Landmarks of the world

Just 18 kilometers from Anapa, in the village of Bolshoy Utrish, the amazing Anapa Dolphinarium opened in 1992 in the lagoon of the Black Sea. The dolphin enclosures are located right in the open sea, where performances take place, during which dolphins perform various tricks. This arrangement of e...

The Grand Canyon of Crimea is a fairly large canyon in the Bakhchisarai region, formed as a result of water exposure about 2 million years ago. The Grand Canyon is over 300 meters deep, only 3.5 kilometers long, and in some places no more than 3 meters wide. About 200 million years ago, the Crimean...

Mehrangarh is a powerful fortress on the Marwar stone plateau, overlooking the city of Jodhpur in the state of Rajasthan. It is one of the largest and most well-protected defensive structures of antiquity. The fortress was built by a prince from the Rajput dynasty, Roa Jodha, in 1459, and members o...

AJ Hackett Sochi Skypark is a park for extreme sports, opened in 2014 in the Adler district on the way from Adler to Krasnaya Polyana. The main attraction of the Skypark is the longest suspension pedestrian bridge in the world. Its length is almost 440 meters, and the bridge itself is suspended ove...

Not far from Nakhimov Square in Sevastopol, there is a monument to sunken ships, erected in honor of the heroic defense of Sevastopol (1854-1855) during the Crimean War. The monument was erected in 1905 to mark the 50th anniversary of the defense of Sevastopol, when to prevent the storming of the c...

Mikhailovsky Castle is the royal residence of Monarch Paul I, erected in 1797-1801. The castle is essentially a palace, but after Paul I was elevated to Grand Master of the Order of Malta, he began to call his own palaces castles. The future ruler conceived the idea of erecting a residence back in ...

The Potemkin Stairs are the most important attraction of Odessa, which is a staircase leading to the sea. From its top, you can see the entire Odessa Bay, the port and the harbor. Since the foundation of Odessa, it needed a good approach to the sea, because the port was located in a lowland, and th...

In the historical part of Istanbul, in the Eminenyu district, there is one of the oldest parks in the city, Gulhane Park. During the Ottoman Empire, it was part of the gardens of the Topkapi Palace. Translated from Persian, the name of the park sounds like "house of roses". Magnificent roses were g...

The Yavorivsky National Park is located in the Yavorivsky district of the Lviv region, spread over an area of 71 km2. The park was created to preserve and recreate the unique forest-steppe landscapes in this region. On the south side of the park is the Rastochye Nature Reserve, on the north side is...

Kolomenskoye was once the residence of the Russian tsars, but today it is an art historical and architectural museum-reserve located in Moscow on an area of 309 hectares. According to legend, the village of Kolomenskoye was founded by residents of Kolomna, who fled during the raids of the Mongol Kh...