May 16, 2011
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Kolossi Castle is one of the most significant medieval monuments in Cyprus — a imposing 15th-century Crusader tower house near Limassol, surrounded by flowering bougainvillea and citrus groves, that served as the Grand Commandery of the Knights Hospitaller (Knights of St. John) and was the centre of the island’s sugar and wine production during the […]
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Categories: Cyprus, Sights
May 15, 2011
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Kremnica – historic town with the oldest mint in the world | Slovakia Updated: June 29, 2020 | By Claire | More Kremnica is a historic city with a rich mining and mint tradition. It is located in the central part of the Slovak Republic, in Kremnica mountains at an altitude of 561 m. Near […]
Tags: 13th-century, 14th-century, 15th-century, bastion, charnel, city, clock-tower, countries-around-the-world, dominant-feature, ducats, exposure-history, geographic-centres-of-europe, gold-and-silver, historic-city, historical-monuments, history-of-skiing, hungarian-kings, kremnica, mining-museum, mining-town, mint, oldest-mint-in-the-world, plant-and-machinery, roman-catholic-parish, rotunda, slovak-coins, slovakia, st-andrew, st-catherine, town, valuable-coins
Categories: Sights, Slovakia
May 14, 2011
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Santa María de León Cathedral – one of the most beautiful cathedrals in Europe | Spain Updated: May 30, 2020 | By Claire | More Santa María de León Cathedral is one of the most beautiful cathedrals in Europe. It is located in Spain, in the northwestern part of the country, in the historic city […]
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Categories: Sights, Spain, Virtual Travel
May 14, 2011
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Tower of London – Royal Palace, fortress, prison, place of execution, arsenal, Royal Mint, Royal Zoo and jewel house | United Kingdom Updated: June 10, 2020 | By Claire | More There are four World Heritage Sites that are among the leading sights of London, and of those the Tower of London provides arguably the […]
Tags: anne-boleyn, arsenal, brother-richard, controversial-circumstances, crown-jewels, edward-iv, edward-v, fortress, gunpowder-plot, guy-fawkes, london, lord-protector, norman-conquest, palace-of-westminster, place-of-execution, pomp-and-circumstance, princes-in-the-tower, prison, richard-duke-of-gloucester, royal-mint, royal-palace, royal-zoo-and-jewel-house, second-wife-of-henry-viii, sights-of-london, tower-of-london, united-kingdom, world-heritage-sites
Categories: Sights, United Kingdom, Virtual Travel
May 13, 2011
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Castillo de Coca is one of the most beautiful medieval fortresses in Spain — a fairy-tale 15th-century Mudéjar castle in the province of Segovia, Castile and León, whose walls and towers are built not of grey stone but of warm red brick decorated with intricate geometric patterns, blind arches, and glazed tiles in the Mudéjar […]
Tags: 15th-century, architecture-in-spain, castillo-de-coca, castle, castle-of-coco, castles, coco, don-alonso, fonseca, fortification-system, geometric-motifs, interior-decoration, main-attraction, medieval-architecture, medieval-fortresses, moat, mosaics, olmedo, ribbed-vault, seville, southwestern-outskirts, spain, valladolid
Categories: Sights, Spain, Virtual Travel
May 13, 2011
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Westminster Abbey – a large, mainly Gothic church, in London | United Kingdom Updated: June 10, 2020 | By Claire | More One of the sights of London that is sure to receive many more visitors than usual over the next year is Westminster Abbey. Millions around the world watched on TV on April 29 […]
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Categories: Sights, United Kingdom, Virtual Travel
May 12, 2011
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Buckingham Palace – one of the most prestigious and interesting sights of London | United Kingdom Updated: June 10, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More You might not be able to get to meet the Queen, but it’s possible to see where she lives. Yes, Buckingham Palace is one of the most prestigious and […]
Tags: august-and-september, buckingham-palace, central-courtyard, edward-blore, historical-sight, john-nash, king-george-iii, knighthoods, lond, london, london-hotels, prince-charles, prince-william, princess-of-wales, private-quarters, queen-victoria, royal-weddings, sights-of-london, state-occasions, trip-to-london, tv-viewers, united-kingdom, wife-queen-charlotte
Categories: Sights, United Kingdom, Virtual Travel
May 11, 2011
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Oudegracht – one of the most famous and most beautiful canals in the Netherlands Updated: May 11, 2020 | By Claire | More Oudegracht (The Old Canal) is a historic canal that flows through the center of the city of Utrecht in the Netherlands. It is one of the most famous and most beautiful canals […]
Tags: atmosphere, banks, bridges, canal, canals, canoes, city-of-utrecht, gondola-cruises, most-famous-and-most-beautiful-canals-in-the-netherlands, netherlands, oudegracht, outdoor-terraces, paddle-boats, picturesque-places, river-rhine, river-vecht, rivers, romantic-experience, ships, vibrant-center
Categories: Netherlands, Sights, Virtual Travel
May 10, 2011
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Reichsburg Cochem is the fairy-tale castle that defines the Moselle Valley — a dramatic hilltop fortress perched high above the winding river and the storybook town of Cochem, Germany. Rebuilt in the 19th century in the neo-Gothic style, it’s one of the most visually striking castles on the Moselle and a must-see for anyone cruising […]
Tags: castle, castles-of-germany, cochem, french-siege, germany, map, moselle, reaches, reichsburg, reichsburg-cochem, rieslings, river-mosel, wine-region
Categories: Germany, Sights
May 9, 2011
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Bonn – the first capital of Germany and birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven Updated: October 27, 2020 | By Claire | More Bonn is a city located in Germany on the Rhine River, about 25 km south of Cologne. Bonn is known as the first capital of the Federal Republic of Germany and the birthplace […]
Tags: ancient-sculptures, art-exhibitions, baroque-town, birthplace-of-ludwig-van-beethoven, bonn, capital-of-germany, chancellery, city, composer-ludwig, courtyard-garden, germany, government-district, hammerschmidt, historical-monuments, ludwig-van-beethoven, military-settlement, multipurpose-hall, outdoor-swimming-pool, pool-sports, prince-electors, rhine-river, romanesque-church, town, vibrant-university, wine-experts
Categories: Germany, Sights, Virtual Travel
