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A video devoted to the MÜNCHENTHAL GERMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY MEMORIAL PROJECT ... a project to memorialize all the departed German Colonists who are buried in this cemetery in Muzhylovychi, Ukraine. For complete information visit ... www.rozylowicz.com/genealogy-lite/memorial.html. This segment looks at the abandoned (since 1941) church ... Visitation of our Blessed Mary Church.

Ukraine MUZHYLOVYCHI MÜNCHENTHAL in German MUZYLOWICE in Polish German Colonists L'viv Boyko Petrivskyi Rozylowicz Cemetery Roman Catholic Blessed Mary Church

The Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo are an integral part of the large monastery complex called "St. Michael the Archangel," an exceptional spiritual and literary center of Bulgarian Medieval art. This complex was developed during the time of the second Bulgarian kingdom by church hermits. The 14th-century murals, rock-hewn churches, chapels, monasteries, monk's cells, and unique mural paintings in the style of the Tarnovo and Constantinople School (14th century) survived to this day, having weathered the vicissitudes of history.

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The Rusenski Lom Natural Park protects the shallow limestone canyons of the three Lom rivers and their associated caves, forests and grasslands. The Park is just south of the Danube in the northern Bulgarian lowlands, near the city of Ruse. The HNV area extends to about 10000 ha, but of this only just over 3400 ha is covered by the Natural Park designation. Within the Park itself, four fifths of the area is classed as forest.

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The DN7C, also known as the Transfagarasan Highway, branches off the road to Brasov, heading straight for the towering Fagaras Mountain range. The highway is open only a few months a year due to snowfall; snow can still block roads in June, while October brings the first new loads. The road does not actually cross a pass as the ridge is too jagged; a 890 m long tunnel (the highest point of the road; 2042 m) links the two valleys. The Transfagarasan Highway was built at considerable cost in the 1970s. After the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, Ceausescu was afraid the same thing might happen to maverick Romania, and had this road built so that troops and tanks could cross over the Carpathian mountains quickly.

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Stuttgart ... exploring the City Center attractions

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Argos Monastery, foundation of waivode Neagoe BASARAB, is a masterpiece of the Romanian architecture, unique by its beauty, greatness and artistic value from the SE of Europe. The ruler Neagoe built the Monastery, at the beginning of the 16th century (between 1512 and 1517), on the place of the Old Metropolitan Church of the Romanian Country, whose construction had begun since 1351. Curtea de Arges Monastery has an impressive architecture, with four tall steeples, the ones from the front side being a spiral shape (popular term "twisted rope"). The cross shaped building has the inferior parish register taller, split in rectangular panels, with sculptured frames embedding the windows. The superior register is split in a double number of semicircular panels with different decorative shapes, carved in stone.

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Explore three significant and historical town on the Turquoise Trail of New Mexico - Cerrillos, Madrid and Golden. Each offers a glimpse into the heady days when mining for gold, silver and other precious metals, as well as hard and soft coal, made this region wealthy. Today, each is virtually forgotten, although not officially ghost towns. Madrid is being resurrected as an artists' colony; Cerrillos is still a little sleepy village;; Golden, with only 10 families, is but a blip on the map.

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Snagov Monastery ... and Lake (Manastirea & Lacul Snagov) ... 25 miles north of Bucharest ... One hundred years after the church was built (1364), Vlad Tepes (Vlad Dracula) added the fortress walls and a dungeon. A plaque on the floor of the church marks the grave with the presumed remains of the count. The monastery, located on an island on the far side of the lake, can only be accessed by boat.

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The ancient Roman town of Nove is 4 km away from the town of Svishtov, and originated as headquarters of a Roman legion. Soon the territory around that military camp developed into a town settlement, which became a significant economic center.

