December 27, 2010
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Dunkerque (Dunkirk) – northern city in France Updated: July 19, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Dunkerque (or Dunkirk in English) is a city in northern France, near the border with Belgium. Administratively it is situated in Nord-Pas-de-Calais and the Nord département. Today the city has approximately 70.000 inhabitants. City of Dunkirk is situated […]
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Categories: France, Sights
December 7, 2010
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Sighişoara – one of the most interesting Romanian cities and birthplace of Dracula Updated: April 2, 2020 | By Claire | More Sighisoara is one of the most interesting cities in Romania. If you should choose for your trip just one town, go there. It’s not a big city (approx. 32,000 inhabitants), but it is […]
Tags: 12th-century, 13th-century, beautiful-town, birthplace-of-dracula, church-on-the-hill, city, city-clock, clock-tower, dracula, edifice, first-glance, fortifications, frescoes, high-tower, international-trains, local-restaurant, medieval-festival, medieval-weapons, romania, romanian-cities, sighisoara, stone-staircase, town, vlad-iii-the-impaler, vlad-tepes, world-heritage-site
Categories: Romania, Sights
December 2, 2010
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The Amalfi Coast (Costiera Amalfitana) is widely considered the most beautiful coastline in Europe — a 50-kilometre stretch of UNESCO-listed Mediterranean paradise on the southern edge of the Sorrentine Peninsula where pastel-coloured cliffside villages, terraced lemon groves, and the impossibly blue Tyrrhenian Sea create one of the most coveted travel destinations on the planet. From […]
Tags: agerola, amalfi, amalfi-coast, amalfitana-coast, architectural-monuments, beautiful-gardens, cetara, coast, conca-dei-marini, early-middle-ages, italy, maiori, praiano, ravello, romantic-village, sorrento-peninsula, spectacular, spectacular-panoramic-views, terrain-variety, town, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, vietri-sul-mare, world-heritage-site
Categories: Italy, Nature, Sights
November 30, 2010
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Positano – the most beautiful town on the Amalfi Coast in Italy Updated: July 18, 2020 | By Claire | More Positano is the most beautiful town on the Italian coast of Campania. Beautiful picturesque town is situated on a steep hillside above the sea. The area was inhabited already in ancient times. Today Positano […]
Tags: 16th-century, amalfi-coast, antiquity, assunta, beautiful-town, campania, celebrations, city, duomo, festa, inhabitants, italian-coast, italy, monastery, picturesque-town, positano, premio, renowned-beaches, rocky-beach, sandy-beach, sant-andrea, seaside-resort, small-town, spiaggia, steep-hillside, town
Categories: Italy, Nature, Sights
November 14, 2010
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Orvieto is one of the most spectacular hill towns in Italy — a volcanic tufa plateau rising almost vertically from the Umbrian plain whose crown jewel is the Duomo di Orvieto, one of the greatest Gothic cathedrals in Italy, with a glittering facade of gold mosaics, carved biblical scenes, and rose windows that the art […]
Tags: 15th-century, architectural-treasures, artistic, belvedere, celebrations, central-italian-region, city, economic-center, etruscan-necropolis, etruscan-period, etruscans, festa-della-palombella, gusto, italy, noble-families, olive-oil, orvieto, pozzo-di-san-patrizio, remnants, tourism-center, town, traditions-in-italy, typical-products, volcanic-rock, wine, wine-traditions
Categories: Italy, Sights
November 8, 2010
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Tartu – the oldest city in Estonia Updated: May 19, 2020 | By Claire | More In this college town of Tartu with an amazing atmosphere you can see one of the most leaning buildings in Europe. Tartu is the oldest city and also the second largest city in Estonia. It lies in the southeast […]
Tags: 18th-century, attic-room, canteen, cultural-heritage, cuty, estonia, estonian-companies, february-2, insult, leaning-house, leaning-tower-of-pisa, local-university, national-liberation, nobel-prize-in-chemistry, oldest-city-in-estonia, ostwald, peace-agreement, plats, tallinn, tartu, technological-research, town, town-hall-square, toy-museum
Categories: Estonia, Sights
November 8, 2010
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Spoleto – an ancient city of the arts festival “The Festival dei Due Mondi (Festival of Two Worlds)” | Italy Updated: November 14, 2020 | By Claire | More In the region of Umbria, in the central Italy, there is a picturesque historical town called Spoleto (Spoletium), which history stretches back to medieval times. It […]
Tags: ancient-city, archaeological-findings, architectural-modifications, architectural-treasures, aristocratic-families, arts-festival, broad-valley, central-italy, city, current-view, festival-of-two-worlds, french-occupation, geographical-position, italy, occupation-period, political-significance, prehistoric-times, revivals, rich-villas, roman-architects, roman-colony, romanesque-churches, spoleto, target, the-festival-dei-due-mondi, town, umbri, unification-of-italy
Categories: Italy, Sights
November 7, 2010
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Assisi – the city of the peace in Italy Updated: August 19, 2020 | By Claire | More Assisi is a town located in the central Italian region of Umbria and one of the most important pilgrimage sites in the country. It is linked with the life of St. Francis, who lived here from 1181 […]
Tags: albornoz, assisi, birthplace-of-st-francis, calendimaggio, city, city-of-the-peace, franciscan-monastery, goddess-minerva, italy, medieval-castle, papal-jurisdiction, peace, perugia, pilgrimage-basilica, religious-buildings, renowned-festival, roman-forum, roman-period, santa-chiara, santa-maria-sopra-minerva, santo-stefano, secular-franciscan-order, st-francis-of-assisi, town, tuscany, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site
Categories: Italy, Sights
November 4, 2010
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Echternach is Luxembourg’s oldest city — a storybook medieval town tucked into the lush Müllerthal Valley right on the German border. Founded in 698 AD around its magnificent Benedictine abbey, Echternach blends ancient history with a vibrant cultural scene, floral-lined streets, and access to some of Luxembourg’s most enchanting hiking trails. It’s the perfect day […]
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Categories: Luxembourg, Sights
November 1, 2010
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Veliko Tărnovo is the historical soul of Bulgaria — the medieval capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire (1185–1396), dramatically perched on the steep banks of the Yantra River whose fortress of Tsarevets, cathedral, and traditional houses clinging to the gorge walls create one of the most spectacularly sited city landscapes in the Balkans. Often called […]
Tags: 19th-century, beautiful-view, bulgaria, bulgarian-empire, city, czar, european-history, geographical-location, high-rocky-hill, historic, historical-events, historical-landmarks, history-view, impressive-scenery, medieval-town, medieval-walls, narrow-bridge, natural-scenery, palaces, planning-your-trip, small-houses, steep-slopes, symbol-of-bulgaria, town, trip-to-bulgaria, veliko-tarnovo
Categories: Bulgaria, Sights
