Larnaca The city of the gods, Larnaca, is located in the north-east of Cyprus. Larnaka is best known for its numerous archaeological sights. According to legend, the city was the home of Lazarus who was resurrected and was the first … Continued
The Republic of South Ossetia is a territory located in the Asian region of the Caucasus. Республикӕ Хуссар Ирыстон (Respublikae Xussar Iryston) in the Ossetian language ; Республика Южная Осетия (Respublika Yuzhnaya Ossetia) in Russian language ; სამხრეთ ოსეთი (Samjreti Oseti) in Georgian language. During the time of the Soviet Union it was the … Continued
Located between 16°24′ and 31° East longitude and 22° and 34°42′ South latitude; in the south it is washed by the Atlantic and Indian oceans. In the west, the cold Benguela Current approaches the shores, and in the east, the … Continued
General information about Morocco According to allcitycodes, the official name is The Kingdom of Morocco. Located in northwest Africa. The area is 446.550 thousand km2, the population is 30.65 million people. (2001). The official language is Arabic. The capital is … Continued
A small state with a big heart and a pure soul – this is how the Uruguayans call their country. Tours to Uruguay are diverse: even individual tours of the same intensity each time bring new discoveries and give fresh … Continued
Restaurants in Brussels Belgian cuisine is world renowned, as is its fine dining, with the largest concentration of Michelin-starred gourmet restaurants. The capital of Belgium is no exception and invites guests to enjoy excellent delicacies of national and international cuisine. … Continued
Bad Ems – Bad Ems is a well-known balneological resort, which for two centuries has been one of the most important health resorts in Europe. Bad Ems, with an area of 15.36 sq. km, is located in the federal state … Continued
Syracuse is a unique city, a museum city under the transparent Sicilian sky, a city of legend, a city of myth. According to legend, the city was founded by the Corfinians on the east coast of Sicily in about 735. … Continued
Alabama is known as the Heart of Dixie because Montgomery was the Confederate capital and its first president, Jefferson Davis, also resided here. The state is the 29th largest in the United States. According to ask4beauty, Alabama is bordered by … Continued
The generational change, with the emergence of new filmmakers, marked the first decades of the new century in Serbia. Emir Kusturica’s creative streak, after Život ječudo (2004; Life is a miracle), was not at the level of the past and … Continued
Since July 22, 1940 it constitutes one of the 16 republics of the USSR with a slightly smaller extension than that of 1939, since it had to cede (January 1945) to the Russian federal republic a part of the Petseri … Continued
Switzerland is divided into 23 cantons (of which three in turn comprise two “half cantons” each; the cantons of Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft were merging in 1936): With 98 residents per sq. km, Switzerland has a lower density than that of … Continued
Switzerland, small by extension, but dense in population, participates in the various civilizations of southern, western and central Europe. The Italian-speaking residents of the Ticino and Grisons Canton have united with the Alemannic lineages of German-speaking Switzerland, constituting the main … Continued
– (36th: 11 March 1978 – 20 March 1979); President, Giulio Andreotti; Without portfolio, Luigi Ciriaco De Mita (Extraordinary interventions in the South); Foreign, Arnaldo Forlani; Interni, Francesco Cossiga (since 13 June 1978, Virginio Rognoni); Grace and Justice, Francesco Paolo Bonifacio; Budget and Economic Planning (and Regions), Tommaso … Continued
Lights and shadows in the crisis The financial crisis of Greece has made manifest the chronic inability of its governments to carry out an efficient economic policy, of which it has shown the inadequacy in relation to both the management … Continued
Architecture. – The most important new monuments are represented by those excavated by the American Archaeological School in the agora of Athens including the surely identified thólos, the stoa of Zeus Eleutherios and other buildings (see Athens, in this App.). On the Acropolis … Continued
Although characterized by growing political tensions culminating in the birth of two opposing republics, the period 1945-1949 must be considered as a whole because there are no real differences between the films produced in the four areas of occupation, and … Continued
Rising up in arms against President Lerdo, brought back to the presidency after an election that the president of the Supreme Court accused of fraudulent, P. Díaz, who had already rebelled against Juárez for his repeated presidencies, was regularly elected … Continued
The Itúrbide in 1822 convened a congress and in this, taking advantage of the struggle between monarchists (exponents of the great property and the high clergy) and liberals, these in turn divided between Scots (aristocrats and clericals) and Yorkinos(democratic republicans … Continued
San Sebastian – food culture and joie de vivre On the Bay of Biscay, San Sebastián is located on a striking, horseshoe-shaped bay. Known in Basque as Donostia, the city is a colorful mix of a lively cultural scene and … Continued