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Chambord Castle or the château of Chambord is one of the most magnificent architectural and historical features in France. It was built on the Cosson River near the Blois and it was the place where a lot of French kings used to spend their time in past.

It is especially known to be a favorite place for king Louis XIV. This amazing castle was built in 16th century and it was a proof of the squandering nature of most of French kings. It contains 440 rooms and, when horses were used for traveling, it could host 1200 horses.

This amazing architectural structure with huge historical value is today owned by French government who bought it back from an Italian Ducal family of Parma in 1932. Despite the fact that almost 500 years have passed since it was built, this building still remains stable and glorious as it was in time of its construction. Photos via flickr .

It is always entertaining to see and walk through a miniature version of some big city where you can see all famous buildings recreated in small versions.

One of such parks called “park Karlshorst” has been built in Berlin where visitors can find miniature versions of some of the most known buildings from Berlin and Brandenburg.

You can see a few of photos here taken in this park. If you decide to visit it yo can see there miniature versions of the Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag, Pergamon Museum and plenty of other buildings from Berlin and Brandenburg.

Images source: gavailer

This is not the ordinary hotel. This is the kind of hotel that represents touristic attraction itself. The building is called Yunak Evleri and it is located in Cappadocia, in Turkey.

It is a part of ancient village of Ugrup and it is believed that those caves are old about 1500 years. Someone got idea to build there a luxury hotel which now attracts a plenty of tourists.

Living in a cave doesn’t sounds pretty fashionable but when you see this hotel you will have to reconsider your thoughts about caves.