Places of interest in Iquitos

What Is Franches-Montagnes?  The district of Franches-Montagnes is a district in the Jura canton in Switzerland. Saignelegier is the capital of the district. The district speaks French, and there are more than 10,000 people living there. Mer ...

What Is Frauenfeld?  Frauenfled is Thurgau canton’s capital in the country of Switzerland. It has a population of about 24,000. Geography  It has an area of about 11 square miles, when it was measured in 2009. Out of this area, a ...

In the 16th century, this charming little town in the Ybbs valley was an important centre of iron processing and arms production. Its medieval old town is dominated by church spires and two towers, remains of the medieval fortifications: the 13thce ...

Another 2 km (1 mile) beyond Hellbrunn, also south of Salzburg, stands the small Neo-Gothic castle of Anif. Once a suburban residence, it now lies virtually within the limits of the town Anif. Its earliest historic records date from the 15th centur ...

The town of Spittal is dominated by the Goldeck peak (2,142 m/7,028 ft). The history of the town began in the 12th century, when Count Ortenburg founded a church and a Spittal or hospice on this site. The town owes its Renaissance character to the ...