Also known as the common pigeon Crowned pigeon crowned or blue, Goura cristata is a member of the family Columbidae, being one of the most beautiful species of birds. The size of a hen, has bright feathers, turquoise, and fan shaped crest he always stays high. These extraordinary birds live in tropical forests of New Guinea, it does not fly and tend to live on earth, especially feeding on fallen fruit from trees....
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The hydraulic system of Shushtar is a hydraulic system of great historical importance, located in the Iranian Shushtar area. It was made in the 5th century BC, during the reign of Darius the Great. The hydraulic system is surrounded by magnificent buildings such as Salasel castle, which controls the tower Kolah-Farangi (which measures the level of water), dams, bridges, ponds and mills. UNESCO has decided to rank this site as a masterpiece of human genius....
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The history of the corida in Seville was built in the 18th century. Arena has a capacity of about 12,500 and is one of the most famous of all Spanish corrida. In the past, bull fights were held in the Plaza de San Francisco, an historic market hall near Seville. The first temporary wooden arena was built in 1730 near the current location of the Plaza de Toros. Arena was a rectangular shape as an advantage for the bulls, which they could withdraw in one corner. It was cataloged as ...
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Torre del Oro (Golden Tower) is a historic observation tower that was built in the early 13th century Moorish Almohad dynasty which dominated when the city Seville. Tower now hosting a museum ship and is a major tourist attraction in the capital Andalusia. Golden Tower is one of the most photographed attractions of the city and because has a location in the sight of all, even a large lakeside promenade near the historical center of town.
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CN Tower in Toronto, Canada is a telecommunications tower height of 553.33 meters. Since its completion in 1976, was the tallest structure in the world. It is a symbol of the city and annually attracts around two million foreign tourists.
It was built between 1973-1976. Its height is equivalent to a 181-story buildings. Has a glass floor with a strength of 5 tons. The main architect John Andrews, who worked with Webb, Zerafa, Menkes, Housde...
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Antarctica is the only continent where there doesn't live on the long term any member of the species on two legs. It is a very large area (14 million km2), larger even than Europe (~ 10 million km2).
It is also a land of no one. Following the Antarctic Treaty, signed in 1959, the territory south of latitude 60 in the southern hemisphere is open to scientific research and any military activity is prohibited there.
Virtually, no c...
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In Xinjiang, China there is a desert called Moguicheng or devil's town. Castles at Moguicheng produce strange sounds and nobody knows how it is possible that. If you get there on a hot day, besides the gentle breeze of air, you hear a noise that resembled the 10 million or 10 milionae bells that play the guitar very gentle a beautiful song....
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At an altitude of 4000 meters in the Bolivian Andes, the ruins of ancient settlements. Aymara natives legends say that Tiahuanaco was built in one night and some giant men, whites - Sons of the Sun - owned by an alien race that would be created and all the graphics from Nazca, Peru.
Tiahuanaco people settled on the Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca around 400 BC The main center has developed into a lively city, where many pyramids were built t...
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Tungus Meteorite, one of the unique phenomena of the twentieth century, fell into Siberian taiga on June 30, 1908, at 65 km and 500 km Vanavara settlement of Krasnoyarsk, near the Tunguska River Podkamennaia tributary of Eniseului. "Meteora" fly above the earth as a globe of fire with a bow and tail was seen on a vast territory. When the explosion, hundreds of kilomentri the epicenter could be heard as a thunder storm shock wave produced by explosion broke taigaua an are...
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Bermuda Triangle (also known as the the Devil's Triangle) is a triangular area bounded Atlantic ends by Miami, Bermuda and Puerto Rico. Legend has it that many people, boats and planes have mysteriously disappeared in this area. How many have disappeared, however, depend on who is doing the locating and counting. Triangle size varies from 500,000 square miles to three times more depending on the author's imagination. (Some include the Azores, the Gulf of Mexico and West Indies in ...
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Nazca desert is a plateau of about 100 km long and 8 km wide, on the coast of Peru, 400 km south of Lima. Sometime before the year 1000 BC, the Nazca Valley was inhabited by a population that has developed advanced methods of animal husbandry, which enabled its members to conduct an irrigation system, to improve their crops and territorial extension to farmers. Throughout the 1,500 years that followed, these people have become masters artisans in weaving, pottery, architectu...
