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Topics include facts for the traveler, when to go, history, culture, environment, travel services, and more. Argentina: Secretaria de Turismo :: http://www.turismo.gov.ar/ Homepage of the Argentine Secretariat of Tourism. Includes general information, attractions, tourist services, national parks, and travel agencies. Site is in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. Brazilmax.com: The Hip Gringo's Guide to Brazil :: http://www.brazilmax.com/ A travel site that focuses on "roots tourism" (eco tourism, cultural tourism, cultural tourism, etc.). Contains practical information on travel in Brazil, as well as maps, regional focuses, and more. In English and Portuguese. Chile, a Natural Inspiration :: http://www.visit-chile.org/ A travel site for Chile, with information on food, hotels, weather, and more. Search by activity or region. In English, French, and Spanish. Exploring Ecuador: Ecuador & Galapagos Online Guide :: http://www.exploringecuador.com/ Contains information on travel in Ecuador and the nearby Galapagos Islands. Includes general information and a regions guide in addition to several articles about the country. In English, Spanish, and German. Peru Traveller :: http://www.geocities.com/perutraveller/ This is an "online guide for the independent travellers to Peru." Planeta.com :: http://www.planeta.com/ The website of this "global journal of practical ecotourism," focuses primarily on ecotourism issues and education for Mexico and the Americas. The site includes country-specific information for several South and Central American countries, and features a world travel directory with listings of eco-friendly travel agents and tour operators. Secretaria Nacional de Turismo :: http://www.senatur.gov.py/ The official website of Paraguay's National Secretariat of Tourism. Contains maps, tourist services, tourism statistics, and tour packages, in addition to other information. In Spanish. The Budget Traveller's Guide to Sleeping In Airports :: http://www.sleepinginairports.net/airports.htm This useful website has compiled commentary from thousands of travellers on the experience of sleeping in particular airports. The site rates the best airports in which to sleep in terms of cleanliness, safety, comfort, etc. Search the site according to world region or by country. Over 600 airports around the world are included. Travel Guyana :: http://www.interknowledge.com/guyana/ General and tourism-related information about Guyana, the only English-speaking country in South America. Venezuela Tuya: A Country to Love :: http://www.venezuelatuya.com/index.htm Contains travel and other information about Venezuela in several languages. © 1995-2005 The Regents of the University of Michigan. All rights reserved.

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Wurzburg, Germany - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger,Sheboygan, Wisconsin Wrzburg Marienberg Wrzburg , city in southwestern Germany, in Bavaria, on the Main River. It is a railroad junction, an industrial center, and the commercial hub of an agricultural region noted for its vineyards. The leading manufactures of the city include wine and beer, machinery, scientific instruments, paper, pianos, chemicals, and textiles. colorful parish church Among the architectural landmarks in Wrzburg are a Romanesque cathedral, rebuilt after receiving severe damage in World War II (1939-1945), which contains works by the sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider; Neumnster Church, a chiefly Romanesque structure with an 18th-century baroque facade; a 15th-century stone bridge spanning the Main; the Marienberg fortress atop the Leistenberg, which was the episcopal residence from 1261 to 1720, and which now houses a museum with an extensive collection of Riemenschneider's works; the Julius hospital (founded 1576); and the large rococo episcopal and ducal palace (1720-1744). the old bridge (1373 - 1543) The city is the site of a university (1582); the physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered X rays in 1895 while he was a professor in Wrzburg. The painter Matthias Grnewald was born and completed much work in the city. Julius hospital (founded 1576) its courtyard Memorial to its benefactors famous for its wine production First used as a fortification by Celts, the city was the site of the martyrdom of Saint Kilian, Christian missionary, in 689. Wrzburg was founded by Christianized Franks, and in 741 it became an episcopal see. In front of the New Residence the statue of the Bishop is looking at his older residence (Marienberg) in the background. the new residence rococo episcopal and ducal palace (1720-1744). as seen from the garden the Bishop's crest in the residence chapel the Baroque pulpit the Baroque ceiling In succeeding centuries the bishops of Wrzburg were prominent also as temporal princes, and they controlled a substantial area. The bishopric was secularized in 1801, assigned to Bavaria in 1803, and transferred to Ferdinand III, the dispossessed grand duke of Tuscany, in 1805. It passed to Bavaria in 1815. During World War II the city sustained extensive damage from air raids, but its historic buildings have been reconstructed. sculpture in the residence garden Population of Wurzburg (1990 estimate) 125,589. Returnto Germany page Returnto Europe page Returnto People and Places

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Switzerland Hotels (266) Switzerland Holidays (161) Switzerland Flights Switzerland Car rentals (41) Switzerland Short breaks Switzerland Guide Deals Area Info Attractions Events Deals Today's Top Deals La Reserve Hotel Spa Geneva 3* Skiing Holiday in Chateau d'Oex, 7 nights half board Genevafrom 503 Flora Hotel Luzern / Lucerne 3* Skiing Holiday in Engelberg, 7 nights from 545 Area Info Small, mountainous and wealthy, with a population of just seven million, Switzerland is renowned for its enviable quality of life in a country that ticks along like clockwork. Its products are sought after the world over, from dangerously delicious cheese and chocolate to luxurious watches whose timekeeping is as sharp as a Swiss army knife, another popular export from this clever little nation in the Alps. Switzerlands famed political neutrality and isolated location, ring-fenced by mountains, have enabled it to play a safe but central role in European affairs. 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