The park is home to two important historical sites, the Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Battlefield. In 1607, the Jamestown Colony became the first succesful English settlement in North America. Just 174 years later, the British would surrendor here to the American Continental Army acknowleding the United States independence.
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Saxon Switzerland National Park, established in 1990, is located south of Dresden. The park is split into two areas in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. Its rocky canyon landscape rises up quickly from the Elbe river in the valley to its peaks reaching up to 556 meters above sea level.
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