October 18, 2010
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Napoli – busy city under Mount Vesuvius in Italy Updated: May 20, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Naples (or Napoli in Italian), with more than a million inhabitants, is the capital of Campania and lies in the Gulf of Naples. It is the third most populous city in Italy, the entire area has […]
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Categories: Italy, Sights
October 5, 2010
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The Royal Palace of Caserta with the Park in Italy Updated: May 23, 2020 | By Claire | More Caserta Royal Palace or the Royal Palace of Caserta (Reggia di Caserta) is the former Baroque residence of Bourbon family. It is situated in the south part of Italy, in the town of Caserta in Campania. […]
Tags: caserta, caserta-reggia, caserta-royal-palace, charles-iii, chateau-of-versailles, diana-and-actaeon, ferdinand-iii, ferdinand-iv, fontana-dei-delfini, french-models, italy, king-of-spain, king-of-spain-1759, luigi-vanvitelli, palace, park, reggia-di-caserta, royal-palace-of-caserta, son-ferdinand, spanish-king, spanish-throne, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, venus-and-adonis
Categories: Italy, Sights, Virtual Travel
September 27, 2010
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Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape – one of the largest artificial landscapes in Europe | Czech Republic Updated: May 16, 2020 | By Claire | More Lednice-Valtice Area – sometimes called as “Perl of South Moravia” is a region in south-east of Czech Republic, close to Slovak and Austrian borders. This region, covering an area of almost […]
Tags: 14th-century, 20th-centuries, artificial-landscapes, baroque-style, czech-republic, fischer-von-erlach, gothic-styles, johann-bernhard-fischer, landscape-architecture, largest-artificial-landscapes-in-europe, ledice, lednice, lednice-valtice-cultural-landscape, liechtenstein-family, picturesque-village, romantic-park, salzburg-austria, south-moravia, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, unprecedented-proportions, valtice, world-heritage-city
Categories: Czech Republic, Sights
September 25, 2010
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The windmills of Kinderdijk are the most famous Dutch landscape on Earth — 19 beautifully preserved 18th-century windmills lined up along the canals of the Alblasserwaard polder near Rotterdam, forming a UNESCO World Heritage site that is the single strongest image of the Netherlands in the global imagination. More than just a photo opportunity, Kinderdijk […]
Tags: 18th-century, best-known-tourist-site, best-time, century-system, city, concentration, confluence, cultural-heritage, dike, dordrecht, dutch-tourist, emergencies, folktale, kinderdijk, lek, lek-river, lekkerland, mid-twentieth-century, netherlands, nineteenth-century, polder, pumps, rotterdam, saint-elizabeth, saturdays, south-holland, terrible-storm, tourist-destination, tourist-sites, town, two-areas, unesco, unesco-world, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, village, windmill, windmills, windmolen, wooden-cradle, world-heritage-sites
Categories: Netherlands, Sights
September 23, 2010
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Riga – the biggest and most vibrant city in the Baltics | Latvia Updated: April 2, 2020 | By Claire | More Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia, the biggest and most vibrant city in Baltics, and an important seaport, situated on the mouth of the Daugava. It is also the largest […]
Tags: 14th-century, baltics, biggest-and-most-vibrant-city-in-the-baltics, chandeliers, city, classical-styles, coastal-resort, daugava, day-trip, gauja, historical-events, individuality, latvia, masterpieces, red-army, riga, rundale, stained-glass-windows, town, travelled-roads, trip-destinations, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, uplands
Categories: Latvia, Sights
September 18, 2010
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Poloniny National Park is Slovakia’s most remote and wild protected area — a UNESCO-listed wilderness of primeval beech forests, high mountain meadows (poloniny), and traditional wooden churches in the far northeast of the country, where the borders of Slovakia, Poland, and Ukraine meet. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage site as part of the “Ancient and […]
Tags: beech-forests, buffer-zone, eastern-carpathians, landmarks, mountain-meadows, mountain-ranges, national-park, nature, poland, poloniny, poloniny-national-park, potok, sea-level, skala, slovakia, state-borders, ukraine, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, wooden-churches
Categories: Nature, Slovakia
August 16, 2010
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Vicenza – golden city, Italy Updated: December 22, 2020 | By Claire | More In the northeastern part of Italy, one can find the city of Vicenza. The city of Vicenza has a rich and colorful history and an amazing culture. There are countless museums and art galleries located throughout the city. Situated only 60 […]
Tags: bonin, capra, city, cosmopolitan-city, golden-city, italy, la-rotonda, olympic-theatre, palazzi, palazzo-barbaran, palazzo-chiericati, palazzo-thiene, palladian-villas, piazza-castello, piazza-dei-signori, piazzas, rich-history, teatro-olimpico, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, vicenza, vicenza-palladio, wealthiest-cities
Categories: Italy, Sights
August 4, 2010
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Český Krumlov is one of the most beautiful small towns in Europe — a UNESCO World Heritage jewel in southern Bohemia, encircled by a dramatic horseshoe bend of the Vltava River, whose perfectly preserved medieval and Renaissance centre is dominated by the sprawling, multi-coloured Krumlov Castle — the second-largest castle complex in the Czech Republic […]
Tags: alpine-meadows, baroque-opera, castle-district, cesky-krumlov, city, czech-republic, egon-schiele, golden-crown, gothic-church, growth-forests, kostel, krumlov, lakes-and-rivers, natural-habitats, peat-bogs, prague, prague-castle, south-bohemian-region, st-vitus, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, vltava, windsor-castle
Categories: Czech Republic, Sights
July 17, 2010
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Old Harry Rocks – Chalk stacks in Dorset, United Kingdom Updated: January 14, 2020 | By Claire | More You will find the Old Harry Rocks along the area that has been dubbed, the Jurassic Coast. Situated just off from the coasts of Purbeck Isle, in an area of the island that has been known […]
Tags: buckle, chalk-stacks, dorset, dorset-coast-path, erosion, euphemism, harry-rocks, isthmuses, jurassic-coast, nap, nature, old-harry-rocks, pirate, poole, south-england, south-west-coast-path, strasbourg, studland, swanage, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, united-kingdom
Categories: Nature, United Kingdom
June 15, 2010
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Coto de Doñana National Park – a unique biodiversity in Europe | Spain Updated: March 30, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More It was back in 1969 when the Doñana National Park was first established. For the centuries leading up to its establishment, the region was most commonly used as a hunting grounds by […]
Tags: amphibian, coto-de-donana, fish, mammal, national-park, nature, spain, unesco-world-heritage-site
Categories: Nature, Spain
