Landmarks of the world

Park Guell is the most famous park not only in Barcelona, but throughout Spain. Initially, he was conceived as a green zone for new buildings, for which he was attracted by the most famous architect at that time - Antonio Gaudi, who also built the Sagrada Familia. In 1901, construction began with t...

Pamukkale is a popular attraction in Turkey in the province of Denizli. The name in translation means "Clap Castle". At its core, it is a concentration of hot springs in which there is a high concentration of calcium, due to which local waters have healing properties. In total, there are 17 hot spr...

Palmeral of Elche is Europe's largest palm forest located in Spain. On its territory of 5.1 km2 located: Uerto del Kura, City Park and several more gardens. In total, the park has 11,000 palm trees, mostly dates. They even harvest in December. The largest palm was called "Sissy" in honor of the Aus...

Trollstigen is one of Norway's most famous attractions, a small stretch of the Norwegian national road RV63. The highway connects the city of Ondalsnes and Valldal and was inaugurated by King Hawon VII himself in 1936. The road has 11 turns, and the lifting height sometimes reaches 9%. From 1533 to...

Las Medulas is the old Roman gold mine in northwestern Spain. Gold was mined here in a hydraulic way for almost 300 years, starting the first century BC. Pliny the Elder wrote about this mine: "What happens in Las Medulas is much harder than the work of the titans". Ancient engineers came up with a...

The Kenroku-en Garden is one of the parks in the city of Kanazawa in Japan. Translated from Japanese, the name sounds like a "Garden of Six Dignity". The park harmoniously combines lakes, streams, waterfalls, bridges, trees, for which the park became popular among tourists and residents of the city....

Koishikawa-Kōrakuen is a famous garden in Japan in the city of Okayama. Initially, the park was given the name Cohen, which translates as late. This is due to the fact that the park was broken after the construction of the castle. But later, the park was given the current name, which translates as "...

Kairaku-en is a Japanese park in Japan in the town of Mito. Translated from Japanese, the name of the park sounds like a "park for shared enjoyment". This garden was set up in 1841 for itself and its guests Tokugawa Nariaki. During World War II, the garden was almost destroyed by bombers, but was re...

Göreme - Turkey's national park in Cappadocia, in fact, is an open-air museum. The area of the park is quite impressive and is 300 km2. Goreme is known to many thanks to its unique landscapes in which people have evicted monasteries and entire settlements for centuries. Goreme Park has a rich relig...

The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef formed by billions of polyps. The reef area is colossal - 348,698 km2, spread from the tropic of Capricorn to the Strait of Torres. The reef is 30 km from the coast of Australia and, moving south, moves 300 km from the coast. Almost the entire reef i...