Friday 31 October 2014

[www.keralites.net] AMAZING PLACES IN EARTH

 

China 1:   Taihang Mountains 
 
 
The spiral staircase on the Taihang Mountains is 91 meters high.

Portugal 2: Palace Regaleira

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An interior view of the Palace of Regaleira located in Sintra, Portugal.

3:  Bosnia and Herzegovina: the small town of Blagaj

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The Tekija house built in the 16th century next to the source of the Buna.

4 Romania: Merry Cemetery Sapan wooden tombs...

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The Happy Cemetery of Sapan has Marmatie funeral wooden tombs, painted in bright colors.

Italy 5: The small island of Procida

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Procida is an island, an Italian town of about 10,000 inhabitants, located in the province of Naples.

6. Malta Popeye Village

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It was built as a movie set in 1980 for the film Popeye (Walt Disney). Today it is open to the public as a museum.

7. Iceland: Falls Litlanesfoss

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Litlanesfoss is waterfalls surrounded by basalt columns Upphéraðsvegur located in Iceland.

8. China: The mountains rainbow sky

Zhangye Danxia mountains were formed on red terrigenous sedimentary layers that have been eroded for 24 million years.
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9. Italy: The Cliff Restaurant

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The Cliff Restaurant, Grotta Palazzese, was built in a cave in the region of Apulia in Italy.

10. India: Chand Baori, Rajasthan

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In Rajasthan, the building dating from the 11th century, is one of the first baoris (wells) that has solved the problem of lack of water.

11. USA: Bishop's Castle

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In the San Isabel Forest in Colorado is a medieval castle built over 40 years by Jim Bishop. He began building at the age of 15 years.

12. Russia: psychedelic salt mine

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At the heart of the abandoned salt mine in Yekaterinburg in Russia. There is a wealth of Carnallite not used for several years.

13. Brazil: The natural pool at the white sand Fervedouro

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Near the village of Mateiros is a natural pool, Fervedouro. It measures 8 feet in diameter, the water is crystal blue and the ground is white sand.

14. Italy: Craco ghost medieval village

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Craco is an Italian town abandoned it a famous tourist destination and a place for film shooting.

15. Samoa: To Sua Ocean Trench

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"To Sua Ocean" and a piece of paradise located in the village of Lotofaga in Samoa. The place is available to the public as bathing area.

16. Burma: The village of Bagan

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Bagan is a large Buddhist archaeological site of nearly 50 square kilometers in the Region of Mandalay in the central plain of Burma.

17. Portugal: The colorful umbrellas of Agueda

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In the town of Agueda in Portugal, umbrellas of different colors are present in suspension in the shopping streets.

18. Tanzania: Lake Natron

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Lake Natron is an alkaline salt lake of tectonic origin endoreic present in northern Tanzania.

19. Germany: Bridge Bastei

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Bastei The bridge is located in the mountains of the Elbe in Saxon Switzerland in Germany.

20. Sichuan: The Leshan Giant Buddha

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The Leshan Giant Buddha is a monumental statue of Buddha carved into the cliffs of Mount Lingyun Sichuan.

21. Spain: The Alcazar of Segovia

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The Alcazar of Segovia is a fortified castle, located at the end of the old city of Segovia in Spain.

22. Turkey: Tombs of Myra

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In lycènes rocks are the rock tombs of the ancient city of Myra.

23. Netherlands: Fort Bourtange

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Bourtange is a Dutch fortified town in the province of Groningen, which was built in 1580.

24. Bhutan: The Monastery Taktshang

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Taktshang is a Buddhist monastery in Bhutan, perched on a cliff at 3,120 m/9360 ft above sea level.

25. Portugal: The island of São Miguel

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São Miguel is the largest island in the Azores archipelago and the most populated with an area of 744.6 square kilometers ..

26. Italy: Santa Maria dell'Isola

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The Monastery of Santa Maria dell'Isola was built on a rocky cliff near the beach in Tropea, Italy.

