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Locations of famous places in history |
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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 | 2,384 | 
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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 | 895 |
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 | The Roman Site of Glanum near Arles and St-Remy-de-Provence, in France. |  | 08/15/2005 | 274 |
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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 | 191 |
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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 | 1,434 |
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 | This is a square in Lisbon/Portugal with a Luiz de Camoes statue | | 08/13/2005 | 175 |
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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 | 523 |
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 | This is the old Muna used till 1990 | | 08/13/2005 | 271 |
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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 | 383 |
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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 | 230 |
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 | An aerial reconnaissance picture made during WWI | | 08/13/2005 | 257 |
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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 | 441 |
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 | An aerial reconnaissance picture made during WWI. | | 08/13/2005 | 222 |
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 | B17's of the USAF bombing Koblenz downtown.
Koblenz, the city at the confluence of River Rhine and River Mosel, was established more than 2,000 years ago by Romans. They called it "Castrum ad Confluentes" (castle at the confluence). The next 2,000 years the name changed (Confluentes -> Covelenz -> Cobelenz -> Coblenz -> Koblenz).
Later it was frequen... | | 08/13/2005 | 392 |
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 | Castle and youth hostel | | 08/12/2005 | 239 |
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 | The capital of the Kingdom of Coacthemala (Guatemala) until 1773, when it was destroyed by an earthquake. | | 08/12/2005 | 529 |
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 | The ancient Mayan capital, now buried in the jungle of northern Guatemala. Some scenes in one of the "Star Wars" movies were shot here. | | 08/12/2005 | 756 |
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 | The Hermannsdenkmal (German for Hermann monument) is located in North Rhine Westphalia in Germany in the Southern part of the Teutoburg Forest, which is southwest of Detmold in the district of Lippe. It stands on the densely forested and 386 m tall Teutberg in the ring fortification located there, which is called Grotenburg. The sword has the following inscription:
Deutschlands E... | | 08/11/2005 | 642 |
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 | Australian War Memorial and numerous other memorials, Canberra - A piece of history.
Wikipedia: Canberra's 322,000 residents live in a planned city originally designed by Walter Burley Griffin, although the Burley Griffin design has now been altered significantly, notably by changing the location of Parliament House from the lak... |  | 08/11/2005 | 274 |
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 | This is a little ruin near Rheinbach, Germany (very low-res image). |  | 08/10/2005 | 209 |
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 | http://www.cosi.org/
A historical building for the central Ohioans. This is a science center. This however is not the original location. They relocated to this position on the riverfront a few years ago. |  | 08/10/2005 | 221 |
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 | Salem, Massachusetts (Wikipedia link), site of the infamous 17th Century Witch Trials. | | 08/09/2005 | 206 |
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 | The explorers left edge of civilization here in Vincennes, Indiana in 1802, and ventured across the semi-mighty Wabash river on their way to the Pacific. Their two-year journey, the first overland to the Pacific Coast, is recorded in many histories (Wikipedia link). | | 08/09/2005 | 178 |
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 | "Ile des faisans" is the most little condominium in the world. In this place was signed (7 november 1659) a peace treaty between spain and France (the Pyrenees Peace). Since this day, this island is a condominium. During 6 mounth this island is French. The other six Mounth, this island is Spanish. |  | 08/09/2005 | 370 |
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 | http://www.war-memorial.net/mem_det.asp?ID=98 | | 08/09/2005 | 258 |
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