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 | The Polignac fortress belonged to the biggest family of Velay and one of the most illustrius of France. It was first built in the 11 century. The 32m tower was actually a dungeon built during the 14th century.
Polignac is situated in Auvergne near the town of Le Puy en Velay. |  | 01/13/2006 | 106 | 
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 | The Vale of Glamorgan Hotel, Golf & Country Club
Set in 600 acres of parkland
143 bedroom, four star hotel
2 championship golf courses
a 50 x 60 metre indoor Turf training pitch
Home to the Wales National Rugby and Football teams
has been used by Liverpool FC, Manchester United FC, Arsenal FC and Che... | | 01/13/2006 | 141 |
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 | Dating from the 13th century, the château de La Brède became property of Jacques de Secondat de Montesquieu around the end of the 17th century.
Charles Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, also know as Montesquieu, was born in this Castle in 1689.
As of today, the castle has remained property of Montesquieu’s descendants.
The castle is of gothic style and... | | 01/13/2006 | 133 |
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 | Chateaux by departement
Updated 08.03.06: This file doubles the size of the previous 350 Chateaux. It also makes minor corrections and now has data from all of the departments of France. |  | 01/13/2006 | 368 |
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 | These Underground stations are very interest. They consist of two levels. The first level is a traffic circle and the other level is the Underground station. This station is under the traffic circle. In the middle of the traffic circle you can see the station. | | 01/12/2006 | 300 |
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 | The fourth and final Polo Grounds, which the Giants used until they moved to San Francisco after the 1957 season, and which the Mets used until Shea Stadium was completed in 1964, was the most famous, and the one most people mean when they refer to the Polo Grounds. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polo_Grounds | | 01/11/2006 | 96 |
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 | One of the old gates to enter the city of Brussels | | 01/11/2006 | 102 |
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 | Here you can see the most important sites of Melbourne. Furthermore the 10 tallest buildings of this city are marked. |  | 01/11/2006 | 303 |
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 | Here you can see the most important sites of Sydney. Furthermore the 10 tallest buildings in Sydney are marked. | | 01/11/2006 | 385 |
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 | Castle of Reaux in Indre et Loire France.
www.pariserve.tm.fr/hotel-france/chateau-reaux/
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 | The listed as Historical monument is located on an island which was once surrounded by fortifications and only accessible via its two bridges. An ancestor of the owner Nicolas de Vallois d'Escoville acquired the château in 1538. The building still display its proud postern and a perfectly restored 15th century drawbridge facing the remains of the elegant 16th chateau; They are beautiful floral ... | | 01/10/2006 | 117 |
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 | The greatest movie complex of Brussels |  | 01/09/2006 | 110 |
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 | Located at 28 km far from Paris in the Hurepoix county, the house overlooks the Salmouille river. This historical estate is opened to visits.
The house, the seven yards and the park frame a near perfect square. The estate was started in 1612 by François Dupoux, one the king’s lawyers. At the end of the 18th century, the estate was bought by Mrs Charron , a general counselor ‘s widow. Sh... | | 01/09/2006 | 110 |
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 | Built in 1631 by the famous architect François Mansart, the château de Balleroy has undergone extensive restoration and refurnishment.
In 1969, Malcolm Forbes fell in love with the Château de Balleroy situated in Normandy, France, and acquired it in 1970. In 1975, a converted stable became the world’s first museum dedicated to ballooning.
In his lifetime, Malcolm Forbes collected ... | | 01/08/2006 | 219 |
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This is a hospital called
Ospedale Tiberina.
It is situated on a little island in the Tiber.
Near the Vatikan border.
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Santa Maria del Popolo is a church in Rome. | | 01/08/2006 | 128 |
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Santa Maria della Vittoria is a Church in Rome.
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 | Piazza Navona
Fontana dei Fiumi, a water well from
Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini.
Fontana dei fiumi is a triut to the 4 greatest rivers
in the world (Rivers admitted to that at that time)
Nil, Ganges, Donau, Rio de la Plata | | 01/08/2006 | 183 |
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 | Ideogram building in Tokyo | | 01/07/2006 | 167 |
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 | Located of top of a hill ,this marvelous place is now partly the countryhome of the international Rochefort golf | | 01/07/2006 | 199 |
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 | The castle of Dourdan was built around 1222 for Philippe Auguste. Kings and high lords were the successive owners. At the end of the XVIIe century, it was given to the duke of Orleans which transformed it into prison. This function remained until 1852. This fortress, classified Historic building in 1964, is a remarkable example of military architecture which preserved its courtines, its turns, ... | | 01/07/2006 | 112 |
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 | With the borders of Touraine and High Poitou, between the Loire château and the Romanesque art of Poitou, this castle was built at the end of XIVth century by a very strange lanlord Geoffroy le Meingre known as Boucicaut governor of Dauphiné. After being destroyed by arsonning a new castle was built at the same place in 1449. Save from destruction in 1863 by the Picpus congregation , it's now a... | | 01/07/2006 | 94 |
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 | Coudray Salbart is an exceptional castle, initially by its fast evolution and changes of program which one affected over one short period (a little more of the quarter of century). Its architecture is deeply influenced by the Plantagenet uses: Profiles of the turns in fine, which one finds with the castle of Loaches before 1205. The principal part of the castle shows a flanked quadrangular encl... | | 01/07/2006 | 106 |
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 | Saint Louis Science Center (including the McDonnell Planetarium) spans I-64. Older portion on north side of interstate while newer portion on south side. | | 01/07/2006 | 117 |
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 | World's Tallest Skyscrapers (333 placemarks with year/floors/height info) |  | 01/06/2006 | 395 |
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