In 1670, Louis the 14th, ordered to build Dome Invalides, a military hospital able to treat wounded French soldiers in the wars in Europe. The name is short for the dome? Hôpital des Invalides?. In 1676 when construction was completed dome, around the dome was the most famous being 15 yards? Court of Honor?, Where military parades were held and. Later, the veterans asked a chapel, which was built in 1679 (Eglise Saint Louis des Invalides)
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In the heart of a bustling city like Paris, in a district where business, trade and tourism combines perfectly with each other, the Arc de Triomphe is linked to our collective subconscious in a way that exceeds its artistic and architectural. Building the monument was meant to be a tribute victories of Napoleon, was not completed until the battle of Waterloo led to his overthrow.
Arc de Triomphe was built over the remains of an ...
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Viareggio is a charming city located on the coast of the Ligurian Sea and a splendid place for travelers willing to relax and have a great time on the Italian coast. Viareggio offers beautiful beaches, clear sea, spa treatments and many monuments and attractions for visitors. It is also a great shopping destination and you may enjoy a drink or a delicious meal at one of the terraces at the coast line. The city is also well renown for its carnival celebrations....
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Volterra is a town located in the beautiful Italian region of Tuscany, in an area of eroded hills, 29 km southwest of San Gimignano and 65 km southeast of Pisa.
The city lies at an altitude of 540 m and shows a particular architectural interest, historic castles and ruins because of Etruscan and Roman that surrounds the area. Archaeological research has shown that the hill between the rivers Cecina and Era were inhabited in prehi...
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Cortona is a town in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, perched on hills with olive groves and vineyards overlooking Lake Trasimeno and the plain Valdichiana. Cortona is a steep medieval town, where many streets are in the form of stairs carved in rock. Cortona proclaimed "City Arts" and for good reason. The city gave the world before the great painter Michelangelo, Luca Signorelli and the great painter and architect of the early seventeenth century, Pietro da Corton...
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Montecatini Terme is the most famous spa located in the Italian region of Tuscany. Thermal waters here are beneficial to the stomach or liver problems.
Montecatini Terme can accommodate at least 2 million tourists who come here for the famous health spa center. Thermal waters here are beneficial to the stomach or liver problems. The resort includes various amenities, such as an 18-hole golf course, tennis, biking and hiking trail...
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San Gimignano is a small medieval town situated on a hill in Tuscany, 35 minutes drive northwest of Siena or southwest of Florence. It is famous for its medieval architecture, especially the towers to be seen from several kilometers outside the city. Of the 60 towers owned by rich people wishing to stay protected from looting the city, most have been demolished Quantity Florence took over the city. White wine of the region - Vernaccia di Gimignano is also famous.
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The history of Lucca goes up in the times of the Etruscans and Ancient Rome. The golden era of the city was pre Gothic Renaissance, Lucca still has many monuments of that period. Most important area is the old city, surrounded by walls. It is called "the city of 100 churches".
Compared to Florence or Siena, night life is quiet here. Near the southern entrance to town was a nightclub. There are themed nights, divided i...
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Surrounded by olive groves and vineyards, the city of Siena is one of the most beautiful in Tuscany. Inscribed in UNESCO's World Heritage List, Siena is one of the most beautiful cities in Tuscany that has preserved the medieval layout of modernity contaminated for hundreds of years. The atmosphere breathes medieval strolling through the streets narrow and winding as the gateway to the historic center where there are also the most beautiful places to visit.
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Karni Mata Temple in Rajahstan is not only a refuge for rodents, but also a place where they are worshiped. It was built in the early twentieth century by Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner, in honor of Karni Mata. It has around 20,000 rats. Rodents are important in this temple so that if one accidentally dies its population will be replaced with a solid gold replica....
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Bubblegum Alley is a street about 21 meters from San Luis Obispo, dusted with chewing gum. Alley in the '70s and was named and is currently one of the most famous attractions of the city San Luis Obispo, California. Although many city residents complained that the place would be too unhealthy and disgusting, of course, when it was proposed in 1996 to clean chewing gum instead, authorities have not agreed. Some politicians argue that these walls should be cleaned and re-paint...
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Paris, city of lights, contains a city of darkness, a vast network of underground tunnels, which was once the refuge for bandits and saints, and currently hosts over six million skeletons of dead. Paris catacombs contain about 300 km of tunnels, some of these catacombs are open to the public, but the rest are closed and it is risky to venture into them. Access to these catacombs, even in areas open to the public, is quite risky. Because thinning air may occur in some people nause...
