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Hace 6 días · There are 33 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom and the British Overseas Territories. The UNESCO list contains one designated site in both England and Scotland (the Frontiers of the Roman Empire) plus eighteen exclusively in England, five in Scotland, four in Wales, one in Northern Ireland, and one in each of the overseas territories of Bermuda, Gibraltar, the Pitcairn Islands ...
Hace 1 día · 1. Archaeological Area of Agrigento, Italy. Athens meets Italy at this spectacular set of ancient ruins on the island of Sicily. While Agrigento is a modern city of around 60,000 people today, it ...
Hace 2 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.
Hace 3 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 · Netherlands, country located in northwestern Europe, also known as Holland. The country is low-lying and remarkably flat, with large expanses of lakes, rivers, and canals. Some 2,500 miles of the Netherlands consist of reclaimed land, the result of a process of careful water management dating back to medieval times.
Hace 1 día · 9. The Pyramids of Giza, Egypt. Photo Credit: Canva Photos. The Pyramids of Giza, located on the outskirts of Cairo, are the only remaining wonder of the ancient world. Built over 4,500 years ago, the Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest man-made structure in the world for over 3,800 years.
Hace 1 día · 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.
