2594 UNITED KINGDOM (Bermuda) - Avocado Harvesting
Bermuda Arts Center, located at the cooperage of Royal Naval Dockyard offers a range of impressions and style galleries. It is a creative workshop and a gallery of the local and resident artists. Art...
View Article2595, 2596 ROMANIA (Cluj) - Cluj-Napoca
2595 Cluj-Napoca: 1. Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral; 2 & 3. Saint Michael's Church; 5. The Central Park; 6. Lucian Blaga National Theatre. Located in the Someşul Mic River valley,...
View Article2597 ROMANIA (Dâmboviţa) - The Princely Court in Târgovişte
The crusader Hans Schiltberger, who attended to the military expedition ended with the defeat of Nicopolis (1396), mentions Târgovişte as the capital of Wallachia, along with Curtea de Argeş. The...
View Article2598 UNITED STATES - Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
2598 Emily Dickinson - The daguerreotype taken at Mount Holyoke, December 1846or early 1847, the only authenticated portraitof Emily Dickinson later than childhood. Unrecognized in her own time, the...
View Article2599 SLOVENIA (Slovene Littoral) - Piran
Located in southwestern Slovenia on the Gulf of Piran on the Adriatic Sea, Piran is one of the three major towns of Slovenian Istria. The town has much medieval architecture, with narrow streets and...
View Article2600 SWEDEN (Blekinge) - Naval Port of Karlskrona (UNESCO WHS)
The city of Karlskrona is spread over 30 islands in the eastern part of Blekinge County, in the Baltic Sea, Trossö being the main one. It was founded in 1680 when the Royal Swedish Navy was relocated...
View Article2601 ROMANIA (Constanţa) - The Archaeological Park in Constanţa
Founded on the Black Sea coast around 600 BC by Greek colonists as Tomis, Constanţa is the oldest continuously inhabited city in Romania. In 29 BC the Romans conquered the region, and after the 5th...
View Article2602 AUSTRALIA - Eddie Koiki Mabo
Eddie Koiki Mabo was an Indigenous community leader and human rights activist who achieved national prominence as the successful principal plaintiff in the landmark High Court of Australia ruling on...
View Article2256, 2603 PANAMA - Panama Canal
Posted on 31.01.2016, 09.06.2016People have dreamed since the 16th century to pass with ships from the Atlantic into the Pacific Ocean without traveled around South America, but this was not possible...
View Article2604 CHINA (Inner Mongolia) - Mongolian yurts
2604 Yurts in Inner Mongolia in 1986"...They [the Mongols] have circular houses made of wood and covered with felt, which they carry about with them on four-wheeled wagons wherever they go. For the...
View Article0907-0910, 2605 MALTA - City of Valletta (UNESCO WHS)
0907 Valletta seen from Marsamxett Harbour, with Manoel Island and SliemaPosted on 18.12.2013, 12.06.2016Malta's strategic location tempted many throughout history, so a succession of powers (including...
View Article2606 UNITED STATES (New York) - NYPD Highway Patrol Patrolling Midtown Manhattan
The NYPD Highway Patrol is a specialized unit under the auspices of the NYPD's Transportation Bureau primarily responsible for patrolling and maintaining traffic safety on limited-access highways...
View Article2607 ROMANIA (Harghita) - The Székely Waterfall at the spring of Târnava Mare
The Târnava Mare River (Big Târnava) has its source in the Eastern Carpathian Mountains, in Székely Land, near Vărşag (in Hungarian Székelyvarság), and joins the Târnava Mică River in Blaj, forming the...
View Article2608 DENMARK (Hovedstaden) - Christiansborg Palace
Located on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen, Christiansborg Palace is the seat of the Danish Parliament, the Danish Prime Minister's Office and the Supreme Court of Denmark. Also, several...
View Article2609 UNITED NATIONS - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The term "human rights" was mentioned seven times in the UN's founding Charter, making the promotion and protection of human rights a key purpose and guiding principle of the Organization. On 10...
View Article2610 CANADA (Quebec) - Mont-Tremblant
Located in the Laurentian mountains, approximately 130km northwest of Montreal and 140km northeast of Ottawa, Mont-Tremblant is most famous for its ski resort, the Mont-Tremblant Ski Resort, which is...
View Article2611 FRANCE (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) - Lot Department
2611 Lot Department: Valentré Bridge;Saint-Cirq-Lapopie; Rocamadour.Located in the southwest of France and named after the Lot River, Lot is one of the original 83 departments created during the French...
View Article2612 UNITED STATES (New Mexico) - Taos Pueblo (UNESCO WHS)
2612 Puebloan woman baking bread at Taos PuebloSituated in the valley of Rio Pueblo de Taos, a small tributary of the Rio Grande, at about 1.6km north of the modern city of Taos, Taos Pueblo is an...
View Article2613 ROMANIA (Prahova) - Slănic Prahova
Located in the forested hills of the Sub-Carpathians, between the valley of Prahova and that of Teleajen, Slănic Prahova is known as a salt extraction center, as well as a spa town, with salt lakes. As...
View Article2614 UNITED STATES (California) - Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
The first European settlement on the West Coast of the present-day United States was the San Diego Presidio, a military outpost of Spanish California, founded by Gaspar de Portolà in 1769, in an area...
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