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ANDERTON – Anderton boat lift
The impressive Anderton Boat Lift near the village of Anderton, Cheshire, in north-west England provides a 15,2 m vertical link between two navigable waterways: the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal. Built in 1875, the boat lift was [...]

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ANKARA – Anitkabir
Anitkabir (literally, 'memorial tomb') is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the leader of the Turkish War of Independence and the founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey. It is located in Ankara and was designed by architec [...]

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AUSTRIA – Austrian Landscape – Swarovski Edition
Austria is landlocked in the centre of Europe. Contrary to popular perceptions, Austria is not all about mountains. The diverse mix of landscapes is packed into a relatively small area of size. Glaciers, meadows, alpine valleys, wooded foothil [...]

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BARCELONA – Antoni Gaudi – Casa Milà – La Pedrera
Casa Mila’s (La Pedrera) status as a monument and a work of art has been recognised by the award of the highest international heritage protection accolades ever since it was built but particularly in recent decades. It was this self-same recog [...]

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BARCELONA – Antoni Gaudi – Casa Milà – La Pedrera
Casa Milà, popularly known as 'La Pedrera' (the stone quarry), an ironic allusion to the resemblance of its façade to an open quarry, was constructed between 1906 and 1912 by Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926). For its uniqueness, artistic and heritage [...]

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BARCELONA – Antoni Gaudi – The Garden of Warriors
Casa Milà, popularly known as La Pedrera, meaning the 'The Quarry', is a modernist building in Barcelona. It was the last civil work designed by Antoni Gaudí, built between the years 1906 and 1910.It was commissioned in 1906 by businessman Per [...]

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BARCELONA – Antoni Gaudi – Warriors – La Pedrera
Casa Milà, which is known as La Pedrera due to its stony appearance, is a surprising modernist building designed between 1906 and 1912 by Gaudí, a famous Spanish Catalan architect. This striking building sits in Passeig de Gràcia and reflects [...]

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BARCELONA – Sagrada Familia
The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926). Although incomplete, the church is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, an [...]

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BARCELONA – Skyline
Barcelona is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits [...]

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BARCELONA – The Palau de la Música Catalana
The Palau de la Música Catalana was built between 1905 and 1908 by the modernist architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner as a home for the Orfeó Català, financed by popular subscription. The building is located in Sant Pere district, one of the mo [...]

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BASEL – Münster
Sixteenth-century Rittergasse leads from the Kunstmuseum to Basel's cathedral, the impressive Münster, built of red sandstonewith a patterned roof in the thirteenth century and rebuilt following an earthquake in 1356. The tower of St George, o [...]

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BASEL – Rathaus
A prestigious public building became necessary when Basel joined the Swiss Confederation in 1501. The Town Hall, dominating the Market Square in the town centre, was built from 1504 to 1514 to the design of Ruman Faesch. The façade of its olde [...]

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BASEL – Rheinpanorama
With 1.320 km, the Rhine is one of the longest rivers in Europe. The Rhine and the Danube formed most of the northern frontier of the Roman Empire, and since those days the Rhine has been a vital navigable waterway, carrying trade and goods de [...]

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BASEL – Spalentor
The Spalentor is the most imposing of the three surviving city gates that formed part of the fortifications of 1400. When the gate was constructed, it was very important that it had a good overall appearance because it closed off the entrance [...]

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BAYONNE – Basque Museum
The motto of the Basque Museum sets the tone. Visitors know they are welcome in this Musée de France that, in addition to an exceptionally rich ethnographic collection dedicated to the Basque Country, offers temporary exhibitions, tailored vis [...]

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BLACKPOOL – Blackpool Tower
Blackpool Tower is located in Blackpool, Lancashire and rises to 158m. The Tower is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers. The idea for the tower came when Blackpool mayor John Bickerstaffe commissioned the design of a new landmark [...]

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BO’NESS – The Scottish Railway Preservation Society
The Scottish Railway Preservation Society was founded in 1961, at a time when rapid change was sweeping away much of the infrastructure of the Victorian railways.Railways had a particular effect on Scotland, allowing her to develop from a rath [...]

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BORGER – Hunebedcentrum
A hunebed is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of three or more upright stones supporting a large flat horizontal capstone. These imposing thombs were raised by communities of farmers, more than 5000 years ago, and h [...]

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BORGER – Hunebedcentrum – Oek
A hunebed is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of three or more upright stones supporting a large flat horizontal capstone. These imposing thombs were raised by communities of farmers, more than 5000 years ago, and h [...]

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BORKUM – Nordseebad Borkum
Borkum is an island in the Leer District in Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany. It has an area of about 30.6 km² and a population of about 5.587. Borkum is bordered to the west by the Westerems strait (which forms the border with the Netherlan [...]

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BOURTANGE – Vesting Bourtange
Bourtange is a star fort and village in the Westerwolde region of the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Vlagtwedde, and lies about 32 km northeast of Emmen.The fortifications were initially built during the Eight [...]