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Paola

Paola

Paola - The Best Places to Visit in Calabria, Italy

Paola, a town in Calabria (province of Cosenza ) is known for being the birthplace of St. Francis of Paola, the only saint born in Calabria. March 27th marked the birthday of St. Francis, and April 2 the day of his death and the day of the canonization of a saint. Note the day of St. Francis from 1 to 4 May, these days is a procession that is identical to the sea and land, where is a bust and a cloak of the saint. According to the...

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Belvedere Marittimo

Belvedere Marittimo

Belvedere Marittimo - The Best Places to Visit in Calabria, Italy

Belvedere Marittimo is a town in Calabria (province of Cosenza ). The city is divided into two parts: the medieval city on a hill, a hill at the foot of Marina di Belvedere – a resort town on the coast. In the medieval part of town is the Norman castle which was rebuilt by Ferdinando I of Aragon in 1490. From the castle there are two round towers. The oldest church building of the city is Rosario, built in 1091. The city is th...

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Civita

Civita

Civita - The Best Places to Visit in Calabria, Italy

Civita is an Albanian village in Calabria (province of Cosenza ), also known as the Devil's Bridge Village. In 1467 this place was founded by the Greek-Albanian village on the ruins of more ancient settlements, destroyed during the wars with the Saracens. This place was chosen simply for the fact that it is only a road through the gorge, so that the local residents could protect their homes against the attacks. The first bridge wa...

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Croton

Croton

Croton - The Best Places to Visit in Calabria, Italy

Croton is a town in Calabria on the Ionian Sea, founded by the Greeks in the VIII BC. According to the legend, the city was founded on the advice of the Delphic oracle, and its name the old Croton was in honor of the king's son Aeacus of Aegina Island - Croton.   The glory and the fame of the city grew rapidly, the cause is the healthy climate, the beauty...

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Cosenza

Cosenza

Cosenza - The Best Places to Visit in Calabria, Italy

  Description The city of Cosenza in Calabria is the capital of the province of Cosenza, an ancient Italic tribe called it the city of the gross. Cosenza is one of the oldest towns in Calabria. Because of the cultural past Cosenza was called the "Athens of Calabria". Here is an art academy (second in ...

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Altomonte

Altomonte

Altomonte - The Best Places to Visit in Calabria, Italy

Altomonte town in Calabria (province of Cosenza ), is part of the club of , "The most beautiful towns in Italy" . Altomonte is located on a hill surrounded by beautiful trees. Pliny the Elder mentioned this place, which was then called Balbi, for the fine wine produced here. Later the city moved closer to the river, and the site of the ancient ruins of the Balbi were a Roman villa in I BC. The...

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Amantea

Amantea

Amantea - The Best Places to Visit in Calabria, Italy

Amantea is a town in Calabria (province of Cosenza ), part of the most beautiful cities of Italy . This is a tourist town with many commercial and social centers near the Tyrrhenian coast. Most likely at the site of where Amantea today is was a Greek settlement. Later, Amantea, like the rest of Calabria, was Byzantine. The city, which was then called Nepetiya was a fortress. In the VII Nepetiyu was conquered by the Arabs. The city ...

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Scilla

Scilla

Scilla - The Best Places to Visit in Calabria, Italy

Scilla is a beautiful resort in southern Italy. Scilla, a city in southern Italy, has to be in the shadow of a myth throughout its existence. The famous poem of Homer's Odyssey where the hero has passed on the way the two monsters is Scilla which served as the advertising and the eternal city and eternal damnation. After all, who wants apple to the monster? But not really all that bad. Scilla is not the worst option to ...

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Tropea

Tropea

Tropea - The Best Places to Visit in Calabria, Italy

Tropea is a seaside resort located in the Calabria region of Italy, in the province of Vibo Valentia. The city is known for its many beaches which attract many tourists in summer. Tropea is situated on a reef in the Gulf of St. Euphemia and it is related to the Tyrrhenian Sea. Tropea is one of the most beautiful towns in Calabria, the pearl of the Tyrrhenian coast. Its story began during the Roman republic,...

