Artis Zoo Founded in 1838 is still as charming as now nearly two centuries. Zoo is not only an oasis in the midst of a very hectic city, but sheltered and over 700 species and 200 tree species more endangered. Artis Zoo is one of the few zoos in Europe has so many interesting buildings or perimeter. Among them stands the Grand Museum (1855), only the library building (1867) and Aquarium (1882).
In the Aquarium you can see creatures living i...
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Vondel Park is Amsterdam's largest park and one of the most popular parks in the Netherlands, a sight that can not be missed on vacation in Amsterdam. Vondel Park is visited year over 10 million people. It is located near the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum.
Vondel Park Amsterdam but is loved by residents and tourists, and summer is filled with people especially during summer when everyone enjoy pleasurable moments of relaxation i...
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Albert Cuyp Market is best known and busiest outdoor market in Europe. This market attracts thousands of visitors each day and is especially popular on Saturdays. There are over 300 booths furnished with goods ranging from fresh produce - vegetables, fruit - in clothing and other oddities. Prices in this market are the lowest in Amsterdam. Albert Cuyp market is located in the Pijp district and is surrounded by lots of lovely cafes and tiny shops....
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Due to its numerous canals, Amsterdam has been called "the Venice of the North". For this reason, a trip to Amsterdam is not complete without a boat ride channels. A tour of the channels can be fascinating and relaxing during the day, but lovely and romantic at night when most homes and bridges are illuminated in different colors. The town is crossed by four main channels namely: Prinsen (Prinsengracht - Channel Princess), Heren, Keizers and Singel. Also, there are numer...
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Royal Palace in Amsterdam is located in Amsterdam's Dam Square in the center. It was originally built to serve as building the mayor and magistrates of Amsterdam. In the seventeenth century was the largest building in Europe. Royal Palace in Dam Square is one of three palaces in the Dutch State has provided to the Queen by a decision of parliament. The palace is used mainly for official events, visits at the highest level, special receptions and reception on the occasion of New Y...
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A visit to Van Gogh museum is a unique experience during a vacation in Amsterdam. The museum contains the largest collection of paintings of Van Gogh in the world. The exhibit allows visitors to observe closely the evolution of the artist or compare his paintings with other artists of the nineteenth century. The museum also offers its visitors and other art exhibitions on various topics of the nineteenth century.
Van Gogh Museum's permanent...
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The museum Madame Tussauds wax figures in Amsterdam, is like that of London, where you can shoot with Marilyn Monroe, Arnold Schwarzenegger or Oprah Winfrey. Museum offers visitors a more interactive and Music Zone where you can play with your favorite stars.
Wax Museum is located in Dam Square and is a fun and impressive museum like the Museum of London mother. Museum in Amsterdam is actually a branch of the well-known London museum, who h...
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Red district of Amsterdam is a major tourist attraction of Amsterdam. Is known as the "Walletjes. It consists of a network of paths which are a large number of small room rented especially for women who offer their services behind a special glass or glass doors, these rooms are usually decorated with red lights. The whole area has a predominantly air entertainment for adults, is full of entertainment for adults, sexual accessories stores, adult movie theaters and a sex museum...
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Aqualand Aqua Park is one that mimics a Caribbean island in the Adriatic region: a combination of good humor, fun, extreme sports and aquatic games. A relaxing oasis providing entertainment for those special places that want to spend some unforgettable hours.
Aqualand offers guests many joys and happy events: Latin American dancing, water aerobics, diving lessons and many shows performed on stage in the shape of a pirate ship, 30 meters lon...
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On one of the banks of Grand Channel, in the seventeenth century, one of the most beautiful churches in Venice, Santa Maria della Salute, was built. A symbolic image of the floating city, it appears in many documentaries about the Venetian architecture but also in many paintings made by famous artists such as Michele Marieschi, Francesco Guardi, John Singer Sargent, Walter Sickert and, of course, Canaletto.
After the plague of 1630, which is said to have ki...
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Rialto Bridge is the oldest bridge over the Grand Canal and probably best known in town. It was built between 1588 and 1591 and was the only way to walk cross the channel in 1854 when the Bridge Academy was built.
Rialto Bridge is 7.5 meters high and covers three ways to go. Two sides and a railing along the middle lane that serves as a space for retailers that sell various jewelry, blades, Murano glass and other items for tourists....
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San Giorgio Maggiore Island Venice is one of them located south of the main island. Channel Island is surrounded by Della Grazia, Canal della Giudecca, San Marco Basin, Canal di San Marco and south of Laguna.
The island was probably occupied during the Roman occupation and was named Memmi Island (owned by a family). Since 829 was a church dedicated to St. George (San Giorgio). San Giorgio Monastery was founded in 982 when the Doge Tribuno M...
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Ca 'd'Oro is the most beautiful castle of the Grand Canal. The palace was built between 1428 and 1430 for the Contarini family, who were part of eight crack between 1043 and 1676. After the election, each doge was to leave his palace and move to Doges Palace. Main facade on the Grand Canal was built in Venetian Gothic style floral. In this style were built Palace Giustiniani Barbaro Palace.
