December 15, 2011
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Milan Cathedral – the largest cathedral in Italy and 2nd largest in Europe Updated: December 15, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More In the heart of Milan stands huge dome, one of the largest Gothic cathedrals in the world – Milan Cathedral (Duomo di Milano). At its widest point measures 92 meters and is […]
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Categories: Italy, Sights
October 3, 2011
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Palace of Versailles – one of the most famous monuments in Europe | France Updated: October 3, 2020 | By Claire | More One of the most famous monuments on the European continent is also the French Palace of Versailles (Château de Versailles), which was built in the 17th century by King Louis XIII as […]
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Categories: France, Nature, Sights
March 23, 2011
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Öresund Bridge – the longest road and rail bridge-tunnel in Europe – between Sweden and Denmark Updated: November 14, 2020 | By Claire | 4 Replies More Engineers have constructed (1995 – 2000) Öresund Bridge (Øresundsbron) to establish the connectivity between Sweden and Denmark. Öresund Bridge is the longest railway and highway bridge in European […]
Tags: architect, borders, bridge, cargo-boats, communication-system, connectivity, copenhagen, danish-capital, denmark, e20, european-continent, highway-bridge, longest-road, oresund, oresund-bridge, oresundsbron, passenger-ships, passport, rail-bridge, road-vehicles, scandinavia, speed-boats, sweden, swedish-city, transportation-network, western-europe
Categories: Denmark, Sights, Sweden, Virtual Travel
April 26, 2010
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Italy is quite simply one of the greatest travel destinations on Earth — a country that packs more UNESCO World Heritage sites (60), more artistic masterpieces, more culinary diversity, and more sheer geographic beauty into a single nation than any other on the planet. From the snow-capped Dolomites to the sun-baked beaches of Sicily, from […]
Tags: campione-d-italia, european-continent, exclave, featured, good-pizza, great-sea, interesting-places-in-italy, italian, italian-peninsula, italian-products, italy, largest-islands-in-the-mediterranean, luciano-pavarotti, marco-polo, mediterranean-sea, pizza-and-wine, populous-country, sardinia-italy, sea-mountain, seasonal-climate, sergio-leone, vatican-city, vespucci
Categories: All Countries, Italy
