The latest Parisian news is not the first year begins with the mention of the Place de la Republique (Place de la Republique). This place was chosen for protests not only by Parisians, but also by the French in general, first of all, thanks to a 10-meter figure with a laurel branch in a raised hand,...
"The Galleons of Vigo Bay" was the title of a chapter of one of Jules Verne's most popular works. The heroes of the novel landed from the fantastic submarine "Nautilus" and took a walk along the bottom of the bay, where in 1702 Spanish ships with jewelry from the New World were sunk, intended by the...
The Mauthausen concentration camp was founded in 1938. It was built by prisoners of another concentration camp - Dachau. Initially, it was supposed to keep criminals there, but since 1939 the camp was transformed into a "labor" camp for political prisoners.
The operation to liberate Vienna from the Nazis was completed in April 1945. By this time, the Soviet army already had extensive experience in offensive operations, but the situation was complicated by the task of preserving the capital of Austria from destruction as much as possible, despite the fa...
Perhaps the most memorable attraction here are monkeys - tailless macaques. This folk is everywhere, except for the center, where they have recently been reasoned with - they are very unbelted!
The myths of other Greece tell that Hercules broke through the strait between Europe and Africa according to his needs, of course, very significant. In the views of the ancients, the Other World began behind it, and Plato reported that the mythical Atlantis was located there.
The center of the city of Bologna is Piazza Maggiore and Neptune, the latter is decorated with the fountain of Neptune (Fontana di Nettuno) of the 16th century in front of the even more ancient Cathedral of San Petronio of the 14th century.
Leaning towers are not only in Pisa, there are also in Bologna: Asinelli and Garisenda. (Torre degli Asinelli, Torre Garisenda, piazza di Porta Ravegnana). The buildings date back to the 12th century, they symbolized the prestige of the customer dynasties, but Garisenda began to lean during construc...