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Sightseeing: Historical Placemarks

Locations of famous places in history

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Halifax Citadel

Halifax Citadel

The present Citadel, completed in 1856, is the fourth in a series of forts since 1749 to occupy the hill overlooking the harbour.
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Paul Reveres House, Boston

Paul Reveres House, Boston

This is the house of the famous silversmith and where he started his midnight ride on April 18, 1775. It is also Boston's oldest building and one of a few remaining from the early colonial America.
Rating of 4.509/09/2005186Google Earth Logo
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Old North Church, Boston

Old North Church, Boston

The Old North Church was built in 1723, and was inspired by the works of Christopher Wren.
Rating of 509/09/2005162Google Earth Logo
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Silves castle

Silves castle

A Moorish castle, the Castelo de Mouros occupies around 12.000 square meters. Archaeological excavations have shown that the oldest buildings go back to the 8th century.
Rating of 309/09/2005149Google Earth Logo
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Zitadelle Spandau, Berlin

Zitadelle Spandau, Berlin

One of the most important Prussian fortresses, the Zitadelle was constructed in the 16th century as part of a bigger city fortification.
Rating of 3.509/09/2005245Google Earth Logo
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De Burcht, Leiden

De Burcht, Leiden

De Burcht is a 12th-century castle in the form of a circular tower built on an earth mound. It has never been used for its military function. In the 18th century it became a formal garden with fountain.
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Fort York, Toronto

Fort York, Toronto

British fort built in 1793 to defend York (Toronto) from American attack. It contains the largest group of War of 1812 buildings in Canada.
Rating of 3.509/09/2005228Google Earth Logo
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Mausoleum of Augustus, Rome

Mausoleum of Augustus, Rome

The Mausoleum of Augustus is a large tomb built by the Roman emperor Augustus in 28 B.C. on the Campus Martius in Rome. The Mausoleum measures 90 meters in diameter by 42 meters in height.
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Hippodrome of Constantinople, Istanbul

Hippodrome of Constantinople, Istanbul

It is estimated that the Hippodrome of Constantine was about 150 metres long and 130 metres wide. Its stands were capable of holding 100,000 spectators.
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Barnenez Cairn, Finisterre

Barnenez Cairn, Finisterre

The remains of Barnenez Chambered Cairn was only really rediscovered in 1955 when quarrying for stone to build a local road cut down into one of the major internal structures. This quarrying has left part of the cairn removed, allowing a good view of the construction of the cairn.
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Sant Felipe Fort, Minorca

Sant Felipe Fort, Minorca

Philip II built the Sant Felip fort at the entrance of the port of Maó after sustained Muslim pirate attacks.
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Wandlebury Ring, Cambridge

Wandlebury Ring, Cambridge

Wandlebury Ring was an iron age hill-fort and much of the defensive earthworks remain.
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Burgh Mill, Norfolk

Burgh Mill, Norfolk

Burgh Mill was recorded in the Domesday Book in 1085. A brick built mill was erected in the 1500s and further enlarged around 1790, possibly making it the oldest mill in the England.
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Fort Griswold, Groton

Fort Griswold, Groton

This is the historic site where, on September 6, 1781, British Forces, commanded by the infamous Benedict Arnold, captured the Fort and massacred 88 of the 165 defenders stationed there.
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Castro de Barona, Spain

Castro de Barona, Spain

This Iron Age settlement is a very representative example of a "coastal castro".
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Dumbarton Castle

Dumbarton Castle

Dumbarton was the center of the ancient kingdom of Strathclyde from the 5th century until 1018.
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Castle of Arad

Castle of Arad

The castle of Arad in romania, built in the 17th century.
Rating of 3.16666666609/09/2005336Google Earth Logo
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Merrymount

Merrymount

Site of an early English settlement wiped out by Miles Standish and the Pilgrims of Plymouth. The placemark actually denotes the location of the May Pole that the settlers erected, much to the dismay of their Puritan neighbors.

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~Drbr/williams.html
Rating of 009/08/2005191Google Earth Logo
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Bethlehem Steel Works

Bethlehem Steel Works

The now defunct Bethlehem Steel Works in Bethlehem, PA. The steel produced in this plant was used across the country for bridges and buildings and what-not.
Rating of 3.509/08/2005221Google Earth Logo
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Plaza de las tres Culturas

Plaza de las tres Culturas

Year of 68 at Tlaltelolco, several university students were killed by the Mexican Army at this plaza. The students at the Plaza were in a massive manifestation when the army started a shooting against them. Several were killed.
No rating yet09/07/2005197Google Earth Logo
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La Brea Tar Pits

La Brea Tar Pits

The La Brea Tar Pits are a famous cluster of tar pits located in the Miracle Mile district of Los Angeles, California; here buried asphalt seeps to the surface from the extensive petroleum deposits below the surface of the Los Angeles Basin. It is best known for the large number of mammal fossils from the last ice age which have been found there, but fossilized insects and plants, even pollen g...
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Old Quarantine Station - Sydney

Old Quarantine Station - Sydney

n 1832, Sydney opened Australia’s first quarantine station at North Head, just south of Manly. Ships carrying immigrants from all over the world were made to anchor in Spring Cove and inspected for diseases such as Smallpox, Spanish Influenza, Tuberculosis, Bubonic Plague and Cholera.
If anyone was found to be infected the entire ship was quarantined for a minimum of 30 days, at the cost...
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Chaco Culture National Historical Park

Chaco Culture National Historical Park

This is a small tour of Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. It contains 13 placemark relating to the ancestral Puebloan People.
No rating yet09/05/2005238Google Earth Logo
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Map overlay for Angkor Thom

Map overlay for Angkor Thom

This map shows the plan of Angkor Thom and includes Angkor Wat to the south and part of Preah Khan to the north.
Rating of 3.609/05/2005662Google Earth Logo
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Angkor Wat - overlay

Angkor Wat - overlay

This is an overlay in pretty good resolution of Angkor Wat on its own.
Rating of 3.37509/05/2005748Google Earth Logo
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