Gurdwara Sahib-Akali Thakat is also known as the Golden Temple. Built in the place called Amritsar in Punjab, India, this temple is the core of religion Sikhism. Based on a belief in God and 10 Guru, Sikh Bible, the religion was founded by Guru Nanak, in the early 16th century and was taken over by others who have mastered perceptele 9 GURU them in a form that strict and fundamnetalista is found today in the practice of monks Sikh Golden Temple. The temple is built mostly of white marble, building a beautiful, tall, with several...
Jerusalem is holy city for three religions and two of them to the promised land. In the old city there are priests, nuns, and rabbis mollah them everywhere. Churches of all denominations endow the city, the mosque with golden dome can be seen from distance and the Wailing Wall is always crowded.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre is an architectural complex erected by the Crusaders in the eleventh century, the place of another church, built by Empress Helena in the fourth century. Here are the most expensive ...
Mecca or Makkah, nicknamed the "mother of the villages" is a city holy to Muslims, the Grand Mosque , the Kaaba , which is the kiss of Muslims in their prayers . Located Mecca in the Hejaz in Saudi Arabia , the capital of Makkah region , away from Medina, some 400 km in the direction south-west, and the city of Taif about 120 km in the eastern direction, at a distance of 72 km from the city of Jeddah and the coast of the Red Sea , and the nearest port is a port of Jeddah , and the nearest international airport is her 's King Abdul ...
"How can you lead a country that has two hundred and forty six different kinds of cheese?" (Charles de Gaulle, French president, 1oct 1962). If he were alive today, the General de Gaulle would have had to revise his statement - France now boasts over 400 varieties of cheese, this suggesting to a large extent the country's cultural diversity. Much of its originallity comes from the fact that its territories are found in all major regions of the continent, each with its own personality. Both the diversity of landscape and...
Few towns conjure up images of excess such as Las Vegas. Located in the middle of the arid Mojave Desert, in the southern tip of Nevada, Las Vegas is an oasis of life, energy and money - a city where the only purpose in life is having fun.
Over 35 million people visit Las Vegas every year, being accommodated in the 150,000 hotel rooms in the town. According to the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, the city registered the fastest growth in North America, with approximately 80 acres of land b...
Mexico is a country in North America, south of the United States. With nearly 107 million people, including twenty million in the urban area of its capital, Mexico City, Mexico is the most populous Spanish-speaking country. It is also the third in size and the second in population in Latin America. It is the thirteenth largest economy in the world.
Mexico is a beautiful and diverse country with many things to offer visitors, whether they go to visit the local beaches famous all over the world...
Giant construction of the ancient world, the Great Wall measuring 6400 kilometers long, is provided from place to place with forts looking tall rectangular towers of defense, has a height of 8 meters and a width of 6.5 meters, and meritandu status of the longest wall of the Earth. To protect the state, China's first emperor, Qin (221-210 BC) commands to be linked together fortifications built by his predecessors. It will submit both east and west, a total length of about 5000 km, making the longest wall that will become subseque...
Gugong, or Forbidden City, is located in central Beijing, north of the famous Tiananmen Square. Tourists, excited wonders Imperial Palace, usually enter through the south gate and go through the north, after a complete tour by former administrative and cultural center of the former Chinese empire. Flights are regular bus and links to tourist attractions celelelte Beijing are excellent.
Separated from the rest of the world through a very tall wall red as fire and smoking all or...
Tiananmen Square is the biggest central square in the world, and not just a symbol of Beijing, but even the whole country. This huge space, comparable to - and much more impressed - the Kremlin is surrounded by many important buildings and institutions: the Museum of Chinese Revolution, Mao Mausoleum, Tiananmen Tower, Qianmen. Every day at sunrise and sunset, this place demanding and complicated ceremony of raising the Chinese flag, an unforgettable show for the first time you discover....
Berlin Wall, which divided the city into two parts, east and west, was the symbol of the Cold War. Built by the German Democratic Republic government to prevent the East Germans to flee to West Germany, most of it was demolished since the border between East and West was opened in 1989.
After WWII, Germany was divided into four zones: one American, British, French and Soviet. Berlin was also divided into four sectors. In 1948, Soviet authorities tried to annex the whole city and started a ...
The Sealife and AquaDom aquarium is located in the heart of the former East Berlin, divided into two parts with a single ticket available. Located inside the Radisson hotel in Berlin, in the lobby, the AquaDom is the largest cylindrical aquarium in the world. At a height of 25 meters and a diameter of 11 meters, this aquarium almost one million liters houses nearly 2,600 fish from 56 different species. The Sealife recreates in aquariums and ponds adorned with décor aquatic German, from the sources of rivers to t...
