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2857 SINGAPORE - Singapore Botanic Gardens (UNESCO WHS)
Situated at the heart of the city of Singapore, the Botanic Gardens demonstrates the evolution of a British tropical colonial botanic garden that has become a modern world-class scientific institution...
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2858 GERMANY (Bavaria) - Münsterschwarzach Abbey
Münsterschwarzach Abbey is a Benedictine monastery located near Kitzingen, at the confluence of the rivers Schwarzach and Main in Bavaria. Dedicated to the Holy Saviour, the Virgin Mary and Saint...
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2859 RUSSIA (Leningrad Oblast) - Z Geodetic Point in Hogland - part of Struve...
The Struve Geodetic Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea (designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005), about which I wrote here. Two of...
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0805, 1659, 1660, 2169, 2258, 2860 UNITED STATES (Arizona / Utah / New...
2169 Navajo indians on reservationPosted on 31.08.2013, 12.06.2015, 30.12.2015, 01.02.2016, 09.11.2016The Navajo are the largest federally recognized tribe of the United States, with more then 300,000...
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2861 RUSSIA (Tyumen Oblast) - Monastery of Holy Trinity in Tyumen
Founded in 1586 as a fortress on the Tura River, Tyumen was the first Russian settlement in Siberia. It stood on the "Tyumen Portage", part of the historical trade route between Central Asia and the...
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2862 FRANCE (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) - Corbel
Corbel is a Savoyard commune, located in the Chartreuse massif, with a population of 138 inhabitants (2011). It is composed of 13 hamlets and rises at altitudes ranging from 470m, to the edge of the...
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2863 RWANDA - The intore, or dance of heroes
Rwanda has been a unified state since pre-colonial times, and the population is drawn from just one cultural and linguistic group, the Banyarwanda (literally "those who come from Rwanda") this...
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2864 FRANCE (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) - Nantua
Grew up around a Benedictine Monastery founded in 671 by St. Amand and the church of St Peter where the body of Charles the Bald was initially buried, Nantua has long been a transit town, crossed by...
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2865 BELGIUM - René Magritte
The Belgian René Magritte (René François Ghislain Magritte; 1898-1967) was one of the most important Surrealist artists, well known for his witty and thought-provoking images. Often depicting ordinary...
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2866 FRANCE (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) - Parc des Oiseaux in Villars-les-Dombes
2866 Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) in Parc des Oiseaux in Villars-les-DombesThe Parc des Oiseaux (Park of Birds) is an ornithological park, one of the oldest in France, located in...
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1041, 2867 RUSSIA - Russian traditional clothes
1041 A Russian family in traditional clothesPosted on 02.04.2014, 14.11.2016The area now called Russia has always been multicultural. Russian culture started from that of the East Slavs, with their...
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0367, 2868 CZECH REPUBLIC (Prague) - Historic Centre of Prague (UNESCO WHS)
0367 The Old Town Square of PraguePosted on 23.10.2012, 15.11.2016One day, at the beginning of the new reign of laws, the aforesaid Libuše, excited by prophecy, with her husband Přemysl present and...
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2869 RUSSIA (Leningrad Oblast) - Palace and Park Ensemble of the Town of...
Gatchina is a town located 45km south of Saint Petersburg by the road leading to Pskov. It was first documented in 1499 as a village (Khotchino) in possession of Novgorod the Great. In the 17th century...
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2870 FRANCE (Île-de-France) - Pringy, Seine-et-Marne
Pringy is a small town in the northern-center of France, located not far from Paris, between the forest of Fontainebleau and the Seine. The altitude of the town is approximately 60 meters. In the...
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2871 SAINT LUCIA - The map of the island
Located in Lesser Antilles, between Saint Vincent, Barbados and Martinique, Saint Luciais a volcanic island, more mountainous than most Caribbeanislands, with the highest point being Mount Gimie...
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0107, 2872 AUSTRALIA - Indigenous Australians
2872 Australian Aboriginal men in Top End, taking part in a ceremonywhich is accompanied by the haunting music of the didgeridooPosted on 26.01.2012, 19.11.2016Human habitation of the Australia is...
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2873 ETHIOPIA - Sof Omar Caves
Sof Omar Cave is the longest cave in Ethiopia at 15.1km long. It is situated to the east of Robe, in the Bale Zone, through which the Weyib River (Gestro River) flows. According to tradition Sof Omar...
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2874 BELGIUM (West Flanders) - The Belgian coast
Belgium has only 70 km of coast on the North Sea, on which are located 15 seaside resorts in 10 coastal towns, each with its own character and unique atmosphere. It is a diverse region with all kinds...
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2875 IRELAND - The 100th Anniversary of the Easter Rising
With the Act of Union in 1800, Ireland (which had been under some form of English control since the 12th century) merged with Great Britain to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,...
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2876 FINLAND (Pirkanmaa) - Santa Claus over the Vapriikki Museum Centre
As it is well known, the home of Santa Claus is in Finland, in Korvatunturi, as also Santa Claus Village and Santa Park, located about 10 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle, near Rovaniemi, the...
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