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The place is first mentioned in a document from around 1400 under the name "Alba Ecclesia". The Latin form of the name corresponds to the old name Vyskirch, the Saxon Waiskirich and the Hungarian Szószfeheregyhaza. The Romanian name Vicri derives from the Saxon name. Politically Deutsch-Weisskirch became a free commune with the disempowerment of the Graf dynasty. This occurred in the second half of the 15th century at the latest. In 1999, the fortified church and the village were included, together with six other places in southern Transylvania, in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List thus acknowledging an ensemble which, in terms of its settlement structure, the structure of the parcels of land as well as the architecture of the buildings and their fittings, has almost completely preserved the character of a typical Saxon Transylvanian village over a period of centuries. The standard type of farmstead remained the same from the time of the wooden buildings over and beyond the appearance of the first stone ones at the end of the 17th century up until the first third of the 20th century. The few younger buildings inconspicuously blend in with the general appearance of the village

Romania Transylvania Transylvanian Saxon Viscri Vyskirch Deutsch-Weisskirch Fortified Church UNESCO Tourism Rozylowicz

Sibiu (German: Hermannstad) is an important city in Transylvania. It straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt. It is the capital of Sibiu County and is located some 282 km north-west of Bucharest. Between 1692 and 1791 it was the capital of the Principality of Transylvania. Sibiu is one of the most important cultural centers of Romania, and was designated a European Capital of Culture for the year 2007, in tandem with Luxembourg. Formerly the centre of the Transylvanian Saxons, the old city of Sibiu was ranked as "Europe's 8th most idyllic place to live" by Forbes. After World War I, when Austria-Hungary was dissolved, Sibiu became part of Romania; the majority of its population was still ethnic German (until 1941) and counted large Romanian and Hungarian communities. Starting from the 1950s and until after 1990, most of the city's ethnic Germans immigrated to Germany.

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Whether touring on foot, or by bicycle, car or bus, Las Vegas, New Mexico provides the visitor with an architectural experience perhaps unparalleled in the Great American Southwest. From the indigenous adobe architecture of New Mexico to the glamorous, machine-age International Style, Las Vegas boasts excellent examples of nearly every important architectural residential style built in the United States between 1840 and 1940. Many of these houses are in pristine condition; some unmodified for over 100 years. Las Vegas continues to fascinate not only for its architecture, but for its unique city planning. The Old Town Plaza was established on high ground above the Gallinas River for irrigation purposes; the area that is now Bridge Street and Moreno, San Juan and Valencia Streets was used by settlers to grow crops. Streets in Old Town radiate from the Plaza like spokes of a wheel.They tended to follow natural features of the land such as arroyos, hills and cow trails. The Las Vegas Plaza, with these characteristics intact, is probably the best preserved in New Mexico.

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An annual event ... this year over 40 balloons rose to the sky. A small and intimate, but a real close-up, family-friendly, spectacle.

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Originally cut as a logging road through the rock walls of the "Guadalupe Box" in the Jemez Mountains, the "Gilman Tunnel" and the 7 falls of the Guadalupe River make a fascinating visit.

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The Trigrad Gorge is a canyon of vertical marble rocks in the Rhodope Mountains of Bulgaria's very southern parts. The gorge encloses the course of the Trigrad River that plunges into the Devil's Throat cave and 530 m further comes out as a large karst spring. It laters flows in to the Byunovska River. The gorge's west wall reaches 300 m in height, while the east one extends up to 300--350 m. In the beginning, the distance between the two walls is about 300 m, but reaches about 100 m in the north. The Trigrad Gorge is located 1.2 km from the village of Trigrad at 1450 above sea level and has a total length of 7 km, of which the real part is 2--3 km.

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The Soda Dam, along NM state road 4, is a large hot spring deposit, made mostly of calcium carbonate. The springs used to empty out onto the dam over the Jemez River, but most of the water now exits from the road-cut across the road. Courtesy of the NM Department of Transportation. The Soda Dam hot spring waters start at the Valles Caldera, heated by the hot rock and magma beneath. They travel as hot ground water through Pennsylvanian limestone and shale, and rise to the surface along a fault at the Soda Dam. Most of the carbonate rock of the Dam bears traces of algal filaments, and Soda Dam rock has been used in studies of how ancient Martian life might be detected.

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The remains of the medieval town of Cherven are an archaeological site of great importance to the research of Bulgarian culture of the Middle Ages. The first excavations were carried out in 1910--1911, while regular research on the site began in 1961. Currently, archaeological work is being conducted by the Rousse Regional Museum of History. A large feudal palace, fortified walls reaching up to 3 m in width, two well-preserved underground water supply passages, 13 churches, administrative and residential buildings, workshops and streets have been excavated. The 12 m-high three-storey keep from the 14th century has also been fully preserved and was even used as a model for the reconstruction of Baldwin's Tower in Tsarevets, Veliko Tarnovo, in 1930. The site has been a national archaeological reserve since 1965 and is also a popular tourist attraction.

