Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Residences of the Royal House of Savoy - Italy

When Emmanuel-Philibert, Duke of Savoy, moved his capital to Turin in 1562, he began a vast series of building projects (continued by his successors) to demonstrate the power of the ruling house. 
This outstanding complex of buildings, designed and embellished by the leading architects and artists of the time, radiates out into the surrounding countryside from the Royal Palace in the 'Command Area' of Turin to include many country residences and hunting lodges. 

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Munich - Germany

Munich is the capital and largest city of the German state of Bavaria. 
Munich is a kreisfreie Stadt and one of the most important economic and cultural centers in the Federal Republic. 

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Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (France)

This outstanding mountain landscape, which spans the contemporary national borders of France and Spain, is centred around the peak of Mount Perdu, a calcareous massif that rises to 3,352 m. 
The site, with a total area of 30,639 ha, includes two of Europe's largest and deepest canyons on the Spanish side and three major cirque walls on the more abrupt northern slopes with France, classic presentations of these geological landforms. 
The site is also a pastoral landscape reflecting an agricultural way of life that was once widespread in the pland regions of Europe but now survives only in this part of the Pyrénées. 
Thus it provides exceptional insights into past European society through its landscape of villages, farms, fields, upland pastures and mountain roads. 

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Sweetie

The sweetie is a cross between the grapefruit and the pomelo, which came on the market from Israel in 1984. 
The skin is green to yellow and the flesh is pale yellow. 
The taste is sweet as the name suggests. 
The fruit is the same size as the pomelo.  

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Monday, February 28, 2022

Lyon - France

Lyon is a city in the SE of France, located at the confluence of the Rhone and Saone rivers. 
The city's motto is: "Avant, avant, Lion le melhor!" 

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Saturday, February 26, 2022

Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) - Italy

The Ligurian coast between Cinque Terre and Portovenere is a cultural landscape of great scenic and cultural value. 
The layout and disposition of the small towns and the shaping of the surrounding landscape, overcoming the disadvantages of a steep, uneven terrain, encapsulate the continuous history of human settlement in this region over the past millennium. 

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Roses (Rosa)

Christians use the rose to symbolize the five wounds of Jesus Christ, the plant has been used for thousands of years to decorate rituals. 
The fruit of a rose is called a rose hip, it is used to make jam. 

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