Jabal An-Nabī Shuʿayb (Arabic: جَبَل ٱلنَّبِي شُعَيْب, lit. 'Mountain of the Prophet Shuaib') is a mountain of the Haraz subrange of the Sarawat, located in Sana'a Governorate, Yemen. It is the highest mountain of the country and the Arabi…
Olympus, or Chionistra, (Greek: Όλυμπος or Greek: Χιονίστρα) at 1,952 metres (6,404 ft), is the highest point in Cyprus. It is located in the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus. Mount Olympus peak and the "Troodos Square" fall under the territory…
The Forte Spagnolo (Italian for Spanish fortress; locally called il Castello) is aRenaissance castle in L'Aquila, central Italy. In the 15th century, L'Aquila had become the second most powerful city in the Kingdom of Naples after Naples i…
The Copertino Castle (Italian Castello di Copertino) is a castle in Apulia, southern Italy. It is located in the eponymous city of Copertino, north of Gallipoli on the heel of Apulia, between Manduria and Galatina.
Il castello di Barletta, situato nell'omonima città pugliese, è il risultato architettonico di una serie di stratificazioni dovute al susseguirsi di diverse dinastie al potere, succedutesi dall'XI secolo al XVIII secolo. Un tempo fortezza …
The Castle of Charles V (Italian: Castello Carlo quinto; Leccese: Castellu Carlu Quintu), also known as the Castello di Lecce, is a castle in Lecce, Italy. It was first built in the Middle Ages, and was strengthened by Charles V in 1539, t…
Takashi Ozaki (Japan, 1951-May 14, 2011) and Nyima Gyaltsen (aka "Aung Tse"; Burma) made the first ascent in 1996. Ozaki had attempted the mountain in 1995 but was turned back due to bad weather. The route to basecamp is long (four weeks) …
北アルプス北部にある、非常に険しい地形と気象条件を持つ山。登山対象とした場合、麓からの最短コースでも行程が長いので余程の健脚者でなければ日帰りは難しく、どのコースも急峻な岩場など危険が伴うためある程度登山経験を積んでから計画を立てたほうが…
8月10日折立より山行太郎平へ。晴天で薬師岳が見えていた。右を見回すと水晶岳、鷲羽岳も見えた。その日は薬師峠でキャンプ泊。 11日午前4時15分、ヘットランプを点灯し出発。薄い霧だった。枯れ沢をのぼっていくと、何度かルートを迷った。4時40分ごろ沢を…
8月11日午前9時半、太郎小屋を出発。10時頃雨があがった。時おり雲が出て涼しい風が吹く。晴れると暑くて汗をかくので、到達するまでは曇っていた方が快適だった。 ところが、肩の分岐に着くと雲だらけ。山頂ではまわりはなんにも見ることができなかった。カ…
北アルプス裏銀座の奥深くに位置するため、たどり煽くのはものすごく大変ですが、晴れていれば北アルプスの山々の雄大な景色が待っています。黒部湖の向こうには剣岳、振り返れば槍ヶ岳と、遥か遠くに富士山、、、などなどいつまでも見ていたくなる風景です…
Mount Hoverla (Ukrainian: Говерла, Hoverla; Hungarian: Hóvár; Romanian: Hovârla; Goverla, Polish: Howerla) at 2,061 metres (6,762 ft), is the highest mountain in Ukraine and part of the Carpathian Mountains. The mountain is located in the …
