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Visit Valletta, Malta (UNESCO site)
Valletta is the capital of Malta, colloquially known as Il-Belt (The City) in Maltese. It is located in the central-eastern portion of the island of Malta. Valletta contains buildings from the 16th century onwards, built during the rule of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, also known as Knights Hospitaller. The city is essentially Baroque in character, with elements... -
See Valley de los Ingenios, Cuba (UNESCO site)
Valle de los Ingenios, Valley de los Ingenios or Valley of the Sugar Mills is a series of three interconnected valleys about 12 kilometres (7 miles) outside of Trinidad, Cuba. The three valleys, San Luis, Santa Rosa and Meyer, were a centre for sugar production from the late 18th century until the late 19th century. At the peak of the industry in Cuba there were over ... -
Explore Valley of Geysers, Kamchatka, Russia (UNESCO site)
The Valley of Geysers is a geyser field on Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, and has the second largest concentration of geysers in the world. This 6 km long basin with approximately ninety geysers and many hot springs is situated on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East, predominantly on the left bank of the ever-deepening Geysernaya River, into which geothermal... -
Visit Valley of the Temples (Agrigento), Italy (UNESCO site)
The Valle dei Templi (Valley of the Temples) is an archaeological site in Agrigento, Sicily, southern Italy. It is one of the most outstanding examples of Greater Greece art and architecture, and is one of the main attractions of Sicily as well as a national monument of Italy. The area was included in the UNESCO Heritage Site list in 1997. Much of the excavation and r... -
Visit Valongo Wharf, Rio de Janeiro (UNESCO Site)
The Valongo Wharf is an old dock located in the port area of Rio de Janeiro, between the current Coelho e Castro and Sacadura Cabral streets. Built in 1811, it was the site of landing and trading of African slaves until 1831, with the ban on the transatlantic slave trade (but clandestine trade continued until 1888). During the twenty years of its operation, between 50... -
Visit Valparaíso, Chile (UNESCO site)
Valparaíso is one of the Chile's most important seaports and an increasing cultural center in the Southwest Pacific hemisphere. Valparaíso played an important geopolitical role in the second half of the 19th century, when the city served as a major stopover for ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by crossing the Straits of Magellan. A... -
Visit Vamana Temple, India (UNESCO site)
Vamana temple is a Hindu mandir dedicated to Vamana, an incarnation of the deity Vishnu. Vamana (Devanagari: वामन, IAST: Vāmana) is described in the Puranic texts of Hinduism as the Fifth Avatar of Vishnu, and the first incarnation of the Second Age, or the Treta yuga. He is the first Avatar of Vishnu which appears with a completely human form, though it was that of a... -
Visit Van Nelle Factory, Rotterdam, Netherlands (UNESCO Site)
The former Van Nelle Factory (Dutch:Van Nellefabriek) on the Schie river in Rotterdam, is considered a prime example of the International Style. The buildings were designed by architect Leendert van der Vlugt from the Brinkman & Van der Vlugt office in cooperation with civil engineer J.G. Wiebenga, at that time a specialist for constructions in reinforced concrete... -
Visit Varaha Cave Temple, India (UNESCO Site)
Varaha Cave Temple (also Adivaraha Cave Temple) is a rock-cut cave temple located at Mamallapuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal in Kancheepuram District in Tamil Nadu, India. It is part of the hill top village, which is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the north of the main Mahabalipurm sites of rathas and the Shore Temple. It is an example of Indian rock-cut ... -
Visit Varaha Temple, India (UNESCO site)
The Varaha Temple at Khajuraho enshrines a colossal monolithic image of Varaha, the boar incarnation of Lord Vishnu. This temple depicts Varaha as a purely animal form. The temple is located in the Western Group of Temple Complex Khajuraho Group of Monuments, a World Heritage Site inscribed by UNESCO in 1986 in Khajuraho.Khajuraho is a small village in Chattarpur Dist... -
See Varberg Radio Station (Grimeton VLF transmitter), Sweden (UNESCO site)
The Grimeton VLF transmitter is a VLF transmission facility at Grimeton close to Varberg, Sweden. It has the only workable machine transmitter in the world and is classified as World Heritage Site. The transmitter was built in 1922 to 1924; to operate at 17.2 kHz, although it is designed for frequencies around 40 kHz. The radiating element is a wire aerial hung on six... -
Visit Vatican City (UNESCO site)
Perhaps the Vatican needs no introduction. The center of Catholicism, and encompassing the Vatican City state, as well as the surrounding Roman neighborhoods of the Vaticano, Prati, and Monte Mario, this small slice of the city is packed with more history and artwork than most cities in the world. Vatican City (Citta del Vaticano), also incorrectly known as but popula... -
See Vat Phou (Wat Phu), Laos (UNESCO site)
Vat Phou or Wat Phu is a ruined Khmer temple complex in southern Laos. It is located at the base of mount Phu Kao, some 6 km from the Mekong river in Champasak province. There was a temple on the site as early as the 5th century, but the surviving structures date from the 11th to 13th centuries. The temple has a unique structure, in which the elements lead to a shrine... -
See Vegaøyan (The Vega Archipelago), Norway (UNESCO site)
The Vega Archipelago, or Vegaøyan in Norwegian, corresponding roughly to the municipality of Vega, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2004. This cluster of around 6,500 small islands in Nordland just south of the Arctic circle surrounds the main island of Vega and has been inhabited since the Stone Age. It illustrates the human capacities allowing people to ... -
Visit Veliky Novgorod, Russia (UNESCO sites)
Veliky Novgorod is one of Russia's most historic cities and the administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast. The city lies along the Volkhov River just below its outflow from Lake Ilmen. St Sophia Cathedral, built between 1045 and 1050 is the best preserved of 11th century churches, probably the oldest structure still in use in Russia and the first one to represent ...
