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 | The Futuro Home was a small, easily portable building designed to be more like a ski cabin or summer cottage than a true home. Matti Suuronen, a Finnish architect, created the design in 1968. The design was made to be fun (looking like a flying saucer) and practical. (low wind profile) |  | 04/05/2008 | 141 | 
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 | Ortenbourg Castle lies west of the village of Scherwiller in the Bas-Rhin province in France. This area is also known as the Northern Alsace or the Middle Vosges.
The silhouette of Ortenbourg Castle rises up at the entrance of the Liepvre valley, at the end of a granite peak of the Rittersberg mountain (443 meters high). The well known Haut-Koenigsbourg Castle can easily be seen... |  | 04/05/2008 | 127 |
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 | Odratzheim Manor (also known as Chateau-Geraudon) was built by Joseph Massol in 1765 for Augustin Pierre Geraudon, the royal war superintendant.
It was probably built on the remains of an older castle.
The right side chariot gate originate from the old mill as far as the 1624 keystone is decorated with a mill paddle wheel. The left side chariot gate is from 1560 and prob... | | 04/05/2008 | 126 |
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 | Haut-Barr (German:Hohbarr) Castle is a medieval castle, first built in 1100, above the city of Saverne in the French département of Bas-Rhin. It was built on sandstone rock 460m above the valley of Zorn and the plain of Alsace. Because of this, it has been called the eye of Alsace.
On several occasions it was expanded by the bishops of Strasbourg.
The Peace of West... | | 04/05/2008 | 165 |
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 | Andlau's Castle is a medieval castle in the commune of Andlau, in the Bas-Rhin département of France.
Constructed on a narrow granite outcrop at an altitude of 451 m (~1466 ft), the Haut-Andlau dominates the valleys of Andlau and Kirneck. The castle was built from granite blocks, very certainly by Eberhard d'Andlau between 1246 and 1264. In 1678, after the joining of Alsace to Fr... | | 04/05/2008 | 116 |
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 | Fleckenstein Castle is located in the commune of Lembach, in the Bas-Rhin département of France. This fortress, built in the shape of 52 m long boat, has a long history. The castle was built on a sandstone summit in the Middle Ages. An ingenious system for collecting rainwater fed a cistern and a hoist allowed water and other loads to be moved to the upper floors.
A castle is kno... | | 04/04/2008 | 159 |
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 | The Haut-Koenigsbourg Castle is located at Orschwiller, Alsace, France, in the Vosges mountains just West of Selestat. The castle is nestled at a strategic location on a high hill overlooking the Alsatian plain; as a result it was used by successive powers from the Middle Ages until the Thirty Years' War when it was abandoned. In 1900 it was restored under the direction of Emperor Wilhelm II. T... | | 04/03/2008 | 267 |
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 | The Bernstein Castle is a castle in the commune of Dambach-la-ville, in the Bas-Rhin département of France. It is situated at an altitude of 557m (~1810ft).
Originally, the castle belonged to the Counts of Eguisheim Dabo. After the siege of 1227 it became the property of the bishop of Strasbourg and seat of the episcopal bailiffs until 1580. Abandoned from this date, the building... | | 04/03/2008 | 169 |
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 | Ledreborg was built in 1740-1745, by Lensgreve Johan Ludwig Holstein, the then leader of the Danish Chancellery, under Christian VI.
The estate has now been in the hands of the Holstein-Ledreborg family for more than 250 years, and the palace contains a unique collection of furniture and paintings, almost untouched since being founded.
Enjoy the view from, the kn... | | 03/28/2008 | 166 |
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 | Nyboder is situated close to the train station Østerport in the Østerbro District of Copenhagen, Denmark. The buildings where built under order of king Christian the 4th in 1631.
The main reason for this step was the increasing need of housing for enlisted men of the Royal Danish Navy and their families. The first of a total of 20 houses were finished in 1631 on plots of land out... |  | 03/28/2008 | 112 |
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 | Børsen (The Stock Exchange) is a building on the island Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen built by Christian IV in 1619-1640.
The building was designed by Hans van Steenwinckel in the style of the Dutch renaissance architecture and is famous among tourists for its "dragonspire". The spire from 1625 is shaped as the tails of four dragons twined together. The tower measur... | | 03/28/2008 | 479 |
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 | The first historic reference to Krenkerup dates from 1367. It was the main village farm and the building is presumed to have been of an oak timber frame construction. The oldest part of the present structure dates back to 1480 and composed a one storey house on solid foundations and built by Eskild Gøye. This structure is now integrated in the eastern part of the north wing.
