2729 THAILAND - Bhumibol Adulyadej, Rama IX
2729 Bhumibol Adulyadej on the Royal Golden Chair of state during a State ProgressBhumibol Adulyadej is the King of Thailand, the ninth monarch of the Chakri dynasty. He is also known as Rama IX. The...
View Article2730 FRANCE (Saint Barthélemy) - Baie de Lorient
There are fourteen beaches on the island of Saint Barthélemy, all blessed with gleaming white sand. Few are crowded, even in peak season, even if all are public and free. Lorient is a small picturesque...
View Article2731 BELARUS - Belarusian alphabet
The Belarusian alphabet is based on the Cyrillic script and is derived from the alphabet of the Old Church Slavonic language. The alphabet of the Medieval Cyrillics (11th century) included forty-three...
View Article2732 LAOS (Vientiane Prefecture) - Buddha Park
Buddha Park, also known as Xieng Khuan (which means Spirit City), is a sculpture park located 25 km southeast from Vientiane, in a meadow by the Mekong River. Although it is not a temple (Wat), the...
View Article2733 UNITED STATES - Native American Symbols
Native American symbols offer us a complete and reverent language of life, nature, and spirit. This language is unmatched in its depth and power. This language derives it's power from the fact that...
View Article1142, 2734 KOSOVO - Kosovar Albanians
1142 A woman in traditional clothes and images of PrizrenPosted on 13.07.2014, 04.09.2016Kosovo is a state located in the central Balkan Peninsula, which declared independence from Serbia in February...
View Article1067-1070, 1541, 2735 UNITED STATES (New York) - Statue of Liberty (UNESCO WHS)
1067 - Liberty Island and the Statue of LibertyPosted on 28.04.2014, 25.04.2015, 04.08.2016The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island...
View Article2561, 2736 FRANCE (Pays de la Loire) - The Vendée Coast
2561 The Vendée Coast (1)Posted on 17.05.2016, 05.09.2016The Vendée department is located in west-central France, on the Atlantic Ocean, and its coast (Le Littoral as the French call it) extends over...
View Article2737 LAOS (Vientiane Prefecture) - Patuxai in Vientiane
Patuxai, literally meaning Victory Gate or Gate of Triumph, formerly the Anousavary or Anosavari Monument (known by the French as Monument Aux Morts) is a war monument in the centre of Vientiane,...
View Article2425, 2738 NETHERLANDS (Sint Maarten) - Maho Beach
2425 Sint Maarten - An Air France Airbus over Maho BeachPosted on 01.04.2016, 05.08.2016The island of Saint Martin is served by many major airlines that daily bring in large jet aircraft, including...
View Article2739 RUSSIA (Saint Petersburg) - Bank Bridge in Saint Petersburg (UNESCO WHS)
2739 T. Yumadilov - Griffins of the Bank BridgeBank Bridge is a 25m-long pedestrian bridge crossing the Griboedov Canal near the former Assignation Bank in Saint Petersburg. Like other bridges across...
View Article2740 POLAND - The lighthouses on the Baltic Coast of Poland
Since the end of WWII, the coast of Poland has stretched from Świnoujście in the west to the Gulf of Gdańsk in the east. Poland has at least 26 lighthouses on its Baltic coast and also many others on...
View Article1783, 2118, 2224, 2273, 2741 The map and the flags of the countries and...
1783 The map and the flags of the countries and territoriesin Caribbean (1)Posted on 26.07.2015, 13.12.2015, 17.01.2016, 07.02.2016, 06.09.2016The Caribbean is a region that consists of the Caribbean...
View Article2040, 2041, 2084, 2214, 2664, 2742 FRANCE (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) - Grenoble
2040 The map of Isère department and The Bastille in GrenoblePosted on 16.11.2015, 29.11.2015, 14.01.2016, 23.07.2016, 06.09.2016Located at the foot of the French Alps, where the river Drac joins the...
View Article2743 GERMANY (North Rhine-Westphalia) - Ruhr Valley
River Ruhr, an important tributary of the lower Rhine, rises on the north side of Winterberg and flows 235km west past Witten (the head of navigation), Essen, and Mülheim to enter the Rhine at...
View Article2744 THAILAND - Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, born Princess Sirindhorn Debaratanasuda Kitivadhanadulsobhak on 2 April 1955 is the third child of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit. Her full ceremonial title...
View Article2745 UNITED STATES (New York) - Strand Bookstore
2745 New York City - Strand Bookstore - The store's Central Park kioskThe Strand Bookstore is an independent bookstore located at 828 Broadway, at the corner of East 12th Street in the East Village...
View Article2746 FRANCE (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) - Our Lady of La Salette
La Salette-Fallavaux, a commune of less than 100 people located at about 80km south of Grenoble, was the site of apparitions of the Virgin Mary in 1846, reported by two children. After five years of...
View Article2747 THAILAND (Bangkok) - Thai Royal Guards parade
Also known as Trooping the Colour, the Thai Royal Guards parade occurs every December 2 since 1953, in celebration of the birthday of the King of Thailand, during which the King's Guard of the Royal...
View Article2748 POLAND (Lesser Poland) - Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist...
With a vision while viewing the neighbouring hills and valleys from the Castle of Lanckorona, on 1 December 1602, Mikołaj Zebrzydowski, the Voivode of Kraków commissioned the construction of a calvary,...
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