Landmarks of the world

The beautiful harbor is a national park on the Black Sea coast in Crimea. The park was created in 2009 on an area of 109 km2, but in 2014 it was renamed Tarkhankutsky. The National park is located on the Tarkhankut peninsula, which is covered mainly by steppe territories and gullies cutting into th...

Southern Cultures is an amazing park in Sochi, built back in 1910 under the guidance of the talented horticulturist Arnold Regel. In 1910, General Daniil Vasilyevich Drachevsky wanted to establish a large park on his estate, on an area of 11 hectares. To do this, he invited Regel, a specialist in l...

Yew and boxwood grove is a unique natural monument near Sochi, which is home to rare Colchian boxwood and berry yew. The forest area is more than 300 hectares and has been protected since 1931. The yew and boxwood grove has preserved ancient plants that grew as early as 30 million years ago. One of...

Achillion is a magnificent palace on the island of Kerkyra in Greece, built for the Austrian Empress Elizabeth of Bavaria in 1890. The main theme for the design of the palace was the Greek hero Achilles. The land on which the palace is located used to belong to the diplomat Petros Vrailas Armenis, ...

Sofiyevka Park is a huge national arboretum park in the city of Uman. It is a very popular place among the citizens and visitors of the city. The Sofiyivka was pawned by Polish Count Stanislav Potocki to give to his wife for her birthday. In 1802, the park was ready for Sofia Witt-Potocka's name da...

Chinon Castle is one of the royal castles built in the Loire River valley. The castle consists of three fortresses built at different times. The main building of the Chinon Castle was built in 954 by Count Thebes I de Blois on a hill. In 1037, Count Fulk III of Nerra (Count of Anjou) seized these l...

Loches Castle is one of the oldest castles in the Loire River Valley, which has seen many battles and royal intrigues over the years. The first defensive structure in this place appeared at the beginning of the 9th century, and was a wooden tower protecting the settlement. Everything changed when t...

The Lal Kila Fortress (Red Fort) is an amazing landmark of India, built during the reign of the Mughals. The architects built the fortress in the image and likeness of paradise described in the Quran. The construction of the citadel began in 1639 by order of Emperor Shah Jahan and 9 years later the...

Livadia Palace is one of the residences of the rulers of the Russian Empire, located near Yalta. It was here in 1945 that the fateful Yalta Conference of the Allied Powers took place, which decided the order of the world after World War II. The history of this area began in ancient times, when Gree...

Nivki Park is a monument of landscape art in Kiev. Nivki consists of the western and eastern parts, which are conditionally divided by the railway. The park in this place was organized in 1972. During the time of the Russian Empire, these lands belonged to Governor-General Illarion Vasilchikov and ...