Month: August 2017
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Tibidabo Amusement Park
Tibidabo Amusement park located on the Tibidabo in the Collserola Ridge, was constructed in 1899 by Salvador Andreu and official opened to the public in 1905 However the park is now owned by Barcelona Town Council. The Amusement park is one of the oldest in the world and Spain’s longest running amusement park, being Europe’s…
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10 Facts You Might Not Know About Cordoba
10 Facts You Might Not Know About Cordoba 1. Cordoba has some of the world’s largest olive plantations. 2. Cordoba’s Mezquita is the largest mosque in the entire world, as well as the world’s largest temple. 3. The library of al-Hakam II is thought to have amounted to 400,000 books. 4. Cordoba was founded in…
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17 Facts You Might Not Know About Cardiff
17 Facts You Might Not Know About Cardiff 1. The oldest record shop in the world, opened in 1894, is Spillers Records in Cardiff. 2. Cardiff is home to the world’s oldest record store, which opened in 1894, Spillers. 3. One of the most infamous pirates, Henry Morgan, was born in Llanrumney in Cardiff in…
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Birmingham Botanical Gardens
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The Birmingham Botanical Gardens located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, the garden is 15 acres, Designed by J.C. Loudon in 1829, who was a leading garden planner, it was opened to the public on the 11th of June 1832. The Botanical Garden is open every day expect Christmas day and Boxing day, located only a mile and…
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National Museum Cardiff
National Museum Cardiff is a museum and artwork gallery in Cardiff, Wales. The museum is a part of the wider network of Amgueddfa Cymru. The museum has collections of archaeology, botany, quality and implemented artwork, geology, and zoology. The former Glanely Gallery was turned into the Clore Discovery Centre, in 2011, which now offers its…
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Aston Hall
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Aston Hall is located in Birmingham, England, designed by way of John Thorpe and constructed between 1618 and the 1635. Designed by John Thorpe, production began in April 1618 through Sir Thomas Holte, who eventually moved into the hall in 1631. It turned into finished in April 1635. The house became critically damaged after an…
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Castell Coch Castle
Castell Coch is a nineteenth-century Gothic Revival castle constructed above the village of Tongwynlais in South of Wales. The first fortress at this location was built in 1081 by the Normans, to defend the town of Cardiff, also have control over the route along the Taff Gorge, however this fort was abandoned shortly afterwards. The…
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Lungomare e Murat
Lungomare e Murat Lungomere is a terrific seaside overlooking the Adriatic Sea, Take a walk to take inside the cool breeze off the water and pay attention to the waves gently breaking at the shore. Regularly referred to as the nicest stretch of waterfront inside the metropolis, Lungomare e Murat makes a super location to…
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Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos
The Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos also known as the “fort of the Christian Kings” has what’s now referred to as a ‘Moorish’ or ‘Islamic’ garden. The citadel, which become also a palace and different Mughal gardens, is medieval. Fort of the Christian Kings is located on the northern bank of the Guadalquivir River. has…
