Places to visit--5 |
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Palace of the Commanders in Chief - Havana, Cuba |
Dancer on Nile River Dinner Cruise |
Mykonos, Greece |
Parthenon Athens, Greece |
Mother Teresa in Calcutta, India |
Sydney Opera House |
Fresco Paintings on monastery wall, Romania |
Cave Monastery Ladakh |
The coccrete sails of the Sydney Opera House are a fitting emblem for one of the world's greatest sea-ports. Australia's largest city grew from the first European settlement on the continent, established by the British in 1788. Sydney hosted the olympic games in year 2000. |
Visitors from all over the world go to Egypt to see the Pyramids and other ancient sites. The river nile floods in summer, carrying rich mud from highlands in Sudan and Ethiopia, creating some of the most fertile land in the world |
The Perthenon temple built in 432 BC was the center of religious life of Classical Athens, Greece. Pertenon temple crowns the Acropolis (high place) in Athens. |
A view from the coastal town - Small boats float in the harbor of Mykonos, Greece |
Fresco details of Saints on the walls of Voronet Mnastery, Romania. Visitors gather to view large fresco details of the last judgement from the fresco cycle of Voronet Monastery |
Buddhist Monastery in Northern India A monastery in a channel through the foot of the Himalayas in Ladakh, northeast India. |
Mother Teresa was beatified by John Pope II on October 19, 2003 at the Vatican. Kolkata rejoiced at the event and Mother Theresa's home in Kolkata was the scene of great activity and celebrations |
Historical places |
at Greece, Romania, Nile, India, Cuba, Ladakh and Australia |
Page updated on May 9, 2006 |