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1182 NEW CALEDONIA (Isle of Pines) - A Kunie child ready to dance
New Caledonia, a special collectivity of France, consists in an archipelago located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, in Melanesia, at mid-way between Australia and New Zealand. Among its islands is the...
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1183 MONTSERRAT - The eruption of Soufrière Hills volcano
Montserrat, nicknamed The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean, is a British Overseas Territory located in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain of islands known as the Lesser Antilles, at approximately...
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0861, 1184 CANADA (Alberta / British Columbia) - Canadian Rocky Mountain...
Posted on 14.11.2013, and 16.08.2014 Renowned for their scenic splendor, the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks are comprised of Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho national parks and Mount Robson, Mount...
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1185 BELARUS (Minsk City) - Minsk Passazhirsky railway station
Located in the centre of the capital Minsk, and sometimes called Minsk Ploshchad Lenina due to the metro station serving the terminal, Minsk Passazhirsky is the primary passenger railway station in...
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1186 ROMANIA (Maramureş) - The craftsman in wood Cuza Perţa
Maramureş, the region which covers the Maramureş Depression and the surrounding Carpathian mountains, along the upper Tisa River, now dividedbetweenRomaniaand Ukraine, with autonomous traditions since...
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0901, 1187 UZBEKISTAN (Samarqand) - Samarkand, Crossroad of Cultures (UNESCO...
Posted on 14.12.2013, and 17.08.2014Along with Bukhara, Samarkand, located in a large oasis in the valley of the Zerafshan River, is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world, prospering from its...
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1188 BELGIUM (Flemish Brabant) - Leuven Town Hall
Located about 25km east of Brussels, Leuven is home to Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewing group and one of the five largest consumer-goods companies in the world; and to the Katholieke...
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1130, 1189 INDIA (Rajasthan) - Traditional clothing from Rajasthan
Posted on 07.07.2014, and 17.08.2014Located on the western side of India, at the border with Pakistan, between Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Punjab, and comprising most of the...
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0010, 1190 FINLAND - The map and the flag of the country
Posted on 13.10.2011, and 17.08.2014Bordered by Sweden, Norway, and Russia, Finland has a population of around 5.5 million, with the majority concentrated in its southern regions. Lying approximately...
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1191 DENMARK (Zealand) - Stevns Klint (UNESCO WHS)
This geological site, located at 6km southeast of Store Heddinge on the Danish island of Zealand, comprises a 15 km-long fossil-rich coastal white chalk cliff, offering exceptional evidence of the...
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1192 SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES - The national bird of the country
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the Lesser AntillesIsland arc, in the southern portion of the Windward Islands, between Saint Lucia, Barbados and Grenada. The country has a...
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1193 UKRAINE (Odessa Oblast) - Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral in Odessa
The first and foremost church in the city of Odessa, the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral (Saviour's Transfiguration Cathedral), belongs to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), and was...
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1194 MALAWI - A witch doctor and his utensils
The area of Africa now known as Malawi had a very small population of hunter-gatherers before waves of Bantu-speaking peoples began emigrating from the north around the 10th century. Although most of...
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1195 MICRONESIA (Pohnpei) - Miller time at a Pohnpei river
About Pohnpei, The Garden Island of Micronesia, I wrote few words here. I should add that its tall mountain peak, Nahna Laud (772m), receives one of the world's highest rainfalls (over 8,000mm...
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1196 GREECE (Crete) - The island of Spinalonga
The island of Spinalonga, officially known as Kalydon, is located in the Gulf of Elounda in north-eastern Crete, in Lasithi, next to the town of Elounda, near the Spinalonga peninsula, which often...
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1197 CHINA (Tibet) - A Lhoba man in traditional clothes
Lhoba is a term which apply to a diverse amalgamation of Tibeto-Burman tribespeople living in and around Pemako, a region in Southeastern Tibet. It is largely promoted by the Chinese government, which...
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1198 ITALY (Emilia-Romagna) - Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna (UNESCO WHS)
With an Etruscan name, Ravenna was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 402 up to its collapse in 476, then served as the capital of the Kingdom of the Ostrogoths until it was re-conquered...
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1199 ARMENIA - The monasteries of Tatev and Tatevi Anapat and the adjacent...
Located in southeastern Armenia, on the edge of Vorotan gorge, the biggest gorge in the country, at 850m deep, Tatev is known as the bishopric seat of Syunik and played a significant role in the...
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1200 FRANCE (Upper Normandy) - The Church and the Statue of Saint Joan of Arc...
Historic capital city of Normandy, one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe, and one of the capitals of the Anglo-Norman dynasties, which ruled both England and large parts of...
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1201 UNITED STATES (Virginia) - Assateague Lighthouse
Located on the southern end of Assateague Island (a 60 km long barrier island located off the eastern coast of Delmarva Peninsula) off the coast of the VirginiaEastern Shore, within the Chincoteague...
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