November 30, 2010
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Positano – the most beautiful town on the Amalfi Coast in Italy Updated: July 18, 2020 | By Claire | More Positano is the most beautiful town on the Italian coast of Campania. Beautiful picturesque town is situated on a steep hillside above the sea. The area was inhabited already in ancient times. Today Positano […]
Tags: 16th-century, amalfi-coast, antiquity, assunta, beautiful-town, campania, celebrations, city, duomo, festa, inhabitants, italian-coast, italy, monastery, picturesque-town, positano, premio, renowned-beaches, rocky-beach, sandy-beach, sant-andrea, seaside-resort, small-town, spiaggia, steep-hillside, town
Categories: Italy, Nature, Sights
November 25, 2010
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Paestum – major Graeco-Roman city in Italy Updated: May 20, 2020 | By Claire | More Paestum is a major European seaside resort and unforgettable tourist destination. It is also the main objective of the excavations for history lovers. Paestum is located in Campania region, about 40 km south of Salerno and 85 km southeast […]
Tags: 9th-september, ancient-greek-temples, archaeological-discoveries, archaeological-work, archeological-discoveries, architectural-monument, athens-acropolis, capri, cilento-national-park, city, delicious-cuisine, fish-specialties, greek-colonists, history-lovers, italy, main-objective, major-graeco-roman-city, napoli, national-park, paestum, pompeii, pompeii-and-herculaneum, prosperous-cities, rare-pieces, roman-empire, tourist-boom, world-war-ii
Categories: Italy, Sights
November 24, 2010
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The Poulnabrone Dolmen is one of Ireland’s most iconic prehistoric monuments — a 5,800-year-old Neolithic portal tomb consisting of three massive standing stones capped by a 1.8-metre-long capstone, rising starkly from the limestone pavement of the Burren in County Clare. Older than Stonehenge and the Pyramids of Giza, Poulnabrone is one of the most photographed […]
Tags: archaeological-research, bronze-age, burial-chamber, burren, ceramic-products, county-clare, early-inhabitants, guiness, interesting-sites, ireland, limestone, personal-things, poulnabrone-dolmen, prehistoric-monument, slabs, stone-axes, stonehenge, stonehenge-in-england, temples, weapons
Categories: Ireland, Sights
November 23, 2010
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What to see in Copenhagen (København) – Capital of Denmark Updated: September 20, 2020 | By Claire | More If you would go to Denmark and not visit Copenhagen, it would be like to go to Paris without seeing the Eiffel Tower. Copenhagen (København) – Capital of Denmark – is a beautiful city full of […]
Tags: admission-fee, ancient-churches, art-lovers, baltic-sea, cacti, capital, capital-of-denmark, city, copenhagen, crown-jewels, danish-painters, denmark, eiffel-tower, european-art, half-a-million, interesting-places, kobenhavn, marble-hall, most-beautiful-place, nature-lovers, palm-house, palm-trees, rosenborg-slot, statens-museum-for-kunst, underground-treasure, wetland-plants, what-to-see
Categories: Denmark, Sights
November 17, 2010
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Pernštejn Castle – one of the most beautiful castles in the Czech republic Updated: May 16, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Pernštejn Castle is one of the most visited castles in Moravia, Czech republic, which attracts lots of tourists. It is situated on the cliff above the city Nedvedice. The castle rises nearly […]
Tags: 13th-century, admission, castle, castles, czech-republic, map, most-beautiful-castle, pernstejn, pernstejn-castle, political-affairs, tourists
Categories: Czech Republic, Sights
November 14, 2010
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Orvieto is one of the most spectacular hill towns in Italy — a volcanic tufa plateau rising almost vertically from the Umbrian plain whose crown jewel is the Duomo di Orvieto, one of the greatest Gothic cathedrals in Italy, with a glittering facade of gold mosaics, carved biblical scenes, and rose windows that the art […]
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 11, 2010
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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 9, 2010
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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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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
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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