The ... | | 03/28/2008 | 126 |
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 | Kalo Castle was build around 1313 as one of four in Jutland by the danish King Erik Menved.
The castle was, among others, a state prison. The swedish King Gustav Vasa was imprisoned here 1518 to 1520 whe succeded to escape to Lübeck.
1660 it wasn't in use anymore and it was demolished. Bricks were transported to Copenhagen to build the new Charlottenborg Castle at ... | | 03/28/2008 | 150 |
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 | Jaegerspris Castle was bought by danish King Frederik VII in 1874. Here the king lived with the love of his life, the Countess Danner.
After his death the Countess Danner inherited the castle and bequeathed it to a fund for 'helpless and abandoned girls from common families'. Most of the castle was built in the 1700s. Some rooms in the castle can still be seen with Frederik VII ... | | 03/27/2008 | 200 |
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 | Built in the 12th century, the castle was the main part of the defence of the fortified town. To begin with, the castle’s original vocation was to provide a resting place for Lords returning from the Crusades. Altered in the 15th century by the Duke of Nemours who turned it into a residential building, and again in the 17th century, since when the château’s appearance has remained unchanged. In... | | 03/25/2008 | 223 |
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 | Tokyo Opera City is one of the greatest theater complexes in the world. It consists of six theaters/halls and two art museums, together with a wooden-walled Concert Hall that has a first-class sound effect, and the New National Theatre Tokyo where operas, ballets, modern dances and dramas are performed.
http://www.operacity.jp/en/ | | 03/24/2008 | 151 |
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 | St. Luke’s International Hospital began in 1902 as a small clinic in Tsukiji, Tokyo, founded by Rudolph Bolling Teusler, a missionary doctor sent by the American Episcopal Church. It has since grown into one of the premier general hospitals in Japan.
http://www.luke.or.jp/eng/index.html | | 03/23/2008 | 213 |
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 | The National Cancer Center (NCC) was founded in Tsukiji, Tokyo in 1962 as the core institution for implementing national policy against cancer.
http://www.ncc.go.jp/en/ncch/about/hospital.html | | 03/23/2008 | 77 |
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 | The Fujimiya Factory maintains about 100,000 m2 of greenery in the neighboring area of the factory, where employee apartment buildings and dormitories are located. Some of these spots are open to the public and used as athletic fields, tennis courts, golf ranges and other recreational facilities by the local community. | | 03/22/2008 | 132 |
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 | Situated on Canton Road, The Victoria Towers rises 70 storeys above the bustling streets of Tsimshatsui, giving its residents panoramic view of the world-famous Victoria Harbour.
http://www.victoria-towers.com.hk/ | | 03/17/2008 | 1,075 |
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 | Krudttårnet built 1686-1690, is a three-storey Martello tower. On the top floor (canon deck) you can see a range of artillery. The lower floors contain exhibitions on the history of Fladstrand and the harbour. The tower was used as a base by the naval hero, Tordenskiold, during the Northern War.
1974 it was decided to move the tower from the original place because of the expansio... | | 03/17/2008 | 467 |
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 | This is the other gate in Flensburg build 1602 and was a meeting place for the sailors in Flensburg.
Interesting inside the building is is the tile room decorated with dutch tiles.
Outside the building you see marks from the past floodings of Flensburg and also the coat of arms of Flensburg and of King Christian IV and Queen Anna Katharina.
Today the... | | 03/16/2008 | 120 |
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 | The North Gate (danish: Nørreport, deutsch: Nordertor).
Flensburg had several gates to enter the city, today only two remains, this one and the Kompagnie Gate at the harbour. The other were demolished in the 19th. century.
The North Gate was build 1595, on the front side is the coat of arms of the city of Flensburg and the danish King Christian VII.
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 | The finest example of renaissance domestic architecture in Northern Europe, built in 1624 by the wealthy merchant Jens Bang.
For over 300 years, the building has been the home of Aalborg's oldest pharmacy, and in all that time the house has never been sold.
(From Visit Denmark) | | 03/15/2008 | 514 |
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 | Former children's home on Jersey where child abuse and murder is suspected | | 02/29/2008 | 679 |
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