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1111, 1901, 2063 ROMANIA - The map and the flag of the country
1111 The map and flag of RomaniaPosted on 23.06.2014, 18.09.2015, 22.11.2015Located on the Lower Danube, at the north of the Balkan Peninsula (in which it is often framed, because of the historical and...
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2064 FRANCE (Corsica) - The fishermen port of Centuri
Situated in the north of Corsica, on the west part of Cap Corse, the municipality of Centuri is made up of 7 villages and hamlets (225 inhabitants), all of which are perched on the mountainside. Its...
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2065 PHILIPPINES (Western Visayas) - Dinagyang Festival
The Dinagyang is a religious and cultural festival in Iloilo City, on Panay island, which takes place on the fourth Sunday of January, or right after the Sinulog in Cebu and the Ati-Atihan Festival in...
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1356, 2066 RUSSIA (Pskov Oblast) - Great Pskov (UNESCO WHS - Tentative List)
2066 Pskov KremlinPosted on 13.12.2014, 23.11.2015Located on the Velikaya River, about 20km east from the Estonian border, Pskov is one of the oldest cities in Russia, its earliest mention coming from...
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2067 UNITED STATES (California) - The Painted Ladies from San Francisco
Painted ladies is a term in American architecture used for Victorian and Edwardian buildings painted in more colors that enhance their architectural details. The term was first used for San Francisco...
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0340, 2068 PORTUGAL (Leiria) - Monastery of Batalha (UNESCO WHS)
0340 Monastery of Batalha - facade and main entrance Posted on 23.09.2012, 24.11.2015Founded by King João I to celebrate his victory in the Battle of Aljubarrota (August 14, 1385), that put an end to...
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2069 FRANCE (Île-de-France) - Millet at Barbizon
2069 Millet at Barbizon: 1. The field and the village of Chailly-en-Bière which served as decor for "The Gleaners" and "The Angelus"; 2. "The Angelus"; 3. Millet; 4. "The Gleaners"; 5. The dining room...
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2070 CROATIA (Primorje-Gorski Kotar) - Rijeka Carnival
About a century ago, Rijeka (by then in Austro-Hungarian Empire) lived its carnival life more intensively than any other town in this part of Yanis country. Carnival parades were organized as well as...
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2071 UNITED STATES (South Dakota) - South Dakota map
Located in the Midwestern region of the United States and bordered by North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Montana, South Dakota was named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native...
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2072 FINLAND (Åland) - The Maritime Quarter of Mariehamn Eastern Harbour
Mariehamn, the capital of Åland, is located on a peninsula and has two important harbours, one located on the western shore and one on the eastern shore, which are ice-free for nearly the whole year,...
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2073 FRANCE (French Guiana) - Kourou
Kourou: 1. ? 2. The Dreyfus Tower on the Pointe des Roches; 3. Ariane 5.Located at 60km northwest of Cayenne, at the mouth of the river with the same name and ringed by four hills, Kourou has three...
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2074 THAILAND (Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya) - Ayutthaya Historical Park - Wat...
Founded in 1350 in the valley of the Chao Phraya River by King Uthong and proclaimed the capital of the Ayutthaya kingdom or Siam, Ayutthaya reached around 1700 CE a population of 1,000,000, making it...
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2075 FRANCE (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) - Pines on Cape Martin
Cape Martin (French: Cap Martin) is a headland situated in the commune of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, on the Mediterranean Sea coast between Monaco and Menton. Cap-Martin, an affluent residential area of...
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1840, 2076 ROMANIA (Braşov) - Râşnov Citadel
1840 Râşnov Citadel (1)Posted on 21.08.2015, 28.11.2015Located at the foot of Postăvarul Massif, at the northern end of the Rucăr-Bran Pass, which link Wallachia and Burzenland (Transylvania), Râşnov...
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2077 CAMEROON - Bamileke people
2077 A Bamileke dancer with an elephant maskDominant in Cameroon's West and Northwest Regions, the Bamileke are part of the Semi-Bantu (or Grassfields Bantu) ethnic group. Although are regrouped under...
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2078 JAPAN (Kyūshū) - Sakurajima Volcano
Sakurajima (lit. "Cherry Island") is an active stratovolcano and a former island, which was connected with the Osumi Peninsula through the lava flows of the 1914 eruption. The volcanic activity still...
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2079 UNITED STATES (New York) - The Bethesda Fountain in New York's Central Park
Located in middle-upper Manhattan, Central Park is the most visited urban park in the United States as well as one of the most filmed locations in the world. Opened in 1857, it was expanded and...
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2080-2083 ROMANIA (Braşov) - Sânpetru and its fortified church
2080 Sânpetru - Aerial view (1994)In 12th and 13th centuries, kings of Hungary colonized Transylvania with Germans, to defend the new southeastern border of the kingdom but also to develope the area....
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2085 CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE - Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza's Mausoleum in Brazzaville
In February 2005, presidents of Congo, Gabon and France gathered in Brazzaville to lay the foundation stone for a memorial to Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852-1905). In 2006, Brazza's remains were...
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2086 POLAND (Łódź) - Children from Łowicz in traditional dress
The Łowicz region corresponds with the area of the former Łowicz Duchy, which nowadays covers the best part of Łowicz District. People from this region began to wear the charcteristic striped fabric in...
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