Roman Temple of Évora | Portugal

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Evora, a museum-city, whose roots go back to Roman times, reached its golden age in the 15th century, when it became the residence of the Portuguese kings. This temple, built in honor of the Roman emperor Augustus, is located in the central square of Évora.

Historic Centre of Évora is a Unesco World Heritage site.

Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains | Romania

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About 2,000 years ago the Roman Empire spread its territories towards eastern Europe. Sarmizegetusa Regia was the capital of the Roman Province of Dacia, located in today’s Romania.

Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

La Toja Island | Spain

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La Toja ("Toxa" in Gallego) is a little island in the "rias baias" (lower bays) connected to the Galician mainland by a carriageway elevated above the sea.

Although small and only a couple of hundred metres from shore, it is a well known and popular destination for Galician holiday makers.

Gulf of Girolata | France

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The Gulf of Girolata is a bay in the Mediterranean Sea on the coast of the French island of Corsica.

Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The Dolomites | Italy

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The Dolomites are a mountain range located in northeastern Italy. The Sesto-Cadini Dolomites are in the far north-eastern part of the Dolomites, featuring spectacular peaks looming more than 2,000 metres above the huge rocky high plateaus. One of the peaks is 2,839m high Cadin di San Lucano.

The Dolomites is a UNESCO World Heritage site. This serial property of nine areas presents a diversity of spectacular landscapes of international significance for geomorphology marked by steeples, pinnacles and rock walls, the site also contains glacial landforms and karst systems.

Nuorilang Waterfall | China

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Located 400km from Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan, Nuorilang Waterfall is favorably located in the central Jiuzhaigou Vally. At an altitude of 2365 meters, it is one of the biggest Travertine waterfalls in China. With a height of 20 meters and a width of 270 meters, Nuorilang Waterfall is the widest fall in China.

Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Des Moines, capital of Iowa | USA

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Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. Des Moines is a major center of the US insurance industry and has a sizable financial services and publishing business base.

Iowa | USA

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Iowa is a state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by by six states: Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Minnesota. Iowa ranks number one in producing corn, soybeans, hogs, eggs, ethanol and Dry Distillers Grain Solubles (DDGS) which serve as a premium source of protein for livestock. It also ranks fourth in beef cattle.

Park Mużakowski | Poland

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Park Mużakowski is a landscaped park of 560 ha astride the Neisse River and the border between Poland and Germany. The park was created by Prince Hermann von Puckler-Muskau from 1815 to 1844.

Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Muskauer Park | Germany

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Muskauer Park is a landscaped park of 560 ha astride the Neisse River and the border between Poland and Germany. The park was created by Prince Hermann von Puckler-Muskau from 1815 to 1844.

Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Grimeton Radio Station | Sweden

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Grimeton Radio Station, Varberg is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The Varberg Radio Station at Grimeton in southern Sweden (built 1922–24) is an exceptionally well-preserved monument to early wireless transatlantic communication. It consists of the transmitter equipment, including the aerial system of six 127-m high steel towers. Although no longer in regular use, the equipment has been maintained in operating condition.

Ruins of Sukhothai | Thailand

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The Sukhothai Historical Park covers the ruins of Sukhothai, capital of the Sukhothai kingdom in the 13th and 14th centuries, located in what is now the north of Thailand.

Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Vienna State Opera | Austria

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Vienna developed from early Celtic and Roman settlements into a Medieval and Baroque city, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It played an essential role as a leading European music centre, from the great age of Viennese Classicism through the early part of the 20th century.

The Vienna State Opera, opened in 1869, is one of the leading establishments for opera in the world. Historic Centre of Vienna is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Poblet Monastery | Spain

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The Royal Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet is a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1151, located at the foot of the Prades Mountains.

This Cistercian abbey in Catalonia is one of the largest in Spain. The Monastery is structured as three enclosures, surrounded by a defensive wall.

Poblet Monastery is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The pleasure garden in Kromeriz | Czech Republic

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Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The castle and adjacent garden (Podzámecká zahrada) you see here.

The main focus of this card is the pleasure garden (Květná zahrada) situated nearby the castle.

