27 September 2023 | Author/Destination: South America / Südamerika | Rubric: General
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Government of the Chubut province © Gobierno del Chubut – chubut.gov.ar/cc-by-4.0
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Rawson is the capital of the
Argentine province of
Chubut , in
Patagonia . It has 24,616 inhabitants in 2010, and it is the chief town of the
Rawson Department .
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27 September 2023 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Rubric: Portrait
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Arthur Conan Doyle by Walter Benington, 1914 © RR Auction
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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle
KStJ ,
DL was a British writer and physician. He created the character
Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for
A Study in Scarlet , the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and
Dr. Watson . The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of
crime fiction .
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26 September 2023 | Author/Destination: South America / Südamerika | Rubric: General , Environment , UNESCO World Heritage
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Perito Moreno Glacier © flickr.com – Tibby Jones/cc-by-2.0
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Los Glaciares National Park (
Spanish : Parque Nacional Los Glaciares) is a
federal protected area in
Santa Cruz Province ,
Argentina . The park covers an area of 726,927 ha (7,269.27 km²; 2,806.68 sq mi), making it the largest national park in the country. Established on 11 May 1937, it hosts a representative sample of
Magellanic subpolar forest and west
Patagonian steppe biodiversity in good state of conservation. In 1981, it was declared a
World Heritage Site by
UNESCO .
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26 September 2023 | Author/Destination: Levant / Levante | Rubric: General , UNESCO World Heritage , Union for the Mediterranean
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Tell es-Sultan (lit.:
Sultan ‘s Hill), also known as Ancient Jericho, is an
archaeological site and a
UNESCO World Heritage Site in the
State of Palestine , in the city of
Jericho , consisting of the remains of the oldest fortified city in the world.
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25 September 2023 | Author/Destination: South America / Südamerika | Rubric: General , Theme Weeks
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La Trochita on its Chubut Province route © PatagoniaArgentina/cc-by-sa-3.0
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Patagonia is a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of
South America , governed by
Argentina and
Chile . The region comprises the southern section of the
Andes Mountains with lakes,
fjords ,
temperate rainforests , and
glaciers in the west and
deserts ,
tablelands and
steppes to the east. Patagonia is bounded by the
Pacific Ocean on the west, the
Atlantic Ocean to the east, and many bodies of water that connect them, such as the
Strait of Magellan , the
Beagle Channel , and the
Drake Passage to the south.
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25 September 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , UNESCO World Heritage
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Bacharach (also known as
Bacharach am Rhein ) is a town in the
Mainz-Bingen district in
Rhineland-Palatinate ,
Germany . It belongs to the
Verbandsgemeinde of Rhein-Nahe, whose seat is in
Bingen am Rhein , although that town is not within its bounds. The original name
Baccaracus suggests a
Celtic origin. Above the town stands
Stahleck Castle (
Burg Stahleck ), now a
youth hostel .
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24 September 2023 | Author/Destination: Knut Wingsch | Rubric: General , Editorial , European Union
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The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is the
fisheries policy of the
European Union (EU). It sets quotas for which
member states are allowed to catch each type of fish, as well as encouraging the
fishing industry by various market interventions. In 2004 it had a budget of €931 million, approximately 0.75% of the
EU budget .
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23 September 2023 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Architecture
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The Union Station, at 801
South 10th Street in
Omaha, Nebraska , known also as
Union Passenger Terminal , is “one of the finest examples of
Art Deco architecture in the
Midwest “. Designated an
Omaha Landmark in 1978, it was listed as “Union Passenger Terminal” on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1971, and was designated a
National Historic Landmark in 2016. The Union Station is also a contributing property to the
Omaha Rail and Commerce Historic District . It was the Union Pacific’s first
Art Deco railroad station, and the completion of the terminal “firmly established Omaha as an important railroad terminus in the Midwest”.
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22 September 2023 | Author/Destination: Knut Wingsch | Rubric: General , Editorial , European Union
Reading Time: 9 minutes 🔊 Listen to this Post Common Agricultural Policy (CAP ) is the agricultural policy of the European Union . It implements a system of agricultural subsidies and other programmes. It was introduced in 1962 and has since then undergone several changes to reduce the EEC budget cost (from 73% in 1985, to 37% in 2017) and consider rural development in its aims. It has however, been criticised on the grounds of its cost, its environmental, and humanitarian effects. read more…
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is the agricultural policy of the European Union. It implements a system of agricultural subsidies and other programmes. It was introduced in 1962 and has since then undergone several changes to reduce the EEC budget cost (from 73% in 1985, to 37% in 2017) and consider rural development in its aims. It has however, been criticised on the grounds of its cost, its environmental, and humanitarian effects. read more…
