The Dead Sea, known in Hebrew as Yam Ha-Melakh (the Sea of Salt) is the lowest point on earth. It’s surrounded by the stunning landscape of the Negev Desert. The shores of the Dead Sea are the lowest point on the surface of the earth. The saline waters of the lake means no fish can survive in the salty waters, hence the name. The other result of the salty water is their renowned health and healing properties of the mud. You can also float naturally in them.
The park "Alexandria" is a beautiful place for family get aways. The children together with their parents can visit the gymnastic playground of the great dukes, take part in the Knight festival, participate in the interactive programs and historical reconstructions, strike the bell at the children's Fire Tower or just walk around one of the most beautiful suburban parks of the country.
The Siberian Cats Square in the center of Tyumen got its name in 2008 thanks to the story that took place in 1944. During the blockade the cat population in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) became catastrophically small, as a result of which rats began to threaten the collection of paintings in the Hermitage. Cats were brought from other cities to save the masterpieces.
The Siberian Cats Square reminds that Tyumen sent 238 Siberian cats to St. Petersburg by train, which became the progenitors of modern hunters of mice and rats in the most famous museum of Russia. Granite columns are set up in the alley of the park, on which 12 golden Siberian cats made of cast iron are playing.
A large park in the Krasnoselskiy district of St. Petersburg. Occupies a green area of 58 hectares. The alleys are planted with spruce, fir, linden, oak, elm, horse chestnut, weeping willows.
Canal in the Krasnoselsky district of St. Petersburg. Located in the Southwest. It flows through the territory of the "Baltic Pearl" and flows into the Duderhof Canal.
Oberammergau is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria, Germany. The small town on the Ammer River is known for its woodcarvers and woodcarvings, for its NATO School, and across the world for its 380-year tradition of mounting Passion Plays, for its Lüftlmalerei decorating homes.
It is a 19th-century historicist palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned by King Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and in honour of Richard Wagner.
Open-air museum Kizhi is one of the first in Russia, which started functioning on the island in 1951 and currently contains about 87 wooden constructions. The most famous of them is the Kizhi Pogost, which contains two churches and a bell tower surrounded by a fence. The pogost was included in the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1990. Since 1951, a large number of historical buildings were moved to the island. They include Church of the Resurrection of Lazarus from Murom Monastery, which is regarded as the oldest remaining wooden church in Russia (second half of the 14th century), several bell towers, more than 20 peasant houses, mills, barns and saunas. In 1993, the museum was included into a short list a Russian Cultural Heritage sites. The museum contains more than 41,000 exhibits.
Microdistrict in Saint Petersburg. Baltic Pearl CJSC was founded in 2005. It is a subsidiary of the Shanghai Overseas United Investment Company. The spacious territory of the microdistrict with an area of 205 hectares is being created for a comfortable life for almost 35 thousand people. The project provides for the construction of 1.07 million square meters. m of housing and 320 thousand sq. m of commercial space, development of transport infrastructure, construction of social facilities.