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1689 UNITED STATES (Nevada) - The map of State of Nevada
Located between California, Arizona, Utah, Idaho and Oregon, Nevada is officially known as the "Silver State" due to the importance of silver to its history and economy. It is almost entirely within...
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1690 ROMANIA (Constanţa) - Eforie Sud
Eforie Sud is a town and a holiday resort on the Black Sea shore, located at about 14km south of Constanţa. It was founded by the aristocrat Ion Movilă in 1899, when he erected a hotel named Băile...
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1691 CHINA (Guizhou / Guangxi / Yunnan / Sichuan) - A Gelao women
The Gelao people (also spelled Gelo) are an ethnic group of China and northern Vietnam. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by China. However, many Gelao are also variously...
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1692 FRANCE (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) - Tour du Guet in Calais in 1906
Calais overlooks the Strait of Dover, the narrowest point in the English Channel, which is only 34km wide here, and is the closest French town to England. Due to its position, Calais since the Middle...
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1693 VANUATU (Mele Island) - The Underwater Post Office
"Vanuatu Post has created an official Post Office with a difference. It is the world’s only Underwater Post Office.. Situated within the Hideaway Island marine sanctuary, the Post Office sits in around...
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1694, 1695 UNITED STATES (New York) - Flatiron Building
1694 New York - Flatiron Building (1)The Flatiron Building, originally the Fuller Building, located at 175 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, is considered to be one of the first skyscraper ever built. Upon...
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1696 FRANCE (Île-de-France) - Les Deux Magots in Paris
If ever there were a cafe that summed up Saint-Germain-des-Prés’ early-20th-century literary scene, this is Les Deux Magots, this former hangout of anyone who was anyone. It once had a reputation as...
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1697 TURKEY - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Father of the Turks
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881-1938) was a Turkish army officer, revolutionary, and the first President of Turkey, credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey. His surname, Atatürk (meaning...
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1698 ROMANIA (Hunedoara) - Magna Curia in Deva
Magna Curia (Latin for The Great Court) or The Bethlen Castle is a palace located in Deva (the capital of Hunedoara County), toward the southeast, near the city park. In 1582, the captain Ferenc...
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1699 UNITED KINGDOM (Turks and Caicos Islands) - The white-sand beaches
The eight main islands and more than 299 smaller islands which constitute Turks and Caicos Islands have a total land area of 616.3 square kilometres, consisting primarily of low, flat limestone with...
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1209, 1700 SPAIN (Andalusia) - A bullfight in Plaza de Toros in Ronda
1209 - A poster of a corrida in Plaza de Toros de RondaPosted on 27.08.2014, 29.06.2015Bullfighting (Spanish: corrida de toros), also known as tauromachia or tauromachy, is a traditional spectacle of...
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1701 BOTSWANA - Makgadikgadi Pan, Okavango Delta, Chobe National Park, and...
Botswana is topographically flat, with up to 70% of its territory being the Kalahari Desert, but nevertheless has diverse areas of wildlife habitat. Lying southeast of the Okavango Delta and surrounded...
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1702 UNITED STATES (Massachusetts) - House of the Seven Gables in Salem
TheHouse of the Seven Gables is a colonial mansion in Salem, now a non-profit museum, became famous due to Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1851 novel with the same name. The earliest section of the house was...
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1703 UNITED STATES (Louisiana) - The map of State of Louisiana
Bordered by Arkansas to north, Mississippi to the east, Texas to the west, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana is nicknamed Bayou State or Child of the Mississippi, because much of the its...
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1704 EAST TIMOR - A boy riding a Timor Pony
Strong, frugal, agile, and intelligent, the Timor Pony have a quiet and willing temperament, and is used by the local people for cattle work, as well as riding, driving, and light farm work. It has...
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1705 UNITED KINGDOM (Turks and Caicos Islands) - Turks and Caicos rock iguana
The Turks and Caicos rock iguana (Cyclura carinata carinata) is a critically endangered species of lizard endemic to these islands, which are home to 50,000 rock iguanas, the healthiest population in...
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1706 VATICAN CITY - A halbardier of the Pontifical Swiss Guard guarding the...
As the Vatican City is an enclave within Italy, its military defence is provided by the Italian armed forces, so it has no armed forces of its own. The Palatine Guard and the Noble Guard, the last...
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1707 FRANCE (New Caledonia) - Western coast of Lifou Island
Lifou Island or Drehu in the local language is the largest (81km long and 16 to 24km wide), most populous and most important island of the Loyalty Islands, in the archipelago of New Caledonia....
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1708 TURKEY (Marmara Region) - Karagöz (UNESCO ICH)
Bursa was the first capital of the Ottoman Empire, between 1335 and 1363, and for that reason represents one of the richest legacies of the early Ottoman art and architecture. On the other hand, the...
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1709-1711 UNITED STATES (New York) - Empire State Building
1709 Empire State Building (1)The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper, with a roof height of 381m (443m with antenna spire included), located in Midtown Manhattan, on Fifth Avenue between...
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