August 18, 2011
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Colosseum – amazing 2000 years old symbol of Rome | Italy Updated: May 18, 2020 | By Claire | More There are many buildings that people consider important and significant, but only some of them have become symbols. One of them is undoubtedly the Roman Colosseum. It is interesting that the building was originally named […]
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Categories: Italy, Sights, Virtual Travel
July 4, 2011
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Pierrefonds Castle – fairytale castle in France Updated: July 19, 2020 | By Claire | More Pierrefonds Castle (Château de Pierrefonds) is a nice picturesque castle located in France, about 80km north-east of Paris. The old castle was built on the place of today’s castle in Pierrefonds already in the 12th century. This great military […]
Tags: 12th-century, 14th-century, canons, castle, chateau-de-pierrefonds, chief-minister, duc, east-of-paris, emperor-napoleon-iii, fairytale-castle, france, french-emperor, french-painter, medieval-knights, middle-ages, military-fortifications, military-strength, old-castle, painter-corot, picturesque-castle, pierrefonds-castle, refurbishment, sight, work-of-destruction
Categories: France, Sights, Virtual Travel
June 3, 2011
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Zlatá ulička (Golden Lane) – the most romantic and famous part of Prague Castle | Czech Republic Updated: June 3, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Golden Lane (or Zlatá ulička in Czech) was created after the construction of the northern ramparts of the Prague Castle, in the 16th century. The area of northern […]
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Categories: Czech Republic, Sights
April 20, 2011
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Mdina (Silent City) – one of the most popular tourist destinations in Malta Updated: April 20, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More On the south-western part of the island of Malta there is the town of Mdina, which was the capital of Malta until the mid-16th century. However Mdina is not capital city any […]
Tags: 16th-century, arabs, aristocratic-families, aristocrats, baroque-monuments, capital-of-malta, citta-vecchia, city, independent-city, island-of-malta, malta, massive-walls, mdina, medina, middle-ages, moat, most-popular-tourist-destination, permanent-residents, rabat, sea-level, sicily, silent-city, tourist-destinations, town, valletta
Categories: Malta, Sights
March 6, 2011
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Pena National Palace (Palácio Nacional da Pena) is one of the most extraordinary royal residences in Europe — a riotously colourful Romanticist castle perched atop a rocky peak in the Sintra mountains above Lisbon, whose vivid yellow and red towers, ornate Manueline stonework, and eclectic blend of Gothic, Moorish, Renaissance, and Manueline architectural styles make […]
Tags: 19th-century, da-pena, government-officials, history, lisbon, middle-ages, monastery, palace, pena-national-palace, portugal, seven-wonders, seven-wonders-of-portugal, sintra, top-of-the-hill, town, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, weather
Categories: Portugal, Sights
January 17, 2011
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Kutná Hora – historic town in Czech Republic Updated: May 16, 2020 | By Claire | More Kutna Hora is a historic town in the Czech Republic, located in the Central Region, east of Prague. Town of Kutna Hora was founded in the late 13th century by German miners who began to mine for silver […]
Tags: 13th-century, baroque-architecture, cathedral-of-our-lady, cistercian-monastery, city, czech-republic, fortification, german-miners, gothic-church, historic-town, italian-court, jesuit-college, kutna-hora, middle-ages, pany, patron-saint, st-james, town, underground-city, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list, ursuline-convent
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August 25, 2010
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Parma – famous ham and cheese, Italy Updated: December 26, 2020 | By Claire | More The small town of Parma can be found between Bologna and Milan. Over the past few years, the town of Parma has become a popular tourist destination. Thousands of people make their way to this quaint town that is […]
Tags: 11th-century, architectural-attractions, arturo-toscanini, baptistery, benedictine-monastery, century-church, cheese, cittadella, city, creation-of-the-world, ducal-palace, food-safety, gothic-church, ham, ham-recipes, hams, italian-town, italy, little-stream, local-delicacies, marble-tower, middle-ages, opera-house, orto-botanico, paganini, palazzo-del-governatore, palazzo-della-pilotta, parma, parmesan-cheese, pink-marble, quaint-town, roman-control, romanesque-cathedral, san-francesco-del-prato, san-giovanni-evangelista, san-sepolcro, santa-croce, teatro-farnese, teatro-regio, tourist-destination, town-of-parma, university-of-parma
Categories: Italy, Sights
May 19, 2010
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Banská Bystrica – one of the most beautiful cities in Slovakia Updated: February 15, 2020 | By Claire | More One of the most beautiful cities in all of Slovakia is that of the city of Banská Bystrica which can be found right in the middle of the country and as such it forms a […]
Tags: banks-of-the-river, banska-bystrica, beautiful-cities, bystrica, cen, city, clear-cutting, clocktower, copper, countless-attractions, countryside, existence, middle-ages, mining-industry, mining-towns, monuments, nazi-germany, partisan-war, slovak-national-uprising, slovakia, yugoslav
Categories: Sights, Slovakia
