Maiden Tower (Baku)
The Maiden Tower is a Baku landmark, a much loved symbol of the city and of Azerbaijan. It looks dark and enigmatic, looking
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Angelokastro
Angelokastro is a Byzantine castle on the island of Corfu, Greece. Angelokastro also referred to as “Castle of Angels” or “Angelos’s castle” is
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Monument to the Constitution
Monument to the Turkmenistan Constitution is a grandiose monument located in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Constructed to mark the 20th anniversary of Turkmenistan’s independence, the
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Gediminas’ Tower
Gediminas’ Tower sits on top of the hill of Gediminas and it is the highest natural hill of such kind in Lithuania. The
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Tall Hermann Tower
Tall Hermann or Pikk Hermann is a tower of the Toompea Castle, on Toompea hill in Tallinn, Estonia. It is the defensive tower
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Trango Towers
There are some impressive and extremely difficult rock towers around the world, competing in being the hardest to climb. One of the more
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Belém Tower
Standing on the waterfront at Belem near the mouth of the River Tagus is located the Torre de Belém, which is arguably the
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Mont Saint Michel
Le Mont-Saint-Michel is a small island commune which is located in Normandy, topped by a gravity-defying monastery and counts among France’s most stunning
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Baffin Island
Baffin Island is an extremely remote island with most of the island’s population living in the capital Iqaluit, in the norther part of
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Grand Mosque of Damascus
The Grand Mosque of Damascus, known more commonly as the Umayyad Mosque, is one of the largest, oldest and holiest mosques in the
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Namib Desert
The Namib Desert is a coastal desert in southern Africa, located for the greater part in the Republic of Namibia, and also parts
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Sans-Souci Palace
The Sans-Souci Palace was the royal residence of King Henri Christophe I of Haiti, the self imposed monarch who as a former slave
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