In the land of pile-dwellers | Slovenia

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Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps is a series of 111 prehistoric pile-dwellings (or stilt house) in and around the Alps. Built from around 5000 to 500 B.C. on the edges of lakes, rivers or wetlands. None of the original dwellings remained intact from this prehistoric time in Alpine Europe.

Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps is a Unesco World Heritage site. It is a transboundary site for Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland.

Elephant in the Lerai Forest | Tanzania

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The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is an immense expanse of protected highlands, grass and bush lands.

The area is named after Ngorongoro Crater, a large volcanic caldera within the area. The Lerai Forest is situated on the crater floor. The crater floor supports significant populations of all the Big Five.

Ngorongoro Conservation Area is a Unesco World Heritage site.

Thx Steve!

City of Zadar | Croatia

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Zadar is the oldest continuously-inhabited Croatian city. It is situated on the Adriatic Sea. Zadar was once the largest city-fortress in the Republic of Venice and its City Walls were an important part of an elaborate defence system.

It was included in UNESCO's World Heritage Site list as part of "Venetian Works of Defence between 15th and 17th centuries: Stato da Terra – western Stato da mar" in 2017. This property consists of 6 components of defence works in Italy, Croatia and Montenegro.

Fortified city of Bergamo (Italy)
Fortified city of Peschiera del Garda (Italy)
City Fortress of Palmanova (Italy)
Defensive System of Zadar (Croatia)
Fort of St. Nikola, Šibenik (Croatia)
Fortified city of Kotor (Montenegro)

Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Reims | France

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Reims Cathedral, built between 1211 and 1275, is where the kings of France were crowned. The cathedral hosted thirty-three sovereign coronations in just over 1000 years!
According to Unesco, the outstanding handling of new architectural techniques in the 13th century, and the harmonious marriage of sculptural decoration with architecture, has made Notre-Dame in Reims one of the masterpieces of Gothic art.

Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and Palace of Tau, Reims is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Konstantin palace | Russian Federation

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Konstantin palace (since 2003 - The National Congress Palace) is a beautiful monument of architecture and landscape art located on the picturesque coastline of the Gulf of Finland, less than 20 km away from the centre of St. Petersburg.

Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments is a UNESCO World Heritage site. One of the component parts of this site is the Historical Centre of the Village of Strelna, including Strelninsky Palace.

Tsarskoye Selo ("Tsar's Village"), the Pavlovsk Palace, Kronstadt and Yekaterininsky Palace are also part of this site.

Gasherbrum I | Pakistan

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Gasherbrum I is part of the Gasherbrum massif, located in the Karakoram region of the Himalaya. Gasherbrum I, also known as Hidden Peak, is the 11th highest mountain in the world at 8,080 metres. 

Karlskrona | Sweden

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The city of Karlskrona is spread over 30 islands in the eastern part of the Blekinge archipelago in the Baltic Sea. The city is host to Sweden's only remaining naval base and the headquarters of the Swedish Coast Guard.

Naval Port of Karlskrona is a UNESCO World Heritage site. According to UNESCO, Karlskrona is an outstanding example of a late-17th-century European planned naval city.

Church of St. George from Vzvoz | Russian Federation

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Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture is a UNESCO World Heritage site. This group of monuments is located in the historic city of Pskov, on the banks of the Velikaya River in the northwest of Russia.

The property includes ten monuments of religious architecture, churches and cathedrals. Here you see Church Vasiliya na gorke (St. Basil the Great on the hill).

Beirut Harbour in better days | Lebanon

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A massive explosion occurred on Tuesday, August 4 in the vicinity of the Beirut Port Complex, wreaking havoc across the city and killing hundreds of people.

The blast is believed to have originated from a chemical storage warehouse where an estimated 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate got ignited. The material has reportedly been confiscated from a ship years ago and stored there, but without proper safety measures.

My thoughts and prayers are with the Lebanese people.

Struve Geodetic Arc | Estonia

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The Struve Geodetic Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through ten countries and over 2,820 km. This helped to calculate the exact size and shape of the planet and marked an important step in the development of earth sciences and topographic mapping.

Struve Geodetic Arc is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Tartu is one of three of these locations in Estonia.

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