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2552 LATVIA (Riga) - Freedom Monument in Riga
Located in the center of Riga, on Freedom Boulevard, near the old town of Riga, the Freedom Monument is a memorial honouring soldiers killed during the Latvian War of Independence (1918-1920). Unveiled...
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0760, 2553 SPAIN (Murcia) - The roman theatre in Cartagena
0760 The roman theatre in Cartagena (1)Posted on 22.07.2013, 15.05.2016Founded by Phoenicians as Qart Hadasht (New City) around 227 BC, the city known in nowadays as Cartagena lived its heyday during...
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2347, 2554 FRANCE (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) - Yonne department
Posted on 04.03.2016, 15.05.2016Located in central France, in the northwest of the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, bordering Île-de-France, Yonne department was created in 1790 during the French...
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2555 FRANCE (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) - Hérault Department
Located in southern France and named after the Hérault river, Hérault department was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution in 1790. It is very geographically diverse,...
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2556, 2557 CANADA - Pow Wow
A pow wow is a social gathering held by many different Native American / First Nation communities. A modern pow wow is a specific type of event for Native American / First Nations people to meet and...
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2558 ROMANIA (Prahova) - Prahova Valley
2558 Prahova Valley: 1. The Alpine Lodge; 2. Clăbucet; 3. The Sphinx; 4. Babele; 5; Szeklers' ClearingPrahova Valley is the valley where the Prahova river makes its way between the Bucegi and the Baiu...
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2559 MEXICO (Chiapas) - A Tzeltal woman to the market in Yochib
Chiapas is the southernmost state of Mexico, located at the border with Guatemala. Over its history, there have been three main indigenous groups: the Mixes-Zoques, the Mayas and the Chiapa. Today,...
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2560 CANADA (Ontario) - Ontario Place in Toronto
Ontario Place is a multiple use site under development, located on the shore of Lake Ontario, to the south-west of downtown Toronto. It opened on May 22, 1971 and consists of three artificially...
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2561 FRANCE (Pays de la Loire) - The Vendée Coast
The Vendée department is located in west-central France, on the Atlantic Ocean, and its coast (Le Littoral as the French call it) extends over 200km. About 140km of this are fine sandy beaches which...
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2562 ROMANIA (Constanţa) - Cap Aurora
2562 Cap Aurora in 1980'sCap Aurora is the youngest resort on the Romanian seaside, located in the Mangalia municipality, on a high peninsula between the neighbouring resorts of Jupiter and Venus. When...
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2563 CANADA (Ontario) - Casa Loma In Toronto
Built between 1911 and 1914 as a residence for financier Sir Henry Mill Pellatt, Casa Loma (Spanish for Hill House) is a Gothic Revival style house and gardens in midtown Toronto. The architect was E....
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2564 MONGOLIA - Tsagaan sar, the White Moon Festival
Tsagaan sar (literally White Moon) is the first day of the year according to the Mongolian lunar calendar, and is a big celebration for the Mongols. The traditional Mongol calendar is a lunisolar...
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2565 ITALY (Lazio) - Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See...
Founded, according to legend, by Romulus and Remus in 753 BC in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, along the shores of Tiber river, Rome was first the centre of the Roman Republic,...
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2566 ROMANIA (Constanţa) - Neptun
Neptun is a summer resort on the Romanian seacoast, on the Black Sea, 6 km north of Mangalia, part of a string of such resorts, Olimp, Jupiter, Cap Aurora, and Venus (between Olimp and Jupitor)....
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2567 ROMANIA (Alba) - Oaşa Monastery
Located on the territory of Şugag village, in a isolated area at the foot of Şureanu Montains, at 1400m altitude, Oaşa Monastery is an oasis of tranquility, surrounded by forests, valleys and lakes, a...
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2568 CANADA (British Columbia) - Burrard Bridge in Vancouver
The Burrard Bridge is a five-lane, Art Deco style, steel truss bridge, which connects downtown Vancouver with Kitsilano via connections to Burrard Street on both ends. It is one of three bridges...
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2569 UNITED STATES (U.S. Virgin Islands) / UNITED KINGDOM (Overseas...
The Virgin Islands are the western island group of the Leeward Islands, which are the northern part of the Lesser Antilles, and form the border between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean....
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2570 FRANCE (Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine) - Alsace
Alsace is a cultural and historical region located on France's eastern border and on the west bank of the upper Rhine adjacent to Germany and Switzerland. The historical language of Alsace is Alsatian,...
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2538, 2571 UNITED STATES - Plains Indian Feathered War Bonnets
2538Posted on 10.05.2016, 23.05.2016When the average person think of an American Indian man, he usually pictures him as wearing a large eagle feather war bonnet. This stereotype has become so...
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1736, 2572 CANADA (Québec) - Historic District of Old Québec (UNESCO WHS)
1736 Historic District of Old Québec - Château Frontenac in nowadaysPosted on 12.07.2015, 23.05.2016Founded in 1608 by the French explorer Samuel de Champlain, Quebec City is one of the oldest cities...
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