Landmarks of the world

Lemmenjoki is a national park located in the north of Finland in Lapland. The park is named the same as the river flowing through it, the name of which means "River of Love". From Finland's largest park, tourists can expect virgin forests of firs, pines, birches, as well as mountains with high hills...

Iguazu is a national park of Argentina, located in the province of Misiones. The park was founded back in 1934 and its main part is the Iguazu Falls, stretching for one and a half kilometers, going beyond the border of Brazil, which also declared its part of the waterfall a national park. The parks ...

Vinales Valley is a national park of Cuba, occupying a valley of 132 km2, surrounded by the Sierra de los Organos Mountains. The valley's cultural landscape is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is located in the province of Pinar del Rio, making it famous all over the planet. The land is st...

Desembarco del Granma is a national park in the southeastern part of Cuba in the province of Granma. The name of the park can be translated into Russian as "Landing from the Granma". Granma is the yacht on which Raul Castro, Che Guevara and 79 other associates arrived in Cuba to organize the revolut...

Torcal de Antequera is a national park in Spain, founded in 1989. The park covers an area of only 20 km2, but nature has worked hard in this small space. Under the influence of erosion over tens of millions of years, rocks and stones of bizarre shapes have formed here, which are a striking example o...

Thingvedlir is a national park in the southwestern part of Iceland, established in 1928. The park is located among a large number of volcanoes, among which it is worth noting Hengil near Lake Tinguadlavatn. The Eksara River flows through the park, forming the Eksaraurfoss waterfall. This area is cha...

Ordesa y Monte Perdido is a national park in Spain, in the province of Huesc. The park was founded in 1918 according to a Royal Decree declaring the Ordesa Valley a national park. At that time, its territory occupied 21 km2, but in 1982 the park was increased to 156 km2 and received its current name...

Mount Cook is a national park near the town of Twyzel in New Zealand. In October 1953, the territory was declared a national park. The park covers just over 700 km2. Glaciers occupy 40% of the park's territory, in particular, the Tasman Glacier on the slope of Mount Cook (3754 m). Of the 20 mountain...

Doñana is a national park in Spain, 90 kilometers south of Seville. It was founded in 1963. It covers an area of 75,800 hectares. The park protects pine forests on the dunes of the ocean coast and freshwater marshes at the mouth of the Guadalquivir River. Dongyang National Park was included in the W...

Vatnajokull is the largest national park in Iceland, as well as in the whole of Europe. Its area is 12,000 km2 - almost 12% of Iceland's territory. The park was founded on June 7, 2008 and includes the former national parks Skaftafetl, founded in 1967, and Yekulsaurgluvur, founded in 1973. By its ar...