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1431 UNITED KINGDOM (Bermuda) - Somerset Bridge
Somerset Island is one of the main islands of the chain that makes up Bermuda, and lies in the far west of the territory. The village of Somerset lies in the northern part of the island, which is...
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1432 SPAIN (Extremadura) - Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida (UNESCO WHS)
The Roman colony of Emerita Augusta (present day Mérida) was founded in 25 BC by Augustus, to resettle emeritus soldiers discharged from the Roman army from two veteran legions of the Cantabrian Wars:...
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0008, 1433 THAILAND (Bangkok) - The Grand Palace in Bangkok
Posted on 12.10.2011, and 01.02.2015Undoubtedly, Bangkok's modern history is intimately linked to the Chakri dynasty, which leads Siam (named from 1939, with a brief interruption, Thailand) for more...
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1434 AUSTRIA (Styria) - Riegersburg Castle
Located on a dormant volcano above the town of Riegersburg, at an height of 450m, Riegersburg Castle has a long history, which begins in the year 1122. During the centuries the castle had a lot of...
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1435 SWITZERLAND (Jura) - Saint-Ursanne bridge
The small city of Saint-Ursanne, which name refers to Saint Ursicinus, a seventh-century monk who built a monastery here, has preserved its medieval character, and contains many historical curiosities,...
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1436 UNITED KINGDOM (England) - Map of South Devon
Devon (archaically known as Devonshire) is a county in South West England, reaching from the Bristol Channel to the English Channel. It is divided informally into North Devon and South Devon. In a...
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1437 PORTUGAL (Braga / Viana do Castelo) - Woman spinner of Pêrre linen
Entre Douro e Minho is one of the historical provinces of Portugal which encompassed, as the name suggests (Between-Douro-and-Minho), the country's northern Atlantic seaboard between the Douro and...
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1438-1441 UNITED STATES (New York) - Rockefeller Center
1438 - Rockefeller Centre - GE BuildingBuilt by the wealthy and powerful american family with the same name, Rockefeller Center is located in the center of Midtown Manhattan, spanning the area between...
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1442 MALTA - Popeye Village
Also known as Sweethaven Village, Popeye Village is a group of rustic and ramshackle wooden buildings located at Anchor Bay, in the north-west corner of the island of Malta, two miles from the village...
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1443 FRANCE (French Guiana) - The map of French Guiana
French Guiana is the largest overseas department and region of France, located on the north Atlantic coast of South America, between Brazil and Suriname. Historically speaking, The Guianas (Las...
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1444 SRI LANKA - Golden Temple of Dambulla (UNESCO WHS)
Situated in the central part of the country, Golden Temple of Dambulla, also known as Dambulla Cave Temple, is the largest and best-preserved cave temple complex in Sri Lanka. There are more than 80...
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1445 GAMBIA - "Black Ladies" by Uwe Ommer
Born in 1943 in Bergisch Gladbach (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany), Uwe Ommer has been taking photos for as long as he can remember. In 1963, he came to live in Paris where he started working as a...
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1446 FRANCE (New Caledonia) - Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and...
Your sumptuous lagoon that the world courtsAnd your jungle where our first flower was bornSing in the universe this exquisite romanceOf a victorious island and a triumphant lagoon.When the nature,...
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1447 FINLAND (Åland Islands) - The flag of the Åland Islands
The Åland Islands (Finnish: Ahvenanmaa) is an autonomous region of Finland that consists of an archipelago lying at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea, which comprises Fasta Åland...
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1448 UNITED KINGDOM (Bermuda) - Tobacco Bay
Located in the far north of Bermuda, Tobacco Bay lies close to the town of St. George's and to the historic Fort St. Catherine. Survivors of Sir George Somers’ ship, the Sea Venture, gave this bay its...
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1449 GERMANY (Lower Saxony) - Wolfenbüttel Castle
Located on the Oker river, about 13km south of Brunswick, onthe trade routefrom the Rhineto the Elbe, Wolfenbüttel was first mentioned in 1118 (as Wulferisbutle), became the residence of the dukes of...
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1450 TAJIKISTAN (Districts of Republican Subordination) - Gissar fortress
Situated at 26 km from Dushanbe, at an altitude of 799-824m, in the center of Gissar valley, the most green and densely-populated part of the country, Gissar fortress is surrounded from all sides by...
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1451 A world map
I like this map, but I don't know what can I say about it. It was printed in Russia... Otherwise... Ah, it is deformed in an unusual way... Any map is distorted, because it's a problem to represent a...
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1452 NORWAY (Svalbard) - An aurora borealis seen from Svalbard archipelago
Nature gives us a lot of amazing performances, but none is so impressive, mysterious and beautiful as the aurora, a show of light and color that can be seen on the sky of the Arctic and Antarctic...
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1453 GUINEA (Faranah) - Kissi woman with a djabara
Kissi people live in Guinea (420,000), Liberia (176,000) and Sierra Leone (125,000), speak a Niger–Congo language, and are well known for making baskets and weaving on vertical looms, although are...
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