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The first to discover the magic of this island of Italy was Caesar Augustus who, in the year 29 BC, the island of Ischia Naples offered in exchange for small paradise with an area of only 10 square kilometers. Capri has been the residence of Emperor Tiberius, the Renaissance artist refuge, resting place of French kings, and, later, political personalities holiday destination. Today, Capri is one of the most exclusive, but stylish and objectives of world. It is not a cheap d...
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Positano is a town on the Amalfi coast of Campania, Italy. Most of the city is an enclave that descend toward the shore. From here you can take the ferry to Paestum, Ischia and Capri, during the summer. Are two beaches in Positano. Fornillo - a small and secluded beach, accessible by stairs from the grotto from above or from Spiaggiata Grande. Fornillo has a more relaxed atmosphere, with four bars on the beach and away from the ferry traffic. The other beach, Spiaggiata Gra...
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Lake Como is the third largest in Italy and one of the deepest in Europe, 400 meters. Lake Como is about 45 minutes away from Milan and is said to represent one of the fundamental steps that every tourist should take. It is not only one of the deepest glacial lakes in Europe, but a place where beautiful mountain lake was fulfilled with man-made beauty: classical villas surrounded by the beautiful gardens.
Youth love the area for the scenery and the v...
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Located on the Gulf of Naples, the city of Naples is the third most populous city in Italy and the largest city in the south. It is located 2 hours south of Rome. The city is flooded with many many wonderful places, historical monuments and art.
The city was a Greek colony named Neapoli (new city), which soon came under Romanian authority. After the disappearance of the Roman Empire, the city resisted Lombard invasion and...
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Taormina is a small town on the coast is the island of Sicily. Since the nineteenth century Taormina is a popular sea resort. Beaches are the Ionian Sea, with very hot water with a high salt content. The nearest beaches are those of Mazzarò, gravel beaches where you can reach by cable car. Isola Bella is a very popular island, situated between beaches. There are several caves and sandy waiting to be explored. A few kilometers further and sandy beaches are in Giardini-...
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Especially renowned for the Leaning Tower, and exquisite art, Pisa lies on Arno river in Tuscany and to the Ligurian Sea. Going to Pisa is with no doubt a real trip to the scholars.
Rich in history, Pisa boasts many architectural jewels adorned with decorations laborious, which is why it is said that Pisa is the home of the High Academy of Arts and the University of Pisa - which has enjoyed considerable fame during the Renaissance. ...
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Milan is located in the Lombardy region in northern Italy. Has a total of 1,369,231 inhabitants and is the second city after Rome, size and importance in Italy. It is considered the capital of modern and contemporary art. Also, is one of the most prosperous urban centers, a fashion capital and is known for its museums, churches, opera, historical monuments and night life. The main attractions are La Scala, the Duomo, Sforzesco Castle, Vittorio Emanuele II Gallery,...
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In northern Tanzania, Ngorongoro volcanic activity created the plateau, 250 km square, with the crater walls as a natural boundary. The plateau is covered with tall grassland and acacia trees, and swampy portion of the Salt Lake Magadi....
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Africa's highest mountain, which is covered by snow all year round, the lodges nature reserve located at the foot of the mountain many wild animal species. Kilimandjaro called Africans "brilliant white mountain, reaches a height of 5895 meters. It is located in northeastern Tanzania, about 500 km from Dar es Salaam, Nairobi 200 km and 560 km from Lake Victoria....
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Intellectual capital, Fez is the pearl of the Arab world. If you arrive in Fez you'll get praise you for visiting the oldest city in the Islamic world. The town surrounded by forests and the desert was for a thousand years the political, religious and cultural North Africa. Is divided into three: new town, built in 1912, the medieval town built in XIII century and the old city, the first document in the year 809. In different moments of time, Fez has served as the capital o...
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The desert occupies one third of Africa's surface and continues to expand. With an area of at least 9 million square miles, the Sahara lies between the Red Sea and the Atlantic coast of Morocco, between the Mediterranean and the Sahel. Desert is composed mainly of sand dunes but also of rocky canyons, stretches of gravel, volcanic craters, green islands and a few oases....