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Reggio di Calabria

Reggio di Calabria

Reggio di Calabria - The Best Places to Visit in Calabria, Italy

Reggio di Calabria is the largest and the oldest city in Calabria, renowned for its incredible panoramic views. Nature has kept the unusual beauty of the places of Calabria, which itself is often destroyed. Reggio Calabria is one of the ancient Greek colonies founded in the VIII century BC. Reggio was a very important Greek city in the VI-V centuries. It was founded by one of the most important philosoph...

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Catanzaro

Catanzaro

Catanzaro - The Best Places to Visit in Calabria, Italy

The coasts of the Tyrrhenian and the Ionian seas are very different from each other. The western (Tyrrhenian) coast described the adventures of Odysseus in Homer, also picturesque is its eastern neighbor based on the Ionian Sea. The beaches in the east are careful and extensive only occasionally interrupted by gently sloping hills. The other side of Calabria, which looks towards Sicily and the coast line is much more diverse in the north region, near the cities ...

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The Rundale Palace

The Rundale Palace

The Rundale Palace - The Best Places to Visit in Latvia

The Rundale Palace (Rundāles pils) is the most famous and probably the most beautiful palace complex in Latvia. The Rundale Palace is located in the southern part of Latvia on the fertile plain of Zemgale, twelve kilometers from Bauska, in the Pilsrundale village. The ensemble of the Rundale Palace is one of the most outstanding monuments of Baroque and Rococo architecture in Latvia and it was built in the period from 1736 to 1740 as...

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Anglona Basilica

Anglona Basilica

Anglona Basilica - The Best Places to Visit in Latvia

Aglona Basilica was built in late Baroque style and it is decorated with two towers about 60 meters. Every year on August 15 pilgrims come to Anglona Basilica to celebrate the ascension into heaven of the Virgin Mary. This is one of the most famous holy places in the world. Cruciform vaults, arches, columns, elements of the Rococo richly decorate the interior of the building. ...

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Tukums

Tukums

Tukums - The Best Places to Visit in Latvia

The ancient city of Tukums is situated on the way from Riga to Ventspils. There remained a number of very significant architectural and historical monuments. The main square, Brivibas served urban markets for more than 600 years old. Traders flocked from miles around and even from Riga. Now the area has become a favorite vacation spot of locals and tourists. The Castle Tower is the only thing that remains ...

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Kuldiga

Kuldiga

Kuldiga - The Best Places to Visit in Latvia

THE HISTORIC CENTER KULDIGA   Kuldiga is a small attractive town in the Kurzeme region, it is the place where the poets sang all the time and the artists carried on their canvases. Formed in the 17-18 centuries, the center of the city still keeps the old wooden buildings forming small and narrow streets. Now the old town Kuldiga and the red brick brid...

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Daugavpils

Daugavpils

Daugavpils - The Best Places to Visit in Latvia

Daugavpils is the second largest city of Latvia. It is located 200 km from Riga on the banks of the Daugava River on the border with Lithuania and Belarus. The story begins in 1275 when one of the Teutonic Knights built the Dinaburg castle. It was restored in the 19th century. Now it is the only castle in the Baltics, which remained without significant changes. The Contemporary Ensemble creates as home the fortress of buildings in ...

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Ventspils

Ventspils

Ventspils - The Best Places to Visit in Latvia

Ventspils is Latvia's largest port and a popular holiday destination on the coast. It was the very first Ventspils beach in Latvia receiving the coveted blue flag showing that followed all the rules and the beach meets all EU standards. There is a seaside park, a playground and a water park. Among the architectural monuments of interest in Ventspils Livonian Order Castle is now the Historical Museum which are also worth visiting as t...

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Vidzeme

Vidzeme

Vidzeme - The Best Places to Visit in Latvia

In the north Latvia borders with Estonia and opens a kaleidoscope of legends of castles, cities and rivers that hold the key to the country's history. Juicy and green (like the rest of the territory of Latvia) - this is its heart, forming the Latvian identity and shaped the modern nation-state of Latvia. Educated and talented thinkers presented legacy of each of the successive tunings to create a true spirit of Latvia. Here follows a...

