Landmarks of the world

The Punta Tombo Nature Reserve in Argentina is located on a small peninsula. Here you can see the largest colony of Magellanic penguins. It occupies a strip of the Atlantic Ocean coast 3 km long and 0.6 km wide. The territory of the reserve is protected and belongs to the Argentine Marine National P...

Mount Fitzroy is located in Patagonia, an area that borders Chile and Argentina. This mountain has other names: Cerro Chalten, as well as Cerro Fitzroy. At the same time, its second name: "Chalten" in the Tehuelche language means "smoking mountain", which is quite suitable for Fitzroy Peak due to th...

There is one important natural attraction in Argentina - the Pampa steppe. The Pampas are large grassy steppes. They are mostly sparsely populated, but they extend from Buenos Aires to Uruguay and cover an area of 1,200,000 km2. They can also be described as plains, as the Quechua Indians believed,...

Located in Argentina, Palacio Barolo, located in the city of Buenos Aires, even now surprises with its architecture. It was built back in 1923, and at that time it was considered the tallest building on the entire continent. The building is now considered a National Historical Monument of Argentina....

The Recoleta Cemetery is one of the top three tourist attractions in Buenos Aires. The unusual method of burial is impressive: coffins with the deceased are not buried in the ground, but placed above the surface. A crypt is installed above the coffin, which looks like a house. In such a "house" seve...

Traful Lake is an amazing body of water in Argentina in Neuquen province. Its area is about 76 km2. Traful is the source of the river of the same name, and Nahuel Huapi is considered its mouth. This lake is known for its beauty, opening from a height of 102 meters. A massive rock rises above it, fro...

The Maipo volcano is one of the most active in the whole world. It is located on the border between Chile and Argentina, 90 kilometers to the southern part of Tupungato and 100 kilometers to the southeastern territory of Santiago. The height of the volcano reaches 5264 m. Its popularity is explained...

The world's largest museum quarter is located in the historical center of Vienna. Its territory is 60,000 square meters, and the length of the Baroque facade is 400 meters. It includes about 70 different objects: exhibition halls, museums, art objects, entertainment spaces in the form of modern cafe...

Lake Neusiedler is the 4th largest lake in Europe (315 square kilometers). Most of it is located in Austria, only 13% belongs to Hungary, where it is called Ferte. It is included in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List. Under the lake there is its "twin" – an underground lake, exactly copying the...

Once in the center of historic Vienna on Stephansplatz Square, it is impossible not to pay attention to an extraordinarily beautiful building with tall towers, very similar to the giant's castle from a medieval fairy tale. In fact, this is the Catholic Cathedral of St. Stephen, the national symbol o...