Monumento Cristo Rei is located on top of a hill about 110 meters high on the southern bank of the river Tejo and can be seen in the distance. Likeness of Jesus Christ statue in Rio de Janeiro is not accidental.
Cartinalul Lisbon Patriarch saw the statue in Rio in 1934 on a visit to Brazil and then spread the idea of having a similar statue erected in Portugal. At a meeting held in 1940 in Fatima, Portugal priests made a vow to erect ...
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Vasco da Gama bridge in Lisbon is a marvel of modern technology and a city sightseeing. Vasco da Gama bridge is the newest in Lisbon and allow free flow of traffic between north and south of the Portuguese capital. This bridge looks like it never ends for a cable bridge whose construction has made great efforts. Special measures were taken to protect a local species of birds. Over three hundred species of this family have been relocated to allow construction of the bridge....
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Across the street from Jeronimo Monastery, Monument of Discoveries added. It was built on the northern bank of the river Tagus in 1960 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Prince Henry the Navigator.
The monument is a vessel with three sails ready to go on tour with sculturi of some important historical figures such as King Manuel I, the poet Camões, Vasco da Gama, Magellan and other explorers, crusaders, monks or Por...
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Castle can be seen from almost any point of Lisbon and is one of the major sights. Its oldest parts date back to the VI century when it was fortified by the Romans, Visigoths and Moors eventually.
Castle served as a Moorish royal residence until Portugal's first king, Afonso Henriques conquered in the year 1147 with the help of warriors from northern Europe who were en route to the Holy Land to attend the crusade. Why was dedicated to...
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North east of the Park Eduardo VII is located Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, one of the most important museums in the world and one of the priceless treasures of Europe. Part of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, hosting collections of Egyptian art museum, Greek, Romanian, Islamic, Asian and European. In 2001 it was renovated and upgraded substantially - during the renovation works many masterpieces have been exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Built in 1515 as a fortress defending the role of the port entrance Lisbon, Belem Tower was the starting point of many expeditions and for seafarers was the last thing he saw on his mother's land to return to sea. Belem Tower Portugal is a monument dedicated to the great age of discovery period, often used as a symbol of the country. Belem Tower on UNESCO past monuments that are part of world heritage.
Built Manueline style tower has m...
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Lisbon Jeronimo Monastery is listed on UNESCO's World Heritage list and is the resting place of Vasco da Gama. Jeronimo Monastery is the most impressive symbol of Portugal's power and wealth in the great geographical discoveries.
King Manuel I built it in 1502 on the site of a hermitage founded by Prince Henry the Navigator, where Vasco da Gama and his crew spent their last night in Portugal, praying before going to India. Was built to...
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Damme small town is situated on the river Zwin between Zeebrugge and Bruges. River mud has played an important role in increasing or fall Damme's between year 1180 until today. Damme city has many beautiful cafes and restaurants. Channel is superb ride and if you will walk through Damme will see many sculptures made by Charles Delporte representing some huge heads.
City of Damme, built between 1464-1468, is an excellent example of Gothic ar...
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Liberty Palace Bruges (Landhuis van het Vrije Brugse) took centuries more uses. After construction in 1525, the building was used as the Region Palace and after the second building was in 1725 became the Royal Court. Later the building became a tourist information point. Today, hosting national archive. The most important part of the building, is of course "Aldermann Room" with beautiful fireplace made of different materials: alabaster, marble and wood....
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Diamond Museum, the newest museum in the world diamond. Bruges is the city where diamond polishing was invented in the fifteenth century by Lodewijk van Berquem locals. Museum in Bruges offers visitors the unique experience within an imaginary workshop of Lodewijk van Berquem's a rare replica of the crown of Margaret of York which was handmade in Bruges, original equipment for mining, a model made exclusively on a scale of 1:1 the total amount of diamonds worldwide, grinding and c...
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City of Bruges was built between 1376 and 1420 and was among the first mayors in the Netherlands monument. Comprises six main facade and two Gothic windows of the city arms. The entrance hall is magnificent ceremonial staircase leading visitors to the first floor, where there is room Gothic (built between 1386 and 1401). This room was decorated with neo-Gothic paintings illustrating the most important events of history's Bruges....
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Chocolate Museum is a tourist attraction which is arranged in the house "The Croon" Saint John the market. House "The Croon" dates from 1480 and was originally a tavern and later a bakery. The twentieth century has been used as general office work forces, police, school and municipal bank of Belgium. Chocolate lovers can find not only very interesting visit to this museum.
Here you can see various sculptures in chocolate...
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Belfort Tower in Bruges is a tourist attraction that was built in XIII century. This tourist attraction in Bruges is not less than 88 meters high and houses the old treasure map of Bruges. If you decide to climb the 366 steps, you can admire the impressive clock mechanism which has 47 bells, each with different sounds and functions, and the climax is a panoramic view of the city from the top of the tower. Belfort Tower, Bruges is the central square is truly special....
