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Gallery of my most popular pages.
List of the 60 most popular pages
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1. Weltenburg Abbey (DE)
29 Photos
Page viewed 16.1 times per month
The St. George Church of the the Benedictine Monastery of Weltenburg on the Danube breakthrough in Kelheim in Bavaria is one of the most important religious …
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2. Subway (Munich) (DE)
78 Photos
Page viewed 15.8 times per month
The Munich Subway (Münchner U-Bahn) together with the S-Bahn constitutes the backbone of public transport of the Bavarian capital, Munich. On 19 October …
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3. Wieskirche (DE)
46 Photos
Page viewed 15.7 times per month
The Wies Church (Wieskirche) is a magnificently decorated Sanctuary belonging to the district of Wies in the municipality Steingaden. The full name of the …
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4. Galleria Sciarra (IT)
24 Photos
Page viewed 14.3 times per month
The Galleria Sciarra is a pedestrian passage of Rome, located between Via Marco Minghetti, Vicolo Sciarra and Piazza dell’Oratorio, in the Trevi district. …
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5. Patrica (IT)
40 Photos
Page viewed 13.0 times per month
Patrica is a village in the Italian region Lazio, located about 70 km south-east of Rome and about 10 km south-west of Frosinone. It is part of Ciociaria …
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6. Residence (Munich) (DE)
96 Photos
Page viewed 12.5 times per month
The Munich Residence (Münchner Residenz) is the former royal palace of the Bavarian monarchs of the House of Wittelsbach in the centre of the city of Munich …
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7. Walhalla (DE)
102 Photos
Page viewed 12.1 times per month
The Walhalla is a hall of fame that honours laudable and distinguished people, famous personalities in German history - politicians, sovereigns, scientists …
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8. Höllental Gorge (DE)
40 Photos
Page viewed 11.8 times per month
The Höllental (Hell Valley) is a valley in the Zugspitze massif of the Wetterstein mountains, between Blassenkamm and Waxensteinkamm through which the stream …
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9. Maxhütte (Sulzbach-Rosenberg) (DE)
226 Photos
Page viewed 11.3 times per month
The Maxhütte, named after the Bavarian King Maximilian II Joseph, was a traditional steel mill and is today an industrial monument in Sulzbach-Rosenberg …
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10. Glyptothek (Munich) (DE)
90 Photos
Page viewed 11.1 times per month
The Glyptothek is a museum in Munich, Germany, which was commissioned by the Bavarian King Ludwig I to house his collection of Greek and Roman sculptures. …
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11. Rothenburg ob der Tauber (DE)
96 Photos
Page viewed 10.4 times per month
Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a town in the district of Ansbach, located in the Franconia region of Bavaria, well known for its well-preserved medieval old …
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12. Hosios Loukas (GR)
58 Photos
Page viewed 10.3 times per month
Hosios Loukas (Ὅσιος Λουκᾶς) is a historic walled monastery situated near the town of Distomo. It is one of the most important monuments of Middle Byzantine …
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13. Eystrahorn (IS)
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Part of the Krossanesfjall is the famous rock outcrop Eystrahorn (also called Austurhorn), on the other side of the wide bay of Lón the Vestrahorn (757 m). …
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14. Hintersee (Ramsauer Ache) (DE)
10 Photos
Page viewed 9.8 times per month
The Hintersee (formerly Ferchensee or Forchensee) is a 16.4 hectare lake in the municipality of Ramsau in the Berchtesgadener Land, about two kilometers …
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15. Lüftlmalerei (DE)
194 Photos
Page viewed 9.6 times per month
Lüftlmalerei referred in particular in Upper Bavaria (Werdenfelser Land by Garmisch-Partenkirchen) and in Tirol to the native art form of facade painting. …
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16. Slaughterhouse (Munich) Street art (DE)
66 Photos
Page viewed 8.6 times per month
In Munich, there were two public slaughterhouses until 1878, one at the Färbergraben and one at the Viktualienmarkt. In the years 1876 to 1878, according …
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17. Nativity of Mary (Rottenbuch) (DE)
28 Photos
Page viewed 8.2 times per month
The former Augustinian Canons Church and current Roman Catholic parish church Nativity of Mary is a listed church building in Rottenbuch, in the district …
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18. Ottobeuren Abbey (DE)
66 Photos
Page viewed 8.1 times per month
The monastery Ottobeuren is a Benedictine abbey in the Upper Swabian Ottobeuren. The monastery consecrated to the two saints Alexander of Rome and Theodore Tiro …
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19. Meteora (GR)
108 Photos
Page viewed 8.0 times per month
The Metéora (Μετέωρα), lit. “middle of the sky”, “suspended in the air” or “in the heavens above”, is one of the largest and most important complexes of …
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20. Nymphenburg Palace (DE)
136 Photos
Page viewed 7.7 times per month
The Nymphenburg Palace (Schloss Nymphenburg) is a Baroque palace in Munich. The palace was the main summer residence of the rulers of Bavaria. The palace …
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21. Geroldsee (Wagenbrüchsee) (DE)
27 Photos
Page viewed 7.6 times per month
