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Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc-Roussillon is a French region which is composed of five departments. It is bounded by Spain, Andorra in the south and along the Mediterranean Sea (Gulf of Lions). Other French region limit the regions of Languedoc-Roussillon: Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Rhone-Alpes, Auvergne, Midi-Pyrenees. The natural bou...
France
France is affectionately referred to as "the Hexagon" for its overall shape.French history goes back to the Gauls, a Celtic tribe which inhabited the area circa 300BC until being conquered by Julius Caesar.The Franks were the first tribe to adopt Catholic Christianity after the Roman Empire collapsed. France became ...
Monument Valley
The World
Welcome to Earth! It's a planet having an iron core, with two-thirds of its surface covered by water. Earth orbits a local star called the Sun, the light of which generates the food supply for all the millions of species of life on earth. The dominant species on Earth is the human being, and you're one of the six bi...
Lava Beds National Monument
Lava Beds National Monument is located near the city of Tulelake, California in Siskiyou & Modoc Counties. It lies at the northern flank of the Medicine Lake Caldera to the south. It was established in 1925 & houses a variety of volcanic features, faults, caves, history, & archaological sites.Much of t...
Shanghai World Expo 2010
Out of this World
The planet Earth has proven to be too limiting for our awesome community of panorama photographers. We're getting an increasing number of submissions that depict locations either not on Earth (like Mars, the Moon, and Outer Space in general) or do not realistically represent a geographic location on Earth (either be...
Beziers
Béziers is a town in Languedoc in the southwest of France. It is a commune and a sub-prefecture of the Hérault department. The town is located on a small bluff above the river Orb, about 10 km (6.2 mi) from the Mediterranean Sea. At Béziers the Canal du Midi spans the river Orb as an aqueduct called the Pont-canal d...
Bremen Market Square
Bremen Market Square is regarded as one of the most beautiful Market Squares in Germany. Roland and Town hall are belonging to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Stralsund
Stralsund is a german city which is located at the Baltic Sea south of germans largest island Rügen (or Rugia). It was granted town privileges in 1234. Since 2002 the centre of the city is listed as a world heritage site by the UNESCO.
Wachau
Die Wachau ist ein 36 km langes Durchbruchstal entlang der Donau. Sie entstand, weil die Donau zwischen Emmersdorf und Melk im Westen sowie Stein und Mautern im Osten den Dunkelsteinerwald vom Waldviertel abtrennt und sich so an manchen Stellen mehr als 700 m tief in die Rumpfgebirgslandschaft der Böhmischen Masse e...
Schokland
Schokland is a former island in the Dutch Zuiderzee. Schokland lost its status as an island when the Noordoostpolder was reclaimed from the sea in 1942. The remains are still visible as a slightly elevated part in the polder and by the still partly intact retaining wall of the waterfront of 'Middelbuurt'. As a resul...
Cappadocia
Cappadocia is a part of central Turkey. Eruptions of several volcanoes (e.g. Erciyes Dag, Hasan Dag) had covered the area with tuff. Erosion dug valleys and created an uncountable number of different shaped rocks. The tuff's ability to store water made the valleys much more fertile than the higher surroundings. Afte...
Antigua
Antigua is an island in the West Indies in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands region and is the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. The island offers 365 beaches, one for each day of the year and has plenty to offer for holidaymakers. The capital is St Johns in the North of the island...
Finistere
Finistère (Penn-ar-Bed en breton) Administration Région Bretagne Préfecture Quimper Préfet de département Pascal Mailhos Président du conseil général Pierre Maille (PS) Sous-préfecture(s) Brest Châteaulin Morlaix Statistiques Population totale 883 001 hab. (2006) Densité 131 hab./km2 Superficie 6 733 km2 Subdivision...
Cornouaille
Cornouaille Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Capitale historique Quimper Langue(s) Français - Breton Religion Catholique Superficie 5 979 Km² Population 456 307 (1999) Gwenn ha du.svg Portail de la Bretagne La Cornouaille (Kernev, Bro Gernev en breton) est un pays de Bretagne (à ne pas confondre avec l...
Singapore
Singapore began as a boat quay at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. Its early days bear few written accounts which are made more difficult to interpret due to the many names it has had. Its original name in Malay meant "island at the end" of the peninsula.In the middle ages there was a settlement here with a ...
Cres Island
The island of Cres can be reached from Brestova via the ferry to Porozina. Ferries operate regularly and frequently during the summer season, but there is often a long waiting because of the many tourists visiting the island.
Alsace
Située au coeur de l'Europe occidentale, l'Alsace est la plus petite région française mais a la plus forte densité. Très active économiquement, elle a sue préserver sa culture unique face à la mondialisation. Les alsaciens sont très attachés à leur région et veulent la préserver. L'Alsace est une des régions les plu...
Pays de Léon
Pays de Léon Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Capitale historique Saint-Pol-de-Léon Langue(s) Français - Breton léonard Religion Catholique Superficie 2 019 Km² Population 405 082 (1999) Le Léon ou Léonais, appelé autrefois Loonois (bro Leon en breton), est une région de Bretagne, ancienne vicomté, évê...
Maurienne valley, Savoy Alps