Seltsame Orte

Orte unter den seltsamsten rund um die Welt.

48° 49′ 0″ N, 11° 50′ 32″ O

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 Landshut and 100 km north of Munich. It is situated on the Abens River, a tributary of the… [Mehr dazu]

42° 29′ 30″ N, 12° 14′ 51″ O

The Parco dei Mostri in the Sacro Bosco close to Bomarzowas created between 1522 and 1580 by Duke Vicino Orsini. The park of Bomarzo was intended not to please, but to astonish. The sphinx at the entrance of the Park of the Monsters is the work of… [Mehr dazu]

40° 22′ 41″ N, 16° 26′ 25″ O

Craco, an abandoned Italian village located in the region of Basilicata and the province of Matera, was called the area “Grachium” which means “from the little ploughed field”. Tombs were found suggesting the settlement dates back to the 8^th… [Mehr dazu]

42° 25′ 26″ N, 11° 28′ 11″ O

Il Giardino dei Tarocchi or The Garden of Tarot is a sculpture garden based on the esoteric tarot created during the late 1970s by Niki de Saint Phalle in Garavicchio, province of Grosseto, Tuscany. Influenced by Gaudí’s Parc Güell in Barcelona,… [Mehr dazu]

42° 21′ 34″ N, 10° 55′ 15″ O

Isola del Giglio is an Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea (one of seven that form the Tuscan Archipelago, lying within the Arcipelago Toscano National Park), and is part of the province of Grosseto. The island is separated by a 16 km of sea from… [Mehr dazu]

42° 53′ 55″ N, 12° 9′ 10″ O

Near the small town of Montegiove are the Franciscan Monastery and the gardens of La Scarzuola. The convent was founded by St Francis in 1218 and is situated in a wooded area. The church has an interesting fresco; it is one of the earliest… [Mehr dazu]

49° 29′ 16″ N, 11° 46′ 8″ O

Die Maxhütte, benannt nach dem bayerischen König Maximilian II Joseph, war ein traditionsreiches Stahlwerk und ist heute ein Industriedenkmal in Sulzbach-Rosenberg. Zur Blütezeit beschäftigte die Maxhütte über 9 000 Menschen. Der Konzern hatte… [Mehr dazu]

41° 54′ 31″ N, 12° 28′ 34″ O

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”, is the place where Federico Squatrito and his mother Gelsomina nurse ailing dolls… [Mehr dazu]

38° 44′ 32″ N, 16° 10′ 28″ O

Pizzo is a seaport in the province of Vibo Valentia, situated on a steep cliff overlooking the Gulf of Santa Eufemia. Fishing is one of the main activities, including that of tunny and coral. Pizzo is famous for its Tartufo, a large ball of ice… [Mehr dazu]

41° 54′ 38″ N, 12° 28′ 35″ O

Trash People: The one thousand life-sized Trash People started their trip around the world in 1996 in Xanten. They stopped in Paris (1999), Moscow (1999), Beijing and the Great Chinese Wall (2001), Cairo and Giza (2002), Zermatt (2003), Kilkenny… [Mehr dazu]

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