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Jodhpur - The Blue City of IndiaJodhpur is one of the most interesting cities to visit in India, the ancient fortress and palaces which cannot but arouse admiration. Founded in 1459, this city is securely protected by one of the most impregnable fortresses in history, it has become almost the richest city in Rajasthan due to the convenient location on the trade route Delhi - Gujarat. Today, the second largest c...
Jodhpur - The Blue City of India - The Best Cities to Visit in India
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Al-Kala FortressSurviving in an extraordinarily beautiful mountain town ruins of the first capital of the Hammadidov Empire, founded in 1007 and destroyed in 1152, you can create an authentic picture of a fortified Muslim city. The mosque, which prayer room has 13 aisles with eight rows of seats is one of the largest in Algeria. Beni Hammad Kala remarkable archaeological site is located 36 km n...
Al-Kala Fortress - The Best Places to Visit in Algeria
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Blairquhan Castle, ScotlandAmong the earliest memories we have, we can find those stories that our parents and grandparents told us before sleep. Escaping into magical realms of magic fairy tales with princesses and princes are brave experiences which almost every child goes through. How many of us have imagined, as children to live in a castle and enjoy the benefits of the life of a monarch? If 100 years ago such a desire would have been impossible to fulfill, now we have the opportunit...
Blairquhan Castle, Scotland - The Best Castle Hotels in the World
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GenoaGenoa is an amazing and bustling city located at 38 km nort-west of Portofino. It represents a wonderful city that features many beautiful wonders. A city rich in art and a very important seaport, including the commercial exchange, Genoa is one of the most surprising cities in Italy, a fantastic destination where to spend marvelous moments, while in Portofino. For a long period of time, Genoa was ignor...
Genoa - The best touristic attractions in Portofino, Italy
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SophiaAbout Sophia Sophia is the capital of Bulgaria and one of the most beautiful capital cities of the world. From the Greek word “ Σοφία” means “mastery," and "wisdom". The city is located in the Western Bulgaria, at the northern foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the Sofia Valley that is surrounded by Sophia mountains on a...
Sophia - The best capital cities in the world
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The Vidin FortressThe Vidin Fortress was a Bulgarian medieval castle "Baba Vida" from X -XIV centuries, which was the residence of Shishman, the founder of the last Bulgarian kings dynasty and his descendants, including Tsar IvanSratsimir. The foundation has been built in the X century, on the base of the ancient fortress of Bononia. The castle has two exterior walls surrounding a courtyard and two outside. The central construction is in the style of the second Bulgarian kingdom. On its ...
The Vidin Fortress - The top tourist destinations in Bulgaria
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The Kalaja Fortress of TiranaThe Kalaja Fortress of Tirana, also referred to as Fortress of Justinian, once an administrative residence in ancient times, stands now as testimony to the past grandeur of Tirana. It is located in the very heart of Tirana and can be considered the very centre of Albia itself. The fortress was strategically positioned at the crossroads of the main roads connecting the east with the west and the north to the south of Tirana. The Kalaja Fortress of Tirana has a lo...
The Kalaja Fortress of Tirana - The best places to visit in Albania
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Soroca FortressSoroca Fortress is a Moldovan fortress of the fifteenth century, founded by Stefan the Great, over the Nistru river, in place of the ancient Genoese fortress, Alciona. The castle was later rebuilt by Petru Rares, who rebuilt the walls in stone. Soroca’s settlement was first mentioned in a document from 1499. The land of the Soroca was robbed, as noted chronicler Gregory Ear, "in the way of evils". Forming part of the defensive system and located in the eas...
Soroca Fortress - The most beautiful places to visit in Moldova
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Khotyn FortressKhotyn Castle is one of the Seven Wonders of Ukraine and is a popular film star, filmmaker like to use this complex as fortified as the location for their films can be seen in the famous East European film "The Three Musketeers" "Robin Hood's Arrows" and "Ivanhoe." The fortress is located on the right bank of the Dniester River region Chernovtsy (Chernivtsi Oblast) and occupies a rectangular area of 1219 by 244...
Khotyn Fortress - The best places to visit in Ukraine
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Hohensalzburg FortressHohensalzburg Fortress is the largest fortress in central Europe, a castle that emanated power, located in a favorable position and the most important attractions of Salzburg. Hohensalzburg Fortress Salzburg tourism is the objective necessarily be visited if you are on vacation here. The first documentary attestation of a fortress on the southern slope of Mount Mönchsberg dating from Roman times. Although not very clear, the exis...
