November 10, 2011
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Nitra – the oldest city in Slovakia Updated: November 10, 2020 | By Claire | More Nitra is the oldest and currently the fifth largest city in the Slovak Republic (82,661 inhabitants). It is a modern city with a rich cultural and business life. Photo licensed under the Creative Commons, created by Janos Korom Dr. […]
Tags: agricultural-museum, agricultural-university, archaeological-institute, bagar, baroque-style, botanical-species, city, fortifications, frequent-repairs, irregular-shape, ladislav, lively-center, marble-altar, nice-view, nitra, oldest-city-in-slovakia, pedestrian-zone, regions-of-the-world, rocky-hill, slovak-republic, slovakia-nitra, tropical-plants, tropical-regions
Categories: Sights, Slovakia
August 17, 2011
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Ponte Vecchio in Florence – the world’s most beautiful bridge | Italy Updated: August 18, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More If you have ever visited Florence, you surely haven’t missed one of its distinctive sights – Ponte Vecchio. It is the only bridge in Florence that was not destroyed by the Nazis during […]
Tags: 13th-century, bridge, distinctive-character, etruscan-times, ferdinando, firenze, fish-traders, floods, florence, florentines, free-space, goldsmiths, grand-duke, italy, jewellers, most-beautiful-bridge-in-the-world, new-bridge, nice-view, old-bridge, ponte-nuovo, ponte-vecchio, rout, tanners, three-arches
Categories: Italy, Sights
March 11, 2011
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Hochosterwitz castle in Austria – one of the biggest castles in Europe Updated: May 15, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Hochosterwitz castle is one of the largest castles in Europe. It is located in Austria, about 8 km east of the town of Sankt Veit an der Glan, and 22 km northeast of […]
Tags: 17th-century, access-road, austria, biggest-castle-in-europe, castle, emperor-ferdinand, forests, fortification-system, gates, hochosterwitz, hochosterwitz-castle, incursions, landscape, map, museum-exhibition, nice-view, sankt-veit-an-der-glan, scope, tank, turkish-troops, wall-paintings
Categories: Austria, Sights
May 16, 2010
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Domaša lake – where to get cold and wet in eastern Slovakia during the hot summer days Updated: June 14, 2020 | By Claire | More Domaša is a multi-purpose hydroelectric project, a water reservoir, located in the district of Vranov, in the eastern Slovakia. It was built between 1962 – 1967. Domaša dam lies […]
Tags: black-stork, cottage-resorts, different-types-of-fish, domasa, eastern-slovakia, herons, hydroelectric-project, lake, long-walks, maximum-depth, maximum-width, nice-view, quiet-nooks, recreational-purposes, slovakia, species-of-ducks, summer-festivals, types-of-fish, vranov, water-reservoir, water-surface, white-tailed-eagle
Categories: Nature, Slovakia
