June 19, 2011
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York – the ancient city in England | United Kingdom Updated: June 19, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More The ancient city of York is a place teaming with history at every turn. Centuries of Emperors, Kings, wars and invasions have given the city a fascinating and layered past that is just begging to […]
Tags: banks-of-the-river, city, city-walls, england, food-places, fortress-town, gothic-cathedral, grand-opera-house, jorvik-viking-centre, joseph-rowntree-theatre, labyrinthine, medieval-streets, national-railway-museum, river-ouse, roman-britain, s-university, shambles, town, transport-hub, united-kingdom, viking-word, york, york-art, york-castle, yorkshire-museum
Categories: Sights, United Kingdom, Virtual Travel
June 8, 2011
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Santiago de Compostela – a World Heritage City and pilgrimage destination | Spain Updated: June 8, 2020 | By Claire | More Santiago de Compostela is the capital of the autonomous Spanish community of Galicia. It was founded at the turn of the 4th and 5th century. According to legend, the body of the executed […]
Tags: apostle-james, architecture-in-spain, autonomous-regions, baroque-style, cathedral-of-santiago-de-compostela, christian-pilgrims, christian-spain, city, long-journey, pilgrimage-route, portico-de-la-gloria, reliquaries, roman-architecture, santiago-de-compostela, scallop-shell, spain, spanish-community, spiritual-cleansing, symbol-of-christian, town, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list
Categories: Sights, Spain, Virtual Travel
May 31, 2011
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Tindari – the Greek-Roman archaeological site | Sicily, Italy Updated: April 23, 2020 | By Claire | More Tindari is a small coastal town situated on a rocky hill (Capo Tindari) and contains the remnants of an ancient Greek site Tyndaris from 396 BC. Thanks to its strategic location, the city could easily control and […]
Tags: aeolian-islands, ancient-cities, black-madonna, byzantine-times, capo-tindari, carthaginians, city, defensive-walls, dionysus, double-walls, greek-roman-archaeological-site, greek-theater, italy, madonna-nera, oliveri, period-of-decline, place-where-people, religious-purposes, roman-ceramics, roman-houses, sicily, spa-area, stone-blocks, strategic-location, tindari, town
Categories: Italy, Sights
May 29, 2011
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Vilnius – Baroque city and the capital of Lithuania Updated: May 29, 2020 | By Claire | More Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania. It lies about 90 km from Kaunas, far inland on the river Neris, just a few kilometers from the Belarusian border. The city has about 585,000 inhabitants. It’s a major road […]
Tags: adam-mickiewicz, baroque-city, baroque-style, bernardine, bronze-statues, capital, capital-of-lithuania, castle-ruins, cathedral-square, city, city-gates, european-capital-of-culture-in-2009, form-the-heart, gothic-architecture, grand-duke, jagiello, jewish-quarter, kutuzov, lithuania, magnificent-example, political-writer, saint-casimir, saint-helena, saint-stanislaus, three-crosses, town, vilnius
Categories: Lithuania, Sights
May 15, 2011
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Kremnica – historic town with the oldest mint in the world | Slovakia Updated: June 29, 2020 | By Claire | More Kremnica is a historic city with a rich mining and mint tradition. It is located in the central part of the Slovak Republic, in Kremnica mountains at an altitude of 561 m. Near […]
Tags: 13th-century, 14th-century, 15th-century, bastion, charnel, city, clock-tower, countries-around-the-world, dominant-feature, ducats, exposure-history, geographic-centres-of-europe, gold-and-silver, historic-city, historical-monuments, history-of-skiing, hungarian-kings, kremnica, mining-museum, mining-town, mint, oldest-mint-in-the-world, plant-and-machinery, roman-catholic-parish, rotunda, slovak-coins, slovakia, st-andrew, st-catherine, town, valuable-coins
Categories: Sights, Slovakia
May 10, 2011
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Carvoeiro – the most fantastic beaches in the Algarve, Portugal Updated: May 9, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Carvoeiro is a small resort in Portugal, located in the southern part of the country, in the Algarve region, near Portimao. At present it has about 3,000 inhabitants. The town attracts visitors primarily for its […]
Tags: alagar, algarve, algarve-portugal, algarve-region, beach, carvalho, carvoeiro, caves, city, faro, fishing-village, golf-golf-course, inhabitants, labyrinth, limestone-cliffs, medieval-name, nature, o-castelo, picturesque-village, pillars, portimao, portugal, railway-station, town, water-sports
Categories: Nature, Portugal
May 9, 2011
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Bonn – the first capital of Germany and birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven Updated: October 27, 2020 | By Claire | More Bonn is a city located in Germany on the Rhine River, about 25 km south of Cologne. Bonn is known as the first capital of the Federal Republic of Germany and the birthplace […]
Tags: ancient-sculptures, art-exhibitions, baroque-town, birthplace-of-ludwig-van-beethoven, bonn, capital-of-germany, chancellery, city, composer-ludwig, courtyard-garden, germany, government-district, hammerschmidt, historical-monuments, ludwig-van-beethoven, military-settlement, multipurpose-hall, outdoor-swimming-pool, pool-sports, prince-electors, rhine-river, romanesque-church, town, vibrant-university, wine-experts
Categories: Germany, Sights, Virtual Travel
May 8, 2011
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The city of Tours – former capital of France Updated: February 4, 2020 | By Claire | More In the valley of Loire river, not far from the famous castles, you can find a big thriving city of Tours. It offers lots of museums, shops, restaurants and beautifully remodelled old buildings. During the reign of […]
Tags: antique-shops, archaeological-collections, basilica, capital-of-france, charming-town, city, craft-guilds, france, loire-river, louis-xi, old-buildings, roman-period, st-gatien, st-julien, stone-bridge, thriving-city, timbered-buildings, time-thanks, tours, town, trendy-restaurants, true-copy, wine-museum, world-war-ii
Categories: France, Sights
May 5, 2011
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Tossa de Mar is one of the most popular and beautiful resorts on the Costa Brava — a historic fishing village-turned-holiday destination on the Catalan coast whose superbly preserved medieval walled old town (Vila Vella), with its castle and lighthouse perched on a rocky headland overlooking turquoise coves, is the only surviving fortified medieval town […]
Tags: beach, ceramics, city, clothing-jewelry, coast, costa-brava, fishing-village, fortifications, gran-playa, hotel-complexes, la-baume, local-gallery, monuments, narrow-streets, nature, promenade, relaxed-atmosphere, rich-history, scooters, sea-beach, sea-site, souvenir-shops, spain, tossa-de-mar, tourist-service, town, water-skiing, water-sports
Categories: Nature, Spain, Virtual Travel
May 3, 2011
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Roussillon – one of the most beautiful villages in France Updated: July 19, 2020 | By Claire | More In the south of France, about 30 km from Avignon, there is a small village of Roussillon, who impresses everyone especially because of its red saturated buildings, which contrast sharply with the surrounding dark green hills. […]
Tags: 18th-century, ancient-romans, avignon, ceramic-products, city, crowds, different-colors, facades, france, glazes, major-tourist-attraction, million-years, ocher, pigment, reddish-colour, region, roussillon, shades-of-red, south-of-france, souvenir-shops, steep-streets, surface-treatment, the-sunniest-region-in-france, top-of-the-hill, town, village
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