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Liepaja

Liepaja

Liepaja - The Best Places to Visit in Latvia

Liepaja is an ancient city on the east coast of the Baltic Sea between the sea and the Liepajas Lake. People live here for over 750 years. Liepaja is a musical and a cultural city. Walking along the labyrinths of the Northern forts in the light of torches, it opens a beautiful architecture of the Military Port (Karosta) or exoticism of the former prison, you can inspect the building in the Art Nouveau style in the city center and ...

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Jurmala

Jurmala

Jurmala - The Best Places to Visit in Latvia

Jurmala is the largest seaside resort in the Baltic countries with a long history. The resort town is located 25 km from the capital of Riga and 15 km from Riga International Airport. Jurmala is proud of its unique natural resources, healing mineral waters and peat mud, pine forests, a favorable climate for the health of coastal, dunes and beach, stretching for 32.8 miles. The beach is covered with white q...

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Riga

Riga

Riga - The Best Places to Visit in Latvia

Riga is one of the largest cities in the Baltic Sea. It is not only geographically, but also at cultural crossroads - there your soul may find rest, entertainment and an unforgettable experience for the tourists from the East and the West. No wonder that Riga was declared the European Capital of Culture in 2014. Riga is the purpose of the close of any European city. Riga is easily accessible from the UK a...

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Somalia

Somalia

Somalia - The Poorest Countries in the World

Somalia's GDP per capital is of 600 dollars. Inflation in the country exceeds 100% for several years now. The industry employs only 6% of the population and it is suitable for agricultural use. Only 12% of the country is cultivated and even less - 5%. The financial system collapsed. By the way, the currency was devalued several times. Most kids dream of becoming pirates: this is the only way to get a lot of money.  ...

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The Verman Garden

The Verman Garden

The Verman Garden - The Best Places to Visit in Riga

The Verman Garden was one of the first public gardens created in the 19th century. The Garden is located in the heart of Riga's streets between Cr.Baron, Terbatas and Elizabetes. The park was officially opened on June 8, 1817. Originally the area was 8 hectares of the park. Now the park has the area of 5 ha. The City has given Anna Gertrud Woermann, a part of the park with exotic trees, a rose garden and a restaurant. Initially, there was a fence around the par...

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The Convent Court

The Convent Court

The Convent Court - The Best Places to Visit in Riga

The Convent Court has its origins in the first half of the 13th century, when the Order of the Sword built a castle on the site of the Order. Rigans destroyed this castle in 1297. When the Order began the construction of a new residence in 1330 on the banks of the Daugava River, the former castle suffered the Convent of the Holy Spirit founded an orphanage. From him and then went the current name Convent Court. Since 1554 in the courtyard of the Convent were onl...

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Arc de Triomphe or the Aleksandrov Gates

Arc de Triomphe or the Aleksandrov Gates

Arc de Triomphe or the Aleksandrov Gates - The Best Places to Visit in Riga

Arc de Triomphe or the Aleksandrov gates are in the park Viesturs. This is the only triumphal arch in Latvia. The author is ID Gottfried. The arch is made after the example of the Roman triumphal arch. It was built in 1817 at the end of Alexander Street (today Brivibas Street) near the air-bridge. The Arch was built in honor of the victory over Napoleon in 1812. The height of the arch is of 10.1 meters, the width is of 9.7 meters, the width of the carriageway...

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The Swedish Gate

The Swedish Gate

The Swedish Gate - The Best Places to Visit in Riga

The Swedish Gate is the only gate of Riga, which has been preserved to this day. The gate is located on Tornya street 11. The gate was built in 1698 to connect the inner city to the barracks and the houses outside the city walls. As well as the rest of the gates of Riga, it is opened at dawn and closed at sunset. The Swedish gate was built in the building of the street as medieval Riga towers – the Tower Jurgen, in the docum...

