Mount Taishan (China)

The sacred Mount Tai ('shan' means 'mountain') was the object of an imperial cult for nearly 2,000 years, and the artistic masterpieces found there are in perfect harmony with the natural landscape. 

It has always been a source of inspiration for Chinese artists and scholars and symbolizes ancient Chinese civilizations and beliefs.

The five most beautiful wallpapers and pictures of Mount Taishan in China.

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Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works (Chile)

Humberstone and Santa Laura works contain over 200 former saltpeter works where workers from Chile, Peru and Bolivia lived in company towns and forged a distinctive communal pampinos culture. 

That culture is manifest in their rich language, creativity, and solidarity, and, above all, in their pioneering struggle for social justice, which had a profound impact on social history. 

Situated in the remote Pampas, one of the driest deserts on Earth, thousands of pampinos lived and worked in this hostile environment for over 60 years, from 1880, to process the largest deposit of saltpeter in the world, producing the fertilizer sodium nitrate that was to transform agricultural lands in North and South America, and in Europe, and produce great wealth for Chile. 

Because of the vulnerability of the structures and the impact of a recent earthquake, the site was also placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger to help mobilize resources for its conservation.

The five most beautiful wallpapers and pictures of the Saltpeter Works in Chile.

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Dinosaur Provincial Park (Alberta - Canada)

In addition to its particularly beautiful scenery, Dinosaur Provincial Park – located at the heart of the province of Alberta's badlands – contains some of the most important fossil discoveries ever made from the 'Age of Reptiles', in particular about 35 species of dinosaur, dating back some 75 million years.

The five most beautiful wallpapers and pictures of Dinosaur Provincial Park in Canada.

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Royal Palace, Phnom Penh (Phnom Penh - Cambodia)

The Royal Palace, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, is a complex of buildings which serves as the royal residence of the king of Cambodia. 

Its full name in the Khmer language is Preah Barum Reachea Veang Chaktomuk Serei Mongkol. 

The Kings of Cambodia have occupied it since it was built in 1860s, with a period of absence when the country came into turmoil during and after the reign of the Khmer Rouge.

The palace was constructed after King Norodom relocated the royal capital from Oudong to Phnom Penh in the mid-19th century. 

It was built atop an old citadel called Banteay Kev. 

It faces towards the East and is situated at the Western bank of the cross division of the Tonle Sap River and the Mekong River called Chaktomuk (an allusion to Brahma).

The five most beautiful wallpapers and photo's of the Royal Palace in Cambodia.

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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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