Detail InformationEdit Chateau du Plessis-Bourre is a chateau in the Loire Valley in France, situated in the commune of Ecuille in the Maine-et-Loire department. Built in less than 5 years from 1468 to 1472 by Finance Minister Jean Bourre, the principal advisor to King Louis XI, the chateau has not been modified externally since its […]
This second largest city in French Guiana is in fact a border town located along the Maroni River close to the northwest boundary with Suriname. Formerly, a famous historic prisoner’s camp, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is a chosen point of departure for several eco-tourism circuits now being offered within these regions. Originally founded by the French in 1858, […]
Detail InformationEdit The Arc de Triomphe (Arc de Triomphe de lEtoile) is one of the most famous monuments in Paris. It stands in the Centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle (originally named Place de lEtoile), at the western end of the Champs-Elysees. There is a smaller arch, the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, which […]
Detail InformationEdit The royal Château de Chambord at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France, is one of the most recognizable châteaux in the World because of its very distinct French Renaissance architecture which blends traditional French medieval forms with classical Renaissance structures. The building, which was never completed, was constructed by King François I in part to be […]
Detail InformationEdit The Mogamma also spelled Mugamma is a government building in Cairo, Egypt. The Mogamma was the result of a series of master plans for the Qasr el Nil area (now Tahrir Square) which used to be occupied by the British Barracks. In 1947 when King Farouk ordered the demolition of the barracks upon […]
Tvøroyri lies picturesquely on the north side of the Trongisvágsfjørður (fjord) on the east coast of Suðuroy, Faroe Islands. The ferry Smyril M/F has 2-3 daily departures from Tórshavn, it calls at Krambatangi ferry port, which is located on the opposite side of the inlet. The trip from Tórshavn to Tvøroyri takes 2 hours. The […]
Detail InformationEdit Marda Loop is a Business Revitalization Zone (BRZ) in Calgary, Alberta, centred on 33rd and 34th Avenues SW between Crowchild Trail and 19th Street SW, and along Garrison Gate SW. It bisects the neighbourhoods of South Calgary and Altadore and is east of the community of Richmond. The area has become one of […]
Detail InformationEdit The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site is a historic building located in the borough of Lachine in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at the western end of the Lachine Canal. It is a National Historic Site of Canada. Beginning in the 17th century, voyageurs would launch their canoes from this location to transport […]
Detail InformationEdit The Western Canada Aviation Museum is a museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is the second largest aviation museum in Canada. The collection is housed in an original Trans-Canada Air Lines (today operating as Air Canada) hangar dating from the 1930s. A fully enclosed flight deck to watch the landings and takeoffs at […]
Fauquier-Strickland is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Cochrane District. The township had a population of 678 in the Canada 2001 Census. The three main communities in the township are Fauquier, Strickland, and Gregoires Mill. All are located along Highway 11 between Departure Lake and Moonbeam. The township was first […]