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The Terracotta Army or the "Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses", is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. The figures, dating from 210 BC, were discovered in 1974 by some local farmers in Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi province, near the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor.
The figures vary in height, ac...
The Cathedral of Teruel is a church in Teruel, Aragon, Spain. Entitled to St. Mary, it is a notable example of Mudéjar architecture. Together with other churches in the town and in the province of Zaragoza, is listed in the UNESCO Heritage site Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon since 1986.
The bell tower is one of the best preserved Mudéjar towers in...
Tetouan is a city in northern Morocco. The Berber name means literally "the eyes" and figuratively "the water springs". Tetouan is one of the two major ports of Morocco on the Mediterranean Sea. It lies a few miles south of the Strait of Gibraltar, and about 40 mi (60 km) E.S.E. of Tangier.
Arabic is the official language but it is not used for everyday dialogue....
Thap Lan National Parkis the second largest national park in Thailand and includes attraction such as Lan forest, Huai Yai Waterfall, Bo Thong Waterfall, Suan Hom Waterfall, Khao Makha
The park is home to the rare species of palm named “Lan” (Corypha lecomtei) and features rugged mountainous area with the highest park, Khao Lamang (992 metres above sea le...
The Alamo Mission in San Antonio, commonly called the Alamo, and originally known as the Mission San Antonio de Valero, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in San Antonio, Texas. Founded in the eighteenth century as a Roman Catholic mission and fortress compound, it was the site of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836. The Alamo is now a museum in the Alamo Plaza Historic Dist...
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movementis a collection of 17 sites designed by the Franco-Swiss architect known as Le Corbusier. These sites demonstrate how Modernism was applied to construction and show the global range of a style and an architect.
The Bauhaus Dessau was a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. It existed in Dessau from 1925 to 1932. The Dessau years saw a remarkable change in direction for the school.
The Bernina Express is an express train connecting Chur (or Davos) in Switzerland with Poschiavo and Tirano in Italy, by crossing the Swiss Alps from north to south. For most of its journey, the train also passes along and through the World Heritage Site known as the Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes.
The train is operated by the Rhaetian Railway com...
The Black Pyramid was built by King Amenemhat III during the Middle Kingdom of Egypt (2055-1650 BC). It is one of the five remaining pyramids of the original eleven pyramids at Dahshur in Egypt. Originally namedAmenemhet is Mighty, the pyramid earned the name "Black Pyramid" for its dark, decaying appearance as a rubble mound. The Black Pyramid was the first to house ...
The Drobeta (castra) was a fort built by Emperor Trajan in the province of Roman Dacia, in the present city Drobeta-Turnu Severin. It was built to protect the northern side of Trajan's Bridge across the Danube which was built quickly in preparation for Trajan's Second Dacian War in 103-105 AD. It was therefore in a key strategic location from where the imperial road n...
This church was completed shortly after the year 1035. It had a unique design: 19-sided externally, 8-apsed internally, with a huge central dome set upon a tall drum. It was built by Prince Ablgharib Pahlavid to house a fragment of the True Cross. The church was largely intact until 1955, when the entire eastern half collapsed during a storm.
From the 16th century, the isthmus of Panama became a global strategic asset facilitating the transportation of goods and people between the Iberian Peninsula and the colonies of the Kingdom of Spain in America, the archipelago of the Philippines and the Canary Islands. The serial property bears testimony of the crossing of the isthmus including strategic fortified se...
The city of Rome, Italy is loaded with ancient monuments as the designation of the city center as a UNESCO World Heritage site attests. Among the Roman Baths, forums, historic markets and the Roman Forum is found the iconic Colosseum. Ancient Rome's magnificent amphitheater, capable of holding more than 50,000 people (the largest ever built in the Roman Empire), was c...