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Charminar, Hyderabad

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Oct 112009

Charminar

Charminar meaning “Mosque of the Four Minarets” and “Four Towers” is the most famous and essential sepulture in the city of Hyderabad, top of the land of Andhra Pradesh, India.
The great sepulture is a synonym for metropolis and the groundwork around which the glory and story of the city has developed. To envisage this 400-year-old city without Charminar is to envisage New York without the Statue of Liberty or Moscow without the Kremlin. Many Westerners refer to Charminar as the Arc de Triomphe of the East.
The sepulture overlooks another beautiful and grand masjid called Makkah Masjid. The area surrounding Charminar is also famous by aforementioned name. A thriving mart still lies around the Charminar, attracting grouping and goods of every description. In its heyday, the Charminar mart had some 14,000 shops; today the famous markets famous as Laad Baazar and Pather Gatti, nearby the Charminar, are a selection of both tourists and locals alike for jewellery, especially famous for exquisite bangles and pearls respectively.
GPS coordinates: 17° 21′ 41″ N, 78° 28′ 28″ E

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Madrid GPS city guide

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Dec 292008

Madrid is capital of Spain and great tourist city. All important tourist destinations with GPS coordinates and descriptions are there. Plan easy your 2009 vacation.
Madrid travel attractions: Almudena Cathedral, Athens, Cibeles Square, Gran Via, Parque del Buen Retiro, Plaza Mayor of Madrid, Puerta de Europa, Puerta del Sol, Royal Palace of Madrid, The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, The Royal Theater.
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Alcobaca Monastery, Alcobaca

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Oct 292008

The Alcobaca Monastery is a mediaeval monastery located in the town of Alcobaca, in central Portugal. It was founded by the first Portuguese King, Afonso Henriques, in 1153, and maintained a close association with the Kings of Portugal throughout its history.

Alcobaca Monastery, Alcobaca

The church and monastery were the first Gothic buildings in Portugal, and, together with the Monastery of Santa Cruz in Coimbra, it was one of the most important of the mediaeval monasteries in Portugal. Due to its artistic and historical importance, it was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1989. Portugal travel guides.
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Alcobaca Monastery, Alcobaca GPS coordinates: 39° 32′ 54″ N, 8° 58′ 48″ W

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The Scaligeri tombs, Verona

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Apr 232008

The Scaliger Tombs is a group of five Gothic funerary monuments in Verona, Italy, celebrating the Scaliger family, who ruled in Verona from the 13th to the late 14th century. The tombs are located in a court of the church of Santa Maria Antica, separated from the street by a wall with iron grilles. Built in Gothic style, they are a series of tombs, most of which are in the shape of a small temple and covered by a baldachin. According to the French historian Georges Duby, they are one of the most outstanding examples of Gothic art. Italy is nice vacation destination, also good for honeymoon vacation.

The Scaligeri tombs, Verona GPS coordinates: 45° 26′ 37.12″ N, 10° 59′ 56.14″ E

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Portofino

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Jun 012007

Portofino is a small Italian fishing village and tourist resort located in the province of Genoa on the Italian Riviera. The town crowded round its small harbour is considered to be among the most beautiful Mediterranean ports. Portofino has even been recreated in stupendous detail around the ‘harbor’ at Tokyo DisneySea in Chiba, Japan, and to a much lesser extent, the Portofino Bay Resort at Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida. Perfect for your vacation locations.

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According to Pliny the Elder, Portofino was founded by the Romans and named Portus Delphini, or Port of the Dolphin, because of the large number of dolphins that inhabited the Tigullian Gulf. The towns’s natural harbour supported a fleet of fishing boats, somewhat too cramped to provided more than a temporary safe haven for the growing merchant marine of Republic of Genoa during the Middle Ages.

Portofino GPS coordinates: 44°18′N, 9°12′E

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