The most symmetric church in Barcelona and certainly the best example of Mediterranean Gothic structure in town, Santa Maria del Mar Church is located in the Ribera district in Barcelona. Known as the Catedral de la Ribera (or Catedral del Mar), it was built between 1329 and 1383 in Catalan Gothic style, by architect Berenguer of Montagut, in collaboration with Ramon Despuig.
Santa Maria del Mar was built due to a vow made a century ago by Jaume I, ...
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Santa Maria del Popolo is located in Piazza del Popolo, in the center of Rome, near the Villa Borghese Park. The church and the area got its name from the word populous, which means village, as on this place there was a village here in the Middle Ages. The interior of the church is filled with priceless works of art and it is famous due to the magnificent ceilings and murals done in Renaissance style, performed by such great masters as Pinturicchio, Raphael, Carracci, Caravaggio a...
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The church is located in Piazza della Minerva, close to Pantheon, and it is considered the only Gothic church in Rome. Here there are the tombs of St. Catherine of Siena and great Dominican painter Fra Angelico.
Founded in the seventh century, the name of the basilica comes from the fact that it was built directly over “sopra” (in Italian) the foundations of a temple dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Isis, but mistakenly a...
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Trastevere, Rome's oldest neighborhood, is one of the most beautiful areas in the city, unforgettable both during day and night visits. Located on the other side of the river Tiber, the neighborhood is one of the most picturesque of Rome, with its narrow cobbled streets lined by medieval houses. With its crooked and narrow streets, houses covered with ivy, tiny restaurants and noisy taverns, large piazzas, ice-cold water fountains and bohemian artists who fascinate you on th...
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Designed to be the world's largest cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore is nowadays surpassed in size by St. Peter in the Vatican, St. Paul's Cathedral in London and Milan. It was designed by Arnolfo di Cambio in 1296, as the Florentines desired to have a place of prayer more beautiful than those of Pisa and Siena, rival cities; it was built on the ruins of an old church, Santa Reparata. When it was finished, it was the largest cathedral in Europe of that era, being able to accommodat...
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Mariana Trench is located close to Micronesia, in the Pacific Ocean. The depth of this place is enough to swallow the Himalayan peak ... and there will remain some room as well. A steel ball with a mass of 1 kg thrown in the water will take more than one hour to get to the bottom. At nearly 11,000 feet, no life form was discovered, probably because of the tremendous pressure. This pressure is about 2 tons per square inch. The nearest island, part of the archipelago Guam, offers to...