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Billy the Kids grave

Billy the Kids grave

In the Old Fort Sumner Cemetery. Billy the Kid was shot and burried here in 1881. The gravestone was stonen in 1950 and recovered again in Granbury, TX 26 years later. 1981 it was stolen again but recovered one week later in Huntington Beach, CA.
After theese thefts the stone was armouredto the ground with ironbars.
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The Ipatiev house - russian tzar execution site

The Ipatiev house - russian tzar execution site

The Ipatiev house in Ekaterinburg where the russian Tzarfamily and 4 servants were kept imprisoned and executed after the russian revolution 1918 stood here. They were executed in the basement. It was demolished 1977 and replaced by the Church on the Blood.

Photo 1: Ipatiev House.
Photo 2: Execution room at the investigation for evidence of the execution of the Romanovs.<...
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The Betsy Ross house - Birth of Stars and Stripes

The Betsy Ross house - Birth of Stars and Stripes

It was here in Philadelphia Betsy Ross presented George Washington to the first Stars and Stripes flag that she made to him and the USA in 1776.

http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/
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The Water temple

The Water temple

The Water temple of Zaghouan is usually referred to by its French name, Temple des Eaux, or Temple des Numphes. It dates back to Roman times, and was not a temple, simpy a grand fountain
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SPANISH COLONY FORT   SANTA TERESA

SPANISH COLONY FORT SANTA TERESA

Old buildings of the spanish colony in Uruguay SANTA TERESA FORTIFICATION for Rio de la plata surveillance
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German War Memorial

German War Memorial

This memorial of an unusual design honors World War I soldiers. It is in the shape of an Iron Cross, laid out as a low wall enclosing a grove of 64 oak trees. The cross is located on a hillside to the west of Burgbernheim in northern Bavaria.
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Austro-Hungarian WWI Cemetery

Austro-Hungarian WWI Cemetery

Near Hermada mountain, in one of the most stricken areas by the massacre of World War I. The Austro-Hungarian military cemetery where 1,934 soldiers are buried.
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Plain of Jars

Plain of Jars

Know as "Plain of Jars", was a area of intense bombing by the United States during the Vietnam war. The entire landscape is still covered with bomb craters. It is know as the "Plain of Jars" because scathered across the landscape are mysterious giant "jars" made from stones thousands of years ago of unknown origin. It remains a mystery largely because the land is still littered with unexploded ...
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Piazza Anfiteatro, Lucca

Piazza Anfiteatro, Lucca

The "Piazza Anfiteatro" (literally "amphitheatre square") is one of the most particular place in Lucca. Originally it was an amphitheatre, able to hold up to 10000 people.
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The West Xia Imperial Tombs (China)

The West Xia Imperial Tombs (China)

West Xia Kingdom (1038-1227) stands among the once powerful kingdoms, with its capital in Yinchuan shaded by Mt. Helan imperial forests. Its Imperial Tombs reflect the past glories culturally and militarily.

The West Xia Imperial Tombs are 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) west of Yinchuan on east side of Mt. Helan. Since June 1972, nine imperial tombs and 253 lesser tombs have been une...
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Geomagnetic picture of the roman castel Ruffenhofen

Geomagnetic picture of the roman castel Ruffenhofen

The fort, with an area of 3.7 ha on the former “Burgfeld” (Fortress Field, present-day area name: Denzenfeld) was probably the garrison of the Cohors IX Batavorum, which numbered a thousand men. The stone fort forms a slightly offset rectangle with side lengths of 197 m x 191 m.

The installation of a military camp in Ruffenhofen possibly dates back to the last years of the 1st c...
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Long Cheng, Laos

Long Cheng, Laos

the infamous secret CIA air base better know as Lima Site 20A (or Alternate) where tens of thousands of hmong are recruited to fight the spread of communisim in southeast asia during the Vietnam War. It was a city turned modern overnight and served as a major hub throughout the war. if you zoom out, just northeast you will see a section in high resolution. Plain of Jars. Look closely and you wi...
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Roman Castel Pfuenz

Roman Castel Pfuenz

Garrison of the Cohors I Breucorum between the year 90 AD and the end of the Limes around 260 AD. Knowledge of the fort and the vicus, situated to the south, go back to the investigations of the Reichs-Limeskommission (Winkelmann) between 1884 and 1900 together with construction observation in 1998 by the State Office for Monument Conservation when a high-pressure water pipe was laid.
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Jerusalem sights

Jerusalem sights

What you must see if you visit Jerusalem.
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HMS Sheffield sunk in 1982

HMS Sheffield sunk in 1982

The first Royal Navy ship to be sunk in action for nearly forty years, the wreck is a designated war grave.
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Roman castell Pfuenz

Roman castell Pfuenz

Developed around 90 A.D. under Domitianus (81-96) with the army route white castle Pfuenz Koesching as new border.

Size: 187-189 x 144-145 m = 2.5 hectars.

Auxiliary troop unit had about 380 foot soldiers and 120 riders.
First in wood establishes, under Antoninus Pius (138-161) in stone developed. After the Markomannenkriegen rebuilt around 183/185.
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Arco della Pace, Milano

Arco della Pace, Milano

Many considered this the only monumental "Porta" (literally door, entrance) in Milano. It has been built stronly wanted by Napoleon I and has been used by Napoleon III and Vittorio Emanuele II when they enter in Milan after being freed by the Austrian domination.

Interesting website that analyze the monument: http://www.dibaio.com/arcodellapace/

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The 7 Hills of Rome

The 7 Hills of Rome

Rome has been build on 7 hills, worldwide known as "I 7 Colli di Roma".
This file collects whatever it is considered to be the "center" of each one of those 'hills' (meaning 'Colli').
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Forte Michelangelo, Civitavecchia

Forte Michelangelo, Civitavecchia

This fortress has been strongly wanted by Pope Giulo II at the beginning of the XVI century, to improve the defense of the town from the pirates that were coming through the sea. The architect was Bramante, but he died in 1514 before the entire fortress was finished (1535) when the pope was Paolo III. The top part of the "Maschio" has been completed by Michelangelo.
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The Venetian Fortezza of Rethimnon

The Venetian Fortezza of Rethimnon

The Venetian fortifications in Fortezza, a solidly-built fort on a hill. The city fell to the Turks in November 1646. Today the Fortezza is well-preserved, while the fortifications around the city have almost disappeared.
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Tihuanaco Ruins

Tihuanaco Ruins

Tihuanaco Ruins
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Castello di Fontanellato, Parma

Castello di Fontanellato, Parma

Also called "The Rocca", this wonderful castle located in the middle of the Fontanellato town, near Parma. It maintains since it was build the classical structure, with a 3 mt. deep moat whose water, up to the beginning of the XX century, was coming from natural sources.
Inside the castle there are some rooms whose paintings are from the famous italian painter "Il Parmigia...
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Castello di Felino, Parma

Castello di Felino, Parma

The Castle of Felino has been build at the beginning of the XIII century, in a position that was really important, especially from a strategic point of view. The castle is very well maintained, and, among the rest of the castle, you can visit the torture chambers and the prisons.

Felino is a small city near Parma, that is famous because gives the name to one of the best and more...
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Ancient Urgench - Turkmenistan

Ancient Urgench - Turkmenistan

Kunya-Urgench is the heart of ancient Khorezm, a UNESCO protected hystorical site. Several outstanding architectural monuments have been preserved in Kunya-Urgench (the highest minaret of Central Asia among them).
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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon rises on terraces some 400 feet above the level of the plain. This hanging gardens were built by Nebuchadnezzar about 600 B.C. to console his queen, who missed the mountains, trees and flowers of her native Media.
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