Lithuania

By memolands Europe/Lithuania/Monuments/Northern Europe/Trakai

Trakai Island Castle – The home to all the Grand Dukes of Lithuania in Trakai

The Castle was built in the 14th and 15th centuries on one of many islands of Lake Galvė. The construction of the Castle was started by Grand

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By memolands Europe/Lithuania/Monuments/Northern Europe/Šiauliai

Kryžių kalnas – The Hill of Crosses in Šiauliai

Believed that the first crosses were placed on the former Jurgaičiai or Domantai hill fort after the 1831. Over the generations, not only crosses and crucifixes, but

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Stories

By memolands Amsterdam/Europe/Netherlands/Stories/Western Europe

Bijlmerramp – The biggest air tragedy in the history of the Netherlands in Amsterdam

  On 4 October 1992, a Boeing 747 cargo aircraft of the then state-owned Israeli airline El Al, crashed into the Groeneveen and Klein-Kruitberg flats in the

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Central Europe/Europe/Germany/Nuremberg/Stories

Nuremberg trials – The party of death dies in Nuremberg

Europe/France/Stories/Toulon/Western Europe

Scuttling of the French fleet – The “suicide” of the big naval force in Toulon

Asia/Philippines/Southeast Asia/Stories/Zambales

Mount Pinatubo – The violent and massive eruption in Zambales

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