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Austria

Austria is a country with no sea exit, have a population of 8,47 milion citizen, located in Center Europe. Territory of Austria is about 83.879 km2 and has a temperat and alpine climate. The official language is geman. Due this Alps, Austria have a variety of attractions.

Spain

Spain ( The Kingdom of Spain) is a country situated in the south-west of Europe. Spain is considered as "country sunlight" given the very large number of days with sun over the year.

Austria, Lake Zeller

Zeller Lake is a glacial lake with clear waters, with a length of 3.8 km and width of 1.5 km. Statins are lakeside resort of Zell am See. The lake is located in the Pinzgau region of Salzburg, Austria.

Spain, Madrid - Royal Palace

Royal Palace(de Real) located in historic center of Madrid, close to the Plaza España, extends over an area of 135,000 m2 and has more than two thousand rooms sumptuous.

Austria, Waterfall Gastein Wasserfall

Waterfall (Wasserfall Gastein) is located right in the resort has over 300 meters in length with 3 levels and a drop of over 100 m.

Spain, Barcelona - Sagrada Family

It is located in the capital of Catalonia, Barcelona (nor-east Spain). The original design of the Sagrada Family Church was made by the architect Antonio Gaudi, who worked on him for over 40 years, his last 15 years of its life is dedicated exclusively.

Byzantine tower Ouranopolis

The main landmark is the tower Ouranopolis Byzantine most impressive monumental structure in Halkidiki, built in the XIV century through the efforts of Vatopedi Monastery.

The tower was burned in 1821 and restored shortly after 1865, with the construction of annexes (a press for olive oil production, an oven, stables, a blacksmith shop and two buildings housing civilian workers), of which there are still only tower, blacksmith shop and house workers.

In 1922, as a solution to the problem of finding areas that refugees Caesar Propontis can be established definitively, the Greek government decided to confiscate monastic area around the tower Ouranopolis. Former carpet merchants and weavers lived in the abandoned monastery buildings to build the first house. Since 1922, the tower used before as housing for farm managers monks offered shelter for 10 years a family of writers, composed of an Australian and a Scotsman, arrived in the area shortly after the arrival of refugees from Caesar and Propontis .


Entry to the tower is through an outdoor courtyard and a massive wooden door reinforced with metal targets. A steep staircase leads to the upper floors, where two wooden balconies are hung in a precarious position of the outer walls. Here is a small chapel and Byzantine double-headed eagle carved in stone on the first floor of the building demonstrates age. The chapel was used by locals long before the church to be built.



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