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1499 ITALY (Sicily) - A Sicilian cart
The Sicilian cart (or carretto siciliano in Italian and carrettu sicilianu in Sicilian) is an ornate, colorful style of horse or donkey-drawn cart native to the island of Sicily. Horses were mostly...
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1500 CONGO-KINSHASA - Virunga National Park (UNESCO WHS)
Located in the centre of the Albertine Rift, of the Great Rift Valley, the Virunga National Park (formerly named Albert National Park) stretches from the Virunga Mountains in the South, to the Rwenzori...
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1501 NEPAL - Sunrise over Mount Machhapuchhre, in the Annapurna Sanctuary
The Mount Machhapuchhre (literally "Fish Tail" in English) is located at the end of a long spur ridge, coming south out of the main backbone of the Annapurna Himal, that forms the eastern boundary of...
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1502 SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS - Rush hour!
Located in the eastern Caribbean Sea, in the Leeward Islands, Saint Kitts and Nevis is the smallest sovereign state in the Americas, in both area and population. The islands were discovered through a...
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0922, 0923, 1503 POLAND (Subcarpathia) - Tarnobrzeg
0922 - Tarnobrzeg - Square Bartosz GlowackiThe Dominican Church and Convent of Assumption of MaryPosted on 29.12.2013, 28.03.2015Founded in 1593, during the golden age of Poland, in the Sandomierz...
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1504 INDONESIA (Sumatra) - An omo sebua in Bawomataluo
Nias is a rugged island, the largest of the 131 chain parallel to the Sumatran coast. The native ethnic group which lives on the island bear the same name. The Nias people are a community that still...
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1505 UNITED STATES (Alaska) - Arctic Mariner returning to Dutch Harbor
The Bering Sea, located between Alaska, Bering Strait, Russia's Far East, Kamchatka Peninsula, Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands, is world renowned for its enormously productive and profitable...
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1506 UNITED KINGDOM (England) - Barnsley Road, Stairfoot, circa 1900-1910
Barnsley Road, Stairfoot, circa 1900-1910Now, Ardsley is a small village approximately 5km east from Barnsley and forms part of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley of South Yorkshire. The earliest...
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1507 BURUNDI - Batwa people and their pottery
The Great Lakes Twa (Batwa in English) are a pygmy people, generally considered to be the oldest population of the Great Lakes region, though currently they live as a Bantu caste. Current populations...
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1508 BAHAMAS - Paradise Island Bridge
Formerly known as Hog Island, Paradise Island is located just off the shore of the city of Nassau, which is itself located on the northern edge of the island of New Providence. With about 2 miles wide...
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1509 LITHUANIA (Klaipėda) - Ventė Cape Lighthouse
Ventė Cape is a headland in Nemunas Delta, known as a rest place for many birds during their migrations, particularly the autumn migration. The Cape, being in the former Memel Territory, was part of...
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0061, 1510 MALAYSIA (Sarawak) - Iban people
0061 - Ibans performing ngajat dance in a longhousePosted on 05.12.2011, 04.04.2015The population of Borneo (the third largest island in the world, divided between Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei),...
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1511 NIGER - The Djado Plateau and its forts (UNESCO WHS - Tentative List)
The Djado Plateau lies in northeastern Niger, and it is known for its cave art (often of large mammals long since absent from the area), but is now largely uninhabited, with abandoned towns and forts...
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1512 GERMANY (Thuringia) - Bach House in Eisenach
The Bach House in Eisenach is a museum dedicated to the famous composer of the Baroque period Johann Sebastian Bach, who was born in the city in 1685, and spent the first 10 years of his life there....
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1513 JAMAICA - Ackee and Breadfruit
The ackee (Blighia sapida) is native to tropical West Africa, was imported to Jamaica (probably on a slave ship) before 1778, and since then it has become a major feature of various Caribbean cuisines....
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1444, 1514 SRI LANKA - Golden Temple of Dambulla (UNESCO WHS)
1444 Golden Temple of Dambulla - Maha Raja ViharaPosted on 07.02.2015, 06.04.2015Situated in the central part of the country, Golden Temple of Dambulla, also known as Dambulla Cave Temple, is the...
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1264, 1515 GUERNSEY (Alderney) - Braye Harbour and Gannet Rock
1264 ALDERNEY - Moorings alongside the breakwater at Braye HarbourPosted on 02.10.2014, 07.04.2015Alderney, part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, is the most northerly of the Channel Islands, located at...
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1516 SAINT LUCIA - Pitons Management Area (UNESCO WHS)
The Pitons are two mountainous volcanic spires rising side by side from the sea (770 m and 743 m high respectively), linked by the Piton Mitan ridge, and located near the town of Soufrière, on the...
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1517 BARBADOS - The beach where landed the first settlers
The first English ship arrived in Barbados, where is now the Holetown, on the sheltered west coast of the island, on May 14th 1625, after what appears to have been a fortuitous accident. Captain John...
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1518 LATVIA - Girls in traditional costumes in the Old Town of Riga
The Latvian national costume is basically the traditional festive outfit of ordinary folks as worn in the 19th century, approximately up to the 1870s. However, is not just a certain type of festive...
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