Dam Square in Amsterdam

11 November 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks Reading Time:  9 minutes

Royal Palace © Diego Delso/cc-by-sa-4.0

Royal Palace © Diego Delso/cc-by-sa-4.0

Dam Square or the Dam is a town square in Amsterdam, the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands. Its notable buildings and frequent events make it one of the best-known and most important locations in the city and the country.   read more…

High Line in New York City

6 November 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Living, Working, Building, New York City, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks Reading Time:  8 minutes

© Dansnguyen

© Dansnguyen

The High Line is a 1.45-mile-long (2.33 km) elevated linear park, greenway, and rail trail created on a former New York Central Railroad spur on the west side of Manhattan in New York City. The High Line’s design is a collaboration between James Corner Field Operations, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Piet Oudolf. The abandoned spur has been redesigned as a “living system” drawing from multiple disciplines which include landscape architecture, urban design, and ecology. The High Line was inspired by the 4.7 km (2.9 mi) long Coulée verte (tree-lined walkway), another elevated park in Paris completed in 1993.   read more…

National Mall in Washington, D.C.

5 November 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Museums, Exhibitions, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks Reading Time:  7 minutes

Natioanl Mall from the Washington Monument © 54conphotos/cc-by-sa-4.0

Natioanl Mall from the Washington Monument © 54conphotos/cc-by-sa-4.0

The National Mall is a landscaped park near the downtown area of Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States. It contains and borders a number of museums of the Smithsonian Institution, art galleries, cultural institutions, and various memorials, sculptures, and statues. It is administered by the National Park Service (NPS) of the United States Department of the Interior as part of the National Mall and Memorial Parks unit of the National Park System. The park receives approximately 24 million visitors each year. Designed by Pierre L’Enfant, the “Grand Avenue” or Mall was to be a democratic and egalitarian space—unlike palace gardens, such as those at Versailles in France, that were paid for by the people but reserved for the use of a privileged few.   read more…

Seewinkel in Austria

2 November 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  7 minutes

Sunset over the Darscho salt lake © Julian Fözö/cc-by-sa-4.0

Sunset over the Darscho salt lake © Julian Fözö/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Seewinkel is the name given to the area east of Lake Neusiedl in Burgenland, Austria. The region is located in the Neusiedler See-Seewinkel National Park and was previously a Ramsar site and partially protected by the WWF. Since 2001, the area around the lake has been part of the UNESCO cultural landscape of Fertő/Neusiedler See.   read more…

Fanjingshan in China

1 November 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  6 minutes

© Mande5255881/cc-by-sa-3.0

© Mande5255881/cc-by-sa-3.0

The Fanjingshan or Mount Fanjing, located in Tongren, Guizhou province, is the highest peak of the Wuling Mountains in southeastern China, at an elevation of 2,570 m (8,430 ft). The Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve was established in 1978 and designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1986. Fanjingshan is a sacred mountain in Chinese Buddhism, considered to be the bodhimaṇḍa of the Maitreya Buddha. It became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018.   read more…

Snowdonia National Park in Wales

31 October 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks Reading Time:  12 minutes

Sunrise over Snowdonia © flickr.com - Hefin Owen/cc-by-sa-2.0

Sunrise over Snowdonia © flickr.com – Hefin Owen/cc-by-sa-2.0

Snowdonia, or Eryri, is a mountainous region and national park in North Wales. It contains all 15 mountains in Wales over 3000 feet high, including the country’s highest, Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa), which is 1,085 metres (3,560 ft) tall. These peaks are all part of the Snowdon, Glyderau, and Carneddau ranges in the north of the region. The shorter Moelwynion and Moel Hebog ranges lie immediately to the south.   read more…

Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado

29 October 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  5 minutes

Cliff Palace © Tobi-87/cc-by-sa-4.0

Cliff Palace © Tobi-87/cc-by-sa-4.0

Mesa Verde National Park is a national park of the United States and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Montezuma County, Colorado, and the only World Heritage Site in Colorado. The park protects some of the best-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ancestral sites in the United States.   read more…

Dublin Castle

14 October 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks Reading Time:  4 minutes

Throne Room © Donaldytong/cc-by-sa-3.0

Throne Room © Donaldytong/cc-by-sa-3.0

Dublin Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a major Irish government complex, conference centre, and tourist attraction. It is located off Dame Street in central Dublin.   read more…

Bois de la Cambre in Brussels

12 September 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks Reading Time:  4 minutes

© Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf/cc-by-sa-4.0

© Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Bois de la Cambre (Dutch: Ter Kamerenbos) is an urban public park in Brussels, Belgium. It lies in the south of the Brussels-Capital Region, in the City of Brussels, and covers an area of 1.23 km² (0.47 sq mi), forming a natural offshoot of the Sonian Forest, which penetrates deep into the city in the south-east of Brussels. It is linked to the rest of the municipality by the Avenue Louise/Louizalaan, which was built in 1861, at the same time the park was laid out.   read more…

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