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Sucre is the constitutional capital of Bolivia. The city of Sucre is also known as the City of Four Names, being those names La Plata, Charcas, Ciudad Blanca (White City), and Sucre. Founded as Chuquisaca in 1538, the city received its present name in 1840, in honor of the first Bolivian president, Antonio José de Sucre. In 1809 Sucre became one of the first cities in South America to revolt against Spanish rule. On December 13, 1991 UNESCO declared the Historic City of Sucre a “World Heritage Site” in recognition of its rich history and its wealth of colonial architecture. The city attracts thousands of tourists every year thanks to its well-conserved downtown with buildings from the 18th and 19th century. Its many well-preserved 16th-century religious buildings illustrate the blending of local architectural traditions with styles imported from Europe. Population is 247,300 in 2006.

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Mall of America is a shopping mall located in the Twin Cities suburb of Bloomington, Minnesota. Mall of America is the most visited shopping mall in the world with more than 40 million visitors annually. Mall of America has a gross area of 390,000 m², with 230,000 m² available as retail space. Two nearly identical seven story parking ramps on east and west sides provide approximately 13,000 parking spaces. Parking lots on the north and south of the building, along with nearby overflow parking, bring the total number of spaces up to approximately 20,000. Mall of America, opened in August 1992, is the largest mall in the United States, covering 31 hectares.

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Dubrovnik is nicknamed “Pearl of the Adriatic” and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Dubrovnik is one of the most beautiful cities on the Croatian coast. Dubrovnik, its tourism oriented region and its old, ancient culture. Apart for rich history and culture, our city is abundant with places for tranquil rest and wild fun, perfect for camping and excursions.

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Sana, San’a, Sanaa, or Sana’a – this city is the capital of Yemen and one of the most fascinating in the Arab world with it’s unique architecture and friendly inhabitants. Sana’a has been a major trading centre for south-eastern Arabia. Once a seat of government for the early Islamic caliphs, it is today the capital city of Yemen. The city’s name, Sana’a, meant “fortified place”.

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The Most Serene Republic of San Marino is the third smallest nation in Europe after Monaco and Vatican City. San Marino is located in the north-centre part of Italy, just 23 km from Rimini, the closest important Italian city in its vicinity located at the Adriatic Sea. It has a total surface area of 61 square Km and a population of about 28000 inhabitants. San Marino is said to be the world’s oldest surviving republic- it was founded in AD 301. An 1862 friendship and cooperation treaty with Italy, which has since been revised and expanded, reinforced San Marino’s independence. Tourism dominates the economy of the republic. Some three million tourists visits the San Marino every year.

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Museums are important cultural institutions, symbols of power, stature, and sophistication. Designed by the North American architect Frank Gehry, this unique Museum built on a 32,500 square meter site in the center of Bilbao. The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a modern and contemporary art museum. The permanent collection of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao basically includes works by the most prominent artists of the last forty years of this century.

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Guell park contains amazing stone structures, stunning tiling and fascinating buildings-everything in the park is wonderful. It was designed by the catalan architect Antonio Gaudi. It contains the home of the architect Gaudi which is now a small museum.It was declared a universal monument by UNESCO in 1984. Gaudi avoided leveling the grounds so that the park has a network of twisting roads which follow the contours of the land. He divided the land into 60 plots between 1000 and 2000 square meters in size. Park Guell was originally commissioned as a private housing estate of sixty dwelling for Gaudi’s patron, Don Eusebio Guell. In the end, however, only two houses were ever built and the area was subsequently opened as a public park in 1922.

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Meteora is an area in Central Greece. The city Klampak is under the rock towers of Meteora. The thing that makes Meteora so special is the monasteries on the top of the rock towers. The monasteries, the amount of peaks to climb and the paths for hiking brings in Meteora the whole year many tourists. Meteora is from the biggest and most important group of monasteries in Greece. Steps were cut into the rock, making the complex accessible via a bridge from the nearby plateau.

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Most temples of antiquity are eventually physically altered, defiled or destroyed. This was not the fate of Abu Simbel because encroaching sands soon buried its lower half. It lay forgotten for millennia. Abu Simbel wasn’t rediscovered and exposed until about 200 years ago.

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Height stone fence separate the church of world renown from our noisy and vain world. Cross a doorstep to big Porter falling among in one other time, sinking into oblivion in the thick of wood to the large park. Hard wooden door with a iron repose cover lead to interior a church. In front of look open up originally facade.

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