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   Frankfurt’s Bethmann Park is beautiful landscape, appears as a perfect refuge, hidden behind stone walls in a very busy part of the city. It is very famous for its colorful flowers, the perfect oasis to take a deep breathe of fresh air surrounded just by the beauty of the nature, away from the noisy crowd of the city. Frankfurt is well known for its retired parks, and Bethmann Park is a shining jewel in the city, one of the most gorgeous outdoor spaces. The park initially appeared as a small private garden, in 1783, w...

    Kaiserdom is also known as St.Bartholomew Cathedral of the Emperors, that was built in the 13th century. In the city of Frankfurt this cathedral represent a treasured artwork, the most valuable and notable building standing here for hundred of years. This is a very famous church due to the fact that all the German Kings and Emperors of the Roman Empire were elected and crowned in this sacred place. The first church that was discovered on Kaiserdom territory seems to be built since 680 A.D, the second large church, named St...

   Commertzbank Tower is a imposant tower in the city of Frankfurt, and was the tallest building in Europe in the year that it was completed, 1997. The building represents an ecological skyscraper because of its sky gardens and unique technologies of saving the energy. For a city like Frankfurt, that preserves the historical buildings, the skyscrapers were not really accepted. Only some important landmarks were rebuilt after the bombardments  during the World War II. But still the historic center of the city represents a ...

   The first and the most attractive destination in Atlanta, Georgia is definitely the Aquarium which is the biggets aquarium in the world with more that 31,000 cubic meters of marine clear water that holds more than 100,000 animals including 500,000 various species. This is an amazing and extremely interesting aquarium that deserves to be visited. Through the most notable species that include the aquarium are four young whale shark and four beluga whales.     The Georgia Aquarium is situat...

   Zoo Atlanta is a private and nonprofite wildlife park that is the perfect place to spend a very great time. It is surrounded by outdoor spaces that fit everybody’s taste. Zoo Atlanta is the ideal home for the giant pandas Lun Lun and Yang Yang and also for their offsprings. There also live more than 50 species of birds, lions, African elephants, naked mole rats that live under the ground, some small otters. The pandas were brought from the Chengdu Zoo from China and now run free in the Ford African Rain Forest that of...

   Stone Mountain Park appeared as a shine pearl in the city of Atlanta. In 1958 the Governor of Georgia signed the document for creating the Stone Mountain as a state park . The state even wanted to extend it facilities to make the park a gorgeous place and a great attraction for the city of Atlanta. Through the foundation of the park the state wanted to complete the carving of Augustus Lukeman, and then wanted to build a highway that will run in front of the carving. In april 1962 the Stone Mountain Railway was completed tha...

   Bran Castle is situated in a mountainous place, between Bucegi and Piatra Craiului Mountains. It attracts thousand of tourists for its misterious legend of Dracula. The castle initially was built as a fortress by the Teotonic Knights in 1212. The castle appears in documents since 1377 when King Ludovic I offered to citizens of Brasov the possibility to build a new citadel, instead of the old fortress built by Knights. Then during the 1419-1424 the castles was possessed by Sigismund. This imposant building was donated to Que...

  A very fascinable and gorgeous building in the Center of Bucharest, the Capital of Romania is The Palace of the Parliament. This imposant palace is the largest building in Europe and was fondated by Nicolae Ceausescu, who gave the name of House of the Republic, on 25 july 1984. It is a unique masterpiece and is designed in a eclectic neoclassical style, using material from Romania only. The buiding appears as 86 meters high building, with 92 meters underground. It includes 1100 rooms in 12 stories .When was built this pa...

   Situated in Sinaia and considered one of the most beautiful palace in Europe, Peles Palace is a precious pearl for Romanian Cultural Heritage. It was the last home for King Carol I who died here in 1914. The construction of the castle lasted from 1875 till 1883, when was officialy opened. Its history is related to the time when King Carol I came near the place and was impressed by the beauty of the nature and he decided to build an exceptional castle in that zone. Soon he bought the land and started the construction having ...

   Logan Circle is a great plaza situated on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway , originaly known as Northwest Square. Logan Circle was one of the five squares planed by William Penn for the city of Philadelphia. This place was known for being a public space for executuions, in 1823 there was hanged the last person, and in 1825 this place was named Logan Square, in the honor of James Logan, who was a famous statesman in the city of Philadelphia.     The name of Logan Circle comes from the traffi...

   Independence Hall of Philadelphia is the most important landmark for the history of United States. This Hall can be recognized as the birthplace for America, here was signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. In this building was adopted the Constitution of the United States also, in 1787.      This building is full of memorable moments full of dignity and the glorious history is well related by this building. The construction of the Independence Hall started in 1732 and was d...

   Rodin Museum has the largest collection of works outside of Paris made by the famous French sculptor Auguste Rodin. This museum is situated near the Benjamin Franklin parkway and was built thanks to Jules Mastabum who tried to collect all the works of Auguste Rodin. So in 1929 the building dedicated to this sculptor was completed, in a neoclassical style, Mastabum died but during the years he collected over 124 sculptures of Auguste Rodin. This sculptor was known for its realistic and dramatic sculptures made in marble or b...

