Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz which ... as well as magnificent giant geodes sometimes over 5 m high. The deposits here have been recognised as one of the top 100 geological heritage ...

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As I prepared my itinerary and booked reservations, I committed the recs to memory: croissants at La Maison d'Isabelle, duck at La Grange Aux Canards, pasta at Domenico's, and a giant chocolate ...

Semi-evergreen climber about 10m tall, with rounded dark green leaves, blue-green below, composed of five leaflets and tinted purple in winter. Fragrant purple female flowers, and paler pinkish male ...

Their highlight is the giant depiction of "Christ Pantocrator" (literally "ruler of all") in the apse, or half-dome, at the back of the cathedral. It is a typical Orthodox Christian icon ...

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