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 The Great Sphinx of Egypt
Country: Egypt
City: Cairo
In a depression to the south of Chephren's pyramid sits a creature with a human head and a lion's body. The name 'sphinx' which means 'strangler' was first given by the Greeks to a fabulous creature which had the head of a woman and the body of a lion and the wings of a bird. The sphinx appears to have started in Egypt in the form of a sun god. The Egyptian sphinx is usually a head of a king weari ... |
Stonehenge Great Trilithons Country: United Kingdom
City: Cairo
There are problems with Stonehenge not just the age old problems of interpreting Europe's best known ancient site, but modern problems of security and overwhelming visitor numbers. These mean that, at the time of writing, access to the Stonehenge themselves is forbidden. Visitors must keep outside a fence that draws a wide circle around the monument. There's an inadequate interpretive center, and ... |
Town HallCountry: Belgium
City: Brussels
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 ... |
National Park of American SamoaCountry: American Samoa
City: Brussels
The Park
The National Park samples the best of American Samoa scenery, shorelines, reefs, and rainforest. In essence, it is really “three parks” on four separate islands. All the units have fine scenery and tropical rainforests. Lata Mountain on Ta’u excels in its wild and remote forests, free-flowing streams, and rugged coastline. Ofu and Olosega have the most accessible coral reefs and miles of ... |
Rila MonasteryCountry: Bulgaria
City: Sofia
The Rila Monastery is situated in Southwestern Bulgaria, 117 km away from Sofia and 40 km away from Blagoevgrad. Rising at 1147 m above sea level, it lies amidst some of the most scenic recesses of the Rila Mountains, to which the monastery owes its name. On either side the swift and clear flowing rivers of Rilska and Drushlyavitsa flank it. The Malyovitsa peak, reaching a height of 2729 m, is wit ... |
Alcatraz IslandCountry: United States
City: San Francisco
Sitting like a beacon in the middle of the San Francisco Bay, between San Francisco and Oakland, California, is Alcatraz Island. Though most prominently known for the years it served as a maximum security prison, the “Rock’s” history stretches far beyond those infamous days, and its legends and stories continue to find their way into American lore, complete with a number of ghosts who are sa ... |
The Space NeedleCountry: United States
City: Seattle
The Space Needle, a modernistic totem of the Seattle World’s Fair, was conceived by Eddie Carlson as a doodle in 1959 and given form by architects John Graham Jr., Victor Steinbrueck, and John Ridley. When King County declined to fund the project, five private investors, Bagley Wright, Ned Skinner, Norton Clapp, John Graham Jr., and Howard S. Wright, took over and built the 605-foot tower in less ... |
Techtonic setting in AzerbaijanCountry: Azerbaijan
City: Seattle
The territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan forms a constituent geological part of the Alpine folded belt. Sedimentary deposits embracing the southwestern parts of the Major and Minor Caucasus, including the intermountain Kur-River trough, as well as the Mid- and South Caspian basins consist of diversity fold systems. The Earth's crust thickness in Azerbaijan varies in the range from 38 to 55 km. ... |
Kalaja, the historic kernel of the capitalCountry: Albania
City: Kalaja
Kalaja (The Fortress) of Tirana was a road station of the line Egnatia of the type Mansio-Mutatio. It composed the center of inhabitation with a variety of names since the first centuries of our era.
Tirkan (in 4-th century of our era), Tergiana (in 1927) when in it was placed the chancellery of its ruler Karli I Anzhu and in today’s form according to Barleti, Tyranna (1505). This type is not st ... |
Guggenheim MuseumCountry: Spain
City: Bilbao
Designed by the North American architect Frank O. Gehry, this unique Museum built on a 32,500 square meter site in the center of Bilbao represents an amazing construction feat. On one side it runs down to the waterside of the Nervión River, 16 meters below the level of the rest of the city of Bilbao. One end is pierced through by the huge Puente de La Salve, one of the main access routes into the ... |
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