May 31, 2011
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Tindari – the Greek-Roman archaeological site | Sicily, Italy Updated: April 23, 2020 | By Claire | More Tindari is a small coastal town situated on a rocky hill (Capo Tindari) and contains the remnants of an ancient Greek site Tyndaris from 396 BC. Thanks to its strategic location, the city could easily control and […]
Tags: aeolian-islands, ancient-cities, black-madonna, byzantine-times, capo-tindari, carthaginians, city, defensive-walls, dionysus, double-walls, greek-roman-archaeological-site, greek-theater, italy, madonna-nera, oliveri, period-of-decline, place-where-people, religious-purposes, roman-ceramics, roman-houses, sicily, spa-area, stone-blocks, strategic-location, tindari, town
Categories: Italy, Sights
May 31, 2011
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Mažučiai – Largest Japanese Garden in Europe | Lithuania Updated: May 31, 2020 | By Claire | More Mažučiai (Madzuchai) is a village in Lithuania, lying in the district Kretinga, 3 km west of Darbėnai. However the village has only 23 inhabitants it is world-wide known for the largest Japanese garden in Europe. The creation […]
Tags: aesthetic-elements, altitude, architects, charitable-donations, collaboration, economic-crisis, european-union, garden, hiroshi, inhabitants, japan, japanese-culture, japanese-garden, japanese-gardens, largest-japanese-garden-in-europe, lithuania, lithuanian-state, madzuchai, musicians, nature, sea-level, style-gardens, watanabe, western-style
Categories: Lithuania
May 31, 2011
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Kerimäki church – the biggest wooden church in the world | Finland Updated: May 31, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More There are lots of wooden churches in Finland, but just few of them are so impressive as this one – Kerimäki church – the largest wooden church in the world. It was built […]
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Categories: Finland, Sights
May 31, 2011
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Fingal’s Cave – natural wonder in Scotland | United Kingdom Updated: June 10, 2020 | By Claire | More Fingal’s Cave is a fabulous, partially underwater cave created of basalt. It is located on the island of Staffa in the Inner Hebrides islands, only 30 km from the western coast of Scotland. Fingal’s cave with […]
Tags: cave, english-naturalist, fingal, fingals-cave, inner-hebrides-islands, legends, mysterious-places-of-the-world, nature, nearby-island, scotland, scotland-united, sir-joseph-banks, staffa, underwater-cave, united-kingdom
Categories: Nature, United Kingdom
May 30, 2011
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Esterházy Palace – one of the most beautiful and largest castles in Hungary Updated: May 30, 2020 | By Claire | More Esterházy Palace is one of the largest and most beautiful castles of Hungary. The castle is located in the village Fertőd at the western part of the country, close to the Austrian borders. […]
Tags: 18th-century, austrian-composer, borders, castle, castles, chinese-pavilion, dance-hall, esterhaza-castle, french-garden, hermitage, hungarian, hungary, hunting-lodge, international-music-festival, joseph-haydn, maria-theresa, music-hall, opera-house, puppet-theatre, second-world-war, temple-of-venus, thirty-years, versailles
Categories: Hungary, Sights
May 29, 2011
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Vilnius – Baroque city and the capital of Lithuania Updated: May 29, 2020 | By Claire | More Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania. It lies about 90 km from Kaunas, far inland on the river Neris, just a few kilometers from the Belarusian border. The city has about 585,000 inhabitants. It’s a major road […]
Tags: adam-mickiewicz, baroque-city, baroque-style, bernardine, bronze-statues, capital, capital-of-lithuania, castle-ruins, cathedral-square, city, city-gates, european-capital-of-culture-in-2009, form-the-heart, gothic-architecture, grand-duke, jagiello, jewish-quarter, kutuzov, lithuania, magnificent-example, political-writer, saint-casimir, saint-helena, saint-stanislaus, three-crosses, town, vilnius
Categories: Lithuania, Sights
May 28, 2011
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Poulnabrone Dolmen – the most photographed megalithic monuments in Ireland Updated: May 28, 2020 | By Claire | More Poulnabrone Dolmen, one of the symbols of the Emerald Isle, is probably the most photographed megalithic monuments in Ireland. This “hole of sorrows” is located in the western part of the country, in the Burren, County […]
Tags: archaeological-research, burial-chamber, burren, celtic-period, ceramics, county-clare, emerald-isle, ireland, monuments, mysterious-place, neolithic-period, personal-belongings, poulnabrone-dolmen, purple-color, quartz-crystals, setting-sun, soil, stone-axes, tombs, vegetation, vicinity
Categories: Ireland, Sights
May 28, 2011
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Gouffre de Padirac – great limestone cave in France Updated: July 19, 2020 | By Claire | More Gouffre de Padirac (Padirac Cave) is a great limestone cave and a natural monument located in south-western part of France, about 20 km east of the medieval pilgrimage town of Rocamadour. Gouffre de Padirac cave has a […]
Tags: admission-fee, cave, france, gouffre-de-padirac, limestone-cave, medieval-pilgrimage, natural-monument, nature, nearest-train-station, pilgrimage-town, stalactites, underground-lakes, waterfalls
Categories: France, Nature
May 28, 2011
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Beaufort – castle and popular summer resort in Luxembourg Updated: May 28, 2020 | By Claire | More The former Roman village, now the town Beaufort, is situated in Luxembourg at an altitude of 409 meters above sea level. You can find here the ruins of Renaissance Castle Beaufort from the 17th century, which is […]
Tags: 12th-century, 17th-century, altitude, camping, castle, castle-beaufort, church, church-ruins, forests, gothic-church, little-switzerland, luxembourg, monuments, renaissance-castle, roman-village, sea-level, summer-resort, swimming-pool, youth-hostel
Categories: Luxembourg, Sights
May 27, 2011
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Piazza di Spagna – one of the most popular meeting points in Rome | Italy Updated: July 31, 2020 | By Claire | More Piazza di Spagna is a square situated at the foot of the hill Pincio in Rome, Italy. Originally, only the southern part of the square had such name. The northern part […]
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Categories: Italy, Sights, Virtual Travel