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Paro Taktsang or Taktsang Palphug Monastery (also known as The Tiger's Nest) is a Buddhist sacred site and temple complex in Paro valley in Kingdom of Bhutan. The monastery ...
Aug. 26, 2011
Saint-Honorat and Saint-Marguerite islands form the Iles de Lérins archipelago off the bay of Cannes, about a mile off shore from French Riviera town of Cannes. Saint-Honorat is the smallest ...
Aug. 26, 2011
Cappadocia or Kapadokya is a land with unique, almost surreal, alien-like landscape in Nevşehir Province, central Anatolia, Turkey. Fairy chimneys and churches cut out in soft rock formations, intricate systems ...
Aug. 26, 2011
The Valley of the Kings is an actual valley located in Upper (southern) Egypt. The valley is located on the west bank of the River Nile, opposite the city of ...
Aug. 26, 2011
The Temple Mount (known in the bible as Mount Zion or Mount Moriah and by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary) is located in Jerusalem, Israel. The first Temple was built ...
Aug. 26, 2011
Montepulciano is a medieval and hill town in the province of Siena in southern Tuscany (Italy). Montepulciano is located on a high limestone ridge at the altitude of 1985 ft ...
Aug. 26, 2011
Itsukushima Shrine (Itsukushima-jinja) is a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (or Miyajima as people call it) in the city of Hatsukaichi in Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. The shrine ...
Aug. 27, 2011
Kinkaku-ji (Temple of the Golden Pavilion), also known as Rokuon-ji (Deer Garden Temple) is a Zen Buddhist temple located in Kyoto, Japan (Kyoto was the capital of Japan from 794 ...
Aug. 26, 2011
The Cusco Cathedral or Cathedral of Santo Domingo is located in Cusco (Cuzco or Qosqo) a historic city in southeastern Peru, about an hour flight from Lima. The city is ...
Aug. 26, 2011
San Gimignano is a small (population is about eight thousands people) medieval town in the province of Siena, Tuscany (Italy). San Gimignano is located on one of the hills (1096f ...
Aug. 26, 2011
Wu Yueh is the collective name given to five sacred mountains of Taoism - one of three main religions of China together with Confucianism and Buddhism. These mountains are: Tai Shan ...
Aug. 27, 2011
Carcassonne is a French town in the Aude department in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon. There are two distinctive parts of the town: (1) the fortified La Cite de Carcassonne and ...
Aug. 26, 2011
The fortress of Montségur is located in the department of Ariege at the foothills of the Pyrenees, 12 miles (19 km) south from the town of Lavelanet. It was built ...
Aug. 27, 2011
When you travel in France, one of the places to see is the Abbey of Cluny. It is a Benedictine monastery in the town of Cluny, department of Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy ...
Aug. 27, 2011
San Galgano Abbey (Abbazia di San Galgano) is located about 19 miles (30 kilometers) west of Siena, near the border with the province of Grosseto and two small villages Monticiano ...
Aug. 26, 2011
Masada means fortress. It is built on an stand-along rock plateau in the South District of Israel approximately 11.2 miles (18 km) south of En Gedi and 7.5 ...
Aug. 27, 2011
The Sümela Monastery (Sümela Manastırı in Turkish and also known as Meryemana since it was dedicated to the Virgin Mary) at Melá mountain is a Greek Orthodox monastery. It stands ...
Aug. 26, 2011
1,100 year-old Armenian Church of the Holy Cross or Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross is located on Akdamar Island (also known as Akhtamar). The island is the second ...
Aug. 27, 2011
All Saints' Church or "Castle Church" (Schlosskirche), sometimes called the Reformation Memorial Church, is a Lutheran church in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany. All Saints' Church was built between 1490 and 1511 ...
Aug. 27, 2011
Mount Athos, the oldest monastic republic, was created in 963 AD. Nowadays Mount Athos political status is the Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain. It is located on the ...
Aug. 27, 2011
