Mrs Macquarie's Chair is an exposed sandstone rock cut into the shape of a bench, on a peninsula in Sydney Harbour. The peninsula itself is named Mrs Macquarie's Point. It is part of the Royal Botanic Gardens, at the end of Mrs Macquarie's Road. Mrs Macquarie was the wife of Major-General Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821. Folklore has it that she used to sit on the rock and watch for ships from England sailing into the harbour. The peninsula sits between the Garden Island peninsula to the east and Bennelong Point (where the Sydney Opera House resides) to the west. The chair itself faces north-east towards Fort Denison and the Pacific Ocean. The area around it on Mrs Macquarie's Point is a popular lookout position for the view to the north-west of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge.

The Rocks is an inner-city suburb, tourist precinct and historic area of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the southern shore of Sydney Harbour, immediately north-west of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney. The postcode is 2000. The Rocks area borders on the Bradfield Highway, leading to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, with the suburbs of Dawes Point and Millers Point, to the west. It is immediately adjacent to Circular Quay on Sydney Cove, the site of Australia's first European settlement in 1788. The Rocks became established shortly after the colony's formation. The original buildings were made mostly of local sandstone, from which the area derives its name. From the earliest history of the settlement, the area had a reputation as a slum, often frequented by visiting sailors and prostitutes. During the late 1800s, the areas was dominated by a gang known as the Rocks Push. It maintained...

Government House is located in Sydney just south of the Sydney Opera House, and overlooks Sydney Harbour. It was the official residence and remains the official reception space of the Governor of New South Wales, Australia.

The Sydney Observatory is located on a hill now known as 'Observatory Hill' in an area in the centre of Sydney now known as The Rocks. The site evolved from a fort built on 'Windmill Hill' in the early 19th century to an astronomical observatory during the nineteenth century. It is now a working museum where evening visitors can observe the stars and planets through a modern 40 cm schmidt-cassegrain telescope and a historic 29cm refractor telescope built in 1874, the oldest telescope in Australia in regular use.

Museum is a railway station on the City Circle line in Sydney, Australia. Named for its proximity to the Australian Museum, the station is located entirely underground at the southern end of Hyde Park. The rails are 13.7 metres below the surface. There are two platforms, each 158.5 metres long by 3.8 metres wide, under an arch with span 14.6 metres. Museum's signage and cream tiling with maroon highlights are reminiscent of a typical London Underground tube station of the era, however its layout of central tracks under a grand arch are more in keeping with older stations of the Paris Metro. Until the construction of the airport line, it was the only underground station in Sydney without an island platform. It is a companion to St. James station - opened at the same time. Regular services to Museum began on 20 December 1926.

Wynyard Park is a small park in the of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Wynyard Park is located in the Sydney central business district and is bounded by York Street and Carrington Street. Surrounded by modern high-rise buildings it is one of the most densely built-up and intensively used parks in Sydney. Entrances to Wynyard railway station are located on the north-eastern and north-western corners of the park. Wynyard Park is a popular place for office workers to eat lunch. Also, many bus services to the northern suburbs originate their journeys from Wynyard Park.

Île des Cygnes (Isle of the Swans) is a small island in the Seine river in Paris, France, located in the city's 15th and 16th arrondissement. It is an artificially-created island, formed in 1827 to protect the port of Grenelle. It should not be confused with the earlier Île des Cygnes, from which it derives its name; the earlier island was attached to the Champ de Mars in the late 18th century. The narrow island is 850 meters (2,789 ft) long and 11 meters (36 ft) at its widest point. A tree-lined walkway, named l'allée des Cygnes, runs the length of the island. The island is served by the Passy Métro station. It is crossed by three bridges: the pont de Grenelle, the pont Rouelle and the pont de Bir-Hakeim. The island's most notable feature is a smaller replica of the Statue of Liberty, which faces west in the direction of its larger sibling in New York City. This statue, which was inaugurated at its site on November 15, 1889 (three years after its counterpart), was given by the...

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat or L'Hospitalet is a city to the immediate south west of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, and the second largest in Catalonia by population. L'Hospitalet de Llobregat is notable for being one of the most densely populated cities not just in Spain but also in the European Union.

El Prat de Llobregat is a municipality in the comarca of the Baix Llobregat in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the delta of the Llobregat river on the right bank. More than a quarter of the area of the municipality is occupied by Barcelona Airport. Apart from the transport links to the airport, the town of El Prat is served by a railway station on the coast line from Barcelona to Valencia. The municipality also has a beach and a small nature reserve at the Llac (Lake) de la Ricarda i del Remolar. El Prat is famous for its blue-legged chickens (known as gall potablava in Catalan).

Triolet, is the largest village in the district of Pamplemousses in the island of Mauritius. Triolet is linked by coastal roads to the capital Port Louis and to Mapou. The village reflects the variety of cultures that are regarded as the life-blood of Mauritius. Triolet is a patch of civilisation amid green sugarcane fields and has great socio-economic value to the country as a whole. The presence the Maheshwarnath Temple, the largest of its kind on the island, contributes to the religious significance of the village. Notably, the village was the starting point for the first-ever Mahashivaratree pilgrimage. The pilgramage began when a resident of Triolet had a vision of a sacred lake surrounded by dense forestry. A group of sages, set out on a journey inland in search for this lake. They discovered the Ganga Talao, also known as the Grand-Bassin (literally: the big lake). Since then, all Hindus living on the island annually converge to this sacred river, the local equivilant of the...

Pamplemousses is a district of Mauritius in the north of the island, and is one of the most densely populated parts of the island. The name of the district comes from the French word for grapefruits. Its capital is Triolet. It hosts the SSR botanical garden, or Jardin Botanique Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, renamed in 1988 in honor of the first prime minister of Mauritius.The garden was first constructed by Pierre Poivre (1719-1786) in 1770. The area is 25 hectares. The garden features spices, ebonies, sugar canes and many more. It also features lotuses as well as 85 varieties of palms from Central America, Asia, Africa and the islands around the Indian Ocean.

The Jardin d'Acclimatation is a kind of amusement park with a menagerie and other attractions located in the northern part of the Bois de Boulogne, in Paris.

Stadio Romeo Menti is a multi-use stadium in Castellammare di Stabia, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of S.S. Juve Stabia. The stadium holds 10,400 and was opened in 1984.

Gaeta is a city and comune in the province of Latina, in Lazio, central Italy. Set on a promontory stretching towards the Gulf of Gaeta, it is 120 km from Rome and 80 km from Naples. The town has played a conspicuous part in military history: its fortifications date back to Roman times, and it has several traces of the period, including the first-century mausoleum of the Roman general Lucius Munatius Plancus at the top of the Montagna Spaccata ("Split Mountain"). Gaeta's fortifications were extended and strengthened in the 15th century, and indeed throughout the history of the Kingdom of Naples (later the Two Sicilies). Nowadays Gaeta is a fishing and oil seaport, and a renowned tourist resort. NATO maintains a base of operations at Gaeta.

Formia is a city in the province of Latina, on the Mediterranean coast of Lazio (Italy). It is located halfway between Rome and Naples, and lies on the Roman-era Appian Way.