Kastellia is a town in Greece, in the municipal unit of Gravia, Phocis. It lies on the Lamia-Amfissa-Nafpaktos road, 40 km from the city of Lamia and 35 km from Amfissa. The town is in the foothills of the Giona and Oeta Mountains, southwest of the Boiotikos basin. Kastellia is served by the Bralos railway […]

Larissos (Greek: Λαρίσσος) is a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality West Achaea, of which it is a municipal unit. Its seat of administration was in the village Lappas, part of the community Metochi. The municipal unit was named after the river […]

The town of Manokwari is located right on the top of the Bird’s Head Peninsula in Papua, otherwise known as West New Guinea or West Irian. During World War II, Manokwari was the stronghold of the Japanese army against the Allied Forces and the US under the command of General MacArthur, who was headquartered at […]

Detail InformationEdit Ubud is a town on the Indonesian island of Bali in Ubud District, located amongst rice paddies and steep ravines in the central foothills of the Gianyar regency. One of Bali’s major arts and culture centres, it has developed a large tourism industry. Ubud has a population of about 30,000 people. Recently, it […]

Detail InformationEdit The Komodo National Park is a national park in Indonesia located within the Lesser Sunda Islands in the border region between the provinces of East Nusa Tenggara and West Nusa Tenggara. The park includes the three larger islands Komodo, Padar and Rincah, and 26 smaller ones, with a total area of 1,733 km² […]

Detail InformationEdit Chiquihuitillos is an archeological site located in the city and municipality of Mina in the Nuevo León State, México. In general throughout northeastern Mexico archaeological wealth is priceless. The site has impressive petroglyphs, is considered an important area in the regional context. Where there is nothing, in the heart of the desert, within […]

Ojocaliente is a medium-sized town in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. It is similar in appearance with Fresnillo, also having bright-colored houses and a park to serve as a sort of central ornament. It is called “Ojocaliente” (translation: hot eye) because there previously were small “ojos” of water (“Ojo” meaning “pond” or “pool”).The town of […]

Detail InformationEdit Mexico’s Tamayo Contemporary Art Museum (Spanish: Museo Tamayo de Arte Contemporáneo), located on Paseo de la Reforma, in Mexico City, was opened in 1981 as a repository for the collection that Rufino Tamayo and his wife Olga acquired during their lifetimes and ultimately gifted to the nation. The museum exhibits its collection of […]

Tepezala is a town in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes. It servs as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Tepezala.Tepezala is located on the foothills of the eastern mountains of the state, a land rich in minerals and arid in vegetation that was on the old Silver Route during the 16th century, which […]