Museum Island in Berlin has received from UNESCO World Heritage membership. This island museum was designed to be "a sanctuary of art and science". The five museums are included in the Museum Island are located between Kupfergraben and river Spree. This extraordinary group of museums was begun by King Friedrich Wilhelm III who made possible the Royal Museum building in 1830 - today Altes Museum (Old Museum). The museum was built to allow the public and can see the royal art treasures of Germany. However though, the isla...
Livadia Palace is in Livadiya, Crimea, a few miles west of Yalta in southern Ukraine. In 1860, Alexander II gave the palace originally as a gift for his wife Maria Alexandrovna, after the death of Alexander II the palace was inherited by Nicholas II who requested that it be demolished and build another back in place. The new palace was built under the supervision of the architect Ippolito Antonovich Monighetti and later Nikolay Krasnov was appointed to prepare final plans of the castle.
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Kviv Pechersk Lavra, also known as the Monastery of the Caves, is the most important tourist attractions in Kiev.
Kviv Pechersk Lavra was founded in 1051 by Saint Anthony, and later a monastery was built wooden St. Theodosius. Soon, the monastery was named Lavra Cave (the main monastery, in Greek), an important religious center to grow, and today is the spiritual center of the Ukrainian people.
Some of the Pechersk Lavra tourist attractions include the Church of the Holy Trinit...
National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos was created to preserve an ancient Greek settlement founded 2,500 years ago, located in Sevastopol on the Black Sea in the south-west of Crimea.
Chersonese was built in 422-21 BC by Greek colonists. The city has developed between the fourth and second centuries i.Hr, and due to geographical position was one of the main ports on the northern Black Sea coast. Between V and XI centuries AD became an important center of Byzantine culture. At the end...
The Vorontsov Palace is an amazing architectural monument in Alupka. Its wonderful design, classical style, luxury elements attracts visitors from all around the world. First of all, the Palace was built as the residence of Prince Mikhail Vorontsov, who was an important figure in the country of the XIX century. The architect, Edward Blorethe supposed to create the palace’s plan, by creating an amazing and unique design. It is really impressive the fact that the architect used the model of the mountain...
The "Swallow's Nest Castle" stands on the Rock of Aurora. It is known that it was built by a retired general, a participant of the Russian-Turkish war and he was a really romantic person, because only a romantic could have the strength to build a castle as Swallow's Nest, called "Castle of Love”. Swallow's Nest Castle is situated on the Aurora’s coast. It was built in the spirit of chivalrous times. Its house is decorated with towers, steeples, balconies, windows of ...
The most beautiful mountain in Crimea is The Demerdzhi Mountain, also known as the Ghost Valley. Nature has created this fantastic shapes in stone to charm every guest and visitor with its spectacular forms and shapes created during time. The rocks in shapes of pyramids, obelisks, animals, birds, mythical figures perfectly form the mysterious Ghost Valley. How many hours is a day, as many times the mount is changing its color.
Located on the north side of Alushta valley, ...
An earthquake measuring 9.0 occurred in Japan, on east coast of Honshu Island, on March 11, followed by numerous aftershocks. The epicenter was located in 373 km north-east of Tokyo, its center lies at a depth of 24 kilometers. The hypocenter was formed at a depth of 24 km in the Pacific Ocean. It caused a tsunami height of more than ten meters. This is the strongest earthquake in the history of Japan and the sixth in force in the history of seismic observations. The scientists assume that the earthquake in Japan...
Japan is one of the most active seismic regions, where take place more than 20 % from the most terrible earthquakes in the world. The quakes with strong magnitude can promote tsunami, with high destroying waves. In June, 1896 took place the Menji Sanriku quake with the power of 7.2, that led to an enormous tsunami. The consequnces were terrible and the main lost was about 22.000 victims, and injured people. The origin of the quake was set at the Japan Trench, where are complemented the Pacific and Eu...
Kobe is the capital of Hyogo Prefecture and one of Japan's largest cities. The town is situated between the sea and the Rokko mountain. Kobe is also known as one of Japan's most attractive cities. In 1995, Kobe was affected by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, which took over 5000 people and ruined hundred of homes and constructions. Today the city is completely reconstructed and no traces of the terrible event can be seen here. This earthquake occurred as a result of the displacement of three tectonic plates. ...
