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 Town Hall

Country: Belgium
City: Brussels
Town Hall The Town Hall of Brussels, Belgium, stands on that city's famous Grand Place. The oldest part of the present Town Hall is its east wing. This wing, together with a small belfry, was built from 1402 to 1420 under direction of Jacob van Thienen, and future additions were not originally foreseen. However, the admission of the craft guilds into the traditionally patrician city government probably spu ...

 Picasso Museum

Country: France
City: Antibes
Picasso Museum A visit to the Picasso Museum is a moving experience. It evokes joy and pain, despondency and exultation. Visitors cannot help but sense all that has gone on within these walls that were the Antibes Chateau. There was the delicate balance of a family relationship and the ensuing drama; the intrusion of the museum on the chateau; the silence and the magic. The chateau of Antibes is poetic, serious ...

 Salzburg

Country: Austria
City: Salzburg
Salzburg Tourism: Salzburg is one of the smaller Austrian provinces but it is one of the most important for the tourism industry. Hundreds and thousands of visitors from all over the world visit the “Small Paradise” of Salzburg throughout the year. Unspoilt countryside with unique natural attractions such as the Hohe Tauern National Park, the beauty of the “Baroque Jewel” of the old town centre of Salzburg ...

 M'Zab Valley

Country: Algeria
City: Salzburg
M'Zab Valley The M’zab Valley is an oasis in the Sahara desert. Located about 500 kilometers south of Algiers in the Ghardaia province of Algeria, the 10-kilometer-long valley contains approximately 3,000 wells that supply 270,000 green date palms with water. The M’zab Valley has been inhabited since 1012, when M’zabite Berbers, a fiercely independent group of Ibadiyy Muslims, moved to the region in an attemp ...

 Victoria

Country: Australia
City: Melbourne
Victoria Hugging the tip of the Australian east coast, Victoria is Australia's second-smallest state, covering 227,600 square kilometres - roughly the size of the British Isles. Packed into such a compact area is a wealth of diverse regional areas and attractions, from sweeping coastline and pristine beaches to national parks and forests teeming with wildlife to wineries, lakes and mountains offering ski ...

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