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Doges Palace

Doges Palace

Doges Palace - The best places to visit in Venice, Italy

  Doges Palace in Venice is a superb example of Venetian Gothic architecture. He served as Senate, administrative center, courthouse, public archive and prison until 1797 when the Venetian republic fell.     First built in the ninth century, Doges Palace was rebuilt several times but since 1340, with the construction of Hall Councils, really began to take shape. Doges City Election was private and lasted 1000 years since 697 till 1789. Council Ha...

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Basilica Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari

Basilica Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari

Basilica Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari - The best places to visit in Venice, Italy

  Church of Santa Maria gloriosa dei Frari - the largest church in Venice and is in the middle of San Polo district. Imposing edifice is built of bricks in the Italian Gothic style.     Just as many Venetian churches, the exterior is simple, free prints and only the wall of wood inside the choir. Originally built in XIII century church of Santa Maria gloriosa dei Frari Venice is home to many masterpieces such as "Madonna with child and saint...

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The Grand Canal

The Grand Canal

The Grand Canal - The best places to visit in Venice, Italy

  Although Venice is divided into islands and canals, the Grand Canal is the only really great channel. Has as one 'S' in the mirror and is approximately 3.8 km long, 30-90 wide and an average depth of five meters.     Grand Canal is the highest rated district in Venice: the houses are older (built between the thirteenth century - XVIII), decorations are much bigger scale and have the lightest boat transportation with the largest boat traffic in ...

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Basilica San Marco

Basilica San Marco

Basilica San Marco - The most beautiful churches of Italy Basilica San Marco - The best places to visit in Venice, Italy

   The Basilica di San Marco is the most famous church from Venice and one of the best examples of Byzantine architecture. It is located in Piazza San Marco. Originally the church was a chapel for the Venetian rulers. Since 1807, it has been the sanctuary of the Patriarch of Venice. Thanks to its opulent form, decorated with Byzantine mosaics, and due to its status as a symbol of Venetian wealth and power, has been also called The Golden Church (Chiesa d'Oro). &n...

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St. Mark's Square

St. Mark's Square

St. Mark's Square - The best places to visit in Venice, Italy

   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. Nap...

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Sunken Palace

Sunken Palace

Sunken Palace - The best places to visit in Istanbul, Turkey

  This huge tank, founded by Emperor Justinian I, the people called "Palace of the sink." Tanks on the site was found a huge church which may have been built centuries III and IV of Age Roman and served as a place of artistic and scientific activities but also to commercial businesses.      This place is rumored that some gardens which were surrounded by marble columns and the garden is a bronze statue of the Prophet Solomon stood ...

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Galata Tower

Galata Tower

Galata Tower - The best places to visit in Istanbul, Turkey

  Galata Tower (Galata Kulesi) dominated Beyoglu (district) since 1348 it was built as part of a Genoese colony served as a fortification and observation tower. After the Ottomans conquered Istanbul in 1453, became a prison tower and barn water. During the nineteenth century served as the observation point to the frequent fires that took place in the city since there were many wooden houses.     From the tower you can see a panoramic view of the ...

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Dolmabahce Palace

Dolmabahce Palace

Dolmabahce Palace - The best places to visit in Istanbul, Turkey

   Dolmabahce Palace is the largest and most luxurious residence in Turkey: 15,000 square meters built, 285 rooms, without calculating baths, halls and annexes. In the palace of oriental opulence meets six sultans who have lived (past rulers of the Ottoman Empire) with Western sophistication. Moreover, the palace looks more like an imperial residence French or Austrian, but the locations of 1001 nights, for Romanian visitors, the closest comparison would be within the President...

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Topkapi Palace

Topkapi Palace

Topkapi Palace - The best places to visit in Istanbul, Turkey

   Topkapi Palace has hosted all the Ottoman sultans until the kingdom of Abdulmecid I (1839-1860), totaling almost four centuries. Mehmed II ordered the construction of the palace immediately after the conquest of Constantinople in 1453. Final form of the palace which covers an area of 700,000 square meters were added wall 1400 meters long. Along the wall there are three main gates: gate Otluk, Demir gate and the Imperial gate (Bab-i Humayun), and several smaller gates. After ...

