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VITZNAU – RigiOnly one peak in Switzerland is known as the 'Queen of the Mountains' - the Rigi. Situated between the lakes of Lucerne and Zug and the Lauerzersee, the Rigi stands like a bastion on the approaches to the Gotthard. It is a fairly long ridge li [...]
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VITZNAU – RigibahnenAware of the scenic location of the Rigi mountain, and driven by his pioneering spirit, Swiss engineer Niklaus Riggenbach masterminded the construction of the Vitznau-Rigi Railway in the mid-19th century. Riggenbach's invention, which would gu [...]
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VITZNAU – Rigibahnen – RIGI LOK 7The story of Swiss mountain trains began in 1871 when engineer Niklaus Riggenbach constructed the first cogwheel railway going up the 1. 800 meters high Rigi. This hissing and spitting monster with a vertical steam boiler was a European sensat [...]
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VLIELAND – LighthouseVlieland is a municipality in the northern Netherlands. The municipality of Vlieland has only one major town: Oost-Vlieland. It is the second-least densely populated municipality in the Netherlands (after Schiermonnikoog). A second village, We [...]
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VOLENDAM – HollandVolendam is a popular tourist attraction in the Netherlands, well-known for its old fishing boats and the traditional clothing still worn by some residents. The women's costume of Volendam, with its high, pointed bonnet, is one of the most rec [...]
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WADDENZEE – UNESCO World Heritage 2009The Wadden Sea is an intertidal zone in the southeastern part of the North Sea. It stretches from Den Helder in the Netherlands in the southwest, past the great river estuaries of Germany to its northern boundary at Skallingen north of Esbjerg [...]
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YUCATÁN – Maya cultureThis coin gives you an overview of the following sites:- Tulum - Uxmal - Palenque - Cobá - Chichén Itzá Even though the Maya culture remains present in the zone, through the many indigenous communities still found here which preserve the tradi [...]
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ZAANDAM – Zaanse SchansZaanse Schans is a neighbourhood of Zaandam in the province of North Holland. With its traditional green painted houses, warehouses and windmills the Zaanse Schans gives the feeling of having stepped back into the seventeenth or eighteenth cen [...]
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ZEELAND – Deltapark Neeltje-JansThe Delta Works are a number of constructions that were built between 1950 and 1997 in the southwest of the Netherlands to protect a large area of land from the sea. The works consist of dams, sluices, locks, dykes and storm surge barriers. Th [...]
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ZEELAND – Luctor et EmergoLuctor et emergo', which is the motto of the Dutch province of Zeeland located in the south-west of the Netherlands, literally means 'I struggle and emerge' just related to this province which had to struggle against current floods and then ha [...]
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ZEELAND – Michiel de Ruyter – 1607-1676Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter (24 March 1607 – 29 April 1676) is the most famous and one of the most skilled admirals in Dutch history. De Ruyter is most famous for his role in the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the 17th century. He fought the English a [...]
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ZERMATT – Air ZermattZermatt possesses its own well-equipped heliport and its own helicopter company AIR ZERMATT Ltd., which is famous far beyond the borders of Switzerland for its pioneering work in alpine air-rescue. The heliport is situated at the entrance to Z [...]
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ZERMATT – MatterhornThe Matterhorn, is perhaps the most familiar mountain in the Alps. Located on the border between Switzerland and Italy, its graceful pyramid towers over the Swiss town of Zermatt and the Italian town Breuil-Cervinia in the Val Tournanche.The m [...]
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