This wedding cake-like white church rises high above the northern part of Paris. The striking building with its towers and white onion dome (83 m high) was built between 1875-1914 on the site of the Commune, officially as an act of penance for sins committed during the civil war, in which thousands were executed, and for the bloodshed on Franco-Prussian War of 1870. A number of prominen […]

The Palace Bridge across the Bolshaya Neva connects the spit of Vasilyevsky Island with Admiralteysky Island on the left bank of the Neva. From 1856 until the construction of a permanent crossing, a pontoon bridge was installed at this location. In 1879, experimental electric lights by Pavel Yablochkov were installed on it. A permanent five-span drawbridge 260 m long was built in 1912-1 […]

Cango Caves, located near the town of Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape region of South Africa, is one of the more accessible and impressive underground attractions on the continent. This subterranean destination features towering stalactites and stalagmites that sit in large chambers. The pathways of this cave complex are illuminated for a safer, easier trip through the caverns.

Covering an impressive 2500 hectares with diverse ecosystems of bushveld, grassland, coastal forest, wetland, and wild game, this natural landscape offers a place of peace and tranquillity. Brothers Eric and Trevor Dunstone purchased the land for conservation and founded the reserve in 2003. A large lake shaped like the eland, common in bushman paintings give the reserve its name “Lake […]

Nature reserve. Square: 8838,17 sq.m.

Area: 129,08 sq. km., volume: 13332,31 cubic meters, depth avg: 103,3 m, shore length: 90,959999 m, res time: 117703,4, elevation: 23

A large fresh thermokarst lake in the north of Yakutia (Ust-Yansky region). The lake is located in the north of the Yana-Indigirka Lowland on the coast of the Laptev Sea. Bustakh has a thermokarst formation, that is, the reservoir appeared as a result of soil subsidence due to the melting of underground ice. These types of lakes are sensitive to climate change and play an important role […]

Summer on the lake is short and windy, with average air temperatures no higher than 6-10 degrees Celsius. Winter is harsh, with polar nights with icy winds, and temperatures down to minus 25-30 degrees. Ice on the lake lasts from mid-September to the end of June, and longer in cold years. The banks of the reservoir are mostly flat, low-lying, overgrown with lichens and shrubs, and there […]

The Moscow Zoo was organized by the Imperial Russian Society for the Acclimatization of Animals and Plants. The beginning of its existence is associated with the remarkable names of Moscow University professors Karl Frantsevich Roulier, Anatoly Petrovich Bogdanov and Sergei Alekseevich Usov. The area where the Old Territory of the Zoo is now located was called “Presnensky Ponds”. The ra […]

Its grounds cover 13.5 hectares (33 acres) and house nearly 2,000 specimens of about 280 species, mostly in Victorian-style caging. The zoo specializes in hoofed stock and hippopotamuses. It had a pair of giant pandas and is one of the few zoos outside China to have successfully bred the animals.

Height: 1026 meters, Type: Stratovolcano, Status: Holocene?

Boat­ing, fish­ing, beach­comb­ing, swim­ming, bird watch­ing, whale watch­ing and nature walks are all pop­u­lar activ­i­ties in this park. A vari­ety of des­ig­nat­ed camp­grounds in the park offer easy access to the beach­es, bays and walk­ing trails. Lin­coln Nation­al Park over­looks Boston Bay, the largest nat­ur­al har­bour in Aus­tralia, with gran­ite head­lands, shel­tered bays […]

Area: 3373,98 sq. km., volume: 3377,04 cubic meters, depth avg: 1 m, shore length: 1264,55 m, res time: 16526,9, elevation: 121. Lake Gairdner, largest of a group of shallow depressions west of Lake Torrens in central South Australia, 240 miles (386 km) northwest of Adelaide. It measures 100 miles (160 km) long by 30 miles (48 km) wide. Lying at the base of the Eyre Peninsula, the lake […]

The highest mountain is 10,500 square meters of ice at an altitude of 1,691 meters above sea level. The highest altitude of the existing open-air stadiums. Leader in the number of world records set in speed skating. The most visited sports complex in Kazakhstan. A monument to urban planning and architecture, the skating rink in the world.

Blue-roofed. Features displays on Kazakh history, from prehistoric times through the Mongol periods to the present. Guided tours in English (and other languages) are available if you call the museum ahead of time to reserve.