January 11, 2011
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Turku – European Capital of Culture in 2011 | Finland Updated: May 25, 2020 | By Claire | More Turku is a port city located in the southwestern corner of Finland. It is situated on the River Aurajoki at the Baltic Sea. The city’s history dates back to the 13th century, when it was established. […]
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Categories: Finland, Sights
September 14, 2010
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Toruń is one of Poland’s most beautiful and historically significant cities — a UNESCO World Heritage Gothic masterpiece on the banks of the Vistula River whose perfectly preserved medieval Old Town of red-brick churches, merchant houses, and defensive walls is one of the finest ensembles of Gothic architecture in Europe. Birthplace of Nicolaus Copernicus in […]
Tags: architecture, beautiful-cities, best-time, centuries, cities-of-poland, city, copernicus, festivals, gingerbread, gothic-buildings, hanseatic-league, heritage, most-tourists, music-theater, northern-poland, old-town, poland, seven-wonders, seven-wonders-of-poland, torun, town, unesco, vistula-river, wonders-of-poland, world-heritage, world-heritage-list, world-heritage-site
Categories: Poland, Sights
July 4, 2010
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Palio di Siena – horse festival in Italy Updated: December 26, 2020 | By Claire | More The city of Siena is composed of 17 different neighbourhoods. Twice a year, on July 2nd and August 16th, a resident from each of the 17 neighbourhoods competes against one another in the historic Palio di Siena. The […]
Tags: festival, festivals, festivities, florence, horse-festival, horse-race, horses, italy, janus, kinase, neighborhood, neighbourhoods, palio-di-siena, piazza-del-campo, procession, siena, siena-palio, siena-tuscany-italy, three-laps, twenty-days, victory-flag
Categories: Italy, Sights, Wellness, Relax & Sports
