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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tours (Lat:Archidioecesis Turonensis) is an Archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in France. The archdiocese encompasses the historical Gallo-Roman province of […]

The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty. It is located in the center of Beijing China and now […]

Rioja [ˈrjoxa] is a wine region with Denominación de Origen Calificada (D.O.Ca. Qualified designation of origin) named after La Rioja in Spain. Rioja is made from grapes grown not only […]

Achziv is a national park on the northern coast of Israel 15 kilometers north of Acre within the municipal area of Nahariya. It is a former town settled for about […]

Red Square (Russian: Красная площадь tr. Krásnaya Plóshchaď IPA: [ˈkrasnəjə ˈploɕːətʲ]) is a city square in Moscow Russia. The square separates the Kremlin the former royal citadel and currently the […]

The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis (French: Cathédrale royale de Saint-Denis or simply Basilique Saint-Denis previously the Abbaye de Saint-Denis) is a large medieval abbey church in the city of […]

The Waterloo & City line is the shortest underground railway line in London; it is the least used line on the Transport for London Underground network carrying around 15 million […]

The Wadden Sea (Dutch: Waddenzee German: Wattenmeer Low German: Wattensee or Waddenzee Danish: Vadehavet West Frisian: Waadsee) is an intertidal zone in the southeastern part of the North Sea. It […]

The Bastille (French pronunciation: ​[bastij]) was a fortress in Paris known formally as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for most […]

The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping located in Yiling District Yichang Hubei province China. The Three Gorges Dam […]