Salvador de Bahia (Brazil)

As the first capital of Brazil, from 1549 to 1763, Salvador de Bahia witnessed the blending of European, African and Amerindian cultures. 

It was also, from 1558, the first slave market in the New World, with slaves arriving to work on the sugar plantations. 

The city has managed to preserve many outstanding Renaissance buildings. 

A special feature of the old town are the brightly coloured houses, often decorated with fine stucco-work.

The five most beautiful wallpapers and pictures of Salvador de Bahia in Brazil.

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Noel Kempff Mercado National Park (Bolivia)

The National Park is one of the largest (1,523,000 ha) and most intact parks in the Amazon Basin. 

With an altitudinal range of 200 m to nearly 1,000 m, it is the site of a rich mosaic of habitat types from Cerrado savannah and forest to upland evergreen Amazonian forests. 

The park boasts an evolutionary history dating back over a billion years to the Precambrian period. 

An estimated 4,000 species of flora as well as over 600 bird species and viable populations of many globally endangered or threatened vertebrate species live in the park.

The five most beautiful wallpapers and pictures of Noel Kempff Mercado Bolivia.

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Bohemian waxwing

The Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) is a starling-sized passerine bird that breeds in the northern forests of Eurasia and North America. 

It has mainly buff-grey plumage, black face markings and a pointed crest. 

Its wings are patterned with white and bright yellow, and some feather tips have the red waxy appearance that give this species its English name. 

The three subspecies show only minor differences in appearance. 

Females are similar to males, although young birds are less well-marked and have few or no waxy wingtips. 

Although the Bohemian waxwing's range overlaps those of the cedar and Japanese waxwings, it is easily distinguished from them by size and plumage differences.

The five most beautiful wallpapers and pictures of the Bohemian waxwing.

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Baron Bliss Lighthouse (Belize)

Baron Bliss Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Belize City. 

Established in 1885, it has a focal plane of 16 m (52 ft) and is painted white and red.

It is named after one of Belize's greatest benefactors, Baron Bliss, who is known to have never actually set foot on Belizean shores but was impressed with the people's warm hospitality.

He was a sailor and fisherman who traveled the world aboard his yacht the "Sea King". 

On March 9, 1926, Baron Bliss died leaving instructions that he be buried in a granite tomb near the sea, enclosed with an iron fence with a lighthouse built nearby. 

This is why this monument was constructed (in remembrance of him) and also at the location where it stands today.

The five best pictures and wallpapers of Baron Bliss Lighthouse at Belize.

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Belfries of Belgium (Belgium)

Twenty-three belfries in the north of France and the belfry of Gembloux in Belgium were inscribed as a group, an extension to the 32 Belgian belfries inscribed in 1999 as Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia. 

Built between the 11th and 17th centuries, they showcase the Roman, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque styles of architecture. 

They are highly significant tokens of the winning of civil liberties. 

While Italian, German and English towns mainly opted to build town halls, in part of north-western Europe, greater emphasis was placed on building belfries. 

Compared with the keep (symbol of the seigneurs) and the bell-tower (symbol of the Church), the belfry, the third tower in the urban landscape, symbolizes the power of the aldermen. 

Over the centuries, they came to represent the influence and wealth of the towns.

The five most beautiful wallpapers and pictures of the Belfries of Belgium.

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City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg (Graz - Austria)

The City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg bear witness to an exemplary model of the living heritage of a central European urban complex influenced by the secular presence of the Habsburgs and the cultural and artistic role played by the main aristocratic families. 

They are a harmonious blend of the architectural styles and artistic movements that have succeeded each other from the Middle Ages until the 18th century, from the many neighbouring regions of Central and Mediterranean Europe. 

They embody a diversified and highly comprehensive ensemble of architectural, decorative and landscape examples of these interchanges of influence.

The five most beautiful wallpapers and pictures of Graz in Austria.

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Tasmanian Wilderness (Tasmania - Australia)

In a region that has been subjected to severe glaciation, these parks and reserves, with their steep gorges, covering an area of over 1 million ha, constitute one of the last expanses of temperate rainforest in the world. 

Remains found in limestone caves attest to the human occupation of the area for more than 20,000 years.

The five most beautiful wallpapers and pictures of the Tasmanian Wilderness in Australia.

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