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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... -
Expore Vanguard Cave, Rock of Gibraltar (UNESCO Site)
Vanguard Cave is a natural sea cave in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar which is part of the Gorham's Cave complex. This complex of four caves has been nominated for UNESCO World Heritage Site status. The cave complex is one of the last known habitations of the Neanderthals, with a period of inhabitation from 55,000 to 28,000 years ago. It is located on the... -
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... -
Visit Varakhsha, Uzbekistan
Varakhsha, also Varasha or Varahsha, was an ancient city in the Bukhara oasis in Sogdia, founded in the 1st century BCE. It is located 39 kilometers to the northwest of Bukhara. Varakhsha was the capital of the Sogdian dynasty of the kings of Bukhara, the Bukhar Khudahs. It ultimately never recovered from the Muslim conquest of Transoxiana. Beautiful murals have been ... -
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... -
Explore Vatnajökull National Park (Skaftafell), Iceland (UNESCO site)
Vatnajökull National Park in Iceland is the largest national park in Europe, covering around 12,000 km² (12% of the surface of Iceland), including all of Vatnajökull glacier, and the former Skaftafell National Park, Jökulsárgljúfur National Park and surrounding area. Vatnajökull (Glacier of Rivers) is the largest glacier in Icela... -
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... -
Hike to Vauréal Waterfall (Chute Vauréal) & Canyon, Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada
At the Vauréal Waterfall (Chute Vauréal), the Vauréal River drops 76 metres (249 ft) and then flows through a 90 metres (300 ft) deep gorge. -
Visit V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, France
The V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) World War I cemetery and memorial. It is in thecommuneof Fromelles, in the Norddepartementof France, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) northwest of the village of Fromelles on the D22C road (rue Delval). The Battle of Fromelles in July 1916 is significant as the first occasion on... -
Visit Veenhuizen, Noordenveld (UNESCO Site)
Veenhuizen (Dutch pronunciation: [veːnˈɦœyzən]) is a village with around 800 inhabitants in the province of Drenthe in the Netherlands. In the early 19th century, a reform housing colony for the poor and homeless was established in Veenhuizen. In the late 19th century, the complex was turned into a penal colony. The village became freely accessible in 1984 and h... -
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 Velika i Mala Crljivica, Cista Velika, Croatia
Stećak is the name for monumental medieval tombstones, that lie scattered across Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the border parts of Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia. Stećci are inscribed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO since 2016, with a selection of some 4,000 individual monoliths, grouped in necropolis...