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Casale Chianti Classico

Casale Chianti Classico

Casale Chianti Classico - The best villas in Tuscany with pool

   A rustic yet modern holiday home, Casale Chianti Classico is perfectly positioned on a lush hill, with panoramic vistas over the typical Tuscan olive groves and vineyards that surround the house. Moreover, the house is located right in the heart of Chianti, offering guests the possibility to easily reach Florence and Siena, as well as other great sites of Tuscany.      It comfortably sleeps up to 10 people. More details at ...

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Budapest Royal Palace

Budapest Royal Palace

Budapest Royal Palace - The best places to visit in Budapest, Hungary

  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 baroq...

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Wallenstein Palace and Gardens

Wallenstein Palace and Gardens

Wallenstein Palace and Gardens - The best places to visit in Prague, Czech Republic

   In Wallenstein Palace garden you will see probably the first of a palace in Prague. Belongs to the Wallenstein Palace, the Senate today as the Czech Republic. The garden was built with baroque-style palace in 1623. In the eastern part of the garden you can discover terrena room with three arches. Room walls are decorated with frescoes representing the Trojan war.     Terrena Hall organizes many concerts and theatrical performances. If you...

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National Theater

National Theater

National Theater - The best places to visit in Prague, Czech Republic

  National Theater (Narodni divadlo) is an impressive neo-Renaissance building built between 1868 and 1881 with money donated by Czech citizens. Stands proudly on the river Vltava, or golden roof shining in the sun on sunny days. Theatre opened its doors on 18 November 1883 with the launch of the Smetana opera Libuše devotion and union representing the Czech people.      Inside the National Theater was renovated in 1883 after a major fire....

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The City Hall and Prague Astronomical Clock

The City Hall and Prague Astronomical Clock

The City Hall and Prague Astronomical Clock - The best places to visit in Prague, Czech Republic

   The first documentary attestation of the Market Hall in 1377 was Charles. At the beginning of the fifteenth century there were some parts added to Town Hall, the most important being the clock tower.       The new mayor is held role initially is to host the administration council offices until 1784 Quantity Emperor Joseph II decided to unite the four parts: the Old Town, Lesser Town, Hradcany and New City. After this connection, the ...

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St. Vitus Cathedral

St. Vitus Cathedral

St. Vitus Cathedral - The best places to visit in Prague, Czech Republic

   St. Vitus Cathedral (Chram svateho Vita) - whose original name is the Cathedral of St Vitus, St Wenceslas and St Adalbert, is the largest and most important cathedral in the Czech Republic and is one of the best examples of Gothic architecture. It is the place where the bishop of Prague and saints, kings, princes and kings of Bohemia are buried. Coronations kings of Bohemia were held in this cathedral until 1836.      West wing of the cathedra...

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Casale Borghetto

Casale Borghetto

Casale Borghetto - The best villas in Tuscany with pool

   Dating back from the 1800s, Casale Borghetto is now a recently restructured warm vacation home, set at the border between Tuscany and Umbria, at the foot of the Mount Qualandro. The panorama that the house enjoys is simply overwhelming with a castle on the top of the mountain and Lake Trasimeno and Chiana valley on the foreground, surrounded all around by olive groves. The estate comprises two secluded buildings, accommodating up to 14 people.   More d...

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Trajan's Column

Trajan's Column

Trajan's Column - The best places to visit in Rome, Italy

  Trajan's Column was built between 106-113 AD to honor the victories of emperor Trajan in Dacia. It was located in the Column of Trajan's Forum (forum which had just been opened in those days) and surrounded by buildings.      A spiral relief is engraved around the column. Relief band has a length of 180 meters and its width varies from 60 cm to 120 cm below the top. On the column there are over 2,000 characters engraved in describing scene...

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Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica

Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica

Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica - The most beautiful churches of Italy Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica - The best places to visit in Rome, Italy

   Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore is an authentic jewel full of beauty of inestimable value. For about 16 centuries it dominates the city of Rome: Marian temple par excellence and the cradle of art, is a reference point for all people of the world, coming to enjoy what the eternal city offers through its monumental greatness. Church of Santa Maria Maggiore is one of the four main churches in Rome, built in 352 after Christ and dedicated to St. Mary. The shrine was built after...

