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  Plaza Mayor, a large square in downtown Madrid is very popular among tourists and locals alike. Rectangular market has a uniform architecture, very similar to market Vosges in Paris.      In the Middle Ages it was just a market place of consumer goods outside the city walls. In 1560 King Philip II asked Juan de Herrera, architect of the Escorial to transform the church fair in a real small square. Only in the year 1617, during the reign of King Philip III, Plaza Mayor began construction o...

   Almudena Cathedral in Madrid took over 100 years to be built. It was finally consecrated by Pope John Paul II in 1993. Shortly after King Philip II assigned Madrid the capital of Spain in the year of 1561, he wanted to build a cathedral for the new capital. Because of political turmoil and strong opposition from the Archdiocese of Toledo City, which was then a much larger city, the construction of the building was constantly delayed. Finally, in 1868 a congregation devoted to the Virgin Almudena, the saint that patronizes Madr...

  Plaza Puerta del Sol is the perfect starting point to explore the city of Madrid. This bustling market, is centrally located one of the most lively places in town.     Puerta del Sol is now the historic heart of Madrid, but last place was at the eastern edge of town. Market name comes from the east gate of the city that existed here in the 15th century. Gate was probably named after the sun painted on it - Puerta del Sol or the Sun Gate. Present semi-oval small square was created in the 19th c...

  Bairro Alto, Lisbon is a picturesque neighborhood, dating back centuries. Sixteenth and famous for a kind of Montmarte the Portuguese capital - the best place Bohemian city, a privileged destination for artists and writers.     Network of streets is pretty quiet during the day but at night is transformed into a most active area of the city. Behind the colorful facades and full of graffiti is an excellent variety of traditional and international restaurants, fado houses, bars and shops of shopp...

    Lisbon Jeronimo Monastery is listed on UNESCO's World Heritage list and is the resting place of Vasco da Gama. Jeronimo Monastery is the most impressive symbol of Portugal's power and wealth in the great geographical discoveries.    King Manuel I built it in 1502 on the site of a hermitage founded by Prince Henry the Navigator, where Vasco da Gama and his crew spent their last night in Portugal, praying before going to India. Was built to commemorate Vasco da Gama's expedition to thank M...

   Lisbon Oceanarium is a museum of marine biology located at Nations Park in Lisbon, Portugal, built as part of Expo 98.     This flag, designed by the American architect Peter Chermayeff, resembling a carrier and is installed on a pier surrounded by water. It is the second largest oceanarium in the world and contains an impressive collection of species - birds, mammals, fish and other marine life. The habitats chosen for its natural wealth in terms of fauna and flora, were as follows: Antarctic ocean...

  Gruuthuse Museum is the largest complex of museums in Bruges and is located in the house which belonged to Van Gruuthuse Brugghe-van der Aa. Gruut represent a mixture of flavors from which he used to make beer. Present collections of art and antiquities have been started in 1865 by the Archaeological Society in 1955 and Burges, Bruges city council won a collection and expanded.      Sculptural art - the collection consists of objects of different materials: wood (crucifixes, altars, fragm...

  Bruges City Centre is part of UNESCO heritage. Historical city center has been carefully built since the Middle Ages and is remarkably preserved today. The city can tell their own story through all the monuments, churches, historic buildings and markets. Bruges site is an example of medieval settlement, which has preserved original buildings of centuries, and Gothic buildings are part of the city identity. As one of the commercial and cultural capitals of Europe, Brugge developed cultural links site with different cities around t...

  Church of the Holy Blood has a remnant of the holy blood of Jesus Christ. Legend says that after the crucifixion, St. Joseph of Arimathea, wiped the blood and body Savior kept his clothes. These clothes have left the Holy Land until the Second Crusade, when King of Jerusalem, Baldwin III, and gave the brother or the Count of Flanders, Diederik van de Elzas. Count Saviour brought clothes with blood on 7 April 1150 and placed her in a chapel he built a square Burg.     Holy Blood Church consists...

   Agora was the center of ancient Athens, the center of political, commercial, administrative and social justice, a religious center and the settlement. Place was taken without interruption in all periods of history of the city. It was used as a residential area late Neolithic era (3000 Ch i). At the beginning of XI century, the Agora became a public area.      After repairs and restorations, reached the century rectangular II I. Ch. Repairs following year in the Persian attack i. Ch ...

  Temple of Athena in Greece, was built in dry Partheon. 5th BC Acropolis hill. This is the most important surviving building of Classical Greece, generally considered to have helped the development of Greece. Its decorative sculptures are considered one of the high points of Greek architecture. Partheon is regarded as a lasting symbol of ancient Greece and Athenian democracy and one of the greatest cultural monuments. Ministry of Culture of Greece currently performing a program of restoration and reconstruction....

  Temple of Zeus at Olympia, known as the Oplympeion, Amalias Street is located at 500 meters southeast of the Acropolis and Emtriva 700 south of Syntagma Square. Foundation belongs to a temple that was dedicated to the tyrant Pisistratus in the year 515 but i Ch canf works were abandoned son of Pisistratus, Hippias was removed from the throne in the year 510 Ch i.      The construction of the temple of Zeus were performed in dry Ch III died during the Macedonian domination Cossutius Roman ...

