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Visit Vijaydurg Fort, Vijaydurg, Maharashtra, India
Vijaydurg (sometimes written as Viziadurg), the oldest fort on the Sindhudurg coast, was constructed during the regime of Raja Bhoja II of the Shilahar dynasty (construction period 1193-1205) and restructured by Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Earlier, the fort encompassed an area of 5 acres (20,000 m2) and was surrounded by sea on all four sides. Over the years the... -
Explore Viking-Age Ring Fortresses, Denmark (UNESCO sites)
These five archaeological sites comprise a system of monumental ring-shaped Viking-Age fortresses sharing a uniform geometric design. Constructed between about 970 and 980 CE, the fortresses at Aggersborg, Fyrkat, Nonnebakken, Trelleborg and Borgring were positioned strategically near important land and sea routes, and each made use of the natural topography of their ... -
Explore Vikos–Aoös National Park, Greece
The Vikos–Aoös National Park is a national park in the region of Epirus in northwestern Greece. The park, founded in 1973, is one of ten national parks in mainland Greece and is located 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of the city of Ioannina in the northern part of the Pindus mountain range. It is named after the two major gorges of the area and encompasses 12,... -
Visit Vilakazi Street, Soweto, South Africa
Vilakazi Street in Soweto is the only street in the world where two Nobel Laureates once lived. It is where Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu once lived and it was named on honour of Vilakazi. Tutu and his wife, Leah, still live there. Mandela's house is now a National Historical site and open to the public as a museum. Before the arrival of democracy in South Africa,... -
See Villa Angarano, Bassano del Grappa, Italy (UNESCO site)
The Villa Angarano orVilla Angarano Bianchi Michielis a villa in Bassano del Grappa, Veneto, northern Italy. It was originally conceived by Andrea Palladio who published a plan in his bookI Quattro Libri dell'Architettura. Work was started on the wings of Palladio's design in the 1540s or 1540s . A decision appears to have been reached to leave a pre-existing house in... -
See Villa Badoer, Fratta Polesine, Italy (UNESCO site)
Villa Badoer is a villa in Fratta Polesine in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It was designed in 1556 by Andrea Palladio for the Venetian noble Francesco Badoer, and built between 1557 and 1563, on the site of a medieval castle which guarded a bridge across a navigable canal. This was the first time Palladio used his fully developed temple pediment in the facade ... -
See Villa Barbaro (Villa di Maser), Maser, Italy (UNESCO site)
Villa Barbaro, also known as the Villa di Maser, is a large villa at Maser in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It was designed and built by the Italian architect Andrea Palladio, with frescos by Paolo Veronese and sculptures by Alessandro Vittoria for Daniele Barbaro, Patriarch of Aquileia and ambassador to Queen Elizabeth I of England, and his brother Marcantonio... -
See Villa Caldogno, Italy (UNESCO site)
Villa Caldogno (also known as Caldogno Nordera) is a villa in the Veneto region of Italy, which is attributed to Andrea Palladio. It was built for the aristocratic Caldogno family on their estate in the village of Caldogno near Vicenza. A Latin inscription on the facade (Angelus Calidonius Luschi Filius MDLXX) dates the completion of the building to 1570 when it belon... -
Visit Villa Capra "La Rotonda", Vicenza, Italy (UNESCO site)
Villa La Rotonda is a Renaissance villa just outside Vicenza, northern Italy, designed by Andrea Palladio. The proper name is Villa Almerico Capra, but it is also known asLa Rotonda,Villa Rotonda,Villa CapraandVilla Almerico. The name "Capra" derives from the Capra brothers, who completed the building after it was ceded to them in 1591. Like other works by Palladio in... -
See Villa Chiericati, Grumolo delle Abbadesse, Italy (UNESCO site)
Villa Chiericati (also known as Villa Chiericati-Rigo) is a villa at Vancimuglio in the Veneto, northern Italy. It was designed for Giovanni Chiericati by the architect Andrea Palladio in the early 1550s. Palladio also designed the family's town house Palazzo Chiericati in Vicenza. In 1996 UNESCO included the villa in the World Heritage SiteCity of Vicenza and the Pal... -
See Villa Cornaro, Piombino Dese, Italy (UNESCO site)
Villa Cornaro is a patrician villa in Piombino Dese, about 30 km northwest of Venice, Italy. It was designed by the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio in 1552 and is illustrated and described by him in Book Two of his 1570 masterwork,I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura (The Four Books on Architecture). Villa Cornaro was mainly constructed in 1553-1554, with a... -
Visit Villa Corsini a Mezzomonte & Garden, Italy (UNESCO site)
The Villa Corsini at Mezzomonte, former Medici villa, is located in Via Impruneta per Pozzolatico 116 in the municipality of Impruneta, in the Chianti. The Medici villas are a series of rural building complexes near Florence which were owned by members of the Medici family between the 15th century and the 17th century. In 2013, the Medici villas were added to UNESCO's... -
See Villa della Regina, Italy (UNESCO site)
TheVilla della Reginais a palace outside the city of Turin, Italy. It was originally built by the House of Savoy in the 17th century. The original structure was designed in early 1615 by the Italian soldier, architect and military engineer, Ascanio Vitozzi. He died in 1615 and the project was passed over to his collaborators, father and son Carlo and Amedeo di Castel... -
Visit Villa del Poggio Imperiale, Italy (UNESCO site)
Villa del Poggio Imperiale is a predominantly neoclassical former grand ducal villa in Arcetri, just to the south of Florence in Tuscany, central Italy. Beginning as a villa of the Baroncelli of Florence, it was seized by the Medici, became the home of a homicidal and unfaithful husband, and a lavish retreat for a Grand Duchess with imperial pretensions. Later given t... -
Wine Taste at Villa del Trebbio, Italy (UNESCO site)
The Villa del Trebbio is a Medici villa in Tuscany, Italy. The villa is located near San Piero a Sieve in the Mugello region, in the province of Florence, in the area from which the Medici family originated. It was one of the first - if not the first - of the Medici villas built outside Florence. The estate is situated on a strategic position in the Appennines, on the...
