http://www.dankuna.com/blog Best travel, vacations trips, discount travel, travel guides with GPS location Sun, 11 May 2008 13:20:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Buckingham Fountain is a Chicago landmark located at Columbus Drive and Congress Parkway in Grant Park. The fountain, which was designed by Edward H. Bennett with sculptures by Jacques Lambert and modeled after Latona Fountain at Versailles, was donated to the city by Kate Buckingham in memory of her brother, ... http://www.dankuna.com/blog/continent/north-america/grant-park-buckingham-fountain-chicago/ Fisherman's Wharf is a neighborhood and popular tourist attraction in San Francisco, California, U.S. It roughly encompasses the northern waterfront area of San Francisco from Ghirardelli Square or Van Ness Street east to Pier 35 or Kearny Street. It is best known for being the location of Pier 39, San ... http://www.dankuna.com/blog/continent/north-america/fishermans-wharf-san-francisco-california/ Paris Las Vegas is a hotel and casino located on the famed Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, USA , that is owned and operated by Harrah's Entertainment. As its name suggests, its theme is the city of Paris in France; it includes a half-scale, 540-foot-tall (164.6 m) replica of ... http://www.dankuna.com/blog/continent/north-america/paris-las-vegas-las-vegas/ Montjuic is a hill located in Barcelona, Spain. Montjuic is translated as Hill of the Jews in the medieval Catalan language, or as a corruption of Latin Mons Jovicus (that is, hill of Jupiter). The name is found in several locations in the Catalan Countries: the Catalan cities of Girona ... http://www.dankuna.com/blog/continent/europe/montjuic-barcelona/ York Castle is a fortification in the city of York, England. The principal remains of the 13th-14th century castle are the keep, which is known as Clifford's Tower, and some of the curtain wall. From its start in 1068 through the English Civil War, the castle had a particularly noteworthy ... http://www.dankuna.com/blog/continent/europe/cliffords-tower-york/ The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam or Rijksmuseum (English: State Museum) is a Dutch national museum in Amsterdam, located on the Museumplein. The museum is dedicated to arts, crafts, and history. It has a large collection of paintings from the Dutch Golden Age and a substantial collection of Asian art. The museum was ... http://www.dankuna.com/blog/continent/europe/rijksmuseum-amsterdam/ Casa Batllo is a building restored by Antoni Gaudí and Josep Maria Jujol, built in the year 1877 and remodelled in the years 1905–1907; located at 43, Passeig de Gràcia (passeig is Catalan for promenade or avenue), part of the Illa de la Discòrdia in the Eixample district of Barcelona, ... http://www.dankuna.com/blog/continent/europe/casa-batllo-barcelona/ L'église de la Madeleine (La Madeleine), is a church occupying a commanding position in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It was designed in its present form as a temple to the glory of Napoleon's army. The site of this edifice, centered at the end of rue Royale, a line-of-sight between ... http://www.dankuna.com/blog/continent/europe/la-madeleine-paris/ The Place de la Concorde is one of the major squares in Paris, France. It is located in the city's eighth arrondissement, at the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées. The Place was designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel in 1755 as a moat-skirted octagon between the Champs-Élysées to the west and the ... http://www.dankuna.com/blog/continent/europe/place-de-la-concorde-paris/ The Palatine Hill (Collis Palatium or Mons Palatinus) is the centermost of the Seven Hills of Rome and is one of the most ancient parts of the city. It stands 40 metres[1] above the Forum Romanum, looking down upon it on one side, and upon the Circus Maximus on the ... http://www.dankuna.com/blog/continent/europe/palatine-hill-rome/