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The Church of St. Gertrude

The Church of St. Gertrude

The Church of St. Gertrude - The Best Places to Visit in Riga

The current building of the old church of St.Gertrude was built in 1864 - 1866's by the architect C. Felsko. This is a typical example of eclecticism expressed in neo-Gothic forms. In the external appearance of the church there is a vertical dominance. The decorative turrets that adorn the stepped gable turrets and spiers of the footboard confirm this. The tower of the church with a step-declining volume, the height of 63 meters is cov...

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St. John's Lutheran Church, Riga

St. John's Lutheran Church, Riga

St. John's Lutheran Church, Riga - The Best Places to Visit in Riga

Originally on the site of the Church of St. John was a monastery founded by the Dominicans in 1234 and named after St. John the Baptist. After numerous surgeries, around 1500 the church acquired its present appearance - with a high Gothic stepped gable, a gable roof and a small turret. In 1523 the town hall at the Dominican Convent selected. Latvian parish acquired in the property in 1582.However, a small Lutheran parish church of the ...

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TV Tower, Riga

TV Tower, Riga

TV Tower, Riga - The Best Places to Visit in Riga

The height of the TV tower is of 368 meters. It is one of the ten tallest TV towers in the world and the third in Europe. The observation deck is located at a height of 97 meters, from where you can see the center of Riga, Pardaugava, Riga HPP, and in fine weather, even the Gulf of Riga, the ships in it, and the highest point of Sigulda. The tower was designed by the Georgian architect Nikuradse. Zakyusale began broadcasting in 1986. For the first time the n...

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The Riga Circus

The Riga Circus

The Riga Circus - The Best Places to Visit in Riga

In 1880 the land on which the circus is now and its property were acquired by a well-known circus performer - Albert Salamonsky. Every summer, he came to Riga to deliver on its site a tent and show the program in which he took part. However, the tent was small and Salamonsky decided to build a stone building. The current building was constructed in the circus in 1888 by the architect Frederick John Baumanis. The Circus bu...

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The Parliament Building ( Seimas)

The Parliament Building ( Seimas)

The Parliament Building ( Seimas) - The Best Places to Visit in Riga

The building of the Seimas (Parliament) of Republic of Latvia was built in 1867 as the Vidzeme Knighthood house designed by the architect Robert Pflug and the first academically educated Latvian architect Janis Baumanis. The architecture of the building of the House of Knights was focused on the Florentine Renaissance palaces. In 1900 - 1903 the Knight's house greatly expanded the project Common Q. Neumann having a new wing on the...

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St. Jacob Cathedral

St. Jacob Cathedral

St. Jacob Cathedral - The Best Places to Visit in Riga

The Cathedral of St. Jacob was built in the early 13th century and it is the smallest of the churches of Old Riga. At first it was outside the city walls. The Cathedral burned, was rebuilt, reconstructed and completed several times. From the original appearance of the church it is best that the altar room has survived. In the 15th century, the tower clock appeared, the mechanism of which was outside of the tower under the small roof....

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The Powder Tower

The Powder Tower

It is not known when the Powder Tower was built. The very name of the tower - Powder, too, appeared later. It is possible that the first tower on the site for protection has been built in the 13th century. The place for the first time in papers was mentioned in the 14th century under the name of Sand Tower. The current tower was built at the turn of 15 - 16 centuries and was built to protect against bullet ...

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The Powder Tower

The Powder Tower

The Powder Tower - The Best Places to Visit in Riga

It is not known when the Powder Tower was built. The very name of the tower - Powder, too, appeared later. It is possible that the first tower on the site for protection has been built in the 13th century. The place for the first time in papers was mentioned in the 14th century under the name of Sand Tower. The current tower was built at the turn of 15 - 16 centuries and was built to protect against bullet ...

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The Cat House

The Cat House

The Cat House - The Best Places to Visit in Riga

Built by the architect F. Shefel, the Cat House is located on the square in front of Liv Great Guild on Meistaru 10 street. The building is well-known for the fact that there are two metal cats on the roof of the house. In 1910 this house as a residential and office building, was constructed by a rich Latvian merchant, who was not admitted to the Great Guild. The merchant was very upset and on the roof of his house two cats put , th...

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