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Vatican

Vatican

Vatican - The best places to visit in Rome, Italy

    A major tourist attraction, the smallest country in the world, Vatican City occupies an area of 0.44 square kilometers and serves as a spiritual center for millions of Roman Catholics worldwide.       The city state as it is often called the Vatican is the residence for about 800 people, but none of them is a permanent resident. The population of this tiny area around the basilica of San Pietro is composed of priests, monks, guards,...

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Pantheon

Pantheon

Pantheon - The best places to visit in Rome, Italy

  Now built more than 1800 years of building great domes rising again as a reminder of the greatness fellow Roman Empire and is one of the attractions of Rome. Dome building with a height over 43 meters is the most impressive. It was the highest dome in the world until 1436 when the Florence Cathedral was built.      At the top there is an opening large dome, called OCULUS, which was the only source of light to the building. The front of the...

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Piazza di Spagna

Piazza di Spagna

Piazza di Spagna - The best places to visit in Rome, Italy

  Piazza di Spagna is one of the most popular places in Rome and also a very nice eye. The combination of monumental stairs - the famous Spanish Steps, with an obelisk and a church attracts a lot of photographers and tourists in this market.     Spanish Market is located in a French church (Trinita dei Monti) on top of a hill that can be reached by climbing a very long staircase, known as Scalinata della Trinita dei Monti or Spanish Steps. The id...

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Roman Forum

Roman Forum

Roman Forum - The best places to visit in Rome, Italy

   Roman Forum was the center of Roman political life, it highlighted many relics, temples and churches. Until i Ch 509 when Rome became a republic, the city was ruled by an Etruscan dynasty. It has built a sewage system called "Maximum sink" to bring water from marshy lands in the valley situated between the hills of the Palatine and Esquiline Capitol to the river Tiber. After construction of the aqueduct, the area became the most active center of Rome and place your firs...

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Fontana di Trevi

Fontana di Trevi

Fontana di Trevi - The best places to visit in Rome, Italy

   Fontana di Trevi is probably the best known and most beautiful fountain in Rome the whole city. This impressive monument dominates the small Trevi market located in the Quirinale district. Trevi Fountain is at the end of an aqueduct built in i Ch 19 is called the Aqua Virgo. This aqueduct bringing water from the Salone springs (about 20km away from Rome) and supplies the fountains in the historic center of Rome with water.       In 1...

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Casa La Vigna

Casa La Vigna

Casa La Vigna - The best villas in Tuscany with pool

   Casa la Vigna is a welcoming luxury holiday villa that guarantees an authentic Tuscan experience. The house is embraced by an extensive 15-hectare land rich in olive groves and vineyards and enjoys overwhelming views on the surrounding landscape. Its history began about 200 years ago and it is now a splendid recently renovated home in the very heart of Tuscany. More details at http://www.tuscanyanditaly.com/?acco...

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Pacific Rim National Park

Pacific Rim National Park

Pacific Rim National Park - The best places to visit in Canada

   It is located along the southwest coast of Vancouver Island, with magnificent islands, beaches and marine landscapes that make many parts of the park. From geographically, consists of three parts: Long Beach, Broken Group islands and West Coast Trail 75 km long, one of the best known and most demanding routes of travel in Canada. Long Beach, spreading over miles, is interrupted from place to place forested ridge. The coast can be seen orca whales and blue whales. &...

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Casa Il Vescovo

Casa Il Vescovo

Casa Il Vescovo - The best villas in Tuscany with pool

   Nestled on the verdant valleys between the town of Pistoia and the Apennine Mountains, Il Vescovo is a sought-after holiday retreat both in summer and wintertime. Pistoia town is to be easily reached in less than 20 minutes by car, which offers countless opportunities for the guests. From here, one can access with little efforts the beautiful sites of Florence, Siena, Pisa, Lucca as well as many others.        The house has been subj...

