Category: Vacations
Temple ofthe Beginning of Blissful Happiness (Kaifu Si) This temple in Kaifu Si Street was erected in 907. After repeated acts of destruction overthe centuries the major buildings have …
Ostersund, the only town in Jamtland and the administrative, economic and cultural hub of the province, is on elevated land above the E shore of the Storsjo. The town …
South German type, became the main type of animal ornament on the European continent. In Animal Style III, which developed in Scandinavia about 700, highly abstract animal figures are …
Economic and intellectual flowering. Copenhagen increases in importance as an international commercial centre. 174666 Frederik V. Under Frederik’s minister Count J. H. Bernstorff German influence in Denmark reaches its …
Province Area: 156,OOOsq.km/60,216sq. miles Population: 28,420,000. Capital: Taiyuan The province of Shanxi is situated in the north of China between 110°15′ 114°32’E and 34°35′-40°45’N. It is bordered in the …
Lake Siljan, enclosed by gently rising hills with large areas of forest, lies in the heart of Dalarna (Dalecar-lia), with the Osterdalalv flowing in one end and out the …
SURROUNDINGS. To the SE of the city (motor-boats from Market Square) is the Suomenlinna (Swedish Sveaborg) group of islands, with the remains of the 18th c. fortress. One of …
Lake Dianchi has a surface area of 297sq.km/115sq. miles and an average depth of 5.5m/18ft. Now known as Lake Kunming, it lies about 4km/2’/2 miles south-west of the city …
Autonomous region Area: 66,400sq.km/25,600sq. miles Population: 4,800,000. Capital: Yinchuan Ningxia is the smallest of the five autonomous regions of China. It lies Situation between 104°17′-107°40’E and 35°14′-39°22’N, in the …
Counties: Aust-Agder fylke, Vest-Agder fylke. The Setesdal (or Saeterdal), the valley of the Otteri (Otra), extends almost due N for a distance of 230 km (140 miles) from Kristiansand, …