Cannobio is a town and comune on Lago Maggiore in Piedmont, Italy. The local inhabitants probably became subject to Roman rule by the time of the emperor Augustus. Sarcophagi from the 2nd-3rd century CE have been found and conserved in the “Palazzo della Ragione”. Cannobio was named as a village by 1207, and was granted […]
Detail InformationEdit The Mausoleum of Hadrian, usually known as the Castel Sant’Angelo, is a towering cylindrical building in Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy. It was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family. The building was later used by the popes as a fortress and castle, and is now […]
Detail InformationEdit Su Nuraxi is a nuragic archaeological site in Barumini, Sardinia, Italy. It was inscribed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1997 as Su Nuraxi di Barumini. Su Nuraxi simply means “the nuraghe” in Campidanese, the southern variant of Sardinian. The complex is centred around a three-storey tower built around the […]
Detail InformationEdit Kashima Shrine is a shrine dedicated to the Shinto kami Takemikazuchi-no-mikoto, one of the patron deities of martial arts. Various dojo of kenjutsu and kendo sometimes display a kakejiku emblazoned with Kashima Taishin. The shrine is located in Kashima, Ibaraki and is the home of Kashima Shintō-ryū. During the New Year period, from […]
Detail InformationEdit The Okinawa Prefectural Museum (Okinawa kenritsu hakubutsukan bijutsukan) is a museum complex in the Omoro-machi area of Naha, the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. It opened in November 2007, and includes art, history, and natural history museums focusing specifically on Okinawan topics. The museum building, constructed largely of local Okinawan limestone, […]
Detail InformationEdit Hung Lau or Red House is a house in a farm in Pak Kok, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, near the Tun Mun Public Riding School, Butterfly Estate and Castle Peak. The house and the farm was where Dr. Sun Yat-sen planned to overthrow the Qing dynasty. It named after its appearance, red bricks […]
India /Maharashtra /Sindhudurg /Malvan Sindhudurg Fort is situated on Kurte Island, it lies half a km away from the Malvan Port in the Arabian Sea. Edit Detail InformationEdit One of the enduring symbols of Maharashtra’s rich historical past is the Sindhudurg Fort. The fort derives its name from the combination of two words, Sindhu meaning […]
India /Maharashtra /Sindhudurg /Achara The Achara Beach, situated at a distance of 15 km from Malvan. Edit Detail InformationEdit Achara beach is an enchantress of other beaches in Sindhudurg. In magnificent geographic combination the beautiful stretch of pristine shiny sand has given rise to equally alluring shallow blue water estuary that follows meandering course amidst […]
Detail InformationEdit The Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line , also known as the Trans-Tokyo Bay Highway, is a bridge-tunnel combination across Tokyo Bay in Japan. It connects the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture with the city of Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture, and forms part of National Route 409. With an overall length of 14 km, it […]
Destination Arctic Circle is the land of adventure and the combination of raw nature and cultural traditions brings you right to the heart of modern Greenland. Kangerlussuaq’s unique road to the ice sheet is the gateway to the World’s second largest glacier and the town is our base camp for dog sledding, fishing and the […]