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The Parliament Building ( Seimas)

The Parliament Building ( Seimas)

The Parliament Building ( Seimas) - The Best Places to Visit in Riga

The building of the Seimas (Parliament) of Republic of Latvia was built in 1867 as the Vidzeme Knighthood house designed by the architect Robert Pflug and the first academically educated Latvian architect Janis Baumanis. The architecture of the building of the House of Knights was focused on the Florentine Renaissance palaces. In 1900 - 1903 the Knight's house greatly expanded the project Common Q. Neumann having a new wing on the...

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The Parliament Building, the Hague, Netherlands

The Parliament Building, the Hague, Netherlands

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Every third Tuesday of September, The Hague officially opens the new parliamentary year, in fact here is the highest legislative body in the country where Queen Beatrix lives and this day you can see her live and take a picture of a long memory. The queen and her family are going through the city in a golden carriage, waving hands to people, and at the arrival to the parliament building Queen Beatrix says a...

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The Secretariat Building, New Delhi

The Secretariat Building, New Delhi

The Secretariat Building, New Delhi - The Best Parliament Houses in the World

New Delhi is part of the capital of India, the city of Delhi. The main government offices are located on its territory. Initially, the area of New Delhi was built for the administration of the British colony, which suffered from its residence in Calcutta. New Delhi is the imperial city, which covers an area riddled with long tree-lined boulevards. In designing this part of the city participated the Society of London Architects under ...

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The Parliament of Canada,Ottawa

The Parliament of Canada,Ottawa

The Parliament of Canada,Ottawa - The Best Parliament Houses in the World

The capital of Canada,  Ottawa is the fourth largest city in the country. Once upon a time there was a picturesque hillside, a place where white settlers met with the Indians, exchanging manufactured goods for food. Hence the city got its name because "Ottawa" in the language of the Indians means "exchange." The title of the capital of Canada was claimed by a few cities, but Queen Victoria...

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Paraportiani Church

Paraportiani Church

Paraportiani Church - The Most Unusual Churches in the World

The Mykonos Island, located near the southern coast of Attica, and its self-titled major town is notable for its white houses and churches, which simply strew the slopes. The small churches that draw their own crosses and domes upwards are especially amazing in the light of the bright sun.   The residents of Mykonos argue that on their island, 365 churches and chapel...

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Borgund Stave Church

Borgund Stave Church

Borgund Stave Church - The Most Unusual Churches in the World

Borgund Stave Church in Norway is one of the oldest surviving frame churches. Over 1,500 staves were built in Norway, but only 28 of them survived up till now.   Technology buildings and religious aspects   The church was built probably in 1150-80 years in the honor of St. Andrew. ...

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The Written Stone

The Written Stone

The Written Stone - The Most Unusual Churches in the World

The Written Stone Monastery is an Orthodox monastery from Caras Severin, located in the village Armenis. The titular saint of this holy place of pray is "All Saints Sunday", the first Sunday after Pentecost. The humble and the less- known monastery are decorated with a common life. The monks offer accommodation to pilgrims, but the number of beds is limited now. The saint Written Stone...

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The Hanging Temple

The Hanging Temple

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The Hanging Temple is situated at the foot of the mountain Henshan, 80 kilometers from the city Datong. Translated from the Greek Latin the word "Syuankunsy" means "the hanging in the air temple". The building of the monastery was started by a monk named Liao Ran, more than 1,400 years ago. The buildings of the temple hang along the mountains side with elevations higher altitude from south to ...

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Las Lajas Cathedral

Las Lajas Cathedral

Las Lajas Cathedral - The Most Unusual Churches in the World

In Colombia, near the border with Ecuador, on the bridge over the river Guaitara Las Lajas Cathedral rises. Las Lajas Cathedral has everything to be a tourist attraction: the rare beauty of the architecture, a miraculous image and a poetic legend.   The cathedral building   ...

