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Belem, Portugal | Rating: 8.60 |
| Belem district has a special significance for the Portuguese. Here famous discoverers were starting their jorneys. Among them Henry the ..., read more... |
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Monument to Kaiser Wilhelm I in Porta Westfalica, Germany | Rating: 8.40 |
There is a small town in Germany with a non-German name Porta Westfalica. It is located in the North Rhine-Westphalia ..., read more... |
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Mount San Biagio and the Statue of Christ the Redeemer, Italy | Rating: 7.60 |
| Of course, the most famous statue of Christ is located in Rio de Janeiro. There are similar statues in many other countries, though they are not so famous, for example, in Lisbon. A statue of Christ the Redeemer in Italy, 22 meters high, was erected on Mount San Biagio in 1965, read more... |
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Hermann Monument (Hermannsdenkmal), Germany | Rating: 7.40 |
Hermann Monument is located on the top of a 386-meter hill and dedicated to the victory of the Germanic tribes over the Roman army led by Arminius in the year 9 AD. It is located in the Tevtonburg forest and has a height of over 53 meters, being one of the 25 tallest statues in the world, read more... |
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Ruedesheim am Rhein, Germany | Rating: 7.20 |
In Rüdesheim most travelers begin their journey across the unique region Middle Rhine Valley. This is one of the ..., read more... |
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Bonn, Germany | Rating: 7.00 |
Bonn is known to the public for two reasons: it is the home town of Ludwig van Beethoven and the city used to be the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990. Therefore, all attractions are associated with these events, read more... |
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Walhalla memorial, Germany | Rating: 7.00 |
| Hall of Fame for prominent Germans, which is located in a picturesque place on a mountain near the Danube river, read more... |
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Braunschweig, Germany | Rating: 6.80 |
| Braunschweig is the second largest city in Lower Saxony. Until November 1918 it was the capital of the Duchy of ..., read more... |
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Kyffhauser Monument, Germany | Rating: 6.80 |
| After Napoleon captured Germany and made political fragmentation, the public was looking for characters and events that could personalize the idea of national unity and greatness of the German nation. Therefore, from the beginning of the 19th century giant monuments began to appear in different places in Germany, read more... |
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Leipzig, Germany | Rating: 6.60 |
Leipzig is fairly a large city by German standards and a major transport hub. During World War II it was ..., read more... |
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Monument to Kaiser Wilhelm near Dortmund (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal), Germany | Rating: 6.40 |
| The huge monument is clearly visible from the A1 motorway, that is how we spotted it. There is a similar monument nearby, in Porta Westfalica, there has recently undergone a big reconstruction, read more... |
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Memorial To German Soldiers Near Bad Essen, Germany | Rating: 6.20 |
On the way to Bad Essen I found an interesting place in the forest: a memorial to German soldiers that ..., read more... |
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300 Spartans, Greece | Rating: 5.80 |
| For sure one of the most famous battles of the ancient world is the battle of Tsar Leonid and his 300 Spartans against the troops of the Persian king Xerxes, read more... |
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Memorial to the victims of the Lake Constance mid-air collision, Germany | Rating: 5.60 |
| In the forest near Überlingen there is an unusual memorial in the form of huge metal balls. It is dedicated to the plane crash over Lake Constance, in which 70 people died, most of them children, read more... |
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