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1087 POLAND (Lesser Poland) - Basilica in Wadowice
Known as being the birthplace of Pope John Paul II, Wadowice is located at 50km from Kraków, on the Skawa river, confluence of Vistula, in the eastern part of Silesian Foothills. According to a legend,...
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0475, 1088 PORTUGAL - Fado, urban popular song of Portugal (UNESCO ICH)
João Martins - "Fado Corrido" com Amália Rodrigues, 1964Posted on 17.01 2013 and 24.05.2014The Portuguese word fado comes from the Latin fatum (fate, in English). How can sound and what lyrical themes...
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1089 UKRAINE (Khmelnytskyi Oblast) - Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle
Located on the Smotrych River, near to its flow into the Dniester, Kamyanets-Podilsky is one of the oldest cities in Ukraine, for many centuries a major cultural centre of Podolia. It was first...
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0196, 0851, 1090 SAN MARINO - San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano...
Posted on 06.05.2012, 28.10.2013 and 31.05.2014Founded on 3 September 301 as a monastic comunity by stonecutter Marinus of Rab (later became Saint Marinus), who took refuge to the nearby Monte Titano,...
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1091 NETHERLANDS (Limburg) - The fortifications of Maastricht
Located on both sides of the Meuse river, at the point where the Jeker River joins it, Maastricht has become known in nowadays by way of the Maastricht Treaty, as the birthplace of the European Union,...
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1092 BOLIVIA - A Bolivian Aymara little girl
The ethnic composition of Bolivia, officially known as the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is very diverse, the majority (55%) being formed from Indigenous, also called "originarios" or Amerindians, to...
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1093 MAURITANIA - The fishermen of Mauritania
When they hear the name of Mauritania, many people imagine the burning sands of the Sahara, nomads swathed in wind-blown robes and camel trains moving through the heat haze. Nothing wrong, but they...
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1087 POLAND (Lesser Poland) - Basilica in Wadowice
Known as being the birthplace of Pope John Paul II, Wadowice is located at 50km from Kraków, on the Skawa river, confluence of Vistula, in the eastern part of Silesian Foothills. According to a legend,...
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1094 UNITED STATES (Michigan) - The map of State of Michigan
Located in the Great Lakes region of the Midwestern United States, Michigan consist of two peninsulas: the Lower Peninsula (to which the name Michigan was originally applied), and the Upper Peninsula,...
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1095 ARMENIA - Tanahat (Tanadeh) Monastery
As I wrote here, the armenian architecture developed over the last 4,500 years of habitation in the Armenian Highland, but its greatest achievement are the medieval churches and monastery. One of these...
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1096 JAPAN (Kansai) - Maiko girls in Gion, Kyoto
Probably that, together with the samurai, geisha are the most distinctive symbol of Japan. Geisha are traditional Japanese female entertainers who act as hostesses and whose skills include performing...
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0189, 1097 ITALY (Tuscany) - Historic Centre of San Gimignano (UNESCO WHS)
Posted on 29.04.2012, 10.06.2014In the 8th century in Europe was born a new type of city, different from the one in the Roman Empire: the burg. The term burgus (which originally indicated a castle) was...
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1098 MADAGASCAR - Children of the miners of Ilakaka
Not rarely, in the world turned upside down in which we live, in countries rich in terms of natural resources live the poorest people. Madagascar (which is among the world's principal suppliers of...
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1099 GREECE (Crete) - Men in a cafeneon
Crete, the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece, while retaining its own local cultural traits, with roots in its long...
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0036, 1100 ITALY (Umbria) - Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other...
Posted on 13.11.2011, and 15.06.2014Built by the Romans on a series of terraces on Monte Subasio, Assisi stood out only along with the foundation of the Franciscan religious order by Saint Francis of...
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0590, 1101 ITALY (Tuscany) - Piazza del Duomo, Pisa (UNESCO WHS)
Posted on 08.04.2013, and 15.06.2014Located on Tuscany, at the junction of the rivers Arno and Serchio, which form a laguna at the Tyrrhenian Sea, Pisa has an ancient history, even if the origin of its...
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1102 BELIZE - The Keel-Billed Toucan, country's colorful ambassador
Belize is a country with a rich variety of wildlife, because of its unique position between both North and South America, on the Caribbean coast, and a wide range of climates and habitats. Belize's low...
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1103 SURINAME - The map and the flag of the country
As I wrote here, the Guianas (Las Guayanas in spanish) refers to a region which includes French Guiana, Guyana (former British Guiana), Suriname (former Dutch Guiana), the Guayana Region in Venezuela...
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1104 KUWAIT - Mohammed Nasser el Sabah Mosque in Kuwait City
Built in 1981 in Ras-Salmiya area of Kuwait City, Mohammed Nasser el Sabah Mosque (aka Sheikh Nasser Mosque) is probably the only mosque in the World shaped like a stepped pyramid. Besides 30x26m...
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1105 TRISTAN DA CUNHA - The flag of the archipelago an its place on the map...
Located in the south Atlantic Ocean, Tristan da Cunha is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world, lying 2,000km from nearest inhabited land, Saint Helena, and 2,400km from the nearest...
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