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The Poenari Fortress is placed on the top of Cetatuia Mountain, at 25 km north from Curtea de Arges. Its name was given after that of a village found at 6 km distance. It is also known as "The Fortress of Vlad Tepes" or "The Fortress of Negru Voda". Initially the nucleus of the fortress consisted of a squared tower (the external sides: 8,15m x 8,5 m the inner sides: 4,30m x 4,60m). It is considered to be built in the first half of the 14th century, during the reign of Basarab 1 (1324-1351/1352), the founder of Walachia. The fortress was built directly on the rock. It is made of mortar pasted crude stone. It had three wooden Floors. Its roof was shingle covered.

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Seven miles southwest of Fort Union National Monument, the Mora River makes a U-shaped bend, encircling a few hundred acres of soft, fertile soil. Down the middle of this once verdant spot runs a single street, bordered east and west by almost forgotten ruins. This is Loma Parda - sleeping; blowing away bit by bit in the dry summer winds; crumbling inch by inch as rain, snow, and gravity tug at each visible remnant. Some chroniclers reminisce about family ties and loved ones buried in the now-neglected graveyards while others paint its past with scarlet words calling it the "Sodom on the Mora". Before the fort existed, the Loma Pardans loved dancing and gambling, as is evidenced by the remnants of saloons and dance halls. Soldiers from Fort Union were its frequent customers. The closure of Fort Union in 1891 did not kill Loma Parda ... "modern age" of railroads and paved highways beckoned the young folks with brighter lights, better wages, and wider horizons. World War II was the "coup de grace".

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Hike a short trail to an overlook that reveals the wonders of San Diego Canyon on Highway 4

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Skippers Canyon is a scenic attraction located in the back country of Queenstown, New Zealand about 30 km away from Queenstown down town. Skippers Canyon was created by the mighty Shotover River. The rocks and sand that were transported in the Shotover River over time cut out the gorge. After about twenty thousand years of cutting, the Shotover River uncovered gold which was meant to be discovered. As a result, a gold rush was created and helped building settlements in Skippers Canyon. Those settlements were however only short-lived - they merely lasted as long as gold was discovered and abandoned soon after. After the gold rush, Skippers Canyon became a tourist attraction which it remains to be to this day. The major attractions in Skippers Canyon are the beautiful scenery, the remains of the gold rush, Skippers Road as well as the Skippers Bridge. Even though the completion of the existing Skippers Bridge was done after the gold rush was over, it is today one of the major attractions for visitors to Skippers Canyon as it spans a gorge with sheer rock faces on both sides and is about 100 meters above the river.

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For anyone that believes that it does NOT snow in the desert. At the edge of the Blizzard of February 2011

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The National Solar Observatory (NSO) is located in southern New Mexico at the height of 9200 feet (2800 meters) in the Sacramento Mountains. This site, chosen in 1947, overlooks While Sands Missile Range in the Tularosa Basin. The dry air of the southwest, isolation from any major source of air pollution, and plenty of sunshine make this an excellent site for observing the Sun. The staff presently consists of research scientists, engineers, technicians, and support staff. In addition, scientists from other observatories and universities around the world come to the National Solar Observatory. The NSO Mission: The NSO advances knowledge of the Sun, both as an astronomical object and as the dominant external influence on earth, by providing forefront observational opportunities to the research community. Solar research is conducted here with cooperation with scientists around the world. With partners across the USA, this NSO designed the world's largest optical solar telescope, the 4-meter (13 ft.) Advanced Technology Solar Telescope.

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Busteni ... (Romanian pronunciation: /bush.'teni/; Hungarian: Bustény) is a small mountain town in the north of the county Prahova, in the center of Romania. It is located in the Prahova Valley, at the bottom of the Bucegi Mountains that have a maximum altitude of 2505 m. Its name literally means tree-logs in Romanian. Busteni's average altitude is 900 m. It is one of the most popular mountain resorts, offering spectacular views, with lots of year-round tourism opportunities, ranging from skiing to mountain climbing. The town and the surrounding mountains were the site of military confrontations during the World War I (1916). A large commemorative monument (about 25 m high), Heroes' Cross (Crucea Eroilor) (right) lies atop nearby Caraiman Peak, at nearly 2260 m. The monument is lit at night and is visible from virtually everywhere in Busteni. The average population is 15000 inhabitants. A cable car climbs from Hotel Silva to Cabana Babele, on the top of the mountains. This area features unusual rock formations like Sfinxul and Babele. Omu Peak is the tallest in the Bucegi Mountains, 2504 meters.