27. France: The Gardens of Marqueyssac

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Marqueyssac Gardens - Belvedere of the Dordogne - are in he town of Vézac in a historic park of 22 hectares.

28. Philippinnes: Labassin Waterfall  Restaurant

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This restaurant in the Philippines offers its guests to eat their feet in the water. An artificial waterfall was built for the occasion.

29. Iran: Mosque Nasir-ol-Molk

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The Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque is a Shiite mosque in the province of Fars in Iran. It was built from 1876 to 1888 and is full of colours.

30. Russia: Pillars Nature Park in Lena

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These natural stone columns measure several tens of meters high and are formed by a process of erosion.

31. Thailand: The White Temple Wat Rong Khun

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Wat Rong Khun is a place of worship entirely white south of Chiang Rai in Thailand.

32. Singapore: Park Gardens by the Bay

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Green space with remarkable biodiversity, built for more than 625 million. This giant park measures 101 hectares and includes three gardens.

33. United States: Kansas City Library

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A novel architecture for the library of Kansas City, which offers a facade shaped ledgers stored.

34. Ukraine and Russia: Mount Ai-Petri

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Ai-Petri is a mountain 1,230 meters high located in the region of Yalta in the Crimea.

35. Egypt: The Library of Alexandria

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The Library of Alexandria was built in 1995 and cost $ 220 million. It was inaugurated in October 2002.

36. France: Le Moulin de l'Abbaye

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Le Moulin de l'Abbaye is a luxury hotel located in Brantôme-en-Perigord in the Dordogne. It is a luxury of the Perigord.

37. Peru: Huacachina Oasis

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Huacachina is a village in the Ica Region, in southwestern Peru has an oasis. In 1999, only 115 people lived there.

38. Mexico: The Marieta Islands

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The Marieta Islands are an uninhabited archipelago off the coast of Nayarit, Mexico. It is an old military became protected national park area.

39. Sri Lanka: The lion rock Sigiriya

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Sigiriya (Lion's Rock) is a major archaeological site, a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

40. Portugal: The Fort of São João Baptista

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The Fort of São João Baptista is a seventeenth century fort located on the island of Berlengas in front of the port city of Peniche in central Portugal.

41 Canada: Montreal Botanical Garden

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The Montreal Botanical Garden is located in Montreal, Quebec and is one of the largest botanical gardens in the world. It was created in June 1931.
 
42. Thailand: Phraya Nakhon Cave
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A Buddhist temple built in the middle of the cave Phraya Nakhon Thailand is illuminated by the light of heaven.

43. Western Australia: Pink Lake Middle Island

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The Hillier lake on the island of Middle Island has pink water, the cause remains unexplained. It was discovered in 1802 by a British explorer.

44. South Korea: Jeju-do Island

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Jeju-do is a province and a sub-tropical island of South Korea oval.

45. France: The Ark Breakthrough Chartreuse

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Discovered only in 2005, the double arch of the Breakthrough Tour is located in the Alps.

46. Turkmenistan: The Gates of Hell

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The gate of hell - Door to Hell - is a hotbed of natural gas burning continuously since it was lit by Soviet scientists in 1971.

47. China: The sunken city of Shi Cheng

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Qiandao Lake is based in the city of Shi Cheng, about 1300 years old, it is immersed for 53 years in the deep waters.

48. Morocco: The souk of Fez

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In the souk of Fez in Morocco is one of the oldest tanneries in the world.

49. U.S.: The Fly Geyser

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Fly Geyser is a small geyser in Washoe County, Nevada, which gives the impression of a brown ooze greenish color.

50. Belize: The Gran Blue Hole

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The Great Blue Hole is an underwater cenote off the coast of Belize. It is almost circular with a diameter of 300m and 120m deep.

51. Brazil: Mount Roraima

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Mount Roraima is a South American mountain overlooking the clouds and rises to 2810 m / 8430 ft

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