Hohensalzburg Fortress - The best places to visit in Salzburg, Austria
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Prague Castle, Czech RepublicPrague Castle is the castle where the Czech kings, emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, the presidents of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, serve or have served. The crown jewels of Bohemia are kept. Perhaps the biggest castle in its area, and extends into effect on 570 meters long and 130 large. Located on the hill overlooking the Hradcany Prague Old Town and Malá Strana, this monumental complex is emerging from a crown of gardens and roofs and dep...
Prague Castle, Czech Republic - Top castles to visit in Europe
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Palacio da Pena, PortugalPerched atop one of the hills of the Serra da Sintra, Palacio da Pena dominates the valley of his incredible versatility and its flamboyant colors. In 1839, Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, regent of the kingdom, says the completion of his summer palace in the Prussian Baron von Eschwege Ludwig, on the ruins of the monastery of Our Lady Hieronymite de la Pena. The prince died the year of the completion of his palace in 1885. Ludwig von Eschwege amused to mix styles: Moor...
Palacio da Pena, Portugal - Top castles to visit in Europe
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Mount Saint Michel, FranceThe castle of Mont Saint-Michel is located on Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, in the department of Manche. A historical monument, the site appears since 1979 on the World Heritage List of UNESCO and is managed by the Center of National Monuments. It is often compared to the seven wonders of the world. Unlike other castles in France which started in "career" playing the role of defensive structures or sites dedicated to art, Mont St. Michel was ...
Mount Saint Michel, France - Top places to visit in France
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The Potala Palace, TibetThe Potala Palace is a palace-fortress of the seventeenth century Dzong, located in Lhasa, on the hill Marpari ("red hill") the center of Lhasa Valley. Including a "White Palace" and "Red Palace", and their ancillary buildings, the building embodies the union of spiritual and temporal power and their respective roles in the administration of Tibet. Built by the fifth Dalai Lama, Lobsang Gyatso (1617-1682), including the palace was the principal...
The Potala Palace, Tibet - The best places to visit in China
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Matsumoto Castle, JapanMatsumoto Castle is one of the historic castles of Japan. Located in the city of Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture, near the city of Tokyo, it is one of the main tourist attractions in Japan. The castle has its origins in the Warring States Period. At that time, the Ogasawara clan had built a fort on the site, whose name was originally Fukashi castle. Later, he was instrumental in Takeda Shingen and Tokugawa Ieyasu. The main tower of the castle is classified...
Matsumoto Castle, Japan - The most amazing castles in the world
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Neuschwanstein Castle, GermanyNeuschwanstein Castle is located in Allgäu, Bavaria and it was built during the ruling times of Louis II of Bavaria, its construction having started in 1896. The castle is one of the most famous attractions of Bavaria and Germany. The interior architecture is characteristic for the nineteenth-century romantic stream. Due to its irrepetable beauty, the castle is called "the fairytale castle". ...
Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany - The most amazing castles in the world
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Segovia Castle, SpainThe Alcazar of Segovia is located at the confluence of the rivers and Eresma Clamores, adapting to the rock on which it rises, forming more or less a rectangle, pointed. From here, there is a great view of the church of Vera Cruz, the town of Zamarramala and Monasterio del Parral. Its origin is uncertain, although it is known that this was an ancient promontory fort by its strategic position was a real defensive bastion. So certainly, Romans and Arabs have all lef...
Segovia Castle, Spain - The most amazing castles in the world
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Castle Howard, EnglandCastle Howard is a great baroque residence located in Yorkshire, England, 40 km from York. This is one of the largest castles in the country. It was built between 1699 and 1712 for Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle by John Vanbrugh. Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, treasurer general of the kingdom approach firstly William Talman, but then commissioned John Vanbrugh, a fellow of his political club, to build his country residence. This is the first realization of Vanbrugh,...
Castle Howard, England - The most amazing castles in the world
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Hohenzollern Castle, GermanyHohenzollern Castle is the ancestral seat of the princely family and formerly reigning German Imperial House of Hohenzollern. It is located in Baden-Württemberg, between the towns of Hechingen and Bisingen. The hilltop castle is located on the 855-meter high, isolated and prominent mountain peak of the Hohenzollern. The origin of the castle dates back to the Middle Ages, being built in the 11th century, then completely destroyed in 1423 and reconstructed in 1461. ...
Hohenzollern Castle, Germany - The most amazing castles in the world
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Peleş Castle, RomaniaPeles Castle is a castle in Sinaia, Romania, built between 1873 and 1914. It is considered one of the most beautiful in Romania and Europe. Peles Castle in Sinaia, the summer residence of the kings of Romania, was built at the wish of King Carol I of Romania (1866 - 1914), by Johannes Schultz and architect Karel Liman, and was decorated by famous decorators JD Heymann Hamburg, August Bembi in Mainz and Berhard Ludwig in Vienna. Peles Castle may be cons...
Peleş Castle, Romania - The most amazing castles in the world
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