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Pliva Waterfall

World 🢖 Europe 🢖 Bosnia and Herzegovina Waterfalls 🢔 Geological wonders 🢔 Categories of wonders Wonder Pliva Waterfall In short One of the most impressive waterfalls in Southern Europe is Pliva Waterfall in the centre of Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Now this waterfall is some 22 m tall and approximately 50 m wide, but it has seen many changes – reinforcements in order […]

Mileševa Monastery

World 🢖 Europe 🢖 Serbia Christian monasteries 🢔 Religious architecture 🢔 Architectural wonders 🢔 Categories of wonders Wonder Mileševa Monastery In short Throughout the long centuries in the picturesque valley has survived Mileševa Monastery. This medieval monastery has been an important center of knowledge and up to this day here have been preserved major values of art including the legendary White Angel. Rating 43.3% GPS […]

Szepvolgyi System (Pál-völgy Cave)

World 🢖 Europe 🢖 Hungary Caves 🢔 Geological wonders 🢔 Categories of wonders Wonder Szepvolgyi System (Pál-völgy Cave) In short Entrance in the longest cave in Hungary – Szepvolgyi System – is located only some 3 – 4 km from the Hungarian Parliament Building. Tourists are visiting the first 450 m of this cave almost for a century but the true extent of […]

Gorno Nerezi St. Panteleimon church and monastery

World 🢖 Europe 🢖 North Macedonia Churches 🢔 Religious architecture 🢔 Architectural wonders 🢔 Categories of wonders Wonder Gorno Nerezi St. Panteleimon church and monastery In short Near the capital of North Macedonia – Skopje – is located very interesting small church: Gorno Nerezi St. Panteleimon church, still surrounded by the old buildings and walls of monastery. The interior of the church is adorned with […]

Ochtinská Aragonite Cave (Ochtinska Aragonite Cave)

World 🢖 Europe 🢖 Slovakia Caves 🢔 Geological wonders 🢔 Categories of wonders Wonder Ochtinská Aragonite Cave (Ochtinska Aragonite Cave) In short There are some caves in the world which are adorned with very unusual crystals formed from aragonite. The best known aragonite cave is Ochtinská Aragonite Cave (Ochtinska Aragonite Cave0 in Slovakia. It is only some 300 m long but its beauty […]

Voronet Monastery (Voroneţ) and Saint George Church

One of the best so-called “painted monasteries” of the region, constructed in 1488 in local style – a unique fusion of Gothic, Renaissance, and Byzantines styles. Sometimes the painted Church of Saint George here is nicknamed the “Sistine Chapel of the East”.

St. Vitus Cathedral

Outstanding example of Gothic architecture. The enormous church is 124 m long, with 96.5 m high main tower. Here are buried many Holy Roman Emperors, Bohemian kings. Design of this church left impact on the design of numerous other great European churches.