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The Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to India during the 1959 Tibetan uprising. It is now a museum...
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The Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to India during the 1959 Tibetan uprising. It is now a museum...
In 2001 an initiative was started by the Swiss corporation New7Wonders Foundation to choose the New7Wonders of the World from a selection of 200 existing monuments. Twenty-one finalists were announced January 1, 2006. Egyptians...
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, is the only one whose location has not been definitively established. The Hanging Gardens were a distinctive feature of ancient...
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by amazingplanetnews · Published November 5, 2015
The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now El Giza, Egypt. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of...
The island was populated from 1887 to 1974 as a coal mining facility. The island’s most notable features are the abandoned and undisturbed concrete apartment buildings and the surrounding sea wall. It...
Petra is a historical and archaeological city in the southern Jordanian governorate of Ma’an that is famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit system. Another name for Petra is the Rose City due...
Amazing Places / Amazing Stories / World Heritage
by amazingplanetnews · Published January 28, 2014 · Last modified June 5, 2015
Tianzi Mountain takes its name from a man-Xiang Dakun. He was the leader of Tu ethnic group during the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty (1127 -1279). Xiang Dakun led a revolution and...
Amazing Places / Guinness World Records / World Heritage
by amazingplanetnews · Published September 28, 2013 · Last modified July 22, 2015
The highest mountain in the world is Mount Everest. Its peak rises to 8,848 m (29,028 ft 9 in) – the highest point in the world. Mount Everest is the Earth’s highest mountain,...
Amazing Places / Guinness World Records / World Heritage
by amazingplanetnews · Published September 28, 2013 · Last modified June 5, 2015
Angel Falls is the World’s Highest Waterfalll in Venezuela, with a height of 979 m and a plunge of 807 m. The waterfall drops over the edge of the Auyantepui mountain in the Canaima...
Amazing Places / World Heritage
by amazingplanetnews · Published August 7, 2013 · Last modified June 5, 2015
Bora Bora is an island in the Leeward group of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the Pacific Ocean. The island, located about 230 km (140 mi) northwest...
Amazing Places / Amazing Stories / World Heritage / World History
by amazingplanetnews · Published May 26, 2013 · Last modified June 6, 2015
The Holy Monastery of Great Meteoron – This is the largest of the monasteries located at Metéora. It was erected in the mid-14th century and was the subject of restoration and embellishment projects in...
Amazing Places / Amazing Stories / World Heritage / World History
by amazingplanetnews · Published May 26, 2013 · Last modified June 6, 2015
The Metéora is one of the largest and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece, second only to Mount Athos. The six monasteries are built on natural sandstone rock pillars, at the...
Amazing Places / World Heritage
by amazingplanetnews · Published May 1, 2013 · Last modified June 6, 2015
The Ultimate Dream Island Nothing says South Seas escape more than Bora-Bora. This is the very island that had travelers hocking their worldly possessions for a romantic sojourn: nights in the island’s over-water bungalows...
Amazing Places / World Heritage
by amazingplanetnews · Published February 25, 2013 · Last modified June 6, 2015
Easter Island is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeastern most point of the Polynesian Triangle. A special territory of Chile that was annexed in 1888, Easter Island is famous...
Amazing Places / World Heritage
by amazingplanetnews · Published February 24, 2013 · Last modified June 6, 2015
The Nazca lines are enormous drawings on the ground that streth across the Nazca desert in southern Peru. They were designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. The high, arid plateau stretches...
Amazing Places / World Heritage
by amazingplanetnews · Published February 24, 2013 · Last modified June 6, 2015
Stonehenge is a circle of 17 upright stones called sarsens which stands on salisbury Plain in Southwest England. It is a prehistoric monument in the English county of Wiltshire, about 2 miles (3.2 km) west...
Amazing Places / World Heritage
by amazingplanetnews · Published February 24, 2013 · Last modified June 6, 2015
Cappadocia is a historical region in Central Anatolia, largely in Nevşehir Province, in Turkey. This bizarre but beautiful place located in the ancient region of Anatolia in modern day Turkey may be one of...
Amazing Places / World Heritage
by amazingplanetnews · Published February 23, 2013 · Last modified June 10, 2015
The Taj Mahal is a white marble mausoleum located in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj Mahal...
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