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Locations of famous places in history |
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 | The Monument was built in the reign of the present King to commemorate the soldiers, policemen and civilians who have lost their lives during the border conflict of Thailand and Indochina. |  | 08/18/2005 | 227 | 
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 | Old Warehouse District (Speicherstadt), Hamburg |  | 08/18/2005 | 228 |
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 | The famous China Beach near Danang, Vietnam, where G.I.s where taken for a break during the Vietnam war. |  | 08/17/2005 | 472 |
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 | Sydney's Alcatraz - Fort Denison is a defensive facility occupying a small island located north of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney Harbour. Originally named Pinchgut (possibly owing to the poor quality and quantity of food given to imprisoned convicts), the island was used as a place of confinement for recalcitrant convicts during the early period of British settlement. The fortress, whic... |  | 08/17/2005 | 457 |
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 | This is the place of J.F. Kennedy's death | | 08/17/2005 | 1,055 |
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 | The intact World Trade Center | | 08/17/2005 | 6,710 |
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 | Our famous ruin in Koenigstein, Germany. | | 08/17/2005 | 932 |
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 | The Potsdam Conference was a conference held in Potsdam, Germany (near Berlin), from July 17 to August 2, 1945. The participants were the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the largest and most powerful of the victorious Allies that defeated the Axis Powers in World War II. The heads of government of these three nations—Communist Party General Secretary Joseph Stalin, Prim... | | 08/16/2005 | 195 |
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 | THE TAKEOVER OF MONTE CASTELLO
On February 21, 1945 the Brazilian Expeditionary Force achieved one of its most remarkable feats during the Campaign of Italy—the conquest of Monte Castello, until then considered an inexpugnable fortress.
That conquest became legendary not only for its expressive tactical meaning but also for the extremely adverse conditions that inv... | | 08/16/2005 | 241 |
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 | This above-ground crypt in New Orleans' St. Louis Cemetary #1 is reputed to contain the remains of Marie Laveau, the noted and powerful nineteenth-century Voudoun priestess. | | 08/15/2005 | 181 |
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 | Latin America Memorial - Sao Paulo | | 08/15/2005 | 158 |
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 | The site of the magnificent Roman ruins most of which is still standing. The Roman brought the marble to Beirut then rolled it over the hills to this site. |  | 08/15/2005 | 661 |
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 | The camp Hessental (the triangle pointing to the north) was set up in summer 1944 in the formaer barracks of the Reichsarbeitsdienst near the train station Hessental. The first occupancy with 600 inmates was on October 14th 1944, until December it were 800 inmates, mostly Polish jews from the area Radom.
Systematical undernourishment and the hygienic deficency caused serious dese... |  | 08/15/2005 | 2,340 |
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 | From the diary of Dresden:
In the evening February 13th, 244 Lancaster bombers and 9 Mosquitos of the 5th Bomberfleet of the RAF took of from their base in South-England. Codename of the mission: Chevin.
21.39: Air raid warning in Dresden
21.45: The newsspeaker in Dresden reports the approach of strong forces.
22.00: The first marking ... | | 08/15/2005 | 849 |
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 | The Roman Site of Glanum near Arles and St-Remy-de-Provence, in France. | | 08/15/2005 | 250 |
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 | A nice Roman Site at Bolonia in Spain, very near Tarifa.
See http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/cultura/museos/CABC/ | | 08/15/2005 | 175 |
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 | An aerial reconnaissance picture of Omaha Beach made during D-Day (position uncertain).
Omaha Beach was the Allied codename for one of the principal landing points during the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944. The beach is about 3.5 miles long, from Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes to Vierville-sur-Mer. | | 08/15/2005 | 1,186 |
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 | This is a square in Lisbon/Portugal with a Luiz de Camoes statue | | 08/13/2005 | 163 |
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 | Fort McHenry, the star fort that protected Baltimore in the War of 1812. Francis Scott Key, while watching the bombardment of this fort from a British ship, wrote the "Star Spangled Banner" about the flag flying at this fort. | | 08/13/2005 | 463 |
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 | This is the old Muna used till 1990 | | 08/13/2005 | 239 |
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 | 1973 the island's inhabitants had to be temporarily evacuated to the mainland (Iceland, to the north) because of a volcanic erruption. No one was hurt but 400 houses were destroyed. More details and pictures can be found here: http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/europe_west_asia/heimaey/heimaey.html | | 08/13/2005 | 347 |
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 | An aerial reconnaissance picture made during WWI.
The big green rectangle ~1 mile to the south is an American cemetery. | | 08/13/2005 | 194 |
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 | An aerial reconnaissance picture made during WWI | | 08/13/2005 | 202 |
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 | An aerial reconnaissance picture of Fort Douaumont after heaviest bombardment during WWI.
The construction work for Fort de Douaumont started in 1885 and the fort was continually reinforced until 1913. The fort is situated on some of the highest ground in the area. It has a total surface area of 30,000 square metres and is approximately 400 metres long, with two subterranean leve... | | 08/13/2005 | 372 |
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 | An aerial reconnaissance picture made during WWI. | | 08/13/2005 | 188 |
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