Posts Tagged Monuments
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Top 10 Baroque Churches in the world
Ever since I visited Karlskirche in Vienna, Austria, I realized I want to make a top 10 Baroque churches in the world, for the baroque architecture is beautiful but, most importantly, due to the fact that the interior of these churches are simply gre
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Top 10 gothic churches in the world
Gothic architecture is one of the most interesting ones in the history. “Originating in 12th century France and lasting into the 16th century, Gothic architecture was known during the period as "the French Style," (Opus Francigenum), with the term
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Unexpected Scotland
by Rhiannon "Write about something exceptional that is unique to Scotland". This is a question that poses something of a dilemma to someone who was a Scottish Tourist Guide for many years. There are so many secret places in this mysterious country
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Photo of the week: Dutch Windmill
Netherlands is the country of windmills, both new and old. While the new ones mainly give us electricity, the old ones were used, and some still are, for land drainage, corn and saw milling, and grinding. This particular one, De Distilleerketel, is u
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Rooftop Ornaments Association in Riga*
Chances are most of what you think you know or imagine about Riga is wrong. It’s not a typical communist city, it’s not a typical Russian city, it’s not a sad city or an empty one, it’s not a new city but it’s not an old one, either. This
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Incredible Building Projections – “3D” shows
Nowadays technique offers opportunities that can amaze anyone. Let's take for instance a building and imagine a 3d projection on it. Practically the only limit to the show is the programmers' imagination. Some may argue that the original is lost
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Ice Festival: Harbin, China, 2010
Winter equals snow, cold and ice. In China, in Harbin, each year there is an Ice Festival visited by people from all over the world. In this time of year - January - Harbin becomes an international travel destination, attracting everyone with a sp
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The WWI Mausoleum At Valea Mare – Pravat, Arges County
There are those moments in time which belong to a nation's heritage. Romania has plenty of such moments: the two Unions that led to the existence of the Romania [almost as] we know it today (fortunately these moments are given the proper attention th
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A time to remember Ieper
by Ana Adi The stereotypical images of Belgium revolve around delicious chocolates, endless choices of beer and beautifully maintained, live museum-like cities. However, many of the towns and cities of Belgium hide secrets known only to the locals
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Home Is Where the Heart Is
I love to travel and I love being a passenger – it must be that feeling of being important, of being taken care of. No need to be as star – just special. Feeling comfortable is quite important. It could seem like a big thing and a bit too much
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