October 2, 2010
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Siena – medieval traditions in the heart of Tuscany | Italy Updated: May 20, 2020 | By Claire | More Siena is the best preserved medieval city in Italy, surrounded with the ancient walls. It is located in the heart of Tuscany and has 55k inhabitants. It is said that the people of Siena speak […]
Tags: city, correct-pronunciation, cuisine-wine, duomo-siena, galileo-galilei, heart-of-tuscany, italy, libreria-piccolomini, mangia-tower, medieval-traditions, monte-dei-paschi-di-siena, palazzo-pubblico-siena, palio, palio-di-siena, patron-saints, piazza-del-campo, piazza-del-campo-siena, principal-patron, romanesque-cathedral, siena, st-catherine-of-siena, town, tuscany, tuscany-italy, world-heritage-site
Categories: Italy, Sights
September 18, 2010
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Dresden – a charming city with a unique blend of art and culture in Germany Updated: October 27, 2020 | By Claire | More German charming city of Dresden is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech and Polish borders. Dresden has a long history as the capital and royal residence […]
Tags: blaues-wunder, city, dresden, dresden-frauenkirche, dresdner-frauenkirche, elbe-valley, endangered-world, famous-cathedrals, german-reunification, germany, hygiene-museum, katholische-hofkirche, pillnitz-castle, river-elbe, schloss-pillnitz, semper-opera, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-committee, world-heritage-convention, world-heritage-site, world-heritage-sites, zwinger-museum
Categories: Germany, Sights, Virtual Travel
September 14, 2010
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Toruń is one of Poland’s most beautiful and historically significant cities — a UNESCO World Heritage Gothic masterpiece on the banks of the Vistula River whose perfectly preserved medieval Old Town of red-brick churches, merchant houses, and defensive walls is one of the finest ensembles of Gothic architecture in Europe. Birthplace of Nicolaus Copernicus in […]
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Categories: Poland, Sights
September 12, 2010
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Wrocław is one of Poland’s most vibrant and architecturally stunning cities — a colourful tapestry of Gothic spires, Baroque palaces, and modernist landmarks spread across 12 islands and over 100 bridges. Known as the “Venice of Poland,” this Lower Silesian gem has reinvented itself as a cultural powerhouse, crowned European Capital of Culture in 2016 […]
Tags: 14th-century, architectural-attractions, bohemia, botanical-garden, centuries, city, garden-zoo, germany, hala, japanese-garden, max-berg, odra, panorama, poland, prussia, st-elisabeth, synagogue, western-poland, white-stork, world-heritage-site, wroclaw
Categories: Poland, Sights
September 10, 2010
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Neusiedler See (Lake Neusiedl) is Central Europe’s largest endorheic lake and a cross-border UNESCO World Heritage site shared between Austria and Hungary — a vast, shimmering steppe lake of extraordinary biodiversity where rare birds, traditional vineyards, and a unique Pannonian culture create one of Europe’s most surprising natural and cultural landscapes. The adjacent Seewinkel National […]
Tags: 8-years, 8m, austria, balaton, bratislava-slovakia, central-europe, cyclists, hungary, lake-neusiedl, map, national-park, national-parks, nature, neusiedler-see, ramsar-convention-on-wetlands, seewinkel-national-park, steppe, the-ferto-hansag-nemzeti-park, world-heritage-site
Categories: Austria, Nature
August 31, 2010
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Florence – the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance Updated: December 28, 2020 | By Claire | More The city of Florence is said to be the symbol of what makes Italy so special and unique. A third of the most important artists of Europe has lived and worked in Florence. The city of Florence has […]
Tags: arno-river, art-and-architecture, beautiful-cities, boccaccio, botticelli, city, city-of-florence, claire-cesar, countless-visitors, donatello, duomo, elegant-squares, entire-community, firenze, florence, florentia, guccio-gucci, history-of-florence, italian-region, italian-renaissance, italy, leonardo-da-vinci, maria-del-fiore, medici-family, michelangelo, military-colony, monasteries, old-bridge, piazzale-michelangelo, ponte-vecchio, populous-city, prehistoric-times, renaissance-palaces, river-arno, roberto-cavalli, roman-empire, santa-maria-del-fiore, second-world-war, stone-arch-bridge, the-birthplace-of-the-italian-renaissance, tuscany-florence, wealthiest-cities, world-heritage-site
Categories: Italy, Sights
August 28, 2010
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Ravenna – the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 402 till 476, Italy Updated: December 26, 2020 | By Claire | More Back during the 5th century, the ancient city of Ravenna was made the capital of what has become known as the West Roman Empire. Today, the city is home to 8 […]
Tags: adriatic-sea, apollinare, baptistery, baptistry, baroque-church, byzantine-mosaics, city, emilia-romagna-region, first-glance, italy, italy-the-city, mausoleum-of-galla-placidia, old-streets, ravenna, region-of-italy, san-giovanni-battista, san-vitale-basilica, sant-apollinare-nuovo, santa-eufemia, spirito-santo, st-john-the-evangelist, western-roman-empire, world-heritage-site
Categories: Italy, Sights
August 15, 2010
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Verona – the city of neverending love and paradise of open-air opera, Italy Updated: December 19, 2020 | By Claire | More About 30 km from Lake Garda you can find the second largest city of Venice area. Verona is the capital of the province of Verona located in northeastern Italy. The world’s awareness gained […]
Tags: anastasia, artistic-heritage, balcony, basilica-di-san-zeno, city, dante-alighieri, inhabitants, italy, italy-thanks, love, neverending-love, northern-italy, open-air-opera, paradise, porta-borsari-verona, provincial-capitals, region-veneto, romans, structure-and-architecture, tourist-destinations, unesco, urban-structure, verona, verona-arena, verona-piazza-dei-signori, world-heritage-site
Categories: Italy, Sights
July 22, 2010
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Lulworth Cove – beautiful natural attraction at Jurassic Coast, Dorset, England Updated: January 14, 2020 | By Claire | More Along the Jurassic Coast, just outside of the small village of West Lulworth is where you will find the popular Lulworth Cove. More than half of a million people visit the cove every single year; […]
Tags: coastline, coastlines, countless-visitors, dinosaurs, dorset, durdle-door, fossils, gap, geological-formations, jurassic-coast, landform, landmark, limestone, lulworth-cove, mike-leigh, millennia, mysteries, rock-arch, seven-natural-wonders, shoreline-rocks, southern-england, stair-hole, tourist-location, tv-programme, united-kingdom, water-runoff, wave-diffraction, west-lulworth, world-heritage-site
Categories: Nature, United Kingdom
May 27, 2010
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City of Elche in Spain – the World Capital of Palm Trees Updated: February 18, 2020 | By Claire | More You will find the city of Elche in the Valencia region of Spain. It is considered to be the third most populated city in the region; while at the same time to be the […]
Tags: 15th-century, basilica, city, coastline, costa-blanca, costa-blanca-spain, dama-de-elche, elche, elche-spain, entire-city, history-of-spain, kilometres, mediterranean-sea, monuments, national-archaeological-museum, orchard-grove, palm-grove, palm-trees, spain, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, valencia-region, world-capital-of-palm-trees, world-heritage-site
Categories: Sights, Spain
