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 | A little away from Golconda fort are a cluster of tombs, the most authentic evidence of the Qutub Shahi architectural traditions. Ensconced amidst picturesque and landscaped gardens, known as Ibrahim bagh, is the grandeur of these tombs dedicated to the memory of the seven Qutub Shahi kings who ruled Golconda for nearly 170 years. |  | 10/01/2005 | 220 | 
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 | A 15th century harbour, well known in France: La Rocehlle. |  | 10/01/2005 | 238 |
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 | Previous posting of McNair Barracks may have been mislabeled. Here is the correct location. |  | 09/29/2005 | 176 |
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 | The temple of Artemis is one of the seven ancient wonders of the world. |  | 09/29/2005 | 578 |
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 | Khilwath Palace, Hyderabad, India. | | 09/29/2005 | 206 |
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 | The Battle of White Mountain, November 8, 1620 ("Bílá hora" is White Mountain in Czech) was an early battle in the Thirty Years' War in which an army of 20,000 Bohemians and mercenaries under Christian of Anhalt were routed by 25,000 men of the combined armies of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor under Karel Bonaventura Buquoy and of the Catholic League under Johan Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly at C... |  | 09/26/2005 | 298 |
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 | The San Jacinto Monument is a 171 meter high column topped with a 220 ton star that commemorates the site of the Battle of San Jacinto, the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. | | 09/26/2005 | 391 |
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 | From this point going west, you find the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard. Embedded with more than 2,000 celebrity-names as a tribute to performers and others within show business. Created in 1958 to give Hollywood a face-lift. In 1978, the City of Los Angeles designated the Walk of Fame as a Cultural/Historic Landmark. | | 09/26/2005 | 1,127 |
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 | Ancient legends situate the original seat of the Czech princes - the legendary Princess Libuse and the first Przemyslides - on the hill. In fact, however, this fort had not been founded until the Prague Castle was already in existence, since it dates back to the mid-10th century. In the latter half of the 11th and in the 12th century Vysehrad used to be the Przemyslides princes' main residence ... | | 09/24/2005 | 294 |
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 | The place where Captain Cook's third voyage ended prematurely, below beautiful Hawaiian cliffs. | | 09/24/2005 | 230 |
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 | This is the cemetery of many celebrities in addition to Marilyn: Truman Capote, Frank Zappa, Natalie Wood, Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Oscar Levant, Dean Martin. | | 09/24/2005 | 352 |
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 | The castle was built by Pier Maria Rosii between 1448 and 1460. It was constructed on the ruins of a building from the 14th century and must be one of the best preserved castles of the 1400s in Italy. | | 09/23/2005 | 204 |
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 | A roman bath under a Glas Cube in the oldest city of Germany. | | 09/23/2005 | 218 |
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 | The roman theatre in the oldest city of Germany. | | 09/23/2005 | 233 |
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 | A roman bath in the oldest city of Germany. | | 09/23/2005 | 379 |
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 | Wat Phra Sri Mahathat is a temple of considerable historical and archaeological significance. It was probably founded in the 12th century when the Khmers still governed Lopburi. | | 09/21/2005 | 246 |
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 | Links to photos and descriptions of a select few of the thousands of shipwrecks that litter the coastline of New England. |  | 09/21/2005 | 542 |
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 | Built approximately around 1583, now turned into a naval museum. | | 09/21/2005 | 273 |
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 | Fort Frederick was built from stone in 1799 by British troops to protect against a possible landing of French Troops. The fort is named after Frederick, Duke Of York. It was originally armed with two eight-pounder guns and has a guardhouse and powder magazine. | | 09/20/2005 | 219 |
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 | The General Lucius D. Clay Headquarters compound for the United States Army, Berlin, was located at the corner of Clayallee and Saargemuender Strasse in Dahlem, a sub-district of Zehlendorf.
This district, built up mainly between the turn of the century and the late 1930's, was the location of many villas built by wealthy industrialists and financiers.
The Clay Hea... | | 09/20/2005 | 354 |
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 | Barracks of the US Berlin Brigade (BBDE).
First US troops in Berlin were from the 2nd "Hell on Wheels" Armored Division who were soon replaced by elements of the 82nd "All American" Airborne Division and 78th "Lightening" Infantry Division. Shortly, these two divisions were withdrawn; replaced by the 3rd "Old Guard" Infantry Regiment which was inactivated in 1946. 3rd Battalion, ... | | 09/20/2005 | 408 |
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 | This is the August Kranti Park (August Revolution) in Mumbai,India. This is the place where in August 1942, Gandhi asked the British to "quit" India. This revolution was hence forward known as the "Quit India Movement". A pillar commemmorating the event can be seen on the right. The empty ground on the left is still used by political parties for rallies and speeches. | | 09/19/2005 | 208 |
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 | The Horniman Circle Gardens is a large park in South Mumbai, India which encompasses an area of 12,081 square yards (10,101 m²). It is situated in the Fort district in Mumbai and is surrounded by the country's premiere banks. The area was initially called as Bombay Greens in the 18th century. It was originally meant to be a large open space with grand buildings in the middle of the walled city.... | | 09/19/2005 | 200 |
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 | Place where political theorist and revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg's body was dropped into the river (after being "battered to death with rifle butts" by right-wing Freikorps militia troops) in 1919. | | 09/19/2005 | 187 |
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 | Golconda is a ruined city and fortress, built on a granite hill that is 120 meters high and is surrounded by massive crenellated ramparts. | | 09/18/2005 | 249 |
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