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The place called BIERTAN is one of the first rural settlements of Transylvania. The first documentary attestation was recorded in 1283. For nearly 300 years (1572-1867) it was here that the Lutheran Protestant Episcopate of Transylvania had its headquarters. THE SAXONS as we know them today started populating Transylvania in the Twelfth to the Fourteenth Centuries, coming from the cast and west of the Rhine. They were given rights in Transylvania and were free to practice the crafts they knew. The first Saxons who came to Biertan were peasants, but they all mastered crafts before coming to Transylvania. THE CIHURCII was built on the site of a Catholic basilica between 1490-1524. It remained catholic until the Reformation, after which it became a Protestant church. It is an extensive gothic building, having also renaissance and baroque elements (the pulpit, the northern gate, the door of the vestry). This church is one of the biggest rural churches in Transylvania. Since 1993, it has been on the patrimony list of UNESCO.

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Opened to the public in October 1976, the International Space Hall of Fame is charged with the immense responsibility of caring for and exhibiting the many artifacts of our shared space history. Every year, in October, the ISHF inducts new members into the Hall for their notable contributions to space exploration. This park displays rockets, missiles and rocket engines. Of special interest is the large F-1 engine used to propel astronauts on their journeys to the moon. The park is named after Dr. John P. Stapp, who rode the Sonic Wind No. 1 rocket sled, also on display here, to a speed of 632 MPH on December 12, 1954.

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There were three Fort Unions. The first was composed of shabby log buildings (1851-1861). The second was a star-shaped earthwork designed to defend the Santa Fe trail threatened by the Confederacy (1861-1862). In 1863, with New Mexico securely in Federal hands, the third (and final) Fort Union, whose ruins are visible today, was constructed. This sprawling installation, taking 6 years to complete, was the most extensive in the territory. It included not only a military post but a quartermaster depot with warehouses, corrals, shops, offices, and quarters. The supply function overshadowed that of the military and employed far more men, mostly civilians. Throughout the 1860s and the 1870s the troops from Fort Union continued to participate in operations against the Indians. Peace was attained in 1875 albeit on white man's terms. The supply depot continued to flourish until 1879, when the Santa Fe Railroad replaced the Santa Fe Trail. By 1891 the fort outlived its usefulness and was abandoned.

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Petru Voda Monastery ... The exterior painted frescoes of Bucovina's churches (Suceava County) appeared as an isolated phenomenon in the 16th century, and especially in Petru Rares's times. The number of monuments with such decoration was greater, but today only six are preserved: Arbore, Humor, Moldovita, Rasca, Sucevita and Voronet. Important traces can also be seen at Probota, Baia, Patrauti, Sfantu Ilie near Suceava and Suceava (Sf. Gheorghe - St. John the New Monastery). Sometimes -- for instance in Voronet and Sfantu Ilie, near Suceava -- the paintings and the church are not from the same period. A special case is the new Petru Voda Monastery, located in a village with the same name in Neamt County. It was built and painted in the last decade (1990s), with the obvious intention to be included in the Medieval tradition, but without imitating it.

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Exploring the city on foot ... Rijks Museum, Begijnhof

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Utah's Scenic Byway 12 ... been designated a National Scenic Byway and an All-American Road by the Federal Highway Administration. All-American Roads have one-of-a-kind features so exceptional that they qualify as a destination "unto themselves." Only a few byways achieve the status of an All-American Road, making Scenic Byway 12 one of the most unique roads in the United States. Spanning a route of more than 124 miles, Scenic Byway 12 travels through some of the most diverse and ruggedly beautiful landscapes in the country. It winds past slick rock canyons, red rock cliffs, pine and aspen forests, alpine mountains, national parks, state parks, a national monument, and quaint rural towns. Numerous pullouts located along the route provide opportunities to photograph, watch wildlife, or relax and enjoy the scenery. Spectacular views along Scenic Byway 12 include Powell Point and geologic formations like The Blues. Prehistoric stone storage structures called granaries can also be seen along the route. Travelers pass through Bryce Canyon National Park (a short drive of Hwy. 12), the communities of Tropic, Cannonville, Henrieville and Escalante. Kodachrome Basin State Park and Grosvenor Arch in Grand Staircase-Escalante-National Monument are short drives from Scenic Byway 12.

