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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 ...
South America
South America makes up the southern half of the Americas and a large part of Latin America. It's home to the world's longest mountain range, biggest waterfall and largest river -- even these mammoths pale in comparison to the stunning variety of life forms thriving in the rainforest. To the northwest, off the coast ...
South Africa
West Point
West Carpathians
West Bank
West Lake, Hanoi
South Tyrol (Bolzano-Bozen)
La Provincia autonoma di Bolzano - Alto Adige (in tedesco Autonome Provinz Bozen - Südtirol, in ladino Provinzia Autonòma de Bulsan - Südtirol) è una delle due parti costituenti la regione italiana del Trentino-Alto Adige.Assieme al Trentino, al Tirolo Settentrionale ed al Tirolo Orientale, l'Alto Adige costituisce ...
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...
Durban
Durban is a coastal city of South Africa with very active harbour serving as transport portal for much of South Africa, particularly Gauteng.
Scottsdale Waterfront
This downtown Scottsdale district stretches along the south side of the revamped Arizona Canal on west Stetson?Drive. The creation of developer Fred Unger, Southbridge is a $41 million urban, pedestrian-friendly development notable?because it only has independently-owned boutiques and restaurants; there are no chain...
Eyre Peninsula
Eyre Peninsula is bordered by Spencer Gulf and Great Australian Bight with over 2,000 kilometres of coastline for fishing, whale watching, watersports, swimming with sea lions or diving with sharks.
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...
Yorke Peninsula
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...
Pskov
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...
Noumea
Noumea is the capital and vacation centre of the Islands of New Caledonia in the South Pacific. Noumea is a "French" city, but the 91,000 inhabitants are a very mixed cultural group with French, Melanesian, Polynesian, Indonesian, Vietnamese, and lots of mixtures of these. Over 60% of the population of New Caledonia...
Izborsk
Hoorn
Hoorn,The first houses in Hoorn where build around the 13th centuryand bought his city rights in the 14th century because it was already becoming an important trade city.The glory period came in the 16th and 17th century when the V.O.C. started one of the six Chambers In Hoorn as a important tradecity in the golden ...
Maurienne valley, Savoy Alps