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Sagrada Familia

Sagrada Familia

Sagrada Familia - The Most Unusual Churches in the World

Sagrada Familia is a church, located in Barcelona in the Eixample district, being built by private donations from 1882. It is a well-known project of Antonio Gaudi.   The first project was designed by the architect Francisco del Villar, who was replaced by Gaudi in 1883. Gaudi changed significantly the original draft. By the decision of the construct...

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Notre Dame du Haut

Notre Dame du Haut

Notre Dame du Haut - The Most Unusual Churches in the World

The Catholic chapel with the beautiful name Notre Dame du Haut surprises the layman, but amazes the connoisseurs of fine arts.   Notre Dame du Haut is a concrete pilgrimage church. It was built in 1950-55 years in the French town Ronchamp on the Vogezsky hill over Belfort. Le Corbusier was the architect of the building. Notre Dame du Haut is consid...

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The Church of Hallgrimur

The Church of Hallgrimur

The Church of Hallgrimur - The Most Unusual Churches in the World

Almost every town, moreover almost every capital of any state has its own symbol, its unique location, really proud, and sometimes its own shrine. Thus, the magnificent Lutheran Church of Hallgrimur is the symbol and the pride of Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland. This is the most important and honorable landmark in the city. This building is one of the highest churches in the world and the fourth-tallest building in Iceland. The...

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Milan Cathedral

Milan Cathedral

Milan Cathedral - The Most Unusual Churches in the World

Milan Cathedral is a symbolic monument. It is the administrative center of the Lombardy region and it is dedicated to Santa Maria Nashente. The famous fourth-largest church in the world is located in the Milan heart and is its symbol. This late Gothic wonder, which contains a forest of steeples and statues, marble pointed columns and turrets, woven together by a web of soaring towers, provokes you to say: grand, stunning, gorgeou...

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St. Basil’s Cathedral

St. Basil’s Cathedral

St. Basil’s Cathedral - The Most Unusual Churches in the World

St. Basil's Cathedral is an Orthodox church, located on the Red Square, Moscow. It is a famous Russian architecture monument. It was usually called the Trinity as the original wooden temple was dedicated to the Holy Trinity till the XVII century. It was also known as "Jerusalem". Currently, St. Basil's Cathedral is a branch of the State Historical Museum. It is inc...

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Marine Building

Marine Building

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   Marine Building is a gorgeous skyscraper in British Columbia, Vancouver, very famous for its Art-Deco style. The designer of this huge building is J.W Hobbs, originally from  Toronto, who decided that Vancouver need a skyscraper, because  the city was a very important port, after was open the Panama Canal in 1914. It is situated on the Burrad Street with a great view on Vancouver harbour , that soon became a very important port there. The  imposant building ha...

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Ferry Building

Ferry Building

Ferry Building - The most wonderful places to visit in San Francisco

   A very famous masterpiece in San Francisco, Ferry Building  has more than 100 years. This building is terminal point for all ferries that travel through San Francisco. On the top of the building it is a clock tower which can be seen and hear from a long distance. Ferry Building was the end point for those people who have worked in San Francisco but lived in East Bay. The designer of the building was  Page Brown, who has built this huge piece of art of 201 meters le...

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The Empire State Building

The Empire State Building

The Empire State Building - The best places to visit in New York, USA

  Each tourists has to have in his list “ The Empire State Building”or also named “New York’s Representative Building”. This bulding is the tallest from the city, and the 86th floor is the one where all  the tourists admire the unforgettable view of the city. There you can feel really “high”,  because the building is the third tallest skyscraper in the United States and 15th tallest in the world.   Du...

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Empire State Building in New York

Empire State Building in New York

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   A symbol of New York as important as the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building is one of the highest skyscrapers in the world. Designed by the firm Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates, the Empire State Building is built in Art Deco style with a step-shaped silhouette.     The foundation works started in January 22, 1930 and construction has progressed incredibly quickly with 4.5 floors per week. Empire State Building was completed...

