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0854 TAIWAN - Dragon and Tiger Pagodas
Located at Lotus Lake, the Dragon and Tiger Pagodas is a temple built in 1976, representative of traditional Kaohsiung culture. The seven storey tower has yellow walls, red pillars and orange tiles....
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0855 ARGENTINA (San Juan) - Ischigualasto Natural Park (UNESCO WHS)
Part of the western border of the Central Sierras, that rise sharply from the surrounding pampa region of Northwest Argentina, Ischigualasto Natural Park is a desert area, formed by layers of...
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0390 & 0856 SWEDEN (Stockholm) - Vasa, the ship which sailed only 1300 meters
Posted on 20.11.2012 and completed on 06.11.2013 On 10 August 1628, Vasa, the first in a series of five warships which aimed to had to end a series of defeats suffered by Swedish fleet and to make this...
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0232, 0266 & 0857 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (FBiH) - Old Bridge Area of the Old...
Old Bridge in Mostar after 2004Posted on 31.05.2012, 03.07.2012, and 09.11.2013Very few cities in the world are so connected to a single construction as is Mostar (the political and cultural center of...
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0858 MEXICO (Michoacán) - Historic Centre of Morelia (UNESCO WHS)
Located in the Guayangareo Valley, in a area inhabited in pre-Hispanic era by Purépecha and Matlatzinca, Morelia was founded in 1541 by Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza, under the name Valladolid. In 1580 it...
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0859 TURKEY (Aegean Region) - A zeibek from the Aegean Region
I found this little marvel in one of the souvenir shops located near the temple of Apollo in Didim, one of those stalls studded with thousands of articles, where the kitsch coexist peacefully with...
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0860 CZECH REPUBLIC - A Škoda 99E1 locomotive near Libochovany
Czech Railways (České dráhy - ČD) is the largest Czech company by the number of employees and holds 856 electric locomotives, all built by Škoda Works (Škodovy závody), the largest industrial...
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0861 CANADA (Alberta / British Columbia) - Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks -...
Renowned for their scenic splendor, the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984 (extended in 1990), are comprised of Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho national...
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0398, 0509 & 0862 BRAZIL (Paraná) - Iguazú Falls (UNESCO WHS)
Posted on 28.11.2012, 18.02.2013 and 15.11.2013"It is said that many years ago, there was a big and monstrous serpent which lived in the Iguazú river and its name was Boi. Once per year, the guaranies...
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0863 CZECH REPUBLIC (Vysočina) - Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at...
John of Nepomuk was the first martyr of the Seal of the Confessional, being drowned in 1393 in the Vltava river at the behest of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans and King of Bohemia, because, as the...
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0864 UNITED STATES (Florida) - Everglades National Park (UNESCO WHS)
"A river of grass flowing imperceptibly from the hinterland into the sea", Everglades is a large tropical wetlands in the southern portion of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large watershed....
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0865 NETHERLANDS (North Holland) - Two girls from Volendam
In a song is said that "anyone who wants to see the real beauty of Holland, goes to Volendam". As a result of its insulated location, but also because of the fishermen's vitality, this village...
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0866 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (Trinidad) - The White Hall
Originally called Rosenweg, the White Hall is one of The Magnificent Seven (a group of mansions located at the northwest corner of Queen's Park Savannah on Maraval Road, in Port of Spain), and was...
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0019, 0071, 0759 & 0867 SINGAPORE - The Downtown Core
Posted on 26.11.2011, 14.12.2011, 22.07.2013, and 19.11.2013The Downtown Core of Singapore, which surrounds the mouth of the Singapore River and southeastern portion of its watershed, is part of the...
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0868 ROMANIA (Suceava) - Frozen morning in Pleşa village
"Pleşa, the most beautiful village in the whole world, as told me a man from there," wrote Marius on this postcard, and I have no reason not to believe him, although I know that his skill as...
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0869 TURKEY (Aegean Region) - Archaeological Site of Troy (UNESCO WHS)
I don't think there is anyone in the modern world who have completed at least primary school and/or has a TV at home and never heard of Troy. If he didn't read the Iliad, at least he saw the movie with...
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0348 & 0871 SWITZERLAND / AUSTRIA - A prehistoric pile dwellings from the...
Posted on 30.09.2012 and 21.11.2013Among the sites included in 2011 by UNESCO in its list of World Heritage Sites is one called Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps, which contains, as say its...
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0872 SWEDEN (Stockholm) - Royal Domain of Drottningholm (UNESCO WHS)
Even if the City of Stockholm is the official capital of Sweden, the King of Sweden actually lives in Ekerö Municipality, at Drottningholm, a locality situated on the island Lovön in lake Mälaren on...
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0873 TURKEY (Aegean Region) - Hierapolis-Pamukkale (UNESCO WHS)
Pamukkale (cotton castle) is a natural site, located in the River Menderes valley, which contains hot springs and travertines, terraces of carbonate minerals left by the flowing water. In this area,...
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0874, 0274 & 0322 MALTA - Megalithic Temples of Malta (UNESCO WHS)
Posted on 10.07.2012, 15.09.2012, and 22.11.2013The Megalithic Temples of Malta are eleven prehistoric monuments, of which seven are UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Ġgantija Temples (on Gozo island - two...
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