November 14, 2010
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Orvieto – the city of artistic and architectural treasures and wine traditions in Italy Updated: May 20, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More City of Orvieto is located at west part of the central Italian region of Umbria. It lies on the volcanic rock. Orvieto was founded by the Etruscans, and it used to […]
Tags: 15th-century, architectural-treasures, artistic, belvedere, celebrations, central-italian-region, city, economic-center, etruscan-necropolis, etruscan-period, etruscans, festa-della-palombella, gusto, italy, noble-families, olive-oil, orvieto, pozzo-di-san-patrizio, remnants, tourism-center, town, traditions-in-italy, typical-products, volcanic-rock, wine, wine-traditions
Categories: Italy, Sights
November 12, 2010
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Mini-Europe is one of Brussels’ most popular tourist attractions — a delightful miniature park at the foot of the Atomium featuring more than 350 highly detailed 1:25 scale models of Europe’s most famous buildings, from the Eiffel Tower and Big Ben to the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Acropolis, all set within beautifully landscaped […]
Tags: admission-fee, animation, animations, atomium, belgium, brussels, brussels-belgium, desk, earthquake, european-cities, european-union, high-quality, mini-europe, mini-europe-park, models, monuments, night-mini, openning-hours, tourist-destination, turnover, vesuvius
Categories: Amusement and Theme Parks, Belgium
November 11, 2010
by europeexplored
Olavinlinna Castle (Olofsborg) is the most beautiful castle in Finland — a magnificent 15th-century medieval fortress built on a rocky island in the middle of Lake Saimaa in the town of Savonlinna, whose three sturdy round towers and atmospheric stone walls rising directly from the water create one of northern Europe’s most romantic castle settings. […]
Tags: axelsson, castle, castle-museum, castles, eastern-border, finland, fortress, lake-saimaa, massive-towers, medieval-castle, monarch, museum-exhibitions, nordic-countries, olavinlinna-castle, opera-festival, religious-icons, religious-objects, rocky-island, russians, savonlinna, tott, tourist-attractions
Categories: Finland, Sights
November 10, 2010
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The Lascaux Caves in the Dordogne region of southwestern France contain one of the most extraordinary artistic achievements in human history — a gallery of over 600 Paleolithic wall paintings and 1,500 engravings dating back approximately 17,000 years, depicting horses, bison, deer, aurochs, and mysterious abstract symbols with a sophistication that fundamentally changed our understanding […]
Tags: 1940, accidental-discovery, animals, brive, cave, caves-in-france, clarity, color-paintings, france, horses, imaginary-triangle, lascaux-caves, lascaux-ii, limoges, montignac, nature, palaeolithic, paleolithic-cave-paintings, prehistoric-paintings, relic, stone-age, tulle, unesco
Categories: France, Nature
November 10, 2010
by europeexplored
Best European skiing destinations Updated: January 4, 2020 | By Claire | 2 Replies More Have you already started to choose some good skiing destination for this winter? We had. Here are some of the possibilities that we suppose to be the best skiing destinations in Europe. France – Offers the best value for money […]
Tags: austria, beautiful-mountain, best-ski-resorts, carrying-capacity, cortina-d-ampezzo, courchevel-1850, dolomites, europe, europe-france, four-villages, france, international-atmosphere, italy, local-architecture, monte-cristallo, mountain-sceneries, mountains, national-park, olympic-winter-games, parc-national-de-la-vanoise, quality-ski, ski, ski-resort, ski-resorts-in-france, ski-slopes, ski-tows, skiing, snow, switzerland, wooden-houses
Categories: Austria, France, Italy, Wellness, Relax & Sports
November 9, 2010
by europeexplored
Copenhagen – the capital and largest city of Denmark Updated: May 18, 2020 | By Claire | More Copenhagen is a beautiful city with an amazing atmosphere, which is multiplied when sitting over a beer or wine in a port or in a picturesque corner of old town. Copenhagen offers all. Although Copenhagen is still […]
Tags: amalienborg, beautiful-city, black-diamond, borsen, capital, capital-and-largest-city-of-denmark, capital-of-denmark, castles-and-palaces, christiania, christiansborg-palace, city, copenhagen, culture-thanks, danish-design, denmark, denmark-copenhagen, garden-restaurants, independent-state, karen-blixen-museum, long-walks, modern-architecture, new-library, opera-house, pedestrian-zone, rosenborg-castle
Categories: Denmark, Sights
November 8, 2010
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Tartu – the oldest city in Estonia Updated: May 19, 2020 | By Claire | More In this college town of Tartu with an amazing atmosphere you can see one of the most leaning buildings in Europe. Tartu is the oldest city and also the second largest city in Estonia. It lies in the southeast […]
Tags: 18th-century, attic-room, canteen, cultural-heritage, cuty, estonia, estonian-companies, february-2, insult, leaning-house, leaning-tower-of-pisa, local-university, national-liberation, nobel-prize-in-chemistry, oldest-city-in-estonia, ostwald, peace-agreement, plats, tallinn, tartu, technological-research, town, town-hall-square, toy-museum
Categories: Estonia, Sights
November 8, 2010
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Spoleto – an ancient city of the arts festival “The Festival dei Due Mondi (Festival of Two Worlds)” | Italy Updated: November 14, 2020 | By Claire | More In the region of Umbria, in the central Italy, there is a picturesque historical town called Spoleto (Spoletium), which history stretches back to medieval times. It […]
Tags: ancient-city, archaeological-findings, architectural-modifications, architectural-treasures, aristocratic-families, arts-festival, broad-valley, central-italy, city, current-view, festival-of-two-worlds, french-occupation, geographical-position, italy, occupation-period, political-significance, prehistoric-times, revivals, rich-villas, roman-architects, roman-colony, romanesque-churches, spoleto, target, the-festival-dei-due-mondi, town, umbri, unification-of-italy
Categories: Italy, Sights
November 8, 2010
by europeexplored
Jägala Falls is Estonia’s widest and most powerful waterfall — a dramatic 8-metre-high, 50-metre-wide curtain of water thundering over a limestone escarpment just 25 kilometres east of Tallinn. While Valaste Waterfall may be taller, Jägala is arguably the more impressive spectacle, particularly during the spring snowmelt and after heavy rain when the falls transform from […]
Tags: 13th-century, backdrop, baltic, baltic-sea, biggest-waterfall, biggest-waterfall-in-estonia, estonia, jagala-falls, limestone, nature, nearby-water, river-cuts, tallinn, water-mill, water-reservoir, waterfall, waterfalls
Categories: Estonia, Nature
November 7, 2010
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Assisi – the city of the peace in Italy Updated: August 19, 2020 | By Claire | More Assisi is a town located in the central Italian region of Umbria and one of the most important pilgrimage sites in the country. It is linked with the life of St. Francis, who lived here from 1181 […]
Tags: albornoz, assisi, birthplace-of-st-francis, calendimaggio, city, city-of-the-peace, franciscan-monastery, goddess-minerva, italy, medieval-castle, papal-jurisdiction, peace, perugia, pilgrimage-basilica, religious-buildings, renowned-festival, roman-forum, roman-period, santa-chiara, santa-maria-sopra-minerva, santo-stefano, secular-franciscan-order, st-francis-of-assisi, town, tuscany, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site
Categories: Italy, Sights