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Nautilus House, Mexico

Nautilus House, Mexico

Nautilus House, Mexico - The strangest houses in the world

The Nautilus house is located in Mexico. This charming house was designed by Senosiain Arquitectos, being inspired by a seashell. The house is owned by a couple with two children and has won the “House of The Year 2007” award. ...

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Crooked House in Sopot, Poland

Crooked House in Sopot, Poland

Crooked House in Sopot, Poland - The strangest houses in the world

The Crooked House is located in Sopot, Poland at Bohaterów Monte Cassino Street. The house was constructed in 2004 and was designed by the Polish architect, Szotynscy Zaleski, who was inspired by the drawings of Jan Marcin Szancer and Per Dahlberg. It extends on over 4,000 square meters and it is now the most photographed building in Poland....

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Steel House in Texas, USA.

Steel House in Texas, USA.

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The Steel House is located in Lubbock, Texas and stands at the top of the Ransom Canyon.  It was designed by the architect and sculptor Robert Bruno, being the home of the artist. The construction of the house took 23 years and was made out of 110 tons of steel. ...

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Upside Down House, Poland

Upside Down House, Poland

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   The Upside Down House was designed by a Polish businessman and philanthropist, Daniel Czapiewski, and it is located in the Education Centre in the small village of Szymbark, Poland. It aims to be an art statement about the Communist era in Poland as well as the current state of the world. The house was built in 114 days, due to the fact that workers were disorientated by the strange angles of the walls. ...

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Icing House in Fuerteventura, Spain

Icing House in Fuerteventura, Spain

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 This lovely house is located in Fuerteventura, Spain and it among the major attractions in the area. ...

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The WM House in Copenhagen, Denmark

The WM House in Copenhagen, Denmark

The WM House in Copenhagen, Denmark - The strangest houses in the world

This incredible building is located in Örestaden, Copenhagen, Denmark and represents a new apartments building. ...

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Inversion in Houston, USA

Inversion in Houston, USA

Inversion in Houston, USA - The strangest houses in the world

This house is located in the Montrose neighbourhood in Houston, Texas and it was designed by Dan Havel and Dean Ruck at Art League Houston. The tunnel was made out of two small houses scheduled for demolition....

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The Red House in New Jersey, USA

The Red House in New Jersey, USA

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 This house presents a unique design with futurist elements and it is located in New Jersey, USA. ...

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Cube Houses, Netherlands

Cube Houses, Netherlands

Cube Houses, Netherlands - The strangest houses in the world

    A cube is a dwelling house in the form of a tilted cube on a pole, also called pile dwelling or tree house. In the seventies cube houses built by the Dutch architect Piet Blom in Helmond and Rotterdam . His basic idea, that is built on columns, so the space under the building can remain open, was inspired by Le Corbusier .    The cube house Blom are three floors: the bottom of the so-called street house with kitchen and living room, in between the sky ho...

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Fairy chimney houses in Cappadocia, Turkey

Fairy chimney houses in Cappadocia, Turkey

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  Fairy chimney houses are located in Göreme, a town in Cappadocia, Eastern Anatolia, which is the center of Turkey. Its origin dates back from the Roman period, being carved in rock and it represents now an amazing site with rock-hewn churches and chapels, along with some reminiscences of the underground cities. Thanks to its unique geological formations and archaeological sites in the world, was included in UNESCO in 1985....

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The Mother Goose House, Kentucky

The Mother Goose House, Kentucky

The Mother Goose House, Kentucky - The strangest houses in the world

 This house is located in Hazard, Kentucky and was was built in 1940. It features oval windows,in the shape of eggs, while the eyes are made of automobile headlights.  ...

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Stone House, Portugal

Stone House, Portugal

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The Stone House is located in Nas montanhas de Fafe, Portugal. It was built in 1974 between four large stones found on the site, its resistance being secured  mainly by the two immense stone walls. ...

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