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Kotor is a coastal town in Montenegro. It is located in a secluded part of the Gulf of Kotor. The city has a population of 13,510 and is the administrative center of Kotor Municipality.

The old Mediterranean port of Kotor is surrounded by fortifications built during the Venetian period. It is located on the Bay of Kotor (Boka Kotorska), one of the most indented parts of the Adriatic Sea. Some have called it the southern-most fjord in Europe, but it is a ria, a submerged river canyon. Together with the nearly overhanging limestone cliffs of Orjen and Loven, Kotor and its surrounding area form an impressive and picturesque Mediterranean landscape.

In recent years, Kotor has seen a steady increase in tourists, many of them coming by cruise ship. Visitors are attracted both by the natural beauty of the Gulf of Kotor and by the old town of Kotor.

Kotor is part of the World Heritage Site dubbed the Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor.

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Samuel Beckett Bridge, convertet in black and white.

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Venedig ist eine Stadt im Nordosten Italiens. Sie ist die Hauptstadt der Region Venetien und der Provinz Venedig und traegt den Beinamen La Serenissima (ie Durchlauchtigste. Ihr historisches Zentrum (centro storico) liegt auf einigen groesseren Inseln in der Lagune von Venedig.
Die Gesamtflaeche Venedigs betraegt 414,6 km², davon entfallen 257,7 km² auf Wasserflaechen. Am 31. Dezember 2013 zaehlte die Stadt 264.534 Einwohner, davon 181.883 in den Stadtteilen auf dem Festland, 58.901 im historischen Zentrum und 29.674 innerhalb der Lagune. In der Lagune befinden sich 118 Inseln. Sie erstreckt sich über etwa 50 km zwischen den Muendungen der Fluesse Adige (Etsch) im Sueden und Piave im Norden in die Adria.

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old ship // iceland

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Early morning along Chicks Beach in Virginia Beach, Va. waiting on the sun

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The Pashupatinath Temple (Nepali: पशुपतिनाथ मन्दिर) is a famous, sacred Hindu temple dedicated to Pashupatinath and is located on the banks of the Bagmati River 5 kilometres north-east of Kathmandu Valley in the eastern city of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. This temple is considered one of the sacred temples of Hindu faith .The temple serves as the seat of the national deity, Lord Pashupatinath.This temple complex is on UNESCO World Heritage Sites’s list Since 1979. This “extensive Hindu temple precinct” is a “sprawling collection of temples, ashrams, images and inscriptions raised over the centuries along the banks of the sacred Bagmati river” and is included as one of the seven monument groups in UNESCO’s designation of Kathmandu Valley as a cultural heritage site.One of the major Festivals of the temple is Maha Shivaratri on which day over 700,000 devotees visit here.
The twelve Jyotirlinga (in India) are the body and the Jyotirlinga at Pashupatinath in Kathmandu (Nepal) is the head over this body.
The temple is one of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams (Holy Abodes of Shiva) on the continent. Kotirudra Samhita, Chapter 11 on the Shivalingas of the North, in Shiva Purana mentions this Shivalinga as the bestower of all wishes. -Wiki

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A peace evening at Seabright State Beach in Santa Cruz, CA

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