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Hace 3 días · Amsterdam was Europe's most important hub for the shipment of goods and was the leading financial centre of the Western world. In 1602, the Amsterdam office of the Dutch East India Company became the world's first stock exchange by trading in its own shares.
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Hace 2 días · Europe, second smallest of the world’s continents, composed of the westward-projecting peninsulas of Eurasia (the great landmass that it shares with Asia). It occupies nearly one-fifteenth of the world’s total land area. The long processes of history marked it off as the home of a distinctive civilization.
Hace 2 días · Four sites are shared between two countries: Maloti-Drakensberg Park ( Lesotho and South Africa ), the Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve ( Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea ), the Stone Circles of Senegambia ( the Gambia and Senegal ), and Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls ( Zambia and Zimbabwe ). Two sites are shared among three countries: Sangha ...
Hace 4 días · UNESCO declared the ruins of Persepolis a World Heritage Site in 1979. The earliest remains of Persepolis date back to 515 BC. The city, acting as a major center for the empire, housed a palace complex and citadel designed to serve as the focal point for governance and ceremonial activities. It exemplifies the Achaemenid style of architecture.
Hace 4 días · Castello Sforzesco, Milan. While it’s not exactly a lesser-known historical landmark in Italy, Milan’s imposing Castello Sforzesco – originally built in 1368 – stands at the beating heart of the fashion capital. It vies for tourists’ attention against Milan’s cathedral, Italy’s largest church, which dominates the city skyline.
Hace 3 días · Germany, country of north-central Europe. Although Germany existed as a loose polity of Germanic-speaking peoples for millennia, a united German nation in roughly its present form dates only to 1871. Modern Germany is a liberal democracy that has become ever more integrated with and central to a united Europe.
Hace 4 días · Europa Nostra, together with the European Investment Bank Institute, recently included two sites in the Hatay province on its list of 7 Most Endangered heritage sites in Europe for 2024: the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Georgios in Altınözü, and the Iron Gate of Antioch, an ancient 18-metre-high stone structure that towers above ...