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Tempio della Vittoria is a marble memorial that is near the barracks of Garibaldi. It was inaugurated on November 4, 1928 at the 10th anniversary of Vittorio Veneto - battle won by the Italians in World War. This monument commemorates war dead milanezii. Memorial has been cause for controversy from the early days of the project led by Giovanni Muzio in collaboration with his team consisting of CABI Ottavio, Alberto Novello and Gio Ponti Alpago.
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After the Duomo, Castello Sforzesco in Milan is the main tourist attraction because of the 12 mini-museums and other objects dating from the Paleolithic until 1950. Castle was the residence of the noble Visconti family since 1368 and later restored to splendor by page through restoration in Sforza family of aristocrats 1450s. The whole court was assembled here a few decades later when Ludovico 'we Moro' was regarded as one of the most refined people in Europe. Castle began to dete...
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Right in the heart of Milan, right between Duomo and La Scala Theatre, there is the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II built between 1860 and 1870. Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is another monument for King who unified Italy, as Rome Vittorio Emmanuele monument is enormous. May be called the shopping mall, but is very stylish. Found very high ceiling is made of iron and glass domes.
Gallery was designed by Giuseppe Megnoni who unfortunately...
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In the Plaza de la Moncola, near Park Oeste even near the center of town, there is a big triumphal arch, Arco de la Victoria - Victoria acre.
Arch seems older than it really is. Franco the dictator built in 1956 as a tribute to his nationalist army that defeated the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Arco de la Victoria is known as the Puerta de Moncloa, a name that is preferred by those who no longer wish to remember the...
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Bruges City Centre is part of UNESCO heritage. Historical city center has been carefully built since the Middle Ages and is remarkably preserved today. The city can tell their own story through all the monuments, churches, historic buildings and markets. Bruges site is an example of medieval settlement, which has preserved original buildings of centuries, and Gothic buildings are part of the city identity. As one of the commercial and cultural capitals of Europe, Brugge developed ...
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Art History Museum (Kunsthistorisches Museum), hosted by a building on the Ring Boulevard which resembles a palace is one of the most important museums of art and decorative art in the world. The building is located is itself a tourist attraction.
The museum is visited by over 600,000 people annually. The museum was built, like other museums in Vienna to house the huge collection of artifacts of the Habsburgs. Kunsthistorisches Museu...
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Toronto is located on the north bank of the river Ontario. The tallest CNTower in the world is located here in this magnificent city. Its reflection in the lake is unmistakable and simply amazing. Around the tower there is a collection of skyscrapers, which leave space for residential areas, parks and green spaces.
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Santorini Island is located in the Aegean Sea, and is the southernmost of the Cyclades islands. The capital of the island is Fira port town, which impresses through narrow streets, traditional tavernas, shops perched on rocky slopes, but also wonderful beaches and crystal-clear sea water.
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Pretoria, also called the Jacaranda City because of trees that color mauve purple summer the city is studded with parks and gardens, the residential streets and imposing public buildings.
Transval Museum has exhibits of natural history and hosting it on Mr. Plese, australopiteca fossil found at Sterkfontein, the cradle of humanity. University Mapungubwe Museum holds artifacts from the Iron Age, rhino gold, gold scepter, gold ornament...
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Torture Museum in Rome is located in an old prison and was reopened to the public in 1994. Objects are displayed chronologically, from medieval devices to the "modern" ones. The museum is among the few in the world presenting a history of torture and crime.
Among the museum's best pieces is the "bull of fire". This instrument of torture was conceived in the sixth century before Christ for the Sicilian tyrant Falaride. That is why this tool is al...
Victoria Falls lies on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia. The locals call it Mosi-oa-Tunya = thundering smoke, caused by spraying water due to fog, mist which rises to over 30 meters were observed at distances greater than 30 km. Cataracts fall into the Zambezi river from a height of 110 m, but Victoria is the largest waterfall in the world, due to its width of 1708 m. Some say that, in competition with the pyramids of Egypt, with Safari in Kenya and other wonders, Nia...
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Gladiatori-Palazzo Hotel Manfredi has 17 rooms. But the hotel has all types of rooms, from Family Room to a Suite. Hotel Gladiatori Palazzo Manfredi is a five-star luxury hotel and offers comfort and a wide range of facilities including: Restaurant, Room Service, Bar, 24/24h, Newspapers, Non-Smoking Rooms, Business Centre, Laundry, Office of Small Breakfast Room, totally non-smoking, TV, air conditioning, satellite television. It is located in Rome on Via Labicana 125 Street in the south-east...
