Location: The Temple of Horus is located in Edfu in Egypt. Commonly it is known as the Temple of Edfu. The temple of Horus known to be the best-conserved as well as an off-beat temple located in Egypt. Most parts of the temple were constructed during the Ptolemic era in the years 237 BC to 57 BC. Even tough the temple was constructed in the later time its paranoiac structural design makes it quite easy for you to get a thought of the appearance of the temples located in the city. The temple of Horus is a huge temple. It is stated as the largest temple in Egypt only after the Karnak temple. The regional township of Edfu is positioned at the intermediate of Luxor which is around 115km away and Aswan which is located at a distance of 105km. Also Edfu is located at a distance of 65 km to the northern end of Kom Ombo. A much admired location, Edfu  [...] 

The Bandiagara Escarpment is a steep descent or declivity located in the Dogon state of Mali. The sandstone cliff rise high at about 500 meters above the lower level which has all sand laid flat on the ground in to the southern direction. The length of the cliff is roughly 150 kilometers. Today the location of the escarpment is populated by the Dogon people. Before the inhabitation of the Dogon, the escarpment was occupied by the Tellemand Toloy. Many constructions have stayed behind from the Tellem. The Bandiagara Escarpment has occupied a place in the UNESCO World Heritage List in the year 1989. The Cliffs of Bandiagara are nothing but the sandstone chain which ranges from southern direction to northeastern direction and stretches an area over 200 km which extends up to the Grandamiamassif. At the end of the massif the Hombori Tondo is located.  [...] 

The Atlantikwall is also referred as the Atlantic wall in English. The Atlantikwall was a widespread arrangement of coastal defenses. Also it was built by the German Third Reich. The construction of the wall started in the year 1942 and was continued up to the year 1944. It was constructed during World War II at the length of the western coast of Europe. The major reason for the construction of the wall was to protect against a likely Allied attack of the mainland from Great Britain. On March 23 in the year 1942, Führer Directive Number 40 ordered for the official construction of the Atlantic Wall. When St. Nazaire Raid, in 1942 on April 13, Adolf Hitler controlled submarine and naval bases to be protected with the great deal. Protection walls stayed intense around the various ports till the late 1943 when military protection were amplified  [...] 

Location Xochimilco is one of the 16 delegations or region that lies in the Mexican Federal District. It is situated at a distance of 17 miles towards the south of the city center in the Mexico City. The cities that are located to the north Xochimilco are Tlalpan, Iztapalapa and Coyoacán. Also the city that is located to the west of Xochimilco is Tláhuac. And the city located to the southeast region of Xochimilco is Milpa Alta. The area covered by Xochimilco is around 122 sq km, which makes it the third largest delegación in the country History Xochimilco is very much famous for the various comprehensive series of canals that are located in the country. These canals are the remnants of an older Lake Xochimilco. Xochimilco has been extremely successful in maintaining the age-old customs and traditions of the city. The region of Xochimilco  [...] 

Carcassonne which is also known as Carcassona is a equipped French settlement located in the Aude département, of which it is the region, in the previous region of Languedoc. It is separated into the equipped Cité de Carcassonne many other expansive lower city such as the ville basse. The folketymology which involves a châtelaine which is known as the Carcas, a trick that’s used to end a blockade and the merry sound of chimes. The castle was systematically restored in the years 1853 by the well-known theorist as well as an architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. Carcassonne was been placed in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in the year 1997. During the medieval fiefdom, the county of Carcassonne used to control the city and its surrounding environments. Most of the time, it has been united with the County of Razès. The beginning of  [...] 

Location The Kennedy space center is located on Merritt Island in Florida. Also the center located in the northwest direction of Cape Canaveral on the Atlantic Ocean, in the middle connecting Miami and Jacksonville. It is length is around 55 km and is hardly around 10 km wide. The space center covers an area of around 570 square kilometers. Around 13,500 people had been working at the center up till 2008. The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex was earlier known as the Spaceport USA. It was been operated by Delaware North Companies. A number of displays as well as exhibitions took place here. The various activities that take place in the space center the Shuttle Launch Experience, two IMAX theaters, a reproduction ride into space and a variety of bus tours allowing visitors a closer look at various constrained areas that would not have possible  [...] 

The Ypres Salient is the region located near Ypres in Belgium. Ypress has experienced many of the biggest wars during the I World War. If stated in the terms of military a salient is described as a battlefield characteristic that missions into rivals area. Thus the salient is mostly enclosed by the opponents on almost three sides of the region, thus forcing the crowd to occupy the salient defenseless. The rival’s line that faces the salient is mostly stated as the re-entrant. A profound salient is weak to being “haggard out” crossways the bottom, form a shape of a “pocket”, in which the protector of the salient become spellbound, remote and also easier to conquer. This provides the aggressor an overpowering lead that is the protectors are at a risk of being attacked from almost all sides with huge artillery as  [...] 

Location Lascaux is the site of a composite of caves. It is located in the region which is to the southwest of France. Lascaux is well-known for the Paleolithic cave paintings. The actual caves are situated around the village of Montignac, in the Dordogne département. The caves do contain few of the renowned Upper Paleolithic art. It is believed that the paintings are around 16,000 years old. The basic designs painted on the caves are the practical images of the huge animals. Almost all the animals those were present during those times as found as the fossils in the area surrounding the cave. In the year 1979, UNESCO declared and included Lascaux Caves in its World Heritage Sites list with the other primitive sites located in the Vézère valley. Discovery On 12 September, 1940, the cave was been discovered by four teenager friends, Marcel  [...] 

Location Teotihuacán  is a huge archaeological place located at the Basin of Mexico. Teotihuacán contains few of the biggest pyramid constructions ever built by the pre-Columbian Americas. The place is also known for the housing complexes, various well-preserved as well as colorful murals and also for the Avenue of the dead. The archaeological site as well as the till date city are situated in today’s date San Juan Teotihuacán municipality which is in  México. The site is positioned at a distance of approximate 24 miles in the northeast direction of the Mexico City. The site of Teotihuacan has been declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in the year 1987. The total area covered by the site is around 83 square kilometers. The site has the honor of being the largest archeological site that attracts almost all the tourists that comes  [...] 

These days Aquileia has remained a small and quite insignificant town. It is located in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia area of north-east Italy, in the state of Udine. On the other hand, this sprawling arrangement has a population of nearly 3,000 people. It was once a very important Roman city with nearly 200,000 residents. Even though it is not in one of the major sightseer way, but it is a significant archaeological site and has a UNESCO World Heritage status. Aquileia can surely out as a single day trip from Trieste or nearby towns, Venice or perhaps as any tourist’s destination in the north-east corner of Italy. The town is only a few miles from the Adriatic coast, and for some pleasant variety, visitors can spend the night at Grado, a seaside resort, formerly Aquileia’s sea-port. Founded in 181BC Aquileia acted as the base for the  [...]