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Aladzha monastery is the most famous medieval rock monastery on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. The archeological finds and dating of the murals survived in the chapel show that the monastery flourished in the period of the Second Bulgarian State, 13th-14th C. The monastery has been attracting many explorers and visitors due to its beautiful woodland location 14 km from Varna.

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Djumaya (Friday) Mosque
Is an active Muslim temple, known also as Ulu (”main”) Djumaya Mosque. As legend goes, the last name is dated back to the time when the Ottomans conquered Plovdiv in 1371. The Muslim temple was built in the place of an Orthodox cathedral from the 13th c., dedicated to Saint Petka ( Paraskeva). Djumaya Mosque is the second biggest Muslim building within the boundaries of today’s Bulgaria, having build-up area of about 1500 sq.m.
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Luxembourg is a small country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France and Germany. Luxembourg City is the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
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The public sculptures and monuments have become a contemporary exciting areas over the last 15 years. Artist can do their best work in public scene. Koon’s ”Rabbit”, for example was part of Macy’s Thanksgiving day parade in 2007. The Koon’s art presents the main exchange of public sculptures. His buoyant forms reach deep into observers childhood with accompanying feelings of hope and optimism.
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Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city’s other names were Petrograd and Leningrad. Founded by Emperor Peter the Great on May 27, 1703, it was the capital of the Russian Empire for more than two hundred years. Saint Petersburg ceased being the capital in 1918 after the Russian Revolution of 1917. It is Russia’s second largest and Europe’s fourth largest city (by city limit) after Moscow, London and Paris. 4.6 million people live in the city, and over 6 million people live in the city’s vicinity. Saint Petersburg is a major European cultural center, and important Russian port on the Baltic Sea. It is often described as the most Western European styled city of Russia.

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The Devils Tower National Monument is a 1,300 acre preserve with rolling hills and a river- the park’s eponymous tower of rock stands glinting gray and tan.
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Zadar is located on the northern Dalmatian coast of Croatia and has a rich architectural history and a non-euro economy that’s easier on the dollar.
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