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Llivia, Spain

Llivia, Spain

Llivia is a Spanish enclave in France (since 1659). Llivia is linked to Spain by a neutral/international road.
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Memorial to Soviet Soldiers, Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany

Memorial to Soviet Soldiers, Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany

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Braeustueberl Tegernsee

Braeustueberl Tegernsee

Home of one of the best beers in the world! Old cloister and brewery. The landmark in one of Germany's most beautiful landscape, the Tegernsee.
Rating of 3.2508/08/2005275Google Earth Logo
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Old Town, Dubrovnik

Old Town, Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik was founded by joining two small towns: Laus (name comes from the Latin word for rock) which was on a small island off the southern Dalmatian coast, providing shelter for the Italic refugees from the nearby city of Epidaurum (today Cavtat); and Dubrava (named after the Slavic word dub for oak), a settlement of the Slavic immigrants at the foothill of the forested Srđ hill.
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Tycho Brahes observatories

Tycho Brahes observatories

At this spot you will find the two observatories of Tycho Brahe (Danish astronomer 1546-1601) on the island Hven (Danish spelling, today the island is swedish territory and is splled Ven). Above the flag (N) is Uraniborg (castle and observatory), and below (S) the green domes of the underground observatory Stjerneborg ("Star Castle"). Uraniborg and part of the surrounding renaissance ...
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Akershus Castle, Oslo

Akershus Castle, Oslo

Dating from 1299, this Medieval castle and Royal Residence developed into a fortress in 1592 after which it was rebuilt into a renaissance castle 1637-1648. Here you can see magnificent halls, the Castle church, the Royal Mausoleum and models of the castle. Government's Reception Rooms and Banqueting Halls.
Rating of 2.508/06/2005313Google Earth Logo
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Citadel Landskrona, Sweden

Citadel Landskrona, Sweden

Any further plans for Landskrona were however not realized, for various reasons. The continued Swedish-Danish wars favoured Karlskrona, located at a safer distance from Denmark, replacing Landskrona as a naval base, the fortifications were discontinued, and Malmö remained the most important commercial town - despite Malmö lacking a harbour until the late 18th century. The fortifications at Land...
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Castle Fredensborg, Denmark

Castle Fredensborg, Denmark

Castle Fredensborg, Denmark
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The Round Tower, Copenhagen

The Round Tower, Copenhagen

The Round Tower
Christian IV built this scientific centre in 1642. Experience the unique spiral walk leading the way 34,8 meters up to a magnificent view over the rooftops of Copenhagen. Look in the telescope of the observatory and catch a glimpse of stars and planets. Listen to concerts, enjoying the extraordinary acoustics, or visit the art exhibitions.
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Kastellet, Copenhagen

Kastellet, Copenhagen

Kastellet, located in Copenhagen, Denmark is one of the best preserved fortifications in Northern Europe. It is constructed in the form of a pentagram. The five bastions are named as follows: The King’s Bastion (Kongens Bastion), The Queen’s Bastion (Dronningens Bastion), The Count’s Bastion (Grevens Bastion), the Princess’s Bastion (Princessens Bastion) and the Prince’s Bastion (Princens Basti...
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Fortifications Copenhagen, Denmark

Fortifications Copenhagen, Denmark

Fortifications at Copenhagen, Denmark
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Glienicke Bridge, Berlin, Germany

Glienicke Bridge, Berlin, Germany

Glienicke Bridge was the scene of exchanges of secret agents. It was one of the few places in the world where the United States and the Soviet Union stood directly opposite each other. And so deals could be made here without any of their allies having any say in the matter.

This bridge between West-Berlin and the former DDR was a hotspot of cold-war times. Spies were frequently exchang...
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Castle Cecilienhof, Berlin, Germany

Castle Cecilienhof, Berlin, Germany

Site of the Potsdam Conference between the USSR, USA, France and UK between July 17 and August 2, 1945.
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Rookwood Necropolis

Rookwood Necropolis

Rookwood Necropolis, at 283 hectares (700 acres), is one of the largest burial grounds in the world and one of Australia’s oldest cemeteries. It has been in continual use since it was established in 1868 and over 800,000 people have been interred within the grounds since then. The headstones and monuments reflect the history of the colony Of New South Wales and the development of the city o...
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Pantheon Rome

Pantheon Rome

Famous building in Rome
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Site of First McDonalds

Site of First McDonalds

Site of the first McDonald's ever, located at 1398 N. E St., San Bernardino, CA
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Tintagel Castle site, Cornwall, England

Tintagel Castle site, Cornwall, England

Unfortunately, a very low-res image.

From the Castle Explorer site:

Tintagel Castle is set on a dramatic and picturesque headland that is virtually an island, connected to the mainland by a slim finger of land. Over the centuries much of the castle has fallen into the sea and very little rem...
Rating of 308/04/2005322Google Earth Logo
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Little Big Horn Memorial

Little Big Horn Memorial

In the spring and summer of 1876 the United States Government launched a military campaign upon a portion of the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, who refused to live within the boundaries of the Great Sioux Reservation. They chose to continue their traditional nomadic way of life. The campaign was initiated when a Government ultimatum to return to the Great Sioux Reservation, in South Dakota, by Jan...
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Masada, Israel

Masada, Israel

It's a very impressive place. You can still see the remains of the Roman ramp on the West side of this historical fortress.

Editor's note (Wikipedia):

According to Flavius Josephus, a 1st Century Jewish historian, Herod the Great built Masada between 37 and 31 BCE as a refuge for himself should his Jewish subjects rise up against him. In 66 CE, at the beginning of ...
Rating of 3.208/04/20051,286Google Earth Logo
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Brandenburg Gate Berlin

Brandenburg Gate Berlin

Brandenburg Gate, Till 1989 Border between West and East Berlin
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Compass rose ( Lisbon )

Compass rose ( Lisbon )

Compass rose at Lisbon
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Fort Eben Emael, Belgium

Fort Eben Emael, Belgium

Eben-Emael was a Belgian fortress in between Liège and Maastricht, near the Albert Canal, defending the Belgian-German border. Constructed in 1931-1935, it was reputed to be impregnable. But on 10 May 1940, 85 German parachute troopers landed in the fortress with gliders (type DFS 230). One day later, they were reinforced by the German 151st Infantry Regiment. At 13:30 h on 11 May, the fortress...
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Fort Sumter

Fort Sumter

On December 26, 1860, six days after South Carolina seceded, U.S. Army Major Robert Anderson abandoned the indefensible Fort Moultrie and secretly relocated his two companies (85 men) of the 1st U.S. Artillery to Fort Sumter. Over the next few months, repeated calls for Union surrender from Confederate Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard were ignored, and Union attempts to resupply and reinforc...
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Ruetli Meadow

Ruetli Meadow

Pact of eternal mutual defence, thereby laying the foundation of the Swiss Confederation as it stands today.
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Over the horizon backscatter radar site

Over the horizon backscatter radar site

This site in Moscow, Maine was used to watch for Soviet missile attack during the Cold War. Abandoned almost as quickly as the Cold War. During its operational lifetime it provided cover to many marijuana farmers as surveillance helicopter flights were not allowed in the vicinity.
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