Lodge Downstairs access a channel directly from th...
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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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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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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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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).
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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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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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Park construction began on June 30, 2001 and lasted two years. Miniaturk covers an area of 60,000 square meters is the largest miniature park in the world. Park includes 40,000 square feet free, 3,500 square meters covered with various buildings, 2,000 square feet of pools and channels and an immense park with a capacity of 500 vehicles.
Miniaturk Park currently has 105 buildings constructed on a scale of 1 / 25, 45 of them are in Ist...
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Although today Chora church building dates from XI-XIV centuries, the original church was originally built in the fourteenth century by Constantine the Great. Besides the attractive exterior, interior frescoes mozaicele and art of Byzantine Renaissance period. Mozaicele of the two lobbies infatisandu church's biblical scenes contain the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ.
The two domes of the host entry portraits of ancestors of Jesus to Adam, a ...
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One of the most strategic waterway channel, Bosporus connecting the Black Sea and Sea of Marmara and the Dardanelles, together with (in Turkish "Canakkale") separates Europe from Asia, is a flooded valley that follows an irregular course north-east to south- west over a length of 32 km, 730-3300 m wide and 30-120 meters deep.
Bosphorus word comes from a word of unknown origin Thracian language. This Greek word is inter...
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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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Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is one of the largest covered markets in the world with 60 streets and 5,000 shops, attracting between 250,000 and 400,000 daily visitors. Best known for jewelry, hand painted ceramics, carpets, embroideries and junk shops. The vast majority of stands are grouped by type of goods that were exposed, with an area for leather goods and gold jewelry.
Grand Bazaar is an important commercial center since 1461 it wa...
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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 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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Wishing to be a rival to the Ayasofya mosque the Sultan Ahmet I, the Blue Mosque built between 1609 and 1616 as the largest mosque in Istanbul. Blue Mosque is one of the most famous sights in Istanbul, the only mosque in Turkey with six minarets (towers), most mosques with only four, two or even a minaret. Went to the news that the Sultan has commissioned architect Mehmet Aga to make a mosque with minarets of gold (Altina) but understood that the architect must make six (oth...
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Heroes Square is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Budapest and in front of Central Park at the end of Andrássy Avenue, one of the most important streets of Budapest. Heroes Square in Budapest is part of UNESCO World Heritage. The monument was built in 1896 to commemorate a thousand years after the arrival of Hungarians in the Carpathian Basin.
The monument consists of two circles which are placed above the ...
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Great Synagogue in Budapest is the most beautiful synagogue in the world and second largest, certainly one not to be missed sightseeing holiday in Budapest.
Jews were banished from the city in the eighteenth century such as Hebrew, founded a neighborhood just outside the old city. Jews have built their main synagogue in a residential area. This great Temple was built between 1844 and 1859 after plans and advice Ludwig Forster.
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Saint Stephen's Basilica is dedicated to the first king of Hungary, Saint Stephen. It is the largest church in Budapest, can accommodate around 8500 people. Besides being very extensive, Saint Stephen's Basilica you other points of interest.
St. Stephen's Basilica houses the most sacred treasure of Hungary, namely the mummified right hand of St. Stephen (Szent Jobb - Holy Right Hand). Dome of the basilica where tourists can climb, can admir...
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Chain Bridge became one of the most famous sights in Budapest. Bridge connecting Pest and Buda across the Danube between.
Offers one of the most beautiful sights in the city, with all the majesty of the Danube which finds its way under the bridge. It can also be seen grandiose Parliament building which dominates the Pest side of Danube and towers on the hill in Buda Castle. Panorama can be admired while it is more fascinat...
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Gellert Hill is a large rock, 140 meters high which rises above the Danube in Budapest. According to legend, witches came to the hill every night and went back a man. Gellert Hill and was named after one of Bishop Gellért who came to Hungary in Italy at the request of King Saint Stephen, the Hungarian Christian to them. Some pagans put him in a barrel and threw him bishop of the hill into the Danube.
A large statue that ...
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Matthias Church is located in Buda and is one of the main attractions of the Hungarian capital. Church ranks of other churches built during King Bela IV between 1255-1269. It was rebuilt several times. Parts of the church were extensive and were given the shape of polygons in the late fourteenth century. For the same period dates and magnificent southern entrance gate which has a bas-relief depicting the death of Mary.
In 1309 ...
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Hungarian Parliament building is where the National Assembly meets, is one of the most beautiful buildings in Europe and the third legislative building the world's largest hosting a national parliament. National Assembly of Hungary has decided to clear this imposing building in 1880, nearly a decade and a half after the compromise with leaders of the Habsburgs. Construction plan has been used for building was designed by Imre Steindl, a professor at the Technical University of Bud...
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As part of the renovation works of the district hosting the Royal Palace in Budapest, Fishermen's Bastion was built in 1905. There are two explanations about the origin of the name bastion. Some people say that a fish market is nearby here in the Middle Ages and pulling and name bastion. Another explanation is based on the assumption that fishermen guilds defended this part of the castle wall in Budapest. Despite being called a bastion is actually building is a terrace where the v...
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