Site of Day: Fort of São João Baptista

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"This is a gorgeous place in the world"

Fort of São João Baptista

The fort of São João Baptista it's a hidden gem in Berlengas Islands of Portugal, the Berlengas is an archipelago, one that sits slightly Northwest of the coastal town of Peniche. The Berlengas Islands are a chain of islands off the coast of Portugal: are a rugged beauty, manmade architecture and raw nature; the Berlengas are one large island surrounded by several smaller ones and ragged rochks jutting out of the Atlantic. They are fairly unheard of beyond Portugal. The fortification belonged to a group of defensive military structures meant to protect the municipality located on the coast.

General view of fort

Site of day: Whitehaven Beach, Astralia

Whitehaven Beach

Located

Whitehaven Beach its located in the heart of the Great Barrier Reef, Whitehaven Beach is one of the World's most unspoiled and beautiful beaches. In 2013, it was named the number one beach in Australia by the TripAdvisor Travellers Choice Beaches Awards. Whit its warm, turquoise-hued water and soft, impeccably white sand, Whitehaven Beach is simply heaven on earth.

Whitehaven Beach

Whitehaven Beach is a 7 km stretch along Whitesunday Island, Australia. The island is accessible by boat from the mainland tourist ports of Airlie Beach and Shute Harbour, as well as Hamilton Island. The Whitehaven Beach Ocean Swim is a 2 km open swimming competition held on the Beach in November each year as part of the Hamilton Island Triathlon Event,

Site of day, Castle Howard, England.

Castle Howard

History

Castle Howard was built between 1699 and 1712 to a design by Sir John Vanbrugh for the 3rd earl of Carlisle. The Site was that of the ruined Henderskelfe Castle, which had come into the Howard family in 1566 through the marriage to Lord Dacre's widow of Thomas, 4th Duke of Norfolk.

The house is surrounded by a large estate which, at the time of the 7th Earl of Carlisle, covered over 13,000 acres and included the villages of Welburn, Bulmer, Slingsby, Terrington and Coneysthorpe. The estate was served by its own railway station, Castle Howard, from 1845 to the 1950s.

In 1952 the house was opened to the public by then owner, George Howard, Baron Howard of Henderskelfe. It is currently owned by his son, the Honourable Simon Howard, who grew up at the castle. In 2003, the grounds were excavated over three days by Channel 4's Time Team, searching for evidence of a local village lost to allow for the landscaping of the estate.

Site of day,Waitomo Glowworm caves

Waitomo Caves

The waitomo caves is a village and solutional cave system forming a major tourist attraction in the northern King Country region of the North Island of New Zealand, 12 km northwest of Te Kuiti. The community of Waitomo Caves itself is very small, though the village has many temporary service workers living there as well.

Waitomo Caves - Visitor Center Entry

The word Waitomo comes from the Maori language wai meaning and tomo meaning a doline or sinkhole; it can thus be translated to be water passing through a hole. The caves are formed in Oligocene limestone.

Site of day, Great Wall of China

Great Wall of China

Is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China in part to protect the Chinese Empire or its prototypical states against intrusions by various nomadic groups or military incursions by various warlike peoples or forces.

Several walls were being built as early as the 7th century BC; these later joined together and made bigger and stronger, are now collectively referred to as the Great Wall. Especially famous is the wall built between 220-206 BC by the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang. Little of that wall remains. Since then, the Great Wall has on and off been rebuilt, maintained, and enhanced; the majority of the existing wall is from the Ming Dynasty.

Site of day, Mada'in Saleh, Saudi Arabia

Madain Salih, Saudi Arabia

Mada'in Saleh, also called Al-Hijr or Hegra, is a pre-Islamic archaeological site located  in the  Al-Ula sector, within the Al Madinah Region of Saudi Arabia. A majority of the vestiges date from the Nabatean kingdom.

The site constitutes the Kingdom's southernmost and largest settlement after Petra, its capital. traces of Lihyanite and  Roman occupation before and after the Nabatean rule, respectively, can also be found. The Qur'an places settlement of the area by the Thamud people ofter Noah but before Moses, which can be  interpreted as the 3rd millennium BC.

Site of day, Eiffel tower, France.

Eiffel Tower

La tour Eiffel(French) is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. It was named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower, Erected in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World´s fair, it was initially criticised by some France´s leading artist and intellectuals for its design, but has become both a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world.

Site of day, Puerta del Sol, Madrid, Spain.

"Puerta del sol"

The Puerta del Sol(spanish for "Gate of the Sun") is one of the best known and busiest places in Madrid. This is the centre(Km 0)of the radial network of Spanish roads. The square also contains the famous clock whose bells mark the traditional eating of the Twelve Grapes and the beginning of a new year. The New Year´s celebration has been broadcast live on national television since December 31, 1962.

Puerta del Sol at Night

Site of day, Big Ben

The Big Ben

The Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, and often extended to refer to the clock and the clock tower.

The Big Ben 

Site of day, Tazumal.

The Tazumal Ruins

Tazumal was a one of the first major Salvadorean sites to be scientifically excavated, by Stanley H. Boggs, who started the first of several field  seasons in 1943. The site is surrounded by the modern city of Chalchuapa and, unfortunately, not much of the site was purchased for the archaeological park.

What you see today is the large pyramid, with its many remodelings and additions, and the ball court, badly damaged by its many years as part of the city cementery. The Tazumal park also contains the large Olmec rock carving from finca Las Victorias.