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Places on the planet where tourists are not allowed
1. Lascaux
This unique "primitive painting of the Sistine Chapel" in France suffered from the visits of tourists, due to an excess of carbon dioxide and water vapor by reaction with glassy crust of salts formed calcite calcium hydrogen carbonate, corrosive and damaging the rock carvings. And then start the "invasion" of fungi, which spread to the drawings.
The caves were banned to the public in 1963.
2. Island Pauwels
It is a small island located between Venice and Lido in the Venetian lagoon in the north of Italy. For centuries it was a refuge, a place of exile and a dumping ground for the diseased and dead from the plague. In the 20th century the island was built a hospital for the mentally ill, where, according to rumors, the patients were subjected to experiments. The island is famous legends about ghosts - the victims of the plague, as well as the crazy doctor's psychiatric hospital who allegedly tried patsientov.Segodnya island is closed to the public and is still uninhabitable.
3. The Vatican Secret Archives
Archive - the personal property of the Pope, and not belong to any of the special departments of the Roman Curia or the Holy See.
In other words, you can consider any document which you wish (except those who have not attained 75 years of age) because the archives are not secret despite their name. However, you can not enter the archive - it needs to apply to the document.
Funds secret archive is 630 different archives, only about 35 thousand volumes. In the Vatican Secret Archive annually employs about 1,500 scientists from around the world.
4. Cathedral of St. Mary of Zion
This cathedral is in Ethiopia. You will not be allowed back on the grounds that the Ethiopian Orthodox Church claims that the cathedral is one of the most important biblical sites - the original Ark of the Covenant. Exhibited for public review a copy of the Ark. Genuine relic is in the treasury, and nobody, not even the Patriarch of the Ethiopian church, not the right to look at it. Only one monk - the keeper of the relics - can see the Ark.
5. Museum of National Security of Jiangsu
The Museum of National Security of Jiangsu in China kept secret documents on the history of Chinese espionage and spy equipment. If you are not a citizen of China, the way you go closed. But there is forbidden to photograph everything, even the citizens of the republic.
6. Niihau - "Forbidden Island»
Niihau is the seventh largest island in the population of Hawaii. This island has no paved roads. There are no shops, no restaurants, no electricity, no running water. Solar battery fully provide the population of the island with electricity. Elizabeth Sinclair purchased Niihau in 1864 in the Kingdom of Hawaii and passed to his descendants - the Robinson family. In 1915, Sinclair's grandson Aubrey Robinson closed the island to most visitors in order to preserve its indigenous culture and wildlife. Even relatives of the inhabitants could visit Niihau only by special permission.
7. Pine Gap
Pine Gap - the name of the area allocated for satellite tracking station. It is located about 18 km south-west of Alice Springs in central Australia and is operated by Australia and the United States. Object Pine Gap is known as one of the largest foreign electronic intelligence stations USA. The station has more than 1,000 employees.
8. Atomic Research Centre Negev
Nuclear Research Center Negev is an Israeli nuclear installation located in the Negev desert, about thirteen kilometers to the southeast of the city of Dimona, Israel. Needless to say, the airspace over it is closed to all aircraft. Implement the necessary measures to prevent unauthorized entry.
9. Ise Grand Shrine
Ise Jingu is the repository of national treasures, particularly the Sacred Mirrors, which is the imperial regalia. The main temple is closed high wooden fence, access is limited to the main sanctuary - the entrance is restricted to the highest-ranking clerics and members of the imperial family. Visitors can see only fragments of the roof. Mainly kumirnju have the right to enter only the emperor and empress.
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This unique "primitive painting of the Sistine Chapel" in France suffered from the visits of tourists, due to an excess of carbon dioxide and water vapor by reaction with glassy crust of salts formed calcite calcium hydrogen carbonate, corrosive and damaging the rock carvings. And then start the "invasion" of fungi, which spread to the drawings.
The caves were banned to the public in 1963.
2. Island Pauwels
It is a small island located between Venice and Lido in the Venetian lagoon in the north of Italy. For centuries it was a refuge, a place of exile and a dumping ground for the diseased and dead from the plague. In the 20th century the island was built a hospital for the mentally ill, where, according to rumors, the patients were subjected to experiments. The island is famous legends about ghosts - the victims of the plague, as well as the crazy doctor's psychiatric hospital who allegedly tried patsientov.Segodnya island is closed to the public and is still uninhabitable.
3. The Vatican Secret Archives
Archive - the personal property of the Pope, and not belong to any of the special departments of the Roman Curia or the Holy See.
In other words, you can consider any document which you wish (except those who have not attained 75 years of age) because the archives are not secret despite their name. However, you can not enter the archive - it needs to apply to the document.
Funds secret archive is 630 different archives, only about 35 thousand volumes. In the Vatican Secret Archive annually employs about 1,500 scientists from around the world.
4. Cathedral of St. Mary of Zion
This cathedral is in Ethiopia. You will not be allowed back on the grounds that the Ethiopian Orthodox Church claims that the cathedral is one of the most important biblical sites - the original Ark of the Covenant. Exhibited for public review a copy of the Ark. Genuine relic is in the treasury, and nobody, not even the Patriarch of the Ethiopian church, not the right to look at it. Only one monk - the keeper of the relics - can see the Ark.
5. Museum of National Security of Jiangsu
The Museum of National Security of Jiangsu in China kept secret documents on the history of Chinese espionage and spy equipment. If you are not a citizen of China, the way you go closed. But there is forbidden to photograph everything, even the citizens of the republic.
6. Niihau - "Forbidden Island»
Niihau is the seventh largest island in the population of Hawaii. This island has no paved roads. There are no shops, no restaurants, no electricity, no running water. Solar battery fully provide the population of the island with electricity. Elizabeth Sinclair purchased Niihau in 1864 in the Kingdom of Hawaii and passed to his descendants - the Robinson family. In 1915, Sinclair's grandson Aubrey Robinson closed the island to most visitors in order to preserve its indigenous culture and wildlife. Even relatives of the inhabitants could visit Niihau only by special permission.
7. Pine Gap
Pine Gap - the name of the area allocated for satellite tracking station. It is located about 18 km south-west of Alice Springs in central Australia and is operated by Australia and the United States. Object Pine Gap is known as one of the largest foreign electronic intelligence stations USA. The station has more than 1,000 employees.
8. Atomic Research Centre Negev
Nuclear Research Center Negev is an Israeli nuclear installation located in the Negev desert, about thirteen kilometers to the southeast of the city of Dimona, Israel. Needless to say, the airspace over it is closed to all aircraft. Implement the necessary measures to prevent unauthorized entry.
9. Ise Grand Shrine
Ise Jingu is the repository of national treasures, particularly the Sacred Mirrors, which is the imperial regalia. The main temple is closed high wooden fence, access is limited to the main sanctuary - the entrance is restricted to the highest-ranking clerics and members of the imperial family. Visitors can see only fragments of the roof. Mainly kumirnju have the right to enter only the emperor and empress.
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