India /Maharashtra /Ratnagiri /Jaigad Ratnagiri Penninsula, Point of Shastri River entering the Arabian Sea, Ratnagiri, India. Edit Detail InformationEdit The meeting point of the river Shashtri and Arebian Sea is called as the creek of Jaigad. For the protection of this creek two forts were constructed, one is Vijaygad at the north direction and the […]
Detail InformationEdit The Zamość fortress was never conquered, neither by the Cossack Tartar army during Chmielnicki’s rising, nor by the Swedes during their invasion. The city was surrounded by a modern system of fortifications with bastions and three gates: the Lublin, Szczebrzeszyn and Lwów ones (in the 19th c. a fourth one was built, the […]
Detail InformationEdit El Principal atractivo de este pueblo lo constituye el mismo municipio, debido a la belleza y originalidad de su entramado urbano, que en elevada pendiente baja desde El Castillo adaptándose al curso del río, lo que le confiere una singular disposición con diferentes niveles de altura. En la parte baja los vecinos han […]
One of its attractions is La Albufera, a natural park created in 1988. The municipality of Alcúdia is one of the most beautiful places in the Balearic Islands. Virgin coves with crystal waters, surrounded by pinewoods; diverse fauna and environmentally-rich natural settings; archaeological sites and a delicious local cuisine are enough reasons to visit this […]
Bilbao is the heart of a metropolis where More than a million people live. It is the centre of the economic-social development and the main factor of the modernisation of the Bay of Biscay. The great architectural and infrastructure projects have been the driving force of the urban and economic regeneration of the city. The […]
Detail InformationEdit Jerusalem’s Church is one of the churches of the Evangelical Congregation in the Friedrichstadt, a member of the Protestant umbrella organisation Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia. The present church building is located in Berlin, borough Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, in the quarter of Friedrichstadt. Jerusalem’s Church is fourth in rank of the oldest oratories in […]
Detail InformationEdit The Berlin State Library is a national library in Berlin, Germany and a property of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. It is the largest and most important academic research library in the German speaking World. It collects texts, media and cultural works from all fields in all languages, from all time periods and […]
Saarlouis is a city in the Saarland, Germany, capital of the district of Saarlouis. Saarlouis, as the name implies, is located at the river Saar. It was built as a fortress in 1680 and named after Louis XIV of France. With the Treaties of Peace of Nijmegen in 1678/79, the Lorraine fell to France. In […]
Detail InformationEdit Königstein Fortress the “Saxon Bastille”, is a hilltop fortress near Dresden, in Saxon Switzerland, Germany, above the town of Königstein on the left bank of the River Elbe. It is one of the largest hilltop fortifications in Europe and sits atop the table hill of the same name. The 9.5 hectare rock plateau […]
While celebrating 1000 years of its existence in the year 2002, the town smiles down full of life from its rock plateau above the River Spree. Bautzen was settled as early as the 3rd century by East German tribes. They were followed in the 7th century by the Slavs and the first documented mention of […]