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Showing posts with label Places and writers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Places and writers. Show all posts
January 15, 2020

1411, 3357 ROMANIA (Botoşani) - Mihai Eminescu (1850-1889)

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1411 Mihai Eminescu at 19 year, in Prague, in 1869 Posted on 17.01.2015, 15.01.2020 On 15 January 1850 was born in the village of  I...
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January 13, 2020

3354 UNITED KINGDOM (Scotland) - Scott Monument - part of Old and New Towns of Edinburgh (UNESCO WHS)

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Placed in Princes Street Gardens in New Town, opposite the Jenners department store on Princes Street , the Scott Monument is a Vict...
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December 24, 2019

3244, 3304 IRELAND - Irish writers

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3244 3304 Posted on 12.01.2018, 24.12.2019 For a comparatively small place, the island of Ireland has made a disproportionate...
February 1, 2018

0549, 2030, 3253 IRELAND (Leinster) - Trinity College - part of The Historic City of Dublin (UNESCO WHS - Tentative List)

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2030 Dublin - Trinity College Posted on 11.03.2013, 13.11.2015, 01.02.2018 Probable that Dublin no longer looks as it was presented ...
July 6, 2017

3107 ROMANIA (Bacău) - George Bacovia Memorial House in Bacău

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George Bacovia Memorial House is the starting point for any cultural itinerary in Bacău ,  a city situated in the historical region of...
March 18, 2017

0367, 2986 CZECH REPUBLIC (Prague) - Old Town Square - part of the Historic Centre of Prague (UNESCO WHS)

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0367 Prague - Old Town Square The Old Town Square of Prague and the surrounding quarter is lined with wonderful buildings in differ...
January 13, 2017

2925 RUSSIA (Pskov Oblast) - The Old Mill in Mikhailovskoye

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Located in the heart of the Pskov Oblast , on the spurs of the Valdai Hills , not far from Pskov and the border of Latvia , the State ...
October 21, 2016

2836 UNITED KINGDOM (England) - China Miéville

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China Tom Miéville is an English fantasy fiction author, comic writer, political activist and academic. He often describes his work as...
September 23, 2016

2766 ROMANIA (Iași) - Mihail Sadoveanu (1880-1961)

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Mihail Sadoveanu was a Romanian novelist, short story writer, journalist and political figure. Often seen as the leading author of hi...
August 18, 2016

2688 ROMANIA (Sibiu) - Octavian Goga (1881-1938)

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Known in Romania more as poet and politician, Octavian Goga was also playwright, journalist, and translator. He was born on April 1, ...
July 25, 2016

2667 SPAIN (Community of Madrid) - The monument to Cervantes in Madrid

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As is well known, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one o...

0652, 0653, 1120, 2666 ITALY (Tuscany) - Historic centre of Florence (UNESCO WHS)

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0652 Images of Florence Posted on 21.05.2013, 27.06.2014, 25.07.2016 Founded by Romans as a settlement for veteran soldiers and nam...
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June 7, 2016

2598 UNITED STATES (Massachusetts) - Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

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2598 Emily Dickinson - The daguerreotype taken at Mount Holyoke, December 1846 or early 1847, the only authenticated portrait of Emily ...
April 12, 2016

2454, 2455 ROMANIA (Prahova) - Ion Luca Caragiale (1852-1912)

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2454 Portrait of Ion Luca Caragiale Ion Luca Caragiale was short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and jour...
February 13, 2016

2290 UNITED KINGDOM (England) - Anne Hathaway's Cottage and Gardens

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Anne Hathaway's Cottage is a twelve-roomed farmhouse where Anne Hathaway , the wife of William Shakespeare , lived as a child in t...
January 11, 2016

2206 FRANCE (French Guiana) - Îles du Salut

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The Îles du Salut (Islands of Salvation), so called because the missionaries went there to escape plague on the mainland, are a group ...
December 6, 2015

2104 UNITED STATES (Missouri) - Mark Twain Cave

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Located near Hannibal , Mark Twain Cave is the oldest operating show cave in the state, giving tours continuously since 1886. It plays...