7 April 2026 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , San Francisco Bay Area
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The Santa Clara Valley (
Spanish : Valle de Santa Clara) is a
geologic trough in
Northern California that extends 90 miles (140 km) south–southeast from
San Francisco to
Hollister . The
longitudinal valley is bordered on the west by the
Santa Cruz Mountains and on the east by the
Diablo Range ; the two coastal ranges meet south of Hollister. The
San Francisco Bay borders the valley to the north, and fills much of the northern third of the valley. The valley floor is an
alluvial plain that formed in the
graben (tectonic depression) between the
San Andreas Fault to the west and the
Hayward and
Calaveras faults to the east. Within the valley and surrounding the bay on three sides are the urban communities of
San Mateo County ,
Santa Clara County , and
Alameda County , while the narrow southern reaches of the valley extend into rural
San Benito County to Hollister. In practical terms, the central portion of the Santa Clara Valley is often considered by itself, contained entirely within Santa Clara County.
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30 March 2026 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , San Francisco Bay Area
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Ramona Street Architectural District © Sanfranman59/cc-by-sa-3.0
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Palo Alto (
Spanish for ‘tall stick’) is a
charter city in northwestern
Santa Clara County, California , United States, in the
San Francisco Bay Area , named after a
coastal redwood tree known as
El Palo Alto .
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27 July 2024 | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien | Category: General , UNESCO World Heritage
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West Lake and its surrounding mountains © Wanderingchina/cc-by-4.0
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Hangzhou is the capital of
Zhejiang ,
China . It is located in the northeastern part of the province, sitting at the head of
Hangzhou Bay , which separates
Shanghai and
Ningbo . Its
West Lake , a
UNESCO World Heritage Site west of the city, is among its best-known attractions.
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7 February 2022 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , San Francisco Bay Area
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After two entries about Christian buildings, today we are looking at the host city of the Appleian Cathedral: Cupertino with the
world headquarters of Apple . However, this isn’t enough to reach out for a UNESCO World Heritage status ;-) Cupertino is a city in
Santa Clara County, California , United States, directly west of
San Jose on the western edge of the
Santa Clara Valley with portions extending into the foothills of the
Santa Cruz Mountains . Cupertino is located at the southern end of the
San Francisco Bay . The eastern part of the city, located in the
Santa Clara Valley , is flat, while the western part of the city slopes into the
Santa Cruz Mountains . Cupertino borders
San Jose and
Santa Clara to the east,
Saratoga to the south,
Sunnyvale and
Los Altos to the north, and
Loyola to the northwest. Several streams run through Cupertino on their way to south
San Francisco Bay , including (from north to south):
Permanente Creek ,
Stevens Creek ,
San Tomas Aquino Creek and its
Smith Creek , the Regnart Creek and Prospect Creek tributaries of
Calabazas Creek , and
Saratoga Creek .
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17 September 2018 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , Architecture , San Francisco Bay Area , Universities, Colleges, Academies
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Stanford University (officially
Leland Stanford Junior University , colloquially
the Farm ) is a
private research university in
Stanford ,
California . Stanford is known for its academic strength, wealth, proximity to
Silicon Valley , and ranking as one of the world’s top-ten universities. The university was founded in 1885 by
Leland and
Jane Stanford in memory of their only child,
Leland Stanford Jr. , who had died of
typhoid fever at age 15 the previous year. Stanford was a former
Governor of
California and
U.S. Senator who made his fortune as a
railroad tycoon . The school admitted its first students on October 1, 1891, as a
coeducational and
non-denominational institution.
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17 July 2013 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , San Francisco Bay Area , Universities, Colleges, Academies
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Silicon Valley is the southern region of the
San Francisco Bay Area in
Northern California . The region, whose name derives from the
Santa Clara Valley in which it is centered, is home to many of the world’s largest technology corporations as well as thousands of small startups. The term originally referred to the region’s large number of silicon chip innovators and manufacturers, but eventually came to refer to all the high-tech businesses in the area; it is now generally used as a metonym for the American high-tech sector. Despite the development of other high-tech economic centers throughout the United States and the world, Silicon Valley continues to be the leading hub for high-tech innovation and development, accounting for one-third (1/3) of all of the venture capital investment in the United States. Geographically, the Silicon Valley encompasses all of the Santa Clara Valley including the city of
San Jose , the southern
Peninsula Valley , and the southern
East Bay . However, with the rapid growth of technology jobs in the San Francisco Metropolitan area, the traditional boundaries of Silicon Valley have expanded North to include the rest of San Mateo County, San Francisco County as well as parts of Marin County.
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