   Queen Elizabeth Park is a national treasure for Vancouver, an unique landmark that attracts thousands of visitors. The park started its life as a basalt quarry and for many years was the main  source of foundation rock for Vancouver’s roads. In 1911 the quarry was closed and the area was like a huge dead landscape. Only the children were playing here on the hills, in the caves surrounded anyway by a beautiful nature with blackberries and brush, looking more as a wild territory. In 1949 there already started the p...

   VanDusen Botanical Garden is a very attractive destination in the city of Vancouver, situated very close to Downtown of the city. It situated on a land that in 1960 belonged to Canadian Pacific Railway, and was a gulf club. In 1970 a group of citizens decided to develop the space and to transform it in a botanical garden. In 1975 it was opening to the public as a very beautiful botanical garden, named VanDusen, in the honor of the W.J Vandusen, who sponsored the project. It covers over 55 acres of land with 11 acres of wild...

   Coal Harbour is a very cute place situated between Stanley Park and Canada Place Pier in Vancouver. This is a new neighborhood with pitoresque places that attract visitor’s eyes. This place is lined by a very nice and quite walkway that makes its perfect for residents or for visitors to spend the time with pleasure. This residential area was initially a industrial one with railways that came to the waterfront making the connection between industrial areas and the rest part of Canada. This neighborhood was the home for...

   Mount Royal Park is the main attraction in the city of Montreal especially for those who love to spend the time in nature’s heart . This area was for a long time the home for residents who done a lot of activities in their free time. For the first time the park was opened in 1876 and meant to be a green area where the locals or visitors could practice a lot of interesting activities, taking a deep breath of fresh air. This park was designed also by the famous architect Frederick Law Olmsed, who had designed the New Yo...

   Basilica Notre-Dame of Montreal is a real spectacular landmars that dates from 19th century. The design for this art started in 1824, for creating this basilica was chosen an Irish American architect James O’Donnel, who completed the Christ Churh in Manhattan. It took about 2 years to raise up the walls of the building and the façade up to the base of the towers. In 1827 the framework was completed and the interior of basilica was completed in 1829. This sacred place is designed in an Neo Ghotic style with incr...

   Place D’Ármes is a very old square which dates since 17th century and relates the Canadian history for a period of 100 years. This place includes all the moments from the past in one unique place, a monument dedicated to those who have founded the city. The most significant thing is that the buildings that surround the Place d’Armes  are dating from diverse eras of time. The first skyscraper of the city was built in 1888, representing a 8 stories building with the first elevator. Then the architects ...

   Iguassu Fall is located in Brazil, in the river with the same name where Brazil boarders with Argentine. The fall consists of 275 falls on over 2.7 km. The highest part of this fall reaches 82 metres and is the most spectacular part. The wider fall and the most dramatic one is named “Devil’s Throat” which reaches 82 metres high, 150 metres wide, and 700 metres length. The name of this impressive fall comes from the “Guarani Indian” that means “Great Water”.   Thi...

   Christ the Redeemer is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is included in the Seven  Wonders of the World. The statue has 102 ft tall and weights 635 tones, situated on the Corcovado Mountain. The statue was designed by Heito da Silva Costa  and completed by the French sculptor Paul Landowski. Its construction took 5 years and was inaugurated in October 1931. The statue is made by reinforced concrete with soapstone that give  high resistence to the extreme weather.   To get to the statue you hav...

   Leblon beach is situated very close to Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, they are separated just by a channel. Upper from the beach is the  neighborhood of Leblon which is divided into 2 parts: Upper Leblon and lower Leblon. The upper Leblon  has rich residents with wonderful houses, but the lower Leblon is full of activities for nightlife, bars, restaurants, nightclubs, where people can spend  their free time.     The beach offer a lost of swimming and leisure activities f...

   Humayun’s Tomb is the first example of mughal architecture inspired from the Persian style. This tomb was built due to the order of Humayun’s widow, Hamida Banu Begum in 1562. It took over 8 years to see it like it appers today, and is made from red sandstone and the black and white marble is used only in the borders.   This tomb reperesents the earliest specimen of a garden tomb with causeways and a lot of channels. It situated in a classical garden that is devided in 4 parts by 2 water chan...

  India Gate is a very important monument in the city and was built to commemorate  more than 80,000 of indian solders who died in the First World War. The monument appears as a huge  42 metres arch hand that  was designed by the architector Edwin Lutyens. This arch is made from red stone and has inscripted  the name”India „on its both sides. The hole arch stands on a base of red stone .   This gate is a well known place and people come here usually to relax and ...

   The Bahai Temple is situated in the very heart of New Delhi. This spectacular masterpiece is considered  an architectural wonder . It is also named “Lotus Temple “because is built in the shape of a lotus, the lotus flower being the symbol of India. It took almost 10 years to build this unique piece of art and it was opened to visitors in December 1986. It appears as half opened lotus flower  made from sand,dolomite and marble.   This temple is surrounded by walkways with beautiful b...