czwartek, 15 marca 2012

200. Loch Katrine

 Loch Katrine  is a freshwater loch in the district of Stirling, Scotland. It is roughly 13 km long by 1 km wide and runs the length of Strath Gartney (Gaelic: Srath Ghartain). It is a popular destination for tourists and day visitors from Glasgow and other nearby towns

199. West Point

 United States Military Academy - Surrounded by majestic highlands, this fine Academy is both famous and historic. This view  overlooks the Kings of Rivers, the Hudson.

198. Freistaat Sachsen

 The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with (18,413 square kilometres), and the sixth most-populous (4.3 million) of Germany's sixteen states.

197. Utrecht

 Utrecht's ancient city centre features many buildings and structures from the Early Middle Ages. It has been the religious centre of the Netherlands since the eighth century. Currently it is the see of the Archbishop of Utrecht, the most important Dutch Roman Catholic leader. Utrecht is also the see of the archbishop of the Old Catholic church, titular head of the Union of Utrecht (Old Catholic), and the location of the offices of the main Protestant church. Until the Dutch Golden Age Utrecht was the city of most importance of the Netherlands until Amsterdam became its cultural and most populous centre

196. The Four Tetrarchs

 The Four Tetrarchs - This 14th century sculpture group, stolen from Constantinople by the Venetians, is thought to represent the for Roman Emperors Diocletian, Valerius, Maximian and Constantius