Pirin National Park (Bulgarian: Национален парк “Пирин”), originally named Vihren National Park, covers most of the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria. It spans an area of 403.56 square kilometers (155.82 square miles). It is one of three national parks in Bulgaria, along with Rila National Park and Central Balkan National Park.
The Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site (周口店北京人遗址), also spelled as Choukoutien, is a cave system located in the suburban Fangshan District of Beijing. It has provided many archaeological finds, including one of the first examples of Homo erectus (Homo erectus pekinensis), known as Peking Man, and a collection of bones from the giant short-faced hyena, Pachycrocuta brevirostris. Because scientists have different interpretations of the evidence, the dates for when Peking Man lived at this site vary.
The Bahrain Pearling Path (Arabic: مسار اللؤلؤ, romanized: Masār al-Luʼluʼ) is a group of cultural sites added to the UNESCO World Heritage List on June 30, 2012. It includes three oyster beds in the northern waters of Bahrain, a part of the coast, the Bu Mahir fort on the southern tip of Muharraq Island, and 17 buildings in the historical area of Muharraq. These areas are connected by a 3.5 km path for visitors.
The Paseo del Prado is a major street in Madrid, Spain. It goes from north to south between the Plaza de Cibeles and the Plaza del Emperador Carlos V (also called Plaza de Atocha). The Plaza de Cánovas del Castillo, which is where the Fuente de Neptuno fountain and the Ritz and Palace hotels are located, is in the middle area of the Paseo del Prado.
Pasargadae (pronounced /pəˈsɑːrɡədi/; from Pāθra-gadā, meaning “protective club” or “strong club”; Persian: پاسارگاد, written in the Roman alphabet as Pāsārgād) was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire during the rule of Cyrus the Great (559–530 BC). It is located just north of the town of Madar-e-Soleyman and about 90 kilometers (56 miles) northeast of Shiraz. Pasargadae is one of Iran’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Paraty (or Parati), pronounced [paɾaˈtʃi], is a city in Brazil that was once part of the Portuguese colonial period (1500–1822) and the Brazilian Imperial era (1822–1889). It has a population of about 43,000 people. The name “Paraty” comes from the Tupi language spoken by the Guaianá Indians, who named it after a type of fish found in the area.
The Seine (pronounced sayn or sen in French) is a river that is 777 kilometers long (about 483 miles) in northern France. The area that drains water into the Seine is called the Paris Basin, which is a low area in the earth’s surface covering much of northern France. The river begins at a place called Source-Seine, 30 kilometers (19 miles) northwest of Dijon in northeastern France on the Langres plateau.
The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (pronounced [ˈpɐpəˈhaːnɐwˈmokuwaːˈkɛjə]; PMNM) is a U.S. national monument listed as a World Heritage Site. It covers 582,578 square miles (1.5 million km²) of ocean water, including ten islands and atolls in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
The Pantanal (Portuguese pronunciation: [pɐ̃taˈnaw], Spanish pronunciation: [pantaˈnal]) is a natural area that covers the world’s largest tropical wetland and the largest flooded grassland. It is mainly in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, but it also includes parts of Mato Grosso, Bolivia, and Paraguay. The Pantanal covers an area estimated between 140,000 and 195,000 square kilometers (54,000 to 75,000 square miles).
The Pampulha Modern Ensemble (Portuguese: Conjunto Moderno da Pampulha) is a city project in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state of Brazil. It was built around a man-made lake called Lake Pampulha, in the Pampulha district. The project includes a casino (now the Pampulha Art Museum), a ballroom (Casa do Baile), the Golf Yacht Club (now Iate Tênis Clube), and the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi.