December 25, 2011
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La Gomera – a volcanic island in the Canary archipelago | Spain Updated: December 25, 2020 | By Claire | More La Gomera is a volcanic island and the second smallest island of the Spanish Canary Islands. One third of the island is a part of the Garajonay national park (Parque nacional de Garajonay), which […]
Tags: canary-islands, dry-climate, el-silbo, garajonay-national-park, green-forests, island, la-gomera, laurel-forest, lush-vegetation, national-park, nature, northeastern-slopes, parque-nacional-de-garajonay, pleasant-holiday, reaching-heights, spain, spanish-canary-islands, square-kilometres, tree-heath, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list, walking-through-the-jungle, water-regime, wet-climate
Categories: Nature, Spain
December 24, 2011
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San Lorenzo de El Escorial – one of the most popular attractions in Spain Updated: December 24, 2020 | By Claire | More Less than 50 kilometres north of Madrid lies the magnificent royal residence of El Escorial, which belongs to one of the most popular and visited attractions in Spain. About half a million […]
Tags: augustinian-monastery, de-silva, el-greco, final-resting-place, juan-bautista-de-toledo, juan-de-herrera, king-philip-ii, king-philip-ii-of-spain, monastery, monumentality, philip-ii-of-spain, rare-paintings, religious-power, san-lorenzo-de-el-escorial, sierra-de-guadarrama, sight, spain, spanish-aristocracy, tiziano-vecelli, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list, world-architecture, world-heritage-list
Categories: Sights, Spain
November 18, 2011
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Vlkolínec – best-preserved folk architecture in Slovakia Updated: November 18, 2020 | By Claire | More Slovakia is known for its picturesque villages with traditional houses and folk architecture. One of those villages is so unique that it has even got on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Photo licensed under the Creative Commons, created by […]
Tags: archaeological-findings, asl, baroque-church, belfry, boroughs, brick-buildings, classicist, folk-architecture, listed-buildings, medieval-village, mountain-areas, museum, new-constructions, open-air-museum, picturesque-villages, ruzomberok, slovak-republic, slovakia, traditional-houses, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list, vlkolinec, wooden-architecture
Categories: Sights, Slovakia
June 10, 2011
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Jasovská cave – national natural monument of Slovakia Updated: June 10, 2020 | By Claire | More Jasovská cave (or Jasovská jaskyňa in Slovak) is located in the Slovak Karst, near the village Jasov, in the south-eastern part of the Slovak Republic. The cave has been known since time immemorial. There were found artifacts from […]
Tags: air-temperature, black-letters, cave, electric-lighting, hallstatt, hussites, jasovska-cave, monastery, national-natural-monument, national-natural-monument-of-slovakia, nature, neolithic, relative-humidity, slovak-karst, slovak-republic, slovakia, species-of-bats, stalactite-cave, stalactites, temperature-ranges, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list, waterfalls
Categories: Nature, Slovakia
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
April 17, 2011
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The town of Telč – well-preserved Renaissance and Baroque houses in the Czech Republic Updated: May 16, 2020 | By Claire | More The territory of Telč was, according to archaeological excavations, inhabited already from ancient times. Exact time when the settlement was founded is not clear. Local legend says that it happened after the […]
Tags: archaeological-excavations, architectural-styles, baroque, baroque-style, bohemia, castle-church, city, city-gates, czech-republic, exact-time, fortification, frescoes, gothic, gothic-style, gradual-evolution, jesuit-college, karel-iv, legend-says-that, margrave, medieval-walls, otto-ii, pointed-arches, renaissance, telc, town, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list
Categories: Czech Republic, Sights
February 19, 2011
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Ochtinská Aragonite Cave is one of the rarest cave systems in the world — one of only three aragonite caves on the planet open to the public, located in the Slovak Karst region of central Slovakia, where delicate needle-like crystals of aragonite (a rare polymorph of calcium carbonate) create surreal, star-like formations on the cave […]
Tags: admission, aragonite, aragonite-cave, cave, caves, clusters, crystalline-formations, flowers, main-attraction, milky-way, natural-phenomenon, ochtinska-aragonite-cave, shapes, slovak-karst, slovakia, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list
Categories: Nature, Slovakia
January 17, 2011
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Corsica – the pearl of Mediterranean Sea | France Updated: July 19, 2020 | By Claire | More Corsica is an island located in the western part of Mediterranean Sea and belongs to France. With its area of 8680 km² is the 4th largest island in Mediterranean Sea. There are more than 250 thousand inhabitants […]
Tags: administrative-center, ancient-greece, bastia-corsica, bonifacio-corsica, carthaginians, corsica, etruscans, france, gulf-port, high-mountains, island, island-of-corsica, largest-island-in-mediterranean-sea, mediterranean-sea, menhirs, monte-cinto, plants-and-animals, sea-eagles, sea-france, the-pearl-of-mediterranean-sea, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list, unesco-world-heritage-site, world-heritage-list
Categories: France, Nature
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
Categories: Czech Republic, Sights
January 12, 2011
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Pirin National Park in one of the highest mountains in Europe | Bulgaria Updated: May 15, 2020 | By Claire | More Pirin National Park is a part of one of the highest mountains in Europe – Pirin Mountains located in southwestern Bulgaria. The highest mountain peak is Pirin Vichren (2914). The big area of […]
Tags: bulgaria, caves, endemic, flora, glacial-lakes, highest-mountain-peak, highest-mountains-in-europe, national-park, pirin-mountains, pirin-national-park, rare-species, ski-resorts, southwestern-bulgaria, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list, waterfalls, world-heritage-list
Categories: Bulgaria, Nature
