What do you do if you're a Russian architect wishing to please
your tsar? Why, you build an ice palace in the Palace Square, of course! This architectural technique has been used, to varying degrees of success, at least twice in the past three hunred years.
We're happy to report that the most recent application did not yet result in any decapitations or torn out tongues (the first one did). Yet for some of us, waiting outside for 2 hours with the Russian winter in full swing may be the modern day equivalent of these severe punishments.
Puzzled? Read the explanations and see more pictures of the Ice Palace in the article.
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Overlooking Gosier, Point-a-Pitre, and the marina of
Bas-du-Fort, with Marie Galante, les Saintes, and
Basse-Terre visible in the distance, the Fort Fleur
d'Épée has not only great views but was also a
strategically placed vantage point.
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The most celebrated holiday in Albania is New Year's. It seems that
one thing Muslims, Catholics, and Orthodox Christians can all agree on
is fireworks. On New Year's Eve in Tirana the streets are rife with
explosives, nothing is planned but everyone has a vague idea of what's
going down, and the feeling of a good-natured revolution is in the air.
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Trying to find some trace of pre-European civilization
we stumbled upon the Parc archeologiques des Roches
Gravées (Archeological Park of carved stones).
Read the rest of: "Parc Archeologique des Roches Gravées"»
