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  2. Grand Tour - Wikipedia

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    A c. 1760 painting of James Grant, John Mytton, Thomas Robinson and Thomas Wynne on the Grand Tour by Nathaniel Dance-Holland. The Grand Tour was the principally 17th- to early 19th-century custom of a traditional trip through Europe, with Italy as a key destination, undertaken by upper-class young European men of sufficient means and rank (typically accompanied by a tutor or family member ...

  3. List of World Heritage Sites in Western Europe - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has designated 171 World Heritage Sites in Western Europe (including international dependencies).). These sites are located in 9 countries (also called "state parties"); Germany and France are home to the most with 46 and 45, while Liechtenstein, Monaco and the British Crown Dependencies of the Isle of Man, Guernsey and ...

  4. Tourism in Rome - Wikipedia

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    Later, in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, the city was one of the centres of the Grand Tour, [8] when wealthy, young English aristocrats visited the city to learn about ancient Roman culture, art, philosophy and architecture. Towards the 1840s, the first sort of mass-tourism began, and Rome became an extremely popular attraction for not only ...

  5. List of most visited palaces and monuments - Wikipedia

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    It does not include churches, religious shrines and pilgrimage sites [inconsistent]. Sources used to compile the list include an annual survey of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) in the United Kingdom; the U.S. National Park Service list of National Monuments, Patrimonio Nacional of Spain, and the Italian, French, and ...

  6. List of World Heritage Sites in Eastern Europe - Wikipedia

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    The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated 94 World Heritage Sites in nine countries (also called "state parties") of Eastern Europe; defined here to mean the former Eastern Bloc countries not including the Baltic states (which are in Northern Europe) or former Yugoslavia and Albania (which are in Southern Europe) or the parts of Germany that ...

  7. Tourism in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    Tourism in ancient Rome was limited to the Roman upper class due to its expense and long travel times. Travel was made difficult due to shipwrecks, storms, poor maps, and a lack of modern transportation methods. Common destinations for ancient Roman tourists were Greece, Egypt, and the coast of Campania.

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