Monday, August 18th, 2008
Travel to Italy
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is located in the city Pisa, Italy. It is found at Piazza dei Miracoli, square of miracles. The original Italian name of the tower is “Torre pendente di Pisa”. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is the bell tower of a cathedral.
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
Travel to Turkey
Famous monastery Sumela is in Trabzon, Turkey. It is located at the top of a cliff. The altitude of Sumela Monastery is 1.150 meters. The building includes a Greek Monastery and a church.
There are legends about the name of the monastery. It is claimed that Christian Greeks were ...
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008
Travel to London
Madame Tussauds Museum is one of the most popular museums of London. It was founded by Mary Tussauds. Imagine a world with full of celebrities, singers, actors and actresses, leaders, TV stars, sports stars, royal people at one place… Isn’t it interesting being surrounded by all these people? ...
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Saturday, August 16th, 2008
A Different Option for Vacation: Cappadocia
Cappadocia is located in Nevsehir, Turkey. It is the land of natural miracles. Natural chimneys create a wonderful sight. What made such a different area? The land looks mysterious. The area was volcanic. Hundreds of year, lava and ashes came together here. These soft layers ...
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Friday, August 15th, 2008
Vacation: Loch Ness
Loch Ness is a body of water located in Scotland. When it is not classified as a river, lake or something like that, do not think it is just a puddle. On the contrary, Loch Ness is quite big. It covers an area of 56 km², the depth ...
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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Travel to Turkey: Antalya
Antalya is a Mediterranean city. It is located in the south of Turkey. The city is the gate to Mediterranean Sea. Antalya is a tourism center with historical, natural beauties. Every year it attracts millions of visitors from all over the world.
Antalya is an old province. Since ...
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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
The Colosseum is located in Rome, Italy. It is an amphitheatre, its original name is Flavian Amphitheatre, but it is also known as Coliseum. Emperor Vespasian started its building process in 70 AD. It took a long time. The theater was completed only in 80 AD.
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
The Greatest Monument of Love: Taj Mahal
Imagine a love between husband and wife so great that after the sad death of his wife while giving birth to a child, husband builds the greatest monument of love, it is Taj Mahal.
Taj Mahal is located in Agra, India, and the construction of ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
A Famous Archeological Site: Chichen Itza
Chichen Itza is a Maya civilization city located in the north of Mexico, in Yucatan Peninsula. Most probably, Chichen Itza was religion center of Yucatan. Today, it is one of the most important archeological sites of Mexico, everyday lots of people visit Chichen Itza.
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Wonders of the World is a concept that was applied to natural or human made things, up to our age. From time to time, new wonders of the world were selected. Seven wonders of the ancient world, wonders of the medieval world, wonders of the modern world, natural seven wonders, ...
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