The Geroldsee, also called Wagenbrüchsee, is a bog lake near Krün, a few kilometers from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It has an area of 10.6 hectares, a maximum …
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22. Eibsee (DE)
21 Photos
Page viewed 7.2 times per month
The Eibsee is a lake 9 km southwest of Garmisch-Partenkirchen below (3.5 km north) of the Zugspitze (2,962 m) in the Wetterstein mountains in Bavaria. In …
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23. Patmos (GR)
210 Photos
Page viewed 6.9 times per month
Patmos (Πάτμος) is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea, one of the northernmost islands of the Dodecanese complex. The highest point is Profitis Ilias …
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24. French Guiana Zoo (FR)
52 Photos
Page viewed 6.8 times per month
The 160 acre of the French Guiana Zoo (Zoo de Guyane) in Macouria is home to over 70 native animal species, giving visitors the opportunity to admire the …
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25. Aviation Museum Schleissheim (DE)
106 Photos
Page viewed 6.6 times per month
The Flugwerft Schleißheim is an aviation museum located in the German town of Oberschleißheim near Munich. It forms part of the Deutsches Museum collection …
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26. Ospedale delle Bambole (IT)
42 Photos
Page viewed 6.6 times per month
The Restauri Artistici Squatriti, 29 Via Ripetta at the coner to Via del Vantaggio in Rome, known to Romans as the “Ospedale delle Bambole”, or the “Dolls’ Hospital …
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27. Annamite Prison (FR)
42 Photos
Page viewed 6.5 times per month
The Bagne des Annamites was established in June 1930 and consisted of seven wood buildings with the house of the camp leaders, dungeons and a dining hall. …
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28. Museum Brandhorst (DE)
26 Photos
Page viewed 6.3 times per month
The Museum Brandhorst was opened in Munich on May 21, 2009. It displays about 200 exhibits from collection of modern art. Anette Brandhorst, the great-granddaughter …
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29. Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst (Munich) (DE)
108 Photos
Page viewed 6.2 times per month
The State Museum of Egyptian Art (Staatliche Museum Ägyptischer Kunst) in Munich is the most important in Germany after the collections in Berlin (Egyptian Museum …
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30. Deeg (IN)
48 Photos
Page viewed 6.0 times per month
Deeg Palace, built in 1772, is situated near Bharatpur in Rajasthan. Deeg was the first capital of the newly carved out Jat State of Bharatpur, when Badan Singh …
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31. Paul Isnard Track (FR)
34 Photos
Page viewed 5.7 times per month
The Piste Paul Isnard is a road in French Guiana. It is named after an old gold miner. At the end of the road, two sites were exploited: Citron and Paul Isnard …
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32. Asam Church (Munich) (DE)
39 Photos
Page viewed 5.7 times per month
St Johann Nepomuk, better known as the Asam Church is a church in Munich built from 1733 to 1746 by the brothers Egid Quirin Asam and Cosmas Damian Asam …
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33. Angel of Peace (Munich) Street art (DE)
38 Photos
Page viewed 5.7 times per month
The Street Art Gallery under the Luitpold Bridge, not far from Friedensengel, is a highlight on the Isar. The pedestrian underpass can be entered from different …
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34. Maria Gern (DE)
12 Photos
Page viewed 5.6 times per month
Maria Gern is located north of Berchtesgaden in the valley and on the slopes of the creek Gerner (also called Gererbach or Anzenbach), a tributary of the …
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35. Neuschwanstein Castle (DE)
17 Photos
Page viewed 5.4 times per month
Neuschwanstein Castle stands above Hohenschwangau close to Füssen in southern Bavaria. The building was constructed in 1869 for the Bavarian King Ludwig II …
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36. Ammersee (DE)
42 Photos
Page viewed 5.2 times per month
The Ammersee is after Chiemsee and Lake Starnberg the third largest lake in Bavaria (under the lakes, which lie exclusively in Bavaria) and reaching the …
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37. Black-and-white portraits
46 Photos
Page viewed 5.2 times per month
Black and white photography can bring out emotions more strongly than color. It removes distractions from a portrait. Textures and contrast are stronger. …
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38. Umschreibung (DE)
36 Photos
Page viewed 5.1 times per month
The Infinity Staircase, designed by Ólafur Elíasson and called Umschreibung (Rewriting), was completed in 2004. Ólafur Elíasson (born 1967) is a Danish-Icelandic …
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39. Partnach Gorge (DE)
59 Photos
Page viewed 5.0 times per month
The Partnach Gorge (Partnachklamm) is a 702 m long and partly 80 m deep gorge incised in the limestone layers of the Wetterstein massif by the Partnach …
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40. Abensberg (DE)
31 Photos
Page viewed 4.7 times per month
Abensberg is a town in the Lower Bavarian district of Kelheim, lying around 30 km south-west of Regensburg, 40 km east of Ingolstadt, 50 km north-west of …
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41. Maripasoula (FR)
100 Photos
Page viewed 4.7 times per month
Maripasoula is a French commune in the department of French Guiana. The town, the largest in France, and one of the least densely populated, is the border …
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42. San Vito Romano (IT)
16 Photos
Page viewed 4.7 times per month
San Vito Romano, a municipality in the Italian region Latium, is located about 40 km east of Rome.
