15 March, 2011

Places (South Europe & The Balkans) (1)

* Tower of the Winds, Athens (Ancient Greece):
- The Tower of the Winds, also called horologion (timepiece), is an octagonal Pentelic marble clocktower on the Roman agora in Athens. The structure features a combination of sundials, a water clock and a wind vane. It was supposedly built by Andronicus of Cyrrhus around 50 BC, but according to other sources might have been constructed in the 2nd century BC before the rest of the forum.
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* Genoa, Italy:
- Genoa is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria.
- There is a monument to Christopher Columbus in Genoa. Genoa là nơi Columbus đã sống 22 năm đầu đời (from 1451 to 1473) của ông. Genoa cách Venice khoảng 288 km.
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* Padua (northern Italy):
Adriatic Sea
- Padua is a city and comune in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua cách Venice khoảng 34 km về phía Tây.
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* Adriatic Sea:
- The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges. The western coast is Italian, while the eastern coast runs along Slovenia (47 km), Croatia (5,835 km) , Bosnia and Herzegovina (26 km), Montenegro (294 km), and Albania (295 km).
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* Venice:
- NATIONAL LIBRARY MARCIANA (venice-italy-hotels.com)

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