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Church of the Holy Blood has a remnant of the holy blood of Jesus Christ. Legend says that after the crucifixion, St. Joseph of Arimathea, wiped the blood and body Savior kept his clothes. These clothes have left the Holy Land until the Second Crusade, when King of Jerusalem, Baldwin III, and gave the brother or the Count of Flanders, Diederik van de Elzas. Count Saviour brought clothes with blood on 7 April 1150 and placed her in a chapel he built a square Burg.
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Gruuthuse Museum is the largest complex of museums in Bruges and is located in the house which belonged to Van Gruuthuse Brugghe-van der Aa. Gruut represent a mixture of flavors from which he used to make beer. Present collections of art and antiquities have been started in 1865 by the Archaeological Society in 1955 and Burges, Bruges city council won a collection and expanded.
Sculptural art - the collection consists of objects of di...
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Groening is a Landmark Museum in Bruges, also called fine arts museum, named after the field where his armies were defeated Flemish king of France in 1302. Museum collection was begun in XVIII century but the building was built between 1929 and 1930. Museum name was given after the street where, in 1302, Flemish army troops defeated French king.
Museum's collection includes works belonging artists who lived or worked in Bruges. Largest artwork in...
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Bruges City Centre is part of UNESCO heritage. Historical city center has been carefully built since the Middle Ages and is remarkably preserved today. The city can tell their own story through all the monuments, churches, historic buildings and markets. Bruges site is an example of medieval settlement, which has preserved original buildings of centuries, and Gothic buildings are part of the city identity. As one of the commercial and cultural capitals of Europe, Brugge developed ...
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Plaka is the historic district of Athens, north of the Acropolis, near Monastiraki districts - bohemian - and Thissio. Here you can see more nineteenth-century neoclassical buildings restored pedestriene you can walk the streets, visit shops, restaurants and historical sites Romanian era. Plaka district boundaries are not specific but can be identified: Ancient Agora in Monastiraki and Plateia west Dhionysiou Areopayitou Acropolis and south street, Temple of Zeus and Leoforos Amal...
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Port of Piraeus is Greece's largest port. It was built during the reign Temistocles, when the city walls were built (Ch D. 478 year), and the town was built by architect Hippodamus. He quickly gained importance when Athens became a naval power. Piraeus port covers a distance of 8 km southwest of the Acropolis, hence leaving many Greek ferryboats.
Piraeus is composed of three ports of the "Grand Port" is the largest being loca...
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Theater of Dionysus, built in a natural hollow in the south of the Acropolis, was the first theater in the world is the birth stone and Greek tragedy.
Original place of the revered god Dionysus, god of wine and fertility, in dance and song in the fifth century, songs like Aeschylus, Sofocles, Euripides and Aristophanes were played here. The theater was built in less moving stages, each contributing to the development of drama in the fourth ...
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Construction of Temple of Poseidon, god of the sea, started the year 500 but i Ch monument was never finished. Temple and its attractions were destroyed by the Persians in the fist year i Ch 480 Temple of Poseidon that you can visit today was built on the site of ruins of another temple. At the same time it was built and Temple of Athena, the goddess of the place where he was given sanctuary.
The sanctuary began to dry I pulled down M...
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Benaki Museum is the oldest private museum is a monument of Greece and Greek culture and art. Neoclassical building located at street intersection Vasilissis Koubari Sofias and was built between 1867-1868 by Ioannis Peroglou merchant. Villa Charokopos, as was known, was sold in 1910 that changed his Emmanouil Benakis house according to his needs and the family. Changes in assumed an increased entry and a luxurious interior. Between 1929 and 1931, the house was again changed, addin...
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National Archaeological Museum hosts the most important artifacts from various locations in Greece. National Archaeological Museum in Athens is the largest museum in Greece and one of the largest museums in the world. 20,000 exhibits its collections include providing a panorama of Greek civilization from the prehistoric era to the early Late Antique period.
The museum is located in an imposing neoclassical building at the end of centu...
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Temple of Zeus at Olympia, known as the Oplympeion, Amalias Street is located at 500 meters southeast of the Acropolis and Emtriva 700 south of Syntagma Square. Foundation belongs to a temple that was dedicated to the tyrant Pisistratus in the year 515 but i Ch canf works were abandoned son of Pisistratus, Hippias was removed from the throne in the year 510 Ch i.
The construction of the temple of Zeus were performed in dry Ch III died...
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Agora was the center of ancient Athens, the center of political, commercial, administrative and social justice, a religious center and the settlement. Place was taken without interruption in all periods of history of the city. It was used as a residential area late Neolithic era (3000 Ch i). At the beginning of XI century, the Agora became a public area.
After repairs and restorations, reached the century rectangular II I. Ch. R...
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Rembrandt Square was formerly the butter market. Built in 1668, this market is currently decorated with pubs, restaurants, cafes and hotels attract tourists like a magnet, especially the young. The market is known especially for its night life: many traditional pubs where you can enjoy authentic Dutch music. In summer, the terraces are full of people who enjoy a drink and look around them. The market center is a small and lovely park where you can relax and pay homage to the mast...
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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).
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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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