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Carcassonne: FranceCarcassonne: France Carcassonne Travel: France Carcassonne (Carcassona in Occitan) is a fortified French city, in the Aude département, of which it is the préfecture, in the former province of Languedoc. Population (1990): 44,911. It is 90 km (56 miles) south-east of Toulouse. It stands in the gap between the Pyrenees and...
Viljandi : Estonia
Viljandi : Estonia Viljandi Travel : Estonia Viljandi (German: Fellin) is a town in Viljandimaa, Estonia. It is at 58.37°N 25.60°E. The population was 20,756 in 2000. The town is first mentioned in the commentaries to “Geography� by al-Idrisi in 1154 – under the name of Falamus). In 1211 it was besieged by a...
Tubingen
Tübingen This gentle, picturesque university town, just 35km (22mi) south of Stuttgart, is a place to wander winding cobbled alleys past half-timbered houses and old stone walls. From the heights of the Renaissance Hohentübingen Castle there are fine views over the steep, red-tiled rooftops of the altstadt (old town). Today's students...
Vatra Dornei : Romania
Vatra Dornei : Romania Vatra Dornei is a well known ski resort in the north of Romania. Besides skiing you can visit the famous orthodox monasteries nearby: Humor – one of the renowned church with exterior frescoes, built in 1530. Voroneţ – is the most valuable painted church of Bucovina. It is called...
Communication System In Cyprus
excellent in both the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot areas domestic: open wire, fiber-optic cable, and microwave radio relay international: tropospheric scatter; 3 coaxial and 5 fiber-optic submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean), 2 Eutelsat, 2 Intersputnik, and 1 Arabsat. ...
Vezelay
Vézelay The tiny walled town of Vézelay, another of France's exasperating number of heritage spots, is surrounded by some of the most beautiful countryside in Burgundy - a patchwork of vineyards, sunflower fields, brunette furrows of farmland and stacks of hay reinventing Impressionism. Originally built on a hilltop for defence purposes, the...
Constanta : Romania
Constanta : Romania Constanţa (old names: Kustendji, Kustendja, Köstence, Constantza) is a seaport on the Black Sea and the capital of Constanţa county, Romania. Geography In the vicinity there are mineral springs, and the sea-bathing also attracts many visitors in summer. The chief local industries are tanning and the manufacture of petroleum drums....
Monchique
Monchique The quiet highland town of Monchique, dozing on the wooded slopes of the Serra de Monchique, offers a good alternative to the hurly-burly of beach life. Apart from its beautiful setting, the town's other attraction is the Igreja Matriz church, which boasts an amazing portal - about the closest you'll...
Lugoj : Romania
Lugoj : Romania Lugoj (Hungarian: Lugos, German: Lugosch) is a city in the Timis county, Transylvania, Romania, situated on both banks of the Timis river, which divides the town in two quarters, the Romanian on the right and the German on the left bank. It is the seat of a Greek-United...
Copsa Mica : Romania
Copsa Mica : Romania Copşa Mică (Hungarian: Kiskapus, German: Kleinkopisch) is a town in Sibiu county, Transylvania, Romania, located north of Sibiu, 33 km east of Blaj, and 12 km southwest of Mediaş. According to the town’s website, its population in 2000 was 5189, down 23% from its population in 1989,...
MikulÄ?ice : Czech Republic
MikulÄ?ice : Czech Republic MikulÄ?ice is a village in the Czech Republic, in South Moravian Region near the town of HodonÃn, close to the border with Slovakia. Population: 1880 (2004). It is known for being near an important archeological site: a Great Moravian (Early Medieval) fortified settlement, which was probably the...
Activities In Greece
To protect underwater antiquities from pilferers, scuba diving is forbidden unless under the auspices of a diving school (of which there are many). Water skiing is popular on quite a few islands. Despite the disparaging remarks among backpackers, yachting is the way to see the Greek Islands - nothing beats...
Barcelona
Barcelona Barcelona has transformed itself from smug backwater into one of the most dynamic and stylish cities in the world. Summer is serious party time, with week-long fiesta fun. But year-round the city sizzles – it's always on the biting edge of architecture, food, fashion, style, music and good times. The wild...
Sfantu Gheorghe : Romania
Sfantu Gheorghe : Romania Sfântu Gheorghe (Hungarian: Sepsiszentgyörgy, German: Sankt Georgen, English: Saint George) is a city in central Romania. It is the capital of the county Covasna. It has 60.900 inhabitants (2004)....
HavlÃÄ?kův Brod : Czech Republic
HavlÃÄ?kův Brod : Czech Republic HavlÃÄ?kův Brod is a town in the Vysocina Region, Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 citizen, and is also the capital of the district (okres) HavlÃÄ?kův Brod. It is located in the Bohemian Highland, at the Sázava river. Until 1950 the town was named NÄ›mecký Brod. The...
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