WebFacilities offering hospitality to travellers featured in early civilizations. In Greco-Roman culture and in ancient Persia, hospitals for recuperation and rest were built at thermal baths. Guinness World Records officially recognised Japan's Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan, founded in 705, as the oldest hotel in the world. During the Middle Ages, various religious orders …

WebMälaren är Sveriges tredje största sjö efter Vänern och Vättern.Mälaren ligger i landskapen Västmanland, Uppland och Södermanland och den har sitt utflöde i Östersjön.Mälaren har med sina öar och strandområden klassificerats som riksintresse.. Namnet Mälaren kommer från det fornsvenska ordet mælir som betyder "grovt grus". Första gången det namnet …

WebA bilevel car (American English) or double-decker coach (British English and Canadian English) is a type of rail car that has two levels of passenger accommodation, as opposed to one, increasing passenger capacity (in example cases of up to 57% per car).. The use of double-decker carriages, where feasible, can resolve capacity problems on a railway, …

WebTorneträsk or Torne träsk (Swedish: [toːɳɛˈtrɛsːk]; Saami: Duortnosjávri; Finnish and Meänkieli: Tornio or Torniojärvi) is a lake in Kiruna Municipality, Lapland, Norrbotten County in Sweden, in the Scandinavian Mountains. Träsk is the local word for lake (in Standard Swedish it means "swamp"). It is the sixth-largest lake in Sweden, with a total area of 330 …

WebEric the Victorious (Old Norse: Eiríkr inn sigrsæli, Modern Swedish: Erik Segersäll; c. 945 – c. 995) was a Swedish monarch as of around 970.Although there were earlier Swedish kings, he is the first Swedish king in a consecutive regnal succession, who is attested in sources independent of each other, and consequently Sweden's list of rulers usually …

WebMission Viejo (/ v i ˈ eɪ h oʊ / vee-AY-hoh; corruption of Misión Vieja, Spanish for "Old Mission") is a commuter city in the Saddleback Valley in Orange County, California, United States.Mission Viejo is considered one of the largest master-planned communities ever built under a single project in the United States and is rivaled only by Highlands Ranch in …

WebUNESCO's Verdensarvsliste er en liste med bygninger, monumenter og naturområder i alle fem verdensdele, som UNESCO har udpeget som værende en del af verdens kulturelle arv. Listen omfatter pr. juli 2018 1092 steder, heraf 845 kulturel arv, 209 naturarv og 38 blandede. 54 steder er på listen over Verdensarvsområder i fare.. Til det europæiske …

WebThe border of Europe and Asia is here defined as from the Kara Sea, along the Ural Mountains and Ural River to the Caspian Sea.While the crest of the Caucasus Mountains is the geographical border with Asia in the south, Georgia, and to a lesser extent Armenia and Azerbaijan, are politically and culturally often associated with Europe; rivers in these …

WebEuropa ist geographisch der bis Island reichende westliche Teil der eurasischen Platte. Europa hat eine Landfläche von 10.532.000 km² und eine Küstenlänge von rund 117.000 km. Seine Nord-Süd-Ausdehnung beträgt etwa 3800 Kilometer zwischen dem 36. (Tarifa, Spanien) und dem 71.(Nordkinn, Norwegen) Grad nördlicher Breite.Von Ost nach West …

Web12th century. 1164–1185 Stefan; 1185–1187 Johannes.; Johannes was ordained by the Archbishop of Lund, Absalon by November 1185. In 1187, a ship from the pagan Estonia entered Mälaren, a lake close to Uppsala, on a plundering expedition. It sailed to Sigtuna, a prosperous city at that time, and plundered it.On its way back, barricades were set up at …

WebThe Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (Catalan pronunciation: [siɾˈkujd də bəɾsəˈlonə kətəˈluɲə]) is a 4.675 km (2.905 mi) motorsport race track in Montmeló, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.With long straights and a variety of corners, the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is seen as an all-rounder circuit. The track has stands with a capacity of …

WebLake Superior, Michigan United States: Anacapa: Channel Islands of California United States: Anafi: Cyclades Greece: Anastasia: Matanzas River, Florida United States: India: Bay of Bengal India: Anatahan Northern Mariana Islands United States: Anaho: Pyramid Lake, Nevada United States: Anatom: Pacific Ocean Vanuatu: Anchor: Torres Strait ...

WebWindsor Great Park is a Royal Park of 2,020 hectares (5,000 acres), including a deer park, to the south of the town of Windsor on the border of Berkshire and Surrey in England. It is adjacent to the private 265 hectares (650 acres) Home Park, which is nearer the castle.The park was, for many centuries, the private hunting ground of Windsor Castle and dates …

WebSeznam spomenikov svetovne dediščine v Evropi vsebuje spomenike v Evropi, Mali Aziji, na Cipru, vseh Egejskih in Kanarskih otokih in Madeiri, čeprav so nekateri od njih v Aziji oziroma Afriki.Spomeniki v Turčiji, Gruziji, Azerbajdžanu, Armeniji, na Kavkazu in v sibirskem delu Rusije so na seznamu evropske in azijske dediščine. Na seznamu so tudi …