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Metropolis of Upper Egypt, located on the right bank of the Nile, was considered "earth navel, a center of power". Temple of Luxor, 260 meters long, was built by Egyptian leaders who wanted to immortalize in stone country and their personal fame....
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The archeological complex of Abu Simbel, situated in Nubia (Egypt), consists of two temples cut directly in stone during the reign of Pharaoh Ramses II. Complex, remarkable massive stone statues of Ramses and his wife, Nefertari, is part of the Nubian Monuments UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was built by Ramses II in the 13th century BC, to intimidate rivals nubieni and to commemorate the famous Battle of Kadesh.
Temple of Abu Simbel is guar...
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Andre Goncalvez the Portuguese discovered Brazil, the beautiful settlement entered into Guanabara Bay, New Year, in 1502. He believed that the payment is a river which he named Rio de Janeiro ("January River").
Steep granite mountains, right near the ocean, between stretches of golden sand, impeccable colonial home nested between modern glass skyscrapers and green forest that overflows the densely populated hills....
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About 3-6 million years ago, underwater volcanoes about 700 km west of Ecuador erupted. As a result, there was formed an archipelago consisting of 60 islands of different sizes, called the Galapagos Islands. Here there have developed forms of animal and plant life which are unique in the world.
English naturalist Charles Darwin arrived on the islands for the first time in 1835. He was impressed by the multitude of species encou...
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It is part of Argentina and Chile and was named so by the Portuguese navigator Magellan, who called it Patagonia, after its inhabitants "those big shoes." Name was given for the primitive Indians Tehuelche shoes made from skins of guanaco, a species of llama, that native people used to wear here.
Patagonia stretches over 2000 km from north of the springs Colorado River to Cape Horn in the south. The western part belongs to Chile...
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Stonehenge is probably the most important prehistoric monument in England. Nobody knows exactly when it was built and by whom. Not a single building, but was done in several stages. A theory advanced enough known if it would be built by Druids, a population living in England before winning Romanian. But modern archaeological techniques have shown that Stonehenge was built at least 1,000 years before the Druids in IC 2950, reaching the form we know today in the year 1600 BC....
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Iceland is a large island in the North Atlantic near the Arctic Circle, characterized by a wild and colorful landscape, with black lava, red sulfur, blue geysers, waterfalls and green valleys and coastline is indented by numerous bays and fjords. If you are interested in nature, then Iceland is the perfect destination. In summer, many companies offer guided bus tours all over the country. You can also make trips on their own, such as areas near Thorsmoerk, Snaefellsjoekull a...
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It is considered the supreme example of Gothic architecture and was the first cathedral to be May 3 round windows with a diameter of 13 meters and its walls could be decorated with stained glass windows (windows).
Church was divided by rows of columns, decorated with three giant vessels sized sculptures of many of legendary leaders and saints of various historical periods. Cathedral have a special importance as a place of pilgri...
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Undoubtedly, the Eiffel Tower in central Paris is the most important metal construction of the nineteenth century. Tower foundation was made in 1887 by Gustave Eiffel, who said that the tower is a monument in honor of the French Revolution of 1789, which opened the way "a century of industry and technology."
Initially, the Eiffel Tower was 300.5 meters, but after placing a television antenna, its height is 320.75 meters. We...
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Saint Sophia Church - Aghia Sophia - represents the triumph of Christianity, but also a symbol of Byzantium.
Tralles Anthemios master builders of Isidore of Miletus created one of the most impressive sacred buildings in the world, with a central dome designed based on mathematical calculations.
It was the largest church of Christianity until the Turks conquered Constantinople in 1453. The cathedral was converted into a mo...
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Sagrada Familia is the most unconventional church in Europe and a symbol of Barcelona. The cathedral, the impressive work of Antoni Gaudi -still unfinished - is one of the most visited monuments in Barcelona.
The project did not belong to him at the very beginning, another architect being assigned to carry it - Francisco del Villar - who would soon enter a deep depression due to the grandeur and complexity of the project. Gaudi will be surprise...
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It is certainly the best place laden with tradition throughout South Africa. Even if the influence of Zulu culture is pervasive in this African country, you will not find anywhere more offerings to the great nation it was Zulu. Is at the same time, and one of ideal places for bird-watching safaris and activities which you can enjoy the sight of over 650 species of rare birds and giant of Africa Five: lion, elephant, rhino, African leopard and buffalo....
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