Town Derry of Ireland
Derry is to one-fourth of Ireland a kind of holy city, a symbol, a flag, rather than a mere group of habitations. And although much that it has come to …
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The Levant Coast Castellón Tarragona Cape de Gata
This area extends along the coast from the boundary of Castellón and Tarragona to Cape de Gata. Such arbitrary boundaries are taken purely for convenience, and do not always correspond …
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Spain: The Catalonian Coasts
This area is not typically Spanish. There is adequate rainfall, a good deal of industry, a different language (Catalan), and a middle class. Here people are often better informed about …
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Portugal: Towards Atlantic Ocean
Portugal is one of the smaller countries of Europe, its continental portion occupying 34,312 square miles, or about one-sixth of the Iberian Peninsula. Historically Iberia has been considered a remote …
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Italy: The Spelling of Place Names
Certain Italian place names have a widely used English version. The following have been used: Provinces and Their Capitals Firenze – Florence Genova – Genoa Livorno – Leghorn Mantova – …
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Italian Islands, Sicily and Sardinia
Sicily and Sardinia are roughly comparable in area and also share certain problems related to their insular character. On the whole, however, one is struck by the contrasts rather than …
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Italy: Geology and Structure
Although rocks of no great age, geologically speaking, outcrop over much of the surface of Italy, almost every geological period is represented somewhere in the country. A great variety of …
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Churches and Castles Of Mediaeval France
No one who has travelled in France, and visited the cathedrals, the châteaux, and the walled towns, can fail to be deeply impressed by the meaning of the two words, …
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The Steam Baths Stockholm
Even more so than in Denmark and Norway, the Swedes go in heavily for “sauna”-that combination of steam baths, showers, massages, and frigid immersions that’s supposed to add ten years …
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Istanbul, the Mediterranean and Aegean coasts
Turkey’s tourist industry is centered around Istanbul and the resorts of the Mediterranean and Aegean coasts (Especially Antalya), and it is here that the majority of modern hotels are to …
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