VirtualGlobetrotting: Maps Submitted On: 2005-11-20

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Polo Grounds Towers
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Former site of the Polo Grounds

Ebbets Field Apartments
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Built on the site of Ebbets Fiels

Site where WWII started
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Westerplatte Monument
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At the end of August 1939 the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein came to Danzig (Gdańsk) under the pretext of a courtesy visit and anchored in the channel, near Westerplatte. On 1 September 1939, at 0445 local time, as Germany began its invasion of Poland, the pre-Dreadnought battleship Schleswig-Holstein started to shell the Polish garrison with its 280mm and 150mm main guns. This was followed by an attack by German naval infantry (marines) who were hoping for an easy victory, but were repelled with Polish small arms and machinegun fire. Another two assaults that day were repelled as well, and the Germans suffered losses. The only Polish 75mm gun was destroyed after firing 28 shells at German positions across the channel. Over the coming days, the Germans repeatedly bombarded Westerplatte with ship and field heavy artillery along with dive-bombing raids by Junkers Ju 87 Stukas. Repeated attacks by German marines, SS Heimwehr Danzig (Danzig homeland protection) and combat engineers were all repelled by the Poles. Finally, the Westerplatte garrison surrendered on 7 September, who were now exhausted with many severely wounded as well as being short of food, water, ammunition and medical supplies.
The exact number of German losses remains unknown or undisclosed; it is estimated that around 300 (out of roughly 2600) German soldiers were killed and many more wounded. Polish casaulties were much lower - 14 killed and 53 wounded out of 205 soldiers defending the post. An additional victim, Sergeant Kazimierz Rasiński, the radio-telephone operator, was shot after the capitulation for refusal to give in the radio codes to the Germans.
The ruins of the island's barracks and blockhouses are still there. One of the barracks has been converted into a museum - two shells from the Schleswig-Holstein prop up its entrance.

Castelul Huniazilor and Muzeul Banatului (Huniady Castle and Banat Museum)
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From http://www.timisoara.com/:
The Castle (today turned into the Banat Museum) was built between 1307 and 1315. Later on, between 1443 and 1447, Iancu de Hunedoara (John Hunyadi) built
another castle on the foundations of the former one. It encircled a rectangular square, having a high ground floor
and two storeys. The voyevod brought his family here and, in the short intervals between battles, the Transylvanian nobles
used to join him at the castle, a witness of many an eventful century of history in Timisoara. In the 18th century, it was
turned into an arsenal and barrackss. Heavily strafed in 1552, 1716, 1849, the castle was rebuilt in 1856 and most of it has survived to this day. During the epoch of Romanticism the castle underwent shapely constructive modifications, following an older architectonic style, with Romanic and Gothic elements. An old part still preserves the original pre-Romantic stone vaults.

Gdansk Fair
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Malmo submarine - U3
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During the middle of the Second World War nine smaller submarines were built. This type of submarine was the first with a fully Swedish design. By reducing the size, more submarines could be built at the same cost. Responsible was Navy Engineer Swenzén. It is also the first completely welded pressure hull, a construction method developed at the Kockum Shipyard in Malmö (Kockums Mekaniska Verkstad AB).
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Water tower of Hyllie
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The water tower of Hyllie, a water cistern in town, and for many years a wellknown silhoette to the ctizens of Malmö. It piles itself up, 62 m high, towards the sky, and can in certain angels be mistaken for a flying saucer. At the very top there is today a "Science Center" focusing on watertasks in society.

Giant barge crane

Open air market

Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco Chancery Building
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Table Mountain Casino
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Malbork railyards and turntable with roundhouse

Trafikplats Lindeborg

Embassy of the Republic of Haiti, Washington
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Landscaped intersection

Soldek Ship
The first ship to be designed by Poles, built in Gdansk (the keel was laid in 1948), and set sail on the open sea. Retired in January 1981, she had completed 1379 journeys – during her 31 years in service she carried almost 4 million tons of cargo and visited over 60 different ports. Touring the ship you will find many authentic elements and become familiar with the construction of the ship. The Soldek Ship is home to a branch of the Maritime Museum.

Roenne Bornholm Air Base

Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970

Oliwa Cathedral
This Holy Trinity, Blessed Virgin Mary, and St Bernard's Church was first erected as a Cistercian shrine back in the 13th century. Reconstructed in 1350 after a great fire, it re-emerged in the Gothic style, but many of the new fixtures were to be relatively short lived. The Gothic interior was extremely damaged in a 1577 fire and was replaced with the Baroque fixtures we admire today for their beauty and intensity. Structurally, the cathedral is a triple-aisle, vaulted basilica built on the plan of the Latin cross. The Oliwa Cathedral is perhaps best known for its massive, yet splendid Organ. The organ is comprised of over 7,000 pipes and is decorated with movable angels and brightly painted stars. When built, the instrument was the largest in Europe. The main alter is also very impressive, but if the Organ is in use, you're sure to be rivited to its magnificent sound!

Crane of Kockum
The crane of Kockum is with its 140 m the highest building in Malmö. For 25 years it has been seen from half of Skåne. For twelve years it was on duty by Kockum lifting parts of ships, and now it´s more like a homage to all the thousands of people who daily cycled to the ship-yard. Today it´s there year by year, of no use, rusty and hardly of any function - a dying crane.

Sopot Hippodrome
Looks like a full set of jumps is set up in the infield.

Malmö IP
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Built in 1896

Fishing Boat in Hong Kong
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Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus, Washington

Malmö Stadion

Stadium from the 2002 Danish Gymnastic Games
Large earth berm all the way around.

Locks at the beginning of canal

Roenne Ferry Bore Mari

Swedish Ferry

Stadion Lechii