Saint-Lô is a commune in north-western France, the capital of the Manche department in Normandy. Originally called Briovère (meaning “Bridge on the Vire River” in Gaulish), the town is built on and around ramparts. Originally it was a Gaul fortified settlement. The name “Saint-Lô”, known since the 8th century, originates from Saint Laud, bishop of […]
Crozon is a commune in the Finistere department of Brittany in north-western France. Crozon is located on the Crozon peninsula on the west coast of Finistere. It is bordered by the communes of Camaret-sur-Mer to the west, Roscanvel to the northwest, Lanvéoc to the north, Landevennec to the north-east and Telgruc-sur-Mer to the east. Crozon […]
Gergovie is a French village in the commune of La Roche-Blanche in the Puy-de-Dôme département, a few kilometres south of Clermont-Ferrand. It is situated at the foot of the Gergovie plateau, the official but disputed site of the Battle of Gergovia, where near to the Arverni oppidum of Nemossos (a sacred wood, in Gaulish) the […]
Detail InformationEdit The Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ De Mars in Paris, named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Erected in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World’s Fair, it has become both a global cultural icon of France and one […]
Detail InformationEdit Mäntyniemi is one of the three official residences of the President of Finland besides the Presidential Palace and Kultaranta. Mäntyniemi was finished in 1993. Four Finnish presidents have lived there: Mauno Koivisto, Martti Ahtisaari, Tarja Halonen, and the incumbent Sauli Niinistö. Interior design, the textiles, furnishings, tableware and other items were designed specifically […]
India /Jammu and Kashmir /Rajauri /Rajauri There are numerous sightseeing attractions and most popular among them are Panj Pir and Lal Bauli. Travellers planning a trip to the district of Rajouri must visit the Panj Pir shrine which is popular as the resting place of five saints and their sister. This site is visited by […]
India /Himachal Pradesh /Solan /Parwanoo Parwanoo is a town in the district of Solan in the state of Himachal Pradesh. The town is located near the borders of the state of Haryana. The hill station is a good place to visit during the summer to escape the heat of the mainland. The town is a […]
Florencia is a municipality and city in the Ciego de Ávila Province of Cuba. It is located in the western part of the province, south of Chambas. This municipality merged in 1976 as result of the new political and administrative division of Cuba. Florencia was formerly the barrios of Guadalupe, Tamarindo and Marroquí which were […]
Crikvenica is the largest settlement on the coast of the Vinodol coastal area, Croatia, and grew up on an area which was a settlement in the Roman era (a military base) called Ad Turres. Population 7,121 (2001), total municipality population 11,348 with 90% Croats (2001). It is situated at the Adriatic coast, near Rijeka, the […]
India /Rajasthan /Sawai Madhopur /Sawai Madhopur Sawai Madhopur is a city that is located in the state of in the Sawai Madhopur district. The area is the home of the famous and also the Ranthambhor Fortress. The fortress is located inside the boundaries of the park itself and it is an important tourist destination in […]