February 22, 2011
by europeexplored
The Sil Canyon (Cañón del Sil) is one of the most spectacular river canyons in Spain — a deep, dramatic gorge carved by the Río Sil through the Ribeira Sacra wine region of Galicia in northwestern Spain, where the river’s vertical limestone walls rise up to 500 metres above the water and are terraced with […]
Tags: 13th-century, 17th-centuries, 5km, beautiful-river, beautiful-views, boat-trip, canon-del-sil, canyon-del-sil, cloister, confluence, green-river, hikers, loureiro, monasteries, monastery, most-beautiful-river-canyon, pine-forests, rio-sil, river-canyons, river-water, santa-cristina, spain, water-reservoirs
Categories: Nature, Spain
December 30, 2010
by europeexplored
Coimbra – beautiful historic city in Portugal Updated: April 2, 2020 | By Claire | More Coimbra is a beautiful historic city in Portugal. It is located in the central part of the country in the region of Braga, on the river Mondego. It has about 150 000 inhabitants. Coimbra mainly attracts tourists due to […]
Tags: capital, capital-of-portugal, celebrations-and-festivals, city, education-sciences, faculty-letters, first-friday, fitas, gala-ball, history, jesuits, medicine-sciences, monasteries, nova-coimbra, oldest-university, portugal, portuguese-kings, sciences-technology, second-semester, sport-activities, sports-sciences, town, velha, vibrant-city
Categories: Portugal, Sights
September 20, 2010
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Rila Monastery is Bulgaria’s most sacred and visually spectacular site — a UNESCO World Heritage monastery hidden in the deep forests of the Rila Mountains, whose striped black-and-white arcades, golden domes, and vivid frescoes form the spiritual and architectural crown jewel of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Founded in the 10th century by the hermit Saint […]
Tags: 19th-century, architectural-monuments, artistic-and-architectural-jewel, bulgaria, bulgarian-renaissance, bulgary, castle, centuries, characteristic-example, cultural-identity, eastern-orthodox-monastery, elevation, heart, ivan, monasteries, monastery, most-popular-tourist-site, nature, occupation, rila-monastery, rila-mountains, sea-level, sofia, southeastern-europe, the-rila-monastery, tourist-attraction
Categories: Bulgaria, Sights
August 31, 2010
by europeexplored
Florence – the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance Updated: December 28, 2020 | By Claire | More The city of Florence is said to be the symbol of what makes Italy so special and unique. A third of the most important artists of Europe has lived and worked in Florence. The city of Florence has […]
Tags: arno-river, art-and-architecture, beautiful-cities, boccaccio, botticelli, city, city-of-florence, claire-cesar, countless-visitors, donatello, duomo, elegant-squares, entire-community, firenze, florence, florentia, guccio-gucci, history-of-florence, italian-region, italian-renaissance, italy, leonardo-da-vinci, maria-del-fiore, medici-family, michelangelo, military-colony, monasteries, old-bridge, piazzale-michelangelo, ponte-vecchio, populous-city, prehistoric-times, renaissance-palaces, river-arno, roberto-cavalli, roman-empire, santa-maria-del-fiore, second-world-war, stone-arch-bridge, the-birthplace-of-the-italian-renaissance, tuscany-florence, wealthiest-cities, world-heritage-site
Categories: Italy, Sights
June 9, 2010
by europeexplored
Meteora mountain – one of the most memorable places in Greece Updated: December 28, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More One of the most memorable places in Greece is a beautiful monastery complex of Metéora. It is located in northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly. From here to a height of 400 meters […]
Tags: athanasios, church-officials, cretan, greece, magical-place, memorable-places, meteora, meteoro, monasteries, monks-and-nuns, mount-athos, mountain, nature, northwestern-edge, religious-center, rocky-peaks, sandstone-cliffs, strange-formations, thessaly, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list, world-war-ii
Categories: Greece, Nature, Sights
