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2138 FRANCE (Rhône-Alpes) - Lacemakers from Villard sur Doron
Villard sur Doron is a montain village with almost 700 inhabitants, located in Savoie, along the road from Albertville to Beaufort, known in nowadays for the ski resort Bisanne 1500. Traditional basic...
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2072, 2139 FINLAND (Åland) - The Maritime Quarter of Mariehamn Eastern Harbour
2072 The Maritime Quarter of Mariehamn Eastern Harbour (1)Posted on 26.11.2015, 22.12.2015Mariehamn, the capital of Åland, is located on a peninsula and has two important harbours, one located on the...
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2140 RUSSIA (Murmansk Oblast) - Barents Sea coast at Teriberka
The Barents Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia with vast majority of it lying in Russian territorial waters. It is a rather shallow shelf...
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2141 ITALY (Tuscany) - The map of Elba
Located in the Tyrrhenian Sea, at 10km from the coastal town of Piombino, and about 50km east of the French island of Corsica, Elba is the third largest island in Italy (after Sicily and Sardinia). It...
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2142 ETHIOPIA (Addis Ababa) - Saint Raguel Church at Entoto
Mount Entoto, the highest peak (3,200m) overlooking the city of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, is a historical place where Emperor Menelik II resided and built his palace, when he came from...
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2143 CHILE (Arica y Parinacota) - Lauca National Park
Located in Chile's far north, in the Andean range, Lauca National Park encompasses an area of 1,379 km2 of altiplano and mountains, and borders Las Vicuñas National Reservee and Sajama National Park...
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2144 POLAND (Silesia) - Miners from Nikiszowiec in traditional costume
Now part of a district of Katowice, Nikiszowiec (German: Nikischschacht) was initially coal miners' settlement of Giesche mine, built on the land of Gieschewald manor (Giszowiec) between 1908-1918....
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2145 FRANCE (Rhône-Alpes) - Dent de Crolles
The Dent de Crolles is a karstic mountain (2,062m) of the Chartreuse Mountains range, 17 km north east of Grenoble. It has a characteristic "tooth-like" profile and is easily recognizable in the Isère...
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2015, 2146 POLAND (Lower Silesia) - Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica...
2015 Church of Peace in JaworPosted on 07.11.2015, 24.12.2015The Churches of Peacein Jawor (German: Jauer) and Świdnica (German: Schweidnitz) in Silesia were named after the Peace of Westphalia of...
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2147 TAIWAN - Jiufen
Jiufen (also spelled Jioufen or Chiufen; literally: "nine portions") is a mountain area in the Ruifang District of New Taipei City near Keelung. During the first years of the Qing Dynasty, the...
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2149-2151 FRANCE (Saint Martin) - Orient Bay
2149 Saint Martin - Orient Bay (1) Known as the "Saint Tropez of the Caribbean", Orient Bay (French: Baie Orientale) is a coastal community and beach on the French side of the island of Saint Martin,...
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2152 BELGIUM (Antwerp) - Antwerpen-Centraal railway station
Antwerpen-Centraal (Antwerp Central) is the main railway station in Antwerp, the most populous city in Flanders. In 2009 the American magazine Newsweek judged Antwerpen-Centraal the world's fourth...
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2153 NAURU - Flying to Nauru
Nauru, formerly known as Pleasant Island, is the smallest state in the South Pacific and third smallest state by area in the world. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Kiribati, 300km to the...
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2154 SPAIN (Balearic Islands) - Cathedral of Santa María of Palma de Mallorca
The Cathedral of Santa Maria of Palma de Mallorca, commonly referred to as La Seu, is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Palma de Mallorca, atop the former citadel of the Roman city, between the...
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2155 UNITED STATES (California) - Seaport Village and some skyscrapers in San...
Seaport Village is a waterfront shopping and dining complex adjacent to San Diego Bay in downtown San Diego, at the intersection of Harbor Drive and Kettner. It was developed by Morris Taubman on...
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2156-2158 ROMANIA (Braşov) - Borica dance, a Christmas custom of the Csangos...
2156 Borica danceThe Csangos (Hungarian: Csángók, Romanian: Ceangăi) are an ethnographic group of Roman Catholic faith, living mostly in Moldavia (especially in Bacău County), and speaking an archaic...
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2159 FRANCE (Rhône-Alpes) - The map of the Isère department
Isère, named after the river Isère, is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790, from a part of the former province of Dauphiné. Its area has been...
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2160 POLAND (Lesser Poland) - Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines (UNESCO...
Located in southern Poland, the deposit of rock salt in Wieliczka and Bochnia has been mined since the 13th century, this major industrial undertaking being the oldest of its type in Europe. It...
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2161 THAILAND (Phetchaburi) - Phra Ram Ratchaniwet Palace
In 1860 was completed, on top of a mountain, Phra Nakhon Khiri, as a summer palace for King Mongkut (Rama IV). Because over time was found that the palace experienced problems during heavy rains, in...
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