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43. Altötting (DE)
84 Photos
Page viewed 4.7 times per month
Altötting is the county seat of the district of the same name in the administrative district of the Upper Bavaria and is located about 90 km east of Munich …
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44. Engraved Rocks of Carapa (FR)
74 Photos
Page viewed 4.6 times per month
The Engraved Rocks of Carapa (Roches Gravées de la Carapa), rediscovered in 1992, is the largest set of rock carvings discovered in French Guiana. The site, …
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45. Trou Poissons - Cemetery of the Fathers (FR)
18 Photos
Page viewed 4.6 times per month
Between 1797 and 1799 more than a thousand priests were sentenced to transportation in French Guiana, because they refused to take the oath to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy …
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46. Fountain of the Goddess Rome (IT)
12 Photos
Page viewed 4.6 times per month
The Fontana della Dea Roma (Fountain of the Goddess Rome) from Igor Mitoraj is located Piazza Monte Grappa. Igor Mitoraj (born 1944) is a Polish artist …
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47. Cemetery Campo Verano (IT)
122 Photos
Page viewed 4.6 times per month
The Campo Verano (Cimitero Comunale Monumentale Campo Verano) is a cemetery in Rome that was founded in the early 19th century. The cemetery is currently …
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48. Monkey Mountain (FR)
102 Photos
Page viewed 4.6 times per month
The Montagne des Singes (Monkey Mountain) is located south-west of the city of Kourou, 15 km towards the Dégrad Saramaca. It rises to 161 m and some tributaries …
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49. Salvation Islands (FR)
168 Photos
Page viewed 4.5 times per month
The Iles du Salut (Salvation Islands) are a group of small islands of volcanic origin about 11 km from the coast of French Guiana (14 km north of Kourou …
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50. Kochelsee (DE)
15 Photos
Page viewed 4.5 times per month
The Kochelsee (Lake Kochel) is located 70 km south of Munich on the edge of the Bavarian Alps. It belongs to the communities Schlehdorf in the west and …
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51. Cayenne (FR)
42 Photos
Page viewed 4.5 times per month
Cayenne is the capital of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. The city is located on the banks of the estuary …
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52. Olevano Romano (IT)
24 Photos
Page viewed 4.4 times per month
Olevano Romano is a municipality located about 45 km east of Rome. It is the birthplace of the composer Giovanni Gentile.
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53. Schleissheim Palace (DE)
102 Photos
Page viewed 4.4 times per month
The Schleißheim Palace actually comprises three palaces in a grand baroque park in the village of Oberschleißheim near Munich. The palace was a summer residence …
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54. Delphi (GR)
48 Photos
Page viewed 4.4 times per month
Delphi (Δελφοί) is an archaeological site on the south-western spur of Mount Parnassus in the valley of Phocis. In myths dating to the classical period …
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55. Ajanta (IN)
140 Photos
Page viewed 4.3 times per month
The Ajanta Caves, in Maharashtra, are 31 rock-cut cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BC. The caves include paintings and sculptures considered …
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56. English Garden (Munich) (DE)
26 Photos
Page viewed 4.2 times per month
The English Garden (Englische Garten) is a 375 hectare green park in the north east of Munich, on the west bank of the River Isar, making it one of the …
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57. Guiana Space Centre (FR)
206 Photos
Page viewed 4.2 times per month
The Guiana Space Centre or, more commonly, Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG) is a French spaceport near Kourou in French Guiana. Operational since 1968, it …
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58. Padula (IT)
120 Photos
Page viewed 4.2 times per month
The monastery of Padula (Certosa di Padula / Certosa di San Lorenzo), founded by Tommaso San Severino in 1306, constitutes the second largest Chartreuse …
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59. Pilgrimage church Wilparting (DE)
23 Photos
Page viewed 4.2 times per month
The pilgrimage church of St. Marinus and Anian (Wallfahrtskirche Wilparting) is the Catholic village church of Wilparting, a district of the municipality …
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60. Fürstenfeld Abbey (DE)
143 Photos
Page viewed 4.1 times per month
The Fürstenfeld Monastery is a former Cistercian Abbey in Fürstenfeldbruck in Bavaria in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. It is located about 25 km …
