Blue Subaru WRC 1998. Rally version
Subaru WRC 1998. Rally version. 4 cylinders, 300 HP
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Citroën DS3 WRC 2013. Rally version
Citroën DS3 WRC 2013. Rally version
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The Saint-Elme citadel and its museums
The citadel of Saint-Elme located in Villefranche-sur-Mer is a historic monument from the sixteenth century which forms part of a larger military architectural ensemble including the Fort du Mont Alban, the Saint-Hospice tower of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat and the battery of Beaulieu-sur-Mer. This device constituted a defensive unit around the royal port of Darse, the military port of the States of …
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Grimaldi castle and its Museum of Modern Art and Ethnography
The Grimaldi castle (fr. Château Grimaldi) is a 14th-century French castle-keep at the top of Haut-de-Cagnes in Cagnes-sur-Mer in the Alpes-Maritimes on the Côte d´Azur. It is currently a museum since 1946 and a historical monument since 1948.
The castle built on the site of an earlier fortress occupied by the Greeks and then the Romans. …
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Amphibious assault ship Mistral (L9013)
Amphibious assault ship Mistral (L9013), Toulon harbor. Mistral started her trials in January 2005, and was officially commissioned in February 2006. She departed from Toulon for her first long-range journey in March, sailing through the Mediterranean, Suez, and the Red Sea to Djibouti and India, before returning to France.
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Valday Iversky Monastery: founded by Patriarch Nikon in 1653
Valday Iversky Monastery is a Russian Orthodox monastery founded by Patriarch Nikon in 1653. The monastery is located on an island in Lake Valdayskoye in Valdaysky District of Novgorod Oblast, Russia, close to the town of Valday.
In the 17th century, the Valday Iversky Monastery was one of the most influential monasteries in Russia and a …
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French SNCF S 181 “Z 6181” train from 1967
SNCF S 181 “Z 6181” (year of construction 1971)
Series: Z 6300
Company number: S 181
Manufacturer: CEM
Type: 2 ‘B’ (ZBD + ZRB + ZRABx)
Year of construction: 1967
Shlino is a lake on the border of the Tver and Novgorod regions of Russia, in the Msta basin
Shlino is a lake on the border of the Tver and Novgorod regions of Russia, in the Msta basin. The area is 34 km², it’s altitude above sea level is 199 meters. The lake’s origin is of the moraine-dammed type. Its northern third belongs to the Novgorod region Valday district, the southern part is located …
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Panzer II tank. PzKw II (Sd. Kfz 121)
The Panzer II was designed before the experience of the Spanish Civil War of 1936–39 showed that protection against armour-piercing shells was required for tanks to survive on a modern battlefield. Prior to that, armour was designed to stop machine gun fire and high-explosive shell fragments.
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