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Jerusalem in Israel

Jerusalem in Israel

Jerusalem in Israel - The most beautiful places in the Middle East

  Jerusalem is holy city for three religions and the promised land for two of them. In the old city there are priests, nuns, and rabbis mollah them everywhere. Churches of all denominations endow the city, the mosque with golden dome can be seen from distance and the Wailing Wall is always crowded.      But the old city Jerusalem is not only a holy city. It is also a very crowded market with several shops for tourists than any other place and in ...

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Casa Figline

Casa Figline

Casa Figline - The best villas in Tuscany with pool

   Casa Figline is a beautiful and luxurious holiday home set close to the ancient village of Figline Valdarno, within close proximity to the greatest cultural and historical centres of Tuscany such as Florence, Siena and Arezzo. The panorama that the house enjoys goes beyond imagination, with the typical vineyards scattering the landscape all the way to Valdarno and Pratomagno hills. In a scenic spot, the welcoming swimming pool lies. The house can sleep up to 10 people in four ele...

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Dordogne Valley

Dordogne Valley

Dordogne Valley - Top places to visit in France

    Dordogne is a region of Aquitaine, bunting with castles and historic museums, and caves containing peristorica art, for example font Cascaux Gaume and Grotte, 14 000 years old. Artistic examples of these caves were created by people of Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon.       This region is fortified towns and villages, with the significant features defensive walls and arcaded squares and a church - the Rougergue Villefranche, Monpazier Na...

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Casa Antica

Casa Antica

Casa Antica - The best villas in Tuscany with pool

    Villa Casa Antica enjoys an excellent location, set among typical Tuscan vineyards and olive groves, yet close to all types of facilities, as the village Renai is only 3 km away. Recently renovated, the house boasts the latest amenities, yet preserves the ancient rustic character and the result is an adorable holiday home.  It comfortably accommodates 10 up to 12 guests in five beautifully-adorned bedrooms and three bathrooms. The garden offers panoramic view...

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Imperial Palace in Kyoto, Japan

Imperial Palace in Kyoto, Japan

Imperial Palace in Kyoto, Japan - Top places to visit in Japan

   Kyoto Imperial Palace (Kyoto Gosho), residence of the imperial family until 1868, when the capital moved to Tokyo is now an impressive ensemble, rebuilt by no less than eight times throughout its history - because of repeated fires. Can be admired in Kyoto Imperial Park, one of Japan's national symbols. Those who want to discover Japan can start their visit here, where under the guidance of the guides can see the beauty and traditions of classical Japanese architecture. ...

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Canyon Maligne

Canyon Maligne

Canyon Maligne - The most beautiful canyons in the world

   Maligne Canyon is in Canada and is carved in limestone over 160 million years, this canyon is located in Jasper National Park and covers an area of 325 square kilometers....

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The Albertina

The Albertina

The Albertina - The best places to visit in Vienna, Austria

   Albertina is a museum of Vienna's first district. It hosts one of the largest and most important collections of graphic art in the world with nearly 65,000 drawings and one million prints old but modern graphics works.      Albertina Museum was founded by one of the last existing part of the fortifications of Vienna, the building was later taken over by the Duke Albert. Initially he used it as a residence and later brought his art and his...

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The Natural History Museum

The Natural History Museum

The Natural History Museum - The best places to visit in Vienna, Austria

   Art History Museum (Kunsthistorisches Museum), hosted by a building on the Ring Boulevard which resembles a palace is one of the most important museums of art and decorative art in the world. The building is located is itself a tourist attraction.      The museum is visited by over 600,000 people annually. The museum was built, like other museums in Vienna to house the huge collection of artifacts of the Habsburgs. Kunsthistorisches Museu...

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The Schonbrunn Palace

The Schonbrunn Palace

The Schonbrunn Palace - The best places to visit in Vienna, Austria

   Schönbrunn Palace Versailles was to be the Austrian Empire but in the year 1695 when Fischer von Erlach designed the palace, raising its costs were too high. Thus, the palace was originally conceived more as a summer residence of the Habsburgs, but since Maria Theresa (1717-1780) and began the golden age of the Habsburgs, choosing it as the residence of Schönbrunn Palace.      Until 1749 the interiors were restored, the gallerie...

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