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1734 UNITED KINGDOM (Bermuda) - St. David's Lighthouse
St. David's Island is one of the main islands of Bermuda, located in the far north of the territory. Among the notable features of the island is St. David's Lighthouse, overlooking the South Shore. It...
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1735 ROMANIA (Suceava) - Flowered Old Trabby in Gura Humorului
In 2009, in Gura Humorului (a little town located in southern Bukovina, at the confluence of Moldova River and Humor River), Mayoralty asked to a local who for years kept a Trabant out of service...
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1736 CANADA (Québec) - Historic District of Old Québec (UNESCO WHS)
Founded in 1608 by the French explorer Samuel de Champlain, Quebec City is one of the oldest cities in North America, being also the only North American city to have preserved its ramparts, together...
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1737 ITALY (Sicily) - Opera dei Pupi, Sicilian puppet theatre (UNESCO ICH)
The Opera dei Pupi is a marionette theatrical representation of Frankish romantic poems such as the Song of Roland or Orlando furioso that is one of the characteristic cultural traditions of Sicily....
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1605, 1738 COOK ISLANDS (Atiu) - Land of the birds
1605 Aerial view of Atiu IslandPosted on 24.05.2015, 13.07.2015Atiu, also known as Enuamanu (meaning land of the birds), is an island 187 km northeast of Rarotonga, in the Southern Islands group of the...
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0526, 1739 SWEDEN (Uppsala) - Uppsala Cathedral
0526 Uppsala CathedralPosted 25.02.2013, 13.07.2015Situated at 67 km north of Stockholm, on a fertile flatland, Uppsala is better known for its university, the oldest centre of higher education in...
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1740-1741 UNITED STATES (Massachusetts) - Martha's Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard - Wesley Hotel in Oak BluffsMartha's Vineyard is an island located south of Cape Cod, known for being an affluent summer colony, accessible only by boat and air. It includes the...
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1742-1743 UNITED STATES (OKLAHOMA / NEW MEXICO) - Chiricahua Apache Nation
1742 Chiricahua Apache Nation - Bonito, Chiricahua Chief Considered being part of the Eastern Apaches (which include also the Mescalero, Jicarilla, Lipan, and Kiowa Apache), Chiricahua were, as other...
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1744 NETHERLANDS (Aruba) - Natural Bridge
For thousands of years, pounding waves and strong winds have slowly chiseled away at the limestone cliffs along Aruba’s north coast to create several natural bridges. Before collapsing in 2005, the...
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1745 RUSSIA (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) - Archangel's Cathedral in Nizhny Novgorod
Located at about 400 km east of Moscow, at the confluence of rivers Volga and Oka, Nizhny Novgorod is the fifth largest city in Russia, and has a history for more than 800 years. Its name literally...
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1746 INDIA (Maharashtra) - Mumbai skyline at twilight
Mumbai, the most populous city in India, and the ninth most populous agglomeration in the world, with an estimated population of 18.4 million, lies on the west coast of India, at the mouth of the Ulhas...
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1747 NETHERLANDS (Netherlands / South Holland) - Windmills of Leidschendam
Located in the western Netherlands, on the banks of the canal Vliet, near the historic city of Leiden, Leidschendam is now part of the agglomeration of the city of The Hague and is often regarded as...
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1748-1750 UNITED NATIONS - We the peoples...
1748 - A child from Solomon Islands CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONSPREAMBLEWE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED• to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our...
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1751 NETHERLANDS (Aruba) - Renaissance Island
Renaissance Island is a 16 ha artificial island off the coast near Oranjestad, the capital and largest city of Aruba. It is privately owned and has the only private beaches on Aruba (Iguana Beach and...
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1752 BOTSWANA - Animal families
As I say here, even if up to 70% of Botswana's territory is occupied by the Kalahari Desert, the country has a spectacular abundance of wildlife. Species diversity is not particularly spectacular,...
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1753 UNITED STATES (Hawaii) - Molokini Islet
Molokini is a crescent-shaped, partially submerged volcanic crater which forms a small islet located in Alalakeiki Channel between the islands of Maui and Kahoʻolawe. It has a diameter of about 0.6km,...
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1754 UNITED KINGDOM (Turks and Caicos Islands) - Chalk Sound
Chalk Sound is a scenic natural lagoon on the southwest of Providenciales, the largest island in population of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Although the sound is nearly landlocked, the water here is...
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1079, 1755 ARMENIA - The monastery of Noravank and the upper Amaghou Valley...
1079 The monastery of Noravank (1)Posted on 18.05.2014, 18.07.2015The armenian architecture developed over the last 4,500 years of habitation in the Armenian Highland (the eastern part of Asia Minor),...
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1756 ROMANIA (Suceava) - The Cacica salt mine
Located in the village with the same name, in Bukovina, at the eastern foot of the Obcina Mare (Great Ridge), the Cacica salt mine is one of the oldest exploitation of salt recrystallized from brine in...
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1757 RUSSIA (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) - Church of Nativity of Jesus in...
Located along the right bank of the Ob River, Nizhnevartovsk is the center of the West Siberian oil-producing region and one of the wealthiest cities in the country. Founded in 1909, it developed into...
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