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0084, 2573 GHANA - Traditional Huts
Posted on 27.12.2011, 24.05.2016Unlike the polite architecture, the vernacular architecture is based on local needs and construction materials, and reflects local traditions, responding primarily to...
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2574 ROMANIA (Mureş) - Sovata
Located in the Székely Land, in the historical Transylvania province, between the Corund River and the valley of the Târnava Mică River, Sovata is a resort for all seasons, recognized at European level...
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0990-0995, 1009, 1422-1423, 1540, 2575 UNITED STATES (New York) - The bridges...
0990 Brooklyn Bridge & Downtown ManhattanPosted on 26.01.2014, 21.02.2014, 28.01.2015, 25.04.2015, 25.05.2016New York City is home to over 2,000 bridges and tunnels, some of which were premieres or...
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2576 ITALY (Friuli-Venezia Giulia) - Fortress Town of Palmanova (UNESCO WHS -...
Surrounded by the powerful states of the Austrian Empire, the Kingdom of Hungary and the Venetian Republic, the patriarchal state of Friuli was the theatre of the war between Hungary and Venice in...
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2577 ROMANIA (Braşov) - Făgăraş Citadel
Făgăraş, together with Amlaş, constituted during the Middle Ages a traditional Romanian local-autonomy region in Transylvania, on the Olt River. The castle in Făgăraş, whose construction began in 1310...
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2578 CANADA (British Columbia) - The Totem Poles in Stanley Park in Vancouver
Stanley Park borders the downtown of Vancouver, and is almost entirely surrounded by waters of Vancouver Harbour and English Bay. It has a long history and was one of the first areas to be explored in...
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2579 THAILAND (Prachuap Khiri Khan Province) - Hua Hin Railway Station
Hua Hin Railway Station is one of the most important stations on the Southern Line, the longest railway line in Thailand. The Southern Line third phase between Cha-am Station to Hua Hin was opened in...
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2580 FRANCE - Bernadette Soubirous
Marie-Bernarde"Bernadette" Soubirous (7 January 1844 - 16 April 1879) was the firstborn daughter of a miller from Lourdes, France, and is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Soubirous is best...
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1491, 2581 MEXICO - Maya people
2581 Maya peoplesPosted on15.03.2015, 28.05.2016The overarching term "Maya" is a collective designation to include the native peoples in southern Mexico and northern Central America that share some...
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2582 ROMANIA (Braşov) - The Citadel on Straja Hill
Braşov has a unique location at the feet of the Carpathian mountains at one of the most important mountain-passes, so it had to develop a strong defense system. The Citadel on Straja Hill, or Citadel...
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2583 BELARUS - Kupalle Holiday
2583 "Kupalle Holiday" (1921-1922), painting by Mikhail Filipovich Kupala Night, also known as Ivan Kupala Day (Feast of St. John the Baptist; Belarusian: Купалле / Kupalle), is celebrated in Ukraine,...
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0011, 2584 CANADA (Ontario) - Downtown Toronto
2584 Downtown Toronto seen from the Western Channel, with CN Tower and Rogers Centre Posted on 13.10.2011, 29.05.2016Located entirely within the former municipality of Old Toronto, Downtown Toronto is...
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2585 ROMANIA (Alba) - The Alba Iulia Citadel
Since 1541, the town of Alba Iulia was the capital of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom, and then of the Principality of Transylvania, until 1690, when became part of the Habsburg Monarchy and was renamed...
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2586 VIETNAM (Red River Delta) - Hanoi Opera House
Important architectural landmark of the capital city of Vietnam, the Hanoi Opera House was erected by the French colonial administration between 1901 and 1911 in eclectic style, with important...
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2587, 2588 CANADA - First Nations
2587 First Nations (1)The First Nations are the various Aboriginal Canadians who are neither Inuit nor Métis. There are currently 634 recognized First Nations governments or bands spread across Canada,...
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2589 ROMANIA (Bihor) - The Church with Moon in Oradea
The Church with Moon (Biserica cu Lună), known also as the Assumption Cathedral, is an Orthodox Christian church built between 1784 and 1790 in late Baroque style, by the architect: Éder Jakab. It was...
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2590 ITALY (Sicily) - The Dancing Satyr of Mazara del Vallo
Like many others settlements from Sicily, Mazara del Vallo, located in southwestern of the island, was founded by the Phoenicians, then passed successive under the control of Greeks, Carthaginians,...
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2591 UNITED STATES - Confederate Generals
In the 1860 presidential election, Republicans, led by Abraham Lincoln, supported banning slavery in all the U.S. territories, something the Southern states viewed as a violation of their...
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2592 UNITED STATES (California) - Lombard Street in San Francisco
Named after Lombard Street in Philadelphia by San Francisco surveyor Jasper O'Farrell, Lombard Street is an east-west street in San Francisco, that is famous for a steep, one-block section with eight...
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2593 JAPAN - Thunder God
Ogata Kōrin (1658-1716) was a painter of the Rinpa school, which flourished in Kyōto, Nara, and Ōsaka, i.e., the political and cultural triangle of ancient Japan. He broke away from all tradition and...
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