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Algiers is the capital and the largest city of Algeria. The town's name comes from "al-Jazairi," which in Arabic means "the island" as before there were four islands close to the city that have become part of the mainland in 1525. History The city was founded in the X th century on the site of ruins of a small Roman settlement...

Oran is a port city on the Mediterranean coast of Algeria. The capital of the eponymous province (vilayet), and in the era of French colonial rule it was the place of the eponymous department. Oran is the most European of all the Algerian cities - at the time the Spaniards owned it for nearly 300 years. The town's name derives from the French name Wahran, which is translated from the ancient language of the Moors meaning "Two lions...

The Djemila city lies at an altitude of 900 m above the sea level. Its temples, basilicas, triumphal arches and other structures are striking examples of the Roman town planning adapted to the location in the mountains. Djemila was during the Roman town known as Cuicul. Today Djemila is a small village in the mountains of the north coast of Algeria, but the ruins of the former city are observed today and it is a worth visiting place for those passionate...

  Louvre Museum is the most visited art museum in the world, a monument full of historical meaning and the greatest national museum of France. It is a central tourist attraction in Paris, located on the Right Bank of the Seine, in the first arrondissement. Here there are displayed over 35,000 art objects dating from the 6th millennium BC and up to the nineteenth century AD.       Louvre Museum is housed by Louvre palace, which was originally conceived as a fortress, in the twelfth century u...

  Vatican City is the smallest state in the world, occupying an area of only 50 hectares. The population of this state is only slightly more than 550 people, and its form of government is theocracy, headed by Papa.      Inside the Vatican City there are the Vatican Museums, which are considered to be among the greatest museums in the world, with an impressive collection, where one can admire some of the world’s most renowned classical sculptures and most important masterpieces of Rena...

  Hermitage Museum is the largest art gallery of Russia, one of the most remarkable museums in the world and certainly the main attraction in St. Petersburg. Hermitage Museum was founded as a collection of art works by Empress Catherine the Great in 1764, and opened to the public in 1852.      The main building of the Hermitage Museum is the Winter Palace, built by the architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1754-1762), in Baroque style. The first person who lived here was Catherine the Great. In 1...

   It is one of the most famous symbols of Paris. Louvre is an art gallery and museum renown in all the world. A former royal palace, it was turned in 1793 as a museum. The interest in the Louvre increased with the mention in Dan Brown's novel, The Da Vinci Code. Built as a royal palace, the building is a masterpiece in itself, "guarded" by a huge equestrian statue of King Louis XIV.      Hosting over 35,000 works held in eight departments, including the permanent collections of the Lo...

   Located in the Big Apple, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is perceived as the most important museum of modern art in the world. Hosted creations are varied - painting, sculpture, photography, video, printing, electronic media, architecture and design - more than 150,000 works of art, 22,000 films and four million of slides. The building was redesigned by the Japanese architect Yoshio Taniguchi in 2004, MoMA and now covers nearly 60,000 square meters.     &nbs...

   Hosting some of the most valuable collections of European, Museo del Prado is actually a large royal court, with angular design, stone columns and the main entrance framed by huge stairs. In the museum are available to the public over 8600 paintings, 5,000 drawings, 2,000 prints, 1,000 coins and medals and 700 sculptures and fragments.      Permanent collections: Illustrating the cultural movements of the 12th century to early 19th century, the museum is extremely valuable madreste a perm...

   Have you ever wondered what it looks like toilets in 2500 BC? If so, you will find your answer here. Indian toilet museum was founded by an American supplier of such equipment, Charles Manoog, in 1979. Most lavatories in the museum are from the early nineteenth century. There are even toilet paper since 1800!...

   Museum of Dirt is located in Boston, USA, and has over 300 exhibits. Hobby for things dirty things belongs to Glen Johansen, who decided to turn their passion into art. Peak, the museum has enjoyed success and those who have visited have begun to donate things as odd somehow contaminated as odd....

    Mutter Museum is a medical museum in Philadelphia. Contains an impressive collection of medical oddities, anatomical and pathological specimens, wax models and antique medical equipment. Its main purpose is medical research and educational museum. It is known for collection of skulls.     Among the strangest exhibits is a wax model of a woman with a horn in front, the biggest skeleton in North America, the longest human colon and petrified body of a woman. The museum has a collection of human fetuses...