17.7.2010 by Lupo.

Schmutzig, gefährlich, günstig: Metropolen im Vergleich

16.07.2010, 12:17 Uhr

Umfrage unter 3000 Reisenden: Athen ist die schmutzigste Metropole Europas.

Laut den europäischen Reisenden ist Athen die schmutzigste Metropole. Das ergab eine Umfrage, die die Reise-Webseite TripAdvisor unter knapp 3000 europäischen Reisenden durchgeführt hat. Auf den Plätzen zwei und drei folgen Istanbul und Rom. Außerdem wurde nach insgesamt elf weiteren Kriterien gefragt, darunter die spannendste, langweiligste und gefährlichste Metropole, sowie die Metropole mit den attraktivsten Bewohnern. In …

http://reisen.t-online.de/

Mit Sicherheit war das nicht immer so!

Wreckage of WWII Italian Ship Found off Albania Coast

Tirana | 15 June 2010 |

Scan of the wreckage, Photo: RPM Nautical

An Albanian-American expedition reported on Monday that it has found the wreckage of a WWII Italian merchant ship that was torpedoed on June 14, 1943 by a British submarine. The remnants, found off the coast of the Karaburun peninsula with the help of undersea scanning devices, are probably part of the 8,000 ton Rosandra freighter, the team said on the 67th anniversary of the sinking.“This discovery will be of interest for experts of the period to shed light on the fate of this Italian ship that was sunk at a time when Italy was capitulating on the war front,” a statement from the expedition read. The team is headed by Dr Jeff Royal and Dr Aurel Anastasi, head of Albania’s Institute of Archeology.

Scan of the wreckage, Photo: RPM Nautical

The expedition, financed by the RPM Nautical Foundation of Key West, Florida, will continue to scan the Albanian coast for relics for two more months.

Together with Albanian archaeologists the group has found 18 wrecks from ancient, medieval and modern times in their survey off the Balkan country’s coast in the last three years.

“The final aim of this project is to create an underwater culture heritage museum, possibly in the Porto Palermo area,” said Auron Tare, the expedition’s coordinator, in a statement. [This museum] would be unique because it would allow Albania to not only preserve its underwater relics but also to display them,” he added.

Porto Palermo, located in the 140-kilometer stretch of coastline between Vlora to Saranda, with a 18-century castle of Ali Pasha, is regarded as one of the most attractive locations in the Albanian Riviera.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/28753/

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