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Explore Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, China (UNESCO site)
The Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is a unique national forest park located in Zhangjiajie City in northern Hunan Province in the People's Republic of China. It is one of several national parks within the Wulingyuan Scenic Area. In 1982 it was recognized as China's first national forest park (4,810 hectares). Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is part of a much larger... -
Visit Zhao Mausoleum, Qing Dynasty, Shenyang, China
Zhaoling also known as Beiling is the tomb of the second Qing emperor, Hong Taiji, and his empress Xiaoduanwen. The tomb is located within Beiling Park, in Huanggu District of the northern urban Shenyang, Liaoning province, and is a popular area attraction. The tomb complex took eight years (between 1643 and 1651) to build and has a row of animal statues leading to it... -
Visit Zhencheng Lou (Hongkeng Tulou Cluster), Hukeng, China (UNESCO site)
Zhenchenglou, nicknamed "the prince of tulou", belongs to Hongkeng Tulou cluster. It is located in Hongkeng village, Hukeng township of Yongding County. Inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage 1113-002 It was built in 1912 by the descendants of a rich tobacco merchant. Zhenchenglou is a double ring tulou, its outer ring is four stories high, total 184 rooms, the inner ring... -
See Zhenguo Temple, Hadongcun, China (UNESCO site)
Zhenguo Templeis a Buddhist temple located 10 km away from Pingyao in the village of Hadongcun, in Shanxi Province, China. The temple's oldest hall, the Wanfo Hall, was built in 963 during the Northern Han dynasty, and is notable for featuring very large brackets that hold up the roof and flying eaves. The contemporary sculptures inside the hall are among the only exa... -
Visit Zhengyangmen (Front Gate), Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China
Qianmen (lit. 'Front Gate') is the colloquial name for Zhengyangmen, a gate in Beijing's historic city wall. The gate is situated to the south of Tiananmen Square and once guarded the southern entry into the Inner City. Although much of Beijing's city walls were demolished, Zhengyangmen remains an important geographical marker of the city. The city's central north&nda... -
See Zhovkva Holy Trinity Church, Ukraine
Wooden Holy Trinity Church was built in suburb of Zhovkva, Ukraine in 1720 on the place of a church that burned down in 1717. The structure consisits of three wooden naves and a brick sacristy. There is an iconostasis consisting of about 50 icons painted by the masters of Zhovkva Painting and Carving School of Ivan Rutkovych in the beginning of XVIII century. The icon... -
Visit Zion Gate, Old City of Jerusalem
Zion Gate, also known in Arabic as Bab Harat al-Yahud ("Jewish Quarter Gate"), or Bab an-Nabi Dawud ("Prophet David Gate"), is one of eight gates in the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. Zion Gate was built in July 1540, west of the location of the medieval gate, which was a direct continuation of the Street of the Jews (also known the Cardo). Six sentry towers were... -
Visit Zisa, Palermo, Italy (UNESCO Site)
The Zisa is a castle in the western part of Palermo, Sicily. The construction was begun in the 12th century by Arabian craftsmen for king William I of Sicily, and completed by his son William II. The edifice had been conceived as summer residence for the Norman kings, as a part of the large hunting resort known asGenoardo(Arabic:Jannat al-arḍ, literally "Paradise on E... -
Visit Zoli Zard, Danghara, Tajikistan
Zoli Zard is a castle ruins in Khatlon, Tajikistan. Zoli Zard is situated nearby to the village Korez, as well as near Danghara. -
See Zollverein Coal Mine, Essen, Germany (UNESCO site)
The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex is a large former industrial site in the city of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has been inscribed into the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites since December 14, 2001 and is one of the anchor points of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. The first coal mine on the premises was founded in 1847, mining acti... -
Visit Zominthos, Anogeia, Crete, Greece
Zominthos (Greek: Ζώμινθος, alternative spellings Ζόμινθος or Ζόμιθος) is a small plateau in the northern foothills of Mount Ida (Psiloritis), on the island of Crete. Zominthos is roughly 7.5 kilometers west of the village of Anogia, on the path from Knossos to ... -
Visit Zubarah, Qatar (UNESCO Site)
Zubarah is a ruined and deserted town located on the north western coast of the Qatar peninsula in the Madinat ash Shamal municipality, about 105 km from the Qatari capital of Doha. Zubarah was once a thriving pearl fishing and trading port positioned midway between the Strait of Hormuz and the west arm of the Persian Gulf. It is one of the largest and best prese... -
Visit Zvartnots Cathedral, Armenia (UNESCO site)
Zvartnots Cathedral are the ruins of a seventh century centrally-planned aisled tetraconch type Armenian cathedral built by order of the Catholicos Nerses the Builder from 641-653. It is located at the edge of the city of Etchmiadzin in the Armavir Province of Armenia. Zvartnots was built at a time when much of Armenia was found under Byzantine control and during the ... -
See Þingvallakirkja (Thingvellir Church), Iceland (UNESCO site)
Thingvellir Church is located in the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Þingvellir National Park in Iceland. It built at Thingvellir shortly after the acceptance of Christianity in the year 1000. The park shows evidence of the way the landscape was husbanded over 1,000 years. -
Explore Þingvallavatn Lake, Iceland v
Þingvallavatnis a rift valley lake in southwestern Iceland. With a surface of 84 km² it is the largest natural lake in Iceland. Its greatest depth is at 114 m. At the northern shore of the lake, at Þingvellir (after which the lake is named), the Alþingi, the national parliament, was founded in the year 930. The lake lies partially within Þ...
