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Discover Lebanon (Apr 14 2008 05:23 GMT)
Article from www.discoverlebanon.com Lebanon, country of peaceful genius, humanism and love, has an eight-thousand-year history of producing philosophers, thinkers, mathematician...
St. Basil's Cathedral (Apr 14 2008 05:23 GMT)
The famous St. Basil's Cathedral was commissioned by Ivan the Terrible and built on the edge of Red Square between 1555 and 1561. Legend has it that on completion of the church the Tsar ordered the architect, Postnik Yakovlev, to be blinded to pre...
Pas de la Casa - Grau Roig (Apr 14 2008 05:23 GMT)
Even before the link with Soldeu, Pas de la Casa had the biggest ski area and highest lift-served terrain in Andorra. Now the two resorts have a combined 186km of pistes - that's about the same as some big-name Alpine resorts such as Kitzbühel, We...
Stephansdom - St. Stephen's Cathedral (Apr 14 2008 05:23 GMT)
Visit St. Stephen's Cathedral - Stephansdom, one of Vienna’s most famous sights. St. Stephen's Cathedral defines the city centre and has been the heart of Vienna for centuries. It is one of the most famous Viennese sights and was built in 1147 AD....
Clock Museum (Apr 14 2008 05:23 GMT)
The City of Vienna Clock Museum has been housed since 1921 in the "Harfenhaus" (Harpist's House), one of the oldest houses in Vienna. The collection is on three floors and illustrates the development of clocks from the 15th C. to the present day. ...
Castle Ashby (Apr 14 2008 05:23 GMT)
Castle Ashby is the magnificent ancestral home of the Compton family. Nestled amidst two hundred acres of beautiful parkland. Steeped in history, the House is one of the only Stately Homes truly available on an exclusive basis. An ideal ve...
Church of Our Lady (Fraumunster) (Apr 14 2008 05:23 GMT)
Of all the church spires that pierce Zürich’s skyline, the slender, blue spire of Fraumünster (Minster of Our Lady) is the most graceful. And it is best known for housing magnificent stained glass windows by Marc Chagall. A Benedictine co...
History of the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft and the Kunsthaus collection (Apr 14 2008 05:23 GMT)
History of the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft and the Kunsthaus collection Founded in 1787, the Künstlergesellschaft began to collect works of art in 1794. Every member donated either one of his or her own drawings or one ...
The Swiss Alps (Apr 14 2008 05:23 GMT)
The Alps cover three-fifths of the Swiss territory, making Switzerland the second most Alpine country after Austria, where the proportion reaches two-thirds. Setting aside that part of Graubunden which lies to the east of the Hinterrhein Valley - ...
Opera House - Opernhaus (Apr 14 2008 05:23 GMT)
Zurich received its first permanent theatre, the “Aktientheater”, in 1834. This was also the centre of Richard Wagner’s activities during his Zurich exile. Today’s theatre, which seats 1,100, was built near Bellevue to plans by the Viennese archit...
History of the Swiss National Museum (Apr 14 2008 05:23 GMT)
The Swiss National Museum, ZurichThe 19th century is generally regarded as the century of nations and nation states. While other countries were busily erecting memorials, monuments and institutions, though, the young federal s...
The Fraumunster and St Peter’s Church (Apr 14 2008 05:23 GMT)
Church spires are a feature of Zurich and the souring Fraumunster is the most delicate. The church was established in the 13th century on a site that had been a convent for noblewomen since 853. The present church, however, has been modernized. Fr...
Leopoldskron Castle - Schloss Leopoldskron (Apr 14 2008 05:23 GMT)
One of Austria’s most notable Rococo buildings is Leopoldskron Castle, a beautiful piece of architecture by the little lake “Leopoldskroner Weiher”. It was ordered by Prince Archbishop Leopold Anton Firmian, who also built Schloss Klessheim, in or...
Mirabell Gardens (Apr 14 2008 05:23 GMT)
The world-famous Mirabell Gardens were built along a north-south axis and oriented towards the Hohensalzburg Fortress and the Salzburger Dom cathedral. The original gardens were re-modelled according to plans by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach ...
Park Guell (Apr 14 2008 05:23 GMT)
The Park Güell is an absolute must-see when visiting Barcelona!The park was commissioned by Graf Eusebi Güell in 1900. Eusebi was very much adherent to the idea English garden cities. However, the project failed before its completion ...
Stonehenge Great Trilithons (Apr 14 2008 05:23 GMT)
There are problems with Stonehenge not just the age old problems of interpreting Europe's best known ancient site, but modern problems of security and overwhelming visitor numbers. These mean that, at the time of writing, access to the Stonehenge ...
Island Of Lundy (Apr 14 2008 05:23 GMT)
This little, windswept, granite island lies at the mouth of the Bristol Channel where it meets the Atlantic . Only 5 kilometres (3 miles) long by 0.8 kilometre (1/2 mile) wide, with an area of just over 405 hectares (1,000 acres), it has fewer tha...
Asakusa Shrine (Apr 14 2008 05:23 GMT)
Asakusa Shrine was founded in 628 when two brother, Hamanari and Takenari fished a Buddhist statue out of the Sumida River while fishing. The local chieftain took this as a sign, began to practice Buddhism in earnest, and founded ...
Town Hall (Apr 14 2008 05:23 GMT)
The Town Hall of Brussels, Belgium, stands on that city's famous Grand Place. The oldest part of the present Town Hall is its east wing. This wing, together with a small belfry, was built from 1402 to 1420 under direction of Jacob van Thie...
National Park of American Samoa (Apr 14 2008 05:23 GMT)
The Park The National Park samples the best of American Samoa scenery, shorelines, reefs, and rainforest. In essence, it is really “three parks” on four separate islands. All the units have fine scenery and tropical rainfo...
Argalasti (Apr 14 2008 05:23 GMT)
Argalasti is a renowed village, one of the main ones, interesting from an architectural point of view. On the buildings are traces of medieval even ancient structure elements which add something unique to the style and atmosphere of the village. ...
Big Ben (Apr 14 2008 05:23 GMT)
Big Ben is one of London's best-known landmarks, and looks most spectacular at night when the clock faces are illuminated. You even know when parliament is in session, because a light shines above the clock face. The four dials of the cloc...
Magic Fountain of Montjuic (Apr 14 2008 05:23 GMT)
Walking from the "Placa d'Espanya" with the Venetian towers up the "Avinguda de la Reina Maria Christina", to the "Placa de Carles Buigas" is magnificent. Especially on evenings when the big fountain will launch huge amounts of water, in perfect r...
Volcán Arenal (Apr 14 2008 05:23 GMT)
The conical Volcan Arenal is the youngest volcano in Costa Rica and the most active. It is a stratovolcano (also known as composite volcano) like Mt. Fuji in Japan, Mt. Mayon in the Philippines, and Mt. Agua in Guatemala.
Rila Monastery (Apr 14 2008 05:23 GMT)
The Rila Monastery is situated in Southwestern Bulgaria, 117 km away from Sofia and 40 km away from Blagoevgrad. Rising at 1147 m above sea level, it lies amidst some of the most scenic recesses of the Rila Mountains, to which the monastery owes i...
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