Slavonski Brod

Slavonski Brod is a city in Croatia. In Roman times known as the village Marsonia. Between 1244 - 1934 known as Brod na Savi. It is located in the northeast of Croatia, in the region of Slavonia. This is the industrial, cultural, administrative, judicial and financial center of Brodsko-Posavska Zupanija County.     ...

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Monument Valley

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...

Kappadokien

Kappadokien ist ein Gebiet in der zentralen Türkei. Ausbrüche der Vulkane Erciyes Dag, Hasan Dag und anderer inzwischen erloschener Vulkane, bedeckten das Land mit Tuffstein. Die Erosion durch Wind und Wetter grub Täler in den weichen Tuff und schuf vielfältige Formen und eine ungeheure Anzahl an Felskegeln. Durch d...

Isfahan

History and OverviewIsfahan is located in central Iran, equidistant from the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea. It sits on both the east-west and north-south trade routes which traverse the country.Isfahan has artifacts dating back to the Paleolithic period, and written history going back to ancient Aspandana. At one...

Istrien

Istrien (kroatisch/slowenisch Istra, italienisch Istria, lat. Histria) ist die größte Halbinsel an der nördlichen Adria zwischen dem Golf von Triest und der Kvarner-Bucht vor Rijeka. Die Fläche der gesamten Halbinsel beträgt 3.476 km².Die Bezeichnung Istrien geht auf den Namen der Histri, eines Stammes der Illyrer, ...

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...