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The castles Province of Potenza
Avigliano-Lagopesole: While Melfi Castle is the most famous, Lagopesole Castle remains the most magical. You can still feel the spirit of the great Swabian Emperor Frederick II. It is supposed to be the last...
THE BANGWEULU SWAMPS.
The Great Bangweulu Basin, incorporating the vast Bangweulu Lake and a massive wetland area lies in a shallow depression in the centre of an ancient cratonic platform, the North Zambian Plateau. The basin is...
National Parks and Nature Reserves
Although much of the present Kruger National Park was already a game reserve as early as 1898, the National Parks Board as a statutory body was only established in 1926. Other national parks followed:...
Spinalonga
This rocky island is located at the north – west opening of the Elounda Gulf. In 1954, for reasons unknown, the island, by decree, was re-named “KALIDON”. The fortress, which already existed in ancient...
Rustenburg
Rustenburg is a city of around 400,000 inhabitants, located in the North West Province of South Africa. Officially founded in 1851, Rustenburg is one of the oldest towns in this part of the world....
Qutub Minar
The Qutub Minar was built by Sultan Qutub-ud-din Aibak. The work started in 1192, and was completed by his successor lltutmish. It is 72.5 meters tall, and to reach the top, one would have...
Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth, or just PE as it often is called locally, is located some 770 kilometers (480 miles) east of Cape Town at the end of the picturesque Garden Route. The city is one...
Olous – The sunken city
"Olous" was considered one of the most important towns of Crete. Olous, the history of which is discovered by different inscriptions, flourished, specially, during the minoan era , is mentioned the treaty of friendship...
LOCHINVAR NATIONAL PARK
Lochinvar, although not abundant in the larger mammals, is nonetheless a park of exceptional beauty and outstanding birding opportunities with over 420 recorded species in it's 428 square kilometers.
The Park is situated on the...
National Museum of China
National Museum of China is in the original Museum of Chinese History and the Museum of the Chinese Revolution formed the basis, February 28, 2003 set up, is being expanded.
Formerly the Museum of Chinese...
Lights and art in two beautiful towns
The town ancient Italian capitals, Turin (from 1861 to 1865) and Salerno (from 10th February to 15th July 1944), have established a bright artistic twinning becoming the towns of art and lights. Nights have...
LAKE KARIBA
Although the building of the Kariba Dam was surrounded by controversy, both environmentally and socially, it is an impressive monument to man’s engineering expertise. The massive valley, which now forms Lake Kariba has survived,...
Kronborg Castle is Hamlets Castle
Kronborg Castle or Hamlets Castle - immortalised by Shakespeare - is situated at Helsingør or "Elsinore" and built by King Frederik II in 1574-84 (King from 1559-1588 – ruled Denmark and Norway). After the...
Kashmir – A Glimpse of Heaven
“Kashmir-Only Kashmir!” Such were the last words, the dying wish of one of the most majestic of the Great Moghuls. On his return to the land of his heart, on his way to the...