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A large pre-Columbian archaeological site built by the Maya civilization, Chichen Itza is located in the north-center of the Yucatan peninsula, in Yucatan State, Mexico.
At the end of the nineteenth century archaeologist Edward Herbert Thompson discovered in northern Mexican Yucatan Peninsula, a ruined town covered with vegetation. Chichen Itza is the name of pre-Columbian settlement, meaning "wells in Itza 'Maya language. The ruins found...
Temple of Athena in Greece, was built in dry Partheon. 5th BC Acropolis hill. This is the most important surviving building of Classical Greece, generally considered to have helped the development of Greece. Its decorative sculptures are considered one of the high points of Greek architecture. Partheon is regarded as a lasting symbol of ancient Greece and Athenian democracy and one of the greatest cultural monuments. Ministry of Culture of Greece currently performing a program of ...
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The Syrian desert Palmyra is hidden, often described as "bride of the desert." "Oasis", as it is sometimes called, is located near a hot spring called Afga, which makes this place an ideal stop those traveling between Iraq and Al-Sham.
Palmyra, strategic location and prosperity, has attracted the interest of the Romans, who took over the city. Destiny largest kingdom, Palmyra, was better than that of their queen, Zenobia, she was beaten a...
Tikal is one of the largest archaeological sites and urban centers in pre-Columbian, Mayan civilization. It is located in the archaeological region of Peten, Guatemala in the north basin. This amazing site is part of the Tikal National Park and in 1979 was declared World Heritage by UNESCO.
Tikal was one of the most important cultural centers and the population of Maya civilization. Though monumental architecture dates from IV century...
One of the greatest works of Roman architecture and probably the world's most renowned ruin is the Roman Colosseum or Coliseum - is an elliptical amphitheater in downtown Rome (Italy), the largest ever built in the Roman Empire.
50,000 seats Colosseum was built for gladiatorial fights and public spectacles. Other public events: the greatest fighting game in the world, hunt animals, executions, famous battles. It is said that the Coliseum over 500,000 people ...
Ayutthaya, whose name means "invincible" in Sanskrit, is not as popular as Bangkok, Chiang Mai or Phuket, but is one of the most visited tourist spots in Thailand.
In his youth, Ayutthaya was an international metropolis at that time competing with famous European capitals. It was a prosperous kingdom neighbor Burma (Myamar Today's) coveted by them, so the Burmese army attacked and burned the town. Today, only remnants of the empire remained as part of wh...
Palenque ruins are among the most important Mayan archaeological sites in Mexico and Central America. Located on a terrace overlooking the coastal plain of the Gulf of Mexico, Palenque is lost in the dense rainforest at the foot Tumble in Chiapas, Mexico.
Although analysis shows that the ceramic stones was occupied in the year 100 BC most of the buildings that we see today were built between VI-X century. Highest prince of the city-state was tricked, who took powe...
At about 90 km south of Bagdhad is Babylon ruins, the original name "Bab-ili" can be translated as "Gate of gods". Babylon, one of the most famous cities of antiquity, for refinement, beauty and splendor. In the classical,
Babylon talked about the city walls with wonder and admiration, while in "Hanging Garden"
has been one of the seven wonders of the world....
The most famous of all the ruins, seems to be suspended between two mountains and is often lost in the fog. It can be seen below the Urubamba Valley and is an enchanting place, especially since the Incas had not heard of the "wheel" when they built it. Machu Picchu was built in the mid-fifteenth century, but since its existence was not recorded by the Spanish conquerors, who occupied the place in 1530, nobody knows really what was the purpose of its construction. Many of the ruins i...
The Castle of Tornano, set among the rolling hills in the heart of Chianti Classico, is mentioned by a few books of medieval history from the eleventh century. We recall in particular the exploits of Guarnellotto Mezzolombardi among the first lord of the fortress, and the stubborn resistance that was able to impose the emperor Frederick Barbarossa. This imposing structure has been a witness of so many intrigues, battles, conspiracies and accomplice in many adventures underground du...
The National Park Torres del Paine is a national park of Chile located between the Andes and the Patagonian steppe. Administratively, it belongs to the XII Region of Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic Region and the province of Ultima Esperanza
Covering an area of 181 414 hectares (242 ha or 242 depending on sources), the park was created May 13, 1959. It was declared a biosphere reserve, 28 April 1978 by UNESCO.
This park is managed by a state agency in Chile,...
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