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Exploring the city on foot ... Wagg, Tripp House, Zwanenburgaal Canal, Weighing House, Town Hall, Music Center

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Belogradchishki skali are a group of bizarrely shaped sandstone, limestone and conglomerate rock formations located on the western slopes of the Balkan Mountains (Stara Planina) near the town of Belogradchik in northwest Bulgaria. The rocks vary in color from primarily red to gray to yellow; some of the rocks reach up to 200 m in height. Many rocks have fantastic shapes and are associated with interesting legends. They are often named for people or objects they are thought to resemble. The Belogradchik Rocks have been declared a Natural Landmark by the Bulgarian government and are a major tourist attraction in the region. Tourism ... The Belogradchik Rocks are a major tourist destination in northwest Bulgaria, along with the town of Belogradchik and the Belogradchik Fortress, which incorporates the rocks as part of its natural defense. The Bulgarian Committee of the Natural Environment declared the rocks as a natural monument in 1949, and the rocks were listed in the Bulgarian National Register of Natural Landmarks in 1987. In 1984, the Belogradchik Rocks and the Magura Cave were both placed on the Tentative List of places to be named to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list. The Belogradchik Rocks are under consideration as a Geopark in the European Geoparks Network and the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network. In September 2008, Belogradchik was named as one of twenty finalists by the European Commission as a "European Destination of Excellence." In January 2009, the <b>...</b>

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At midpoint in a passage through the southern end of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the ruins of a Pecos pueblo and Spanish mission share a small ridge. Long before Spaniards entered this country this village commanded the trade path between Pueblo farmers of the Rio Grande and hunting tribes of the buffalo plains. Its 2000 inhabitants could marshall 500 fighting men. With the arrival of the Spaniards and their material/religious quests in the late 1500s, and with decades of Spanish demands and Indian resentment, the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 climaxed this period. With the return (12 years later) of the Spaniards, peace prevailed. The Franciscans moderated their zeal. As allies and traders the Pecos became partners in a relaxed Spanish-Pueblo community. But by the 1780s, disease, Indian raids, and migration had reduced the population of Pecos to fewer that 300. Long standing divisions between the Church and things Spanish and those that hung to the old ways, contributed to this once powerful city-state decline. Pecos was almost a ghost town when the Santa Fe trade began flowing past it in 1821. The last survivors left a decaying pueblo and empty mission church in 1838. They joined their Towa-speaking relatives 80 miles west of Jémez pueblo, where their descendents still live today.

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Universitatea Bucuresti - Facultatea de Geografie - anul 2 - practica iunie 2010 - didactica si cartografie. Profesorii participanti : Constantin Nistor, Alexandru Nedelea, Iulian Sandulache, Ionut Savulescu, Traian Demeter, Laurentiu Rozylowicz.

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Exploring City Center of Nurenberg

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Looking down this small valley, past the rubble mounds that were Indian pueblos, beyond the abandoned Spanish mission, across pastures that were fertile fields, one looks at the broad Estancia Valley. Quarai was one of many villages in this part of the Spanish Empire known as the Salinas Jurisdiction. Though located on a remote frontier, Quarai participated in the meeting between the expanding European culture and the far different Indian tradition. In this valley, lie the abandoned remains of the first attempt to blend those two cultures. Quarai was on the southeastern fringe of the Tiwa-speaking Indians who migrated through mountain canyon trails from the area of present-day Albuquerque before AD 1300. They established settlements along the eastern slope of the Manzano Mountains at Chilili, Tajique and here at Quarai. They farmed, gathered salt at the nearby saline lakes, and took advantage of their location between the Rio Grande pueblos and the Plains Indians to become traders. This "hill" is actually the remains of a large masonry pueblo from the 1600s.

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