List of articles in "Place" category - Page 4711

Mount Shasta (Karuk: Úytaahkoo or White Mountain) is a volcano located at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County California. At 14179 feet (4322 m) it is […]

The Cascade Range (or Cascades) is a major mountain range of western North America extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California. It includes both non-volcanic […]

Hever Castle is located in the village of Hever Kent near Edenbridge 30 miles (48 km) south-east of London England. It began as a country house built in the 13th […]

Edinburgh Castle is a historic fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh Scotland from its position on the Castle Rock. Archaeologists have established human occupation of the […]

St. Peter’s Basilica (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri; Italian: Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano) is a Late Renaissance church located within Vatican City.Designed principally by Donato Bramante Michelangelo Carlo Maderno […]

The Central line is a London Underground service that crosses London from Ealing and Ruislip in the west to Stratford in East London before heading north-east to Epping in Essex […]

The Great Barrier Reef is the world’slargest coral reef system composed of over 2900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2300 kilometres (1400 mi) over an area of […]

The Itaipu Dam (Guarani: Itaipu Portuguese: Itaipu Spanish: Itaipú; Portuguese pronunciation: [itɐjˈpu] locally: [ita.iˈpu] Spanish pronunciation: [itaiˈpu]) is a hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River located on the border between […]

The Temple of Heaven literally the Altar of Heaven (simplified Chinese: 天坛; traditional Chinese: 天壇; pinyin: Tiāntán; Manchu: Abkai mukdehun) is a complex of religious buildings situated in the southeastern […]

The Dom Tower (Cathedral Tower Dutch: Domtoren) of Utrecht is the tallest church tower in the Netherlands at 112.5 metres (368 feet) in height and the Gothic-style tower is the […]