Wave at Coyote Buttes
Oct 6, 2019Land ho in New Zealand 250 years ago
Apr 14, 2020A day for the dolphins
Dec 20, 2023Val Gardena, South Tyrol, Dolomites, Italy