Posted on December 21st, 2009 by by tanto
The Champs Elysees in Paris are known as the world most beautiful avenue. The Champs Elysees stretch from Concorde square to Arc de Triomphe. They are 1910m long and 70m wide. The Champs Elysees have been superbly renovated with very large granite sidewalks and plane trees.
The Champs Elysées (Elysian fields) were originally nothing but fields, [...]
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Posted on November 17th, 2009 by by tanto
The Cathedral of St. Peter in Geneva is best known as the church where John Calvin gave his inspiring sermons during the mid-16th century is belong to the Swiss Reformed Church, but it has other attractions as well. The imposing Romanesque-Gothic church with a Neoclassical facade still dominates the center of the international Swiss city.
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