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1904 NETHERLANDS (Aruba) - Alto Vista Chapel
Alto Vista Chapel is a small Catholic chapel also known as "Pilgrims Church" that stands on the hills above the north shore of the sea and to the northeast of the town of Noord, 8km from the California...
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1905 BURKINA FASO - Grand Mosque of Dioulassoba
Situated in the southwest of Burkina Faso, at about 350km from the capital city Ouagadougou, Bobo-Dioulasso is the second largest city in the country, and also a major center of culture and music. The...
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1267, 1327, 1906 ITALY (Sicily) - Arab-Norman Palermo and the cathedral...
1906 Sicily - Church of San Cataldo in PalermoPosted on 03.10.2014, 08.11.2014 and 19.09.2015Located on the northern coast of Sicily, Arab-Norman Palermo includes a series of nine civil and religious...
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1907 THAILAND (Bangkok) - Wat Benchamabophit in Bangkok
Wat Benchamabophit Dusitvanaram, also known as the marble temple, is a Buddhist temple (wat) in the Dusit district of Bangkok. Construction of the temple began in 1899 at the request of King...
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0963, 0964, 1907 ITALY (Sicily) - The map and the flag of Sicily
0963 The map of SicilyPosted on 12.01.2014, 19.09.2015Located in the extension of the tip of the Apennine peninsula, from which is separated only by the narrow Strait of Messina, Sicily is the largest...
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1908 MEXICO (Oaxaca) - To market in Oaxaca
Located on the foothills of the Sierra Madre, Oaxaca relies heavily on tourism, not least for the native Zapotec and Mixtec cultures. The city is home to several large markets, the oldest being the...
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1909 MACEDONIA - The Church of The Holy Saviour in Skopje
According to the 2002 census, 68.5% of the population of Skopje belonged to the Eastern Orthodox Church, while 28.6% of it belonged to Islam. However, because of its Ottoman past, Skopje has more...
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1910 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Punta Cana Beach
Located in La Altagracia (the easternmost province of the Dominican Republic), Punta Cana has beaches and balnearios which face both the Caribbean and Atlantic, and it has been a popular tourist...
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1911 FRANCE (Burgundy) - Villeneuve-sur-Yonne
Villeneuve-sur-Yonne lies on the bank of the River Yonne, between the cities of Sens and Joigny. The city was founded in 1163 by Louis VII of France to protect the kingdom of France at the boundary of...
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1912 UNITED STATES (California) - RMS Queen Mary and the domed hangar of the...
Downtown Long Beach is located approximately 35 km south of Downtown Los Angeles, though the two cities border each other for several miles on Long Beach's southwestern portion. The Port of Long...
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1913 ROMANIA (Constanţa) - Tropaeum Traiani
Very soon after he became emperor, Trajan turned his gaze to Dacia, a kingdom stretched and rich, with a strategic position, at north of the Danube, which Roman Empire had failed to conquer it until...
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0545, 1914 MOROCCO - Berber women
1914 Morocco - A Berber womanPosted on 08.03.2013, 26.09.2015 Even if is practical almost entirely Islamic, the Moroccan society isn't a conservative one, and has no particular rules, but the Moroccans...
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1915 CANADA (Quebec) - Montmorency Falls in winter
Located on the boundary between the borough of Beauport, Quebec City, and Boischatel, about 12 km from the heart of old Quebec City, the Montmorency Falls is a large waterfall, named so in 1613 in...
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1916 ZAMBIA - Lilac-breasted roller
The lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus) is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula, being the national bird of Kenya. This bird prefers open woodland and...
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1917 GERMANY (Bavaria) - Schwarzenberg Monastery in Scheinfeld
According to the legend, on the beginning of the 17th century, the then Countess of Schwarzenberg have set in a wooded area, not far from the chapel today, a small place for the worship of the Virgin...
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1918 MARSHALL ISLANDS - People and moments
Located in the Pacific Ocean, near the equator, slightly west of the International Date Line, the Marshall Islands has a population of 68,480 people, spread out over 29 coral atolls, comprising 1,156...
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1919-1922 FRANCE (Saint Martin) - Market Day in Marigot
1919 Saint Martin - Market Day in Marigot (1)Marigot, the capital of Saint Martin, with its gingerbread houses and sidewalk bistros, is charming in any day of the week, but if you really want to catch...
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1923 NETHERLANDS (Netherlands / Utrecht) - Women from Spakenburg in...
Spakenburg, formally called Bunschoten-Spakenburg since its fusion with Bunschoten, was for centuries a fishermen village located on the coast of what was then the Zuiderzee (a shallow bay on the North...
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1924 BELGIUM (West Flanders) - Hallentoren belfry and halls in Bruges (UNESCO...
Added to the Market Square around 1240, when Bruges was prospering as an important centre of the Flemish cloth industry, the belfry of Bruges, or Belfort, is one of the city's most prominent symbols....
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1925 GREECE (South Aegean) - A windmill in Mykonos
Nicknamed The Island of the Winds, Mykonos is one of the Cyclades islands, which neighbour Delos in the Aegean Sea. It spans an area of 85.5 square kilometres, rises to an elevation of 341m, and has...
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