July 22, 2011
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The town of Sigulda – Latvian Switzerland Updated: July 25, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More In the central part of Latvia you can find a beautiful and historically significant town of Sigulda. It lies on the southern outskirts of the picturesque forested valley of the River Gauja. This area is an ideal starting […]
Tags: 12th-century, 13th-century, 18th-century, castles, city, forested-valley, ideal-starting-point, latvia, latvian-state, latvian-switzerland, left-bank, livonian-switzerland, medieval-city, pskov, rental-vacation, resort, rich-families, riga, sigulda, southern-outskirts, sovie, swedes, town, wooden-forts, world-war-ii
Categories: Latvia, Nature, Sights
April 10, 2011
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L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue – Venice of Provence | France Updated: July 19, 2020 | By Claire | More On the islands on five arms of the river Sorgue there is located a beautiful medieval town of L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, which is due to its location often called the “Venice of Provence“. Center of town is surrounded by water channels […]
Tags: 12th-century, 17th-century, anges, assumption-of-the-virgin, assumption-of-the-virgin-mary, baroque-buildings, beautiful-sights, carrara-marble, city, cold-winds, dr-roux, france, handmade-paper, italian-style, lisle-sur-la-sorgue, marshes, medieval-city, picturesque-buildings, picturesque-medieval-town, tower-tour, town, venice-of-provence, water-channels, water-mills, water-wheels
Categories: France, Sights, Virtual Travel
August 19, 2010
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Trento – traditions of Alpine countries, Italy Updated: December 24, 2020 | By Claire | More The city of Trento can be found along the bank of the Adige River. Known as the educational center in Northern Italy, the city of Trento is home to several top colleges and universities. The University of Trento is […]
Tags: 12th-century, 16th-century, adige-river, alpine-countries, apollinare, buonconsiglio-trento, castello-del-buonconsiglio, church-of-san-lorenzo, circular-tower, city, colleges-and-universities, council-of-trent, duomo-cathedral, educational-center, fontana-di-nettuno, glaciers, italian-politics, italy, italy-the-city, matteo, medieval-city, medieval-wall, mountain-tops, northern-italy, palazzo-pretorio, piazza-duomo, piazzas, pretty-town, renaissance-style, santa-maria-maggiore, top-colleges, torre-civica, tourism-industry, trentino-alto-adige, trento-italy, trident, university-of-trento, vigilius, wooden-balconies
Categories: Italy, Sights
