Our native places

Mount Teide

Mount Teide is a volcano on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Spain. Its 3,718-metre summit is the highest point in Spain and the highest point above sea level in the islands of the Atlantic.
Teide's elevation makes Tenerife the tenth highest island in the world. Teide is an active volcano: its most recent eruption occurred in 1909.
Teide is the most visited natural wonder of Spain, the most visited national park in Spain and Europe and – by 2015 – the eighth most visited in the world.

Crete

Crete is the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and the most popular island for tourists. Crete covers an area of 8,336 km2. As of 2011, the region had a population of 623,065. The capital and the largest city is Heraklion. The island has mountains, gorges, rivers.
Mountains: The White Mountains or Lefka Ori 2,454 m; The Idi Range 2,456 m; Kedros 1,777 m; The Dikti Mountains 2,148 m; Thripti 1,489 m.
Gorges: Samariá Gorge, Imbros Gorge, Kourtaliotiko Gorge, Ha Gorge, Platania Gorge, the Gorge of the Dead, Richtis Gorge.
Rivers: Koiliaris, Anapodiaris, Almiros, Megas Potamos, Giofyros.

FRANCE

What is the principal monument of France?

Eiffel Tower

Construction started: 28 January 1887
Completed: 15 March 1889
Opening: 31 March 1889 (130 years ago)
Architectural height: 300 m.
Top floor height: 276 m.

The puddled iron of the Eiffel Tower weighs 7300 tons and the
addition of lifts, shops and antennae have brought the total
weight to approximately 10,100 tons.

Dutch

The official language of the Netherlands is Dutch, spoken by almost all people in the Netherlands.
There are also some recognised provincial languages and regional dialects.
West Frisian is a co-official language in the province of Friesland. It is spoken by 453,000 speakers.
English is an official language in the special municipalities of Saba and Sint Eustatius, as well as the autonomous states of Curaçao and Sint Maarten.
Papiamento is an official language in the special municipality of Bonaire. It is also the native language in the autonomous states of Curaçao and Aruba.
Several dialects of Dutch Low Saxon (Nederlands Nedersaksisch in Dutch) are spoken in much of the north-east of the country and are recognised as regional languages according to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. Low Saxon is spoken by 1,798,000 speakers.
Another Low Franconian dialect is Limburgish, which is spoken in the south-eastern province of Limburg. Limburgish is spoken by 825,000 speakers.
The Netherlands also has its separate Dutch Sign Language, called Nederlandse Gebarentaal (NGT). It is still waiting for recognition and has 17,500 users.

The Po river

The Po is a river that flows eastward across northern Italy. The Po flows either 652 km or 682 km – considering the length of the Maira, a right bank tributary. The headwaters of the Po are a spring seeping from a stony hillside at Pian del Re, a flat place at the head of the Val Po under the northwest face of Monviso (in the Cottian Alps). The Po ends at a delta projecting into the Adriatic Sea near Venice. It has a drainage area of 74,000 km² in all, 70,000 in Italy, of which 41,000 is in montane environments and 29,000 on the plain. The Po is the longest river in Italy; at its widest point its width is 503 m.