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2228 CZECH REPUBLIC - Jindřichův Hradec Castle
Located near the Austrian border, between Bohemia and Moravia, in a countryside that gradually turns from the ponds of the Třeboň Basin into the hilly horizons of the Křemešnická Highlands, Jindřichův...
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2229 UNITED STATES (South Carolina) - Along Church Street in Charleston
Founded in 1670 as Charles Town in honor of King Charles II of England, Charleston adopted its present name in 1783. By 1690, it was the fifth-largest city in North America, and it remained among the...
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2230 CZECH REPUBLIC (South Moravia) - Lysice Castle
Located at 29km north of Brno, Lysice is a small town known for a wonderful castle and its gardens. Currently Baroque in appearance, it was built on the site of a water fortress of the Lords of...
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0124, 1323, 2231 NETHERLANDS (Netherlands / North Holland) -...
0124 Amsterdam - Keizersgracht (Emperor's Canal) (1)Posted on 13.02.2012, 30.10.2014, 21.01.201690 islands, separated by some 100km of canals and linked by about 400 stone bridges. This is Amsterdam,...
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2232 TANZANIA (Arusha) - Maasai dancers
The Maasai are a Nilotic ethnic group of semi-nomadic people, pastoralists, inhabiting southern Kenya (840,000) and northern Tanzania (800,000), i.e. the African Great Lakes region, and are famous for...
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2233 ROMANIA (Harghita) - The Franciscan Church in Şumuleu Ciuc
Since 1959 a neighborhood of Miercurea Ciuc (the county seat of Harghita County, located on the Olt River valley), Şumuleu Ciuc (Hungarian: Csíksomlyó) was first recorded in 1333, as Sumbov. According...
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2234 GERMANY (Saxony-Anhalt) - Roter Turm in Halle
Roter Turm (The Red Tower) is, together with the four towers of the Marktkirche Unser Lieben Frauen (Market Church of Our Dear Lady), the landmark of Halle, a city located along the river Saale, at...
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2235 POLAND (Pomerania) - The Pomeranian Dukes Castle in Słupsk
In 1316, the town of Słupsk (developed from a few medieval settlements located on the banks of the Słupia River, which existed since the 8th and 9th centuries), was taken over by the Pomeranian dukes...
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2236 CANADA (British Columbia) - S'G̱ang Gwaay (UNESCO WHS)
S'G̱ang Gwaay Llanagaay (Red Cod Island), named Ninstints in English, is a village site of the Haida people located on a small island off the west coast of the Haida Gwaii, formerly known as the Queen...
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2237 FRANCE (Pays de la Loire) - Forest of Chandelais
The forest of Chandelais is the most remarkable forest of Anjou, in the lower Loire Valley, near Le Guédeniau. The 1000 hectares of forest of tall trees (mainly oak and beech) and kilometres of paths...
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2238 NETHERLANDS (Aruba) - Aruba Beach Club
The Aruba Beach Club Resort is located directly on Punta Brabo Beach, also know as Manchebo Beach, one of the finest beaches in Aruba, located on the most western point of the island. The beach offers...
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2239 GUINEA (Faranah) - Tinkisso dam and waterfall
Dabola, the gateway to Upper Guinea, is a peaceful town, lined with mango trees and framed by hills. At 8km west of town is Tinkisso dam, which supplies electricity to the region. There’s a popular...
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1312, 2240 MONGOLIA - Women in traditional clothes
1312 Two young mongolian women in traditional clothes Posted on 23.10.2014, 24.01.2016Mongolian dress has changed little since the days of the empire, because it is supremely well-adapted to the...
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2241 MYANMAR (Mandalay Region) - View of Yangon
2241 Yangon: on left - City Hall; on background - High Court;on right - Sule Pagoda.Yangon (also known as Rangoon, literally: "End of Strife"), the former capital of Myanmar (Burma), is the country's...
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2242 POLAND (Silesia) - Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver Mine and its Underground...
Tarnowskie Góry (German: Tarnowitz, established in 1526) is an old, picturesque town in the Silesian Highlands, near Katowice, known for historic lead-ore mining. According to legend, the source of...
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2243 UNITED STATES (North Dakota) - North Dakota map
Located in the Upper Midwestern region of the U.S., and bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Montana, North Dakota is the 19th most extensive...
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2244 NORWAY (Hordaland) - Bryggen (UNESCO WHS)
Founded, according to tradition, in 1070 by King Olav Kyrre as Bjørgvin (the green meadow among the mountains), Bergen served as Norway's capital in the 13th century, and from the end of the 13th...
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2245 UNITED STATES (Utah) - Dead Horse Point State Park
Dead Horse Point State Park covers 2,170ha of high desert at an altitude of 1,800m, featuring a dramatic overlook of the Colorado River and Canyonlands National Park. Immense vertical cliffs meet with...
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2246 ROMANIA (Maramureș) - Sighet Prison
Sighetu Marmaţiei (Hungarian: Máramarossziget), until 1964 just Sighet, is a city located in north-western Romania, along the Tisa river, on the border with Ukraine. In 1897 the Austro-Hungarian...
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2247 CANADA (British Columbia) - Canadian National's eastbound freight...
The Canadian National (CN) is a Class I railway company headquartered in Montreal, that serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States, and has 24,000 employees. It is the largest railway...
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