  Red district of Amsterdam is a major tourist attraction of Amsterdam. Is known as the "Walletjes. It consists of a network of paths which are a large number of small room rented especially for women who offer their services behind a special glass or glass doors, these rooms are usually decorated with red lights. The whole area has a predominantly air entertainment for adults, is full of entertainment for adults, sexual accessories stores, adult movie theaters and a sex museum. Also in the Amsterdam red district is located an...

   Royal Palace in Amsterdam is located in Amsterdam's Dam Square in the center. It was originally built to serve as building the mayor and magistrates of Amsterdam. In the seventeenth century was the largest building in Europe. Royal Palace in Dam Square is one of three palaces in the Dutch State has provided to the Queen by a decision of parliament. The palace is used mainly for official events, visits at the highest level, special receptions and reception on the occasion of New Year. Every year there are various prizes and award...

  A visit to Van Gogh museum is a unique experience during a vacation in Amsterdam. The museum contains the largest collection of paintings of Van Gogh in the world. The exhibit allows visitors to observe closely the evolution of the artist or compare his paintings with other artists of the nineteenth century. The museum also offers its visitors and other art exhibitions on various topics of the nineteenth century.     Van Gogh Museum's permanent collection includes works of Vincent Van Gogh and...

  Aqualand Aqua Park is one that mimics a Caribbean island in the Adriatic region: a combination of good humor, fun, extreme sports and aquatic games. A relaxing oasis providing entertainment for those special places that want to spend some unforgettable hours.     Aqualand offers guests many joys and happy events: Latin American dancing, water aerobics, diving lessons and many shows performed on stage in the shape of a pirate ship, 30 meters long where dancers and divers to carry funny choreogr...

   Piazza San Marco is the best known market Venice surrounded by superb cafes and boutiques. In New York, every tourist must go to Times Square, in London should see Trafalgar Square or Piccadilly Circus in Paris even really need to cross the Concorde Square.      Their equivalent in Venice is Piazza San Marco. It differs from its foreign counterparts in two major aspects: it is more attractive and has not been corrupted by car traffic. Napoleon called the Piazza San Marco "receiving ...

   The bridge crossing the River Palace was named Bridge of Sighs in the nineteenth century, as it connects the Doges prison and interrogation room. It is rumored that prisoners looked at the beauty of Venice for the last time through the window here  before being sentenced to execution or torture. In fact, prisoners were imprisoned for minor infractions only. Another legend says that lovers who kiss under the bridge will be part of everlasting love.   The bridge was built on the basis of t...

   Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is one of the largest covered markets in the world with 60 streets and 5,000 shops, attracting between 250,000 and 400,000 daily visitors. Best known for jewelry, hand painted ceramics, carpets, embroideries and junk shops. The vast majority of stands are grouped by type of goods that were exposed, with an area for leather goods and gold jewelry.      Grand Bazaar is an important commercial center since 1461 it was expanded in XVI century during the reign of Sult...

   Saint Sophia Church - Aghia Sophia - represents the triumph of Christianity, but also a symbol of Byzantium. Tralles Anthemios master builders of Isidore of Miletus created one of the most impressive sacred buildings in the world, with a central dome designed based on mathematical calculations.      It was the largest church of Christianity until the Turks conquered Constantinople in 1453. The cathedral was converted into a mosque and four minarets were built surrounding the ...

   Wishing to be a rival to the Ayasofya mosque the Sultan Ahmet I, the Blue Mosque built between 1609 and 1616 as the largest mosque in Istanbul. Blue Mosque is one of the most famous sights in Istanbul, the only mosque in Turkey with six minarets (towers), most mosques with only four, two or even a minaret. Went to the news that the Sultan has commissioned architect Mehmet Aga to make a mosque with minarets of gold (Altina) but understood that the architect must make six (other) minarets. Whatever the real reason for the con...

   Heroes Square is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Budapest and in front of Central Park at the end of Andrássy Avenue, one of the most important streets of Budapest. Heroes Square in Budapest is part of UNESCO World Heritage. The monument was built in 1896 to commemorate a thousand years after the arrival of Hungarians in the Carpathian Basin.       The monument consists of two circles which are placed above the symbols of peace and war, occupation and wealth, o...

  The Royal Palace was destroyed and rebuilt many times. King Bela IV started building the palace of the XIII century after the Mongol invasion. The original palace was built in Gothic style and continued to be extended for 300 years. Golden Age of the palace was during the reign of King Matthias. It was totally destroyed in 1686 when the Habsburg army liberated Buda under Ottoman occupation.      Habsburgs built a new palace, lower-century baroque XVIII. It was again damaged during the War of I...

  As part of the renovation works of the district hosting the Royal Palace in Budapest, Fishermen's Bastion was built in 1905. There are two explanations about the origin of the name bastion. Some people say that a fish market is nearby here in the Middle Ages and pulling and name bastion. Another explanation is based on the assumption that fishermen guilds defended this part of the castle wall in Budapest. Despite being called a bastion is actually building is a terrace where the view is amazing.    ...