Hallgrímskirkja, whose name could be translated as "Church of Hallgrimur", is a Lutheran church in the capital of Iceland, Reykjavik. With a height of 74.5 meters, the church ranks fourth among the highest architectural structures in this country. The church was named after the national poet and clergyman Hallgrimur Pétursso (1614-1674), author of the poetry collection "Passion Hymns (Hymns on the Passion). Architectural design of this stunning church...
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This is unique cathedral in Red Square Russian capital, is a true spot color in the landscape. An orthodox church, St. Basil boasts more colorful domes sharp peak, which became part of the landscape near the horizon of Moscow. The cathedral was built at the behest of Ivan the Terrible in 1552 to celebrate the invasion of Kazan, a former medieval Tatar state. In 1588, Tsar Fedor Ivanovic has also built a chapel on the east side of the cathedral, above the grave of Basil the Great ...
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Toronto is located on the north bank of the river Ontario. The tallest CNTower in the world is located here in this magnificent city. Its reflection in the lake is unmistakable and simply amazing. Around the tower there is a collection of skyscrapers, which leave space for residential areas, parks and green spaces.
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Who has not heard of miracles taking place in Dubai? Hotels underwater, unusual shapes and materials, skyscrapers that defy the laws of gravity, artificial islands and pure luxury, a guide like this would look in a few words for lure Arab.
Dubai continues to have the only seven star hotel in the world, Burj Al Arab, with its unique shape, the vertical vessel. Luxury and imagination have no limit, and in Dubai you can feel how th...
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Athens Acropolis still dominate and attract millions of tourists annually. Nothing has decreased the architectural beauty, grandeur and quality! Unique architectural style, Doric columns, Ionic and Corinthian, Greek-style versions of classical Roman and Greek newest contemporary style, all combine in a fascinating mix of history, art and masters. Athens, capital of ancient architecture, it is as fascinating just as it was 2300 years ago!...
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Considered the cradle of the Renaissance, Florence must respect the typical Italian architecture and imposing structures. Palazzo Vecchio, Uffizi Gallery Academy of Art and are only three locations that you have to visit if you want to see works by Michelangelo (David was exhibited at the Academy) and other Renaissance masters.
In addition, Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral, the fourth largest cathedral in Europe, and Basilica di S...
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Rome is the largest and most important city of Italy, an economic and cultural center, a city scattered of historical monuments, which has something to offer for all tastes. The Eternal City, City of Seven Hills, La Dolce Vita, all these phrases refer to a single city: Rome - a center of culture, religion and power over three millennia. Visited by millions of tourists every year, Rome's main attractions are the Colosseum, the Pantheon, the Vatican and hundreds of other churches a...
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Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Invalides Dome and Notre Dame, and they are enough to convince you to go to Paris. But that's where you put it yourself seduced by the Louvre and his Mona Lisa, the paintings of Picasso and the memory of French bohemians.
Montmartre will take you through the most unusual places and you will reveal fascinating Basilique du Sacre-Coeur, as well as cafes and artists workshops....
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The "artificial" capital of Brazil was built only for four years and became a true example of modern architecture. Built in 1957 by Lucio Costa and architect Oscar Niemeyer, Brasilia was designed as a cross, but now more like a giant butterfly. Among its iconic building include Palacio da Alvarado (president of Brazil's capital), cultural complex of the republic, the Cathedral Basilica and government buildings.
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The Cave is one of the oldest places in the world, that if you consider that the cave in which people dance until morning now formed in a million years ago.
It starts with a street surface, which slowly, slowly, down to a cave with a huge dance floor, surrounded by a view that's not how you look than agape. The cave has a depth of about two meters and can accommodate about 3,000 people. Has three dance floors, and a...
Opened in 1998, the Miniscule of Sound is the smallest nightclub in the world, including even the Guinness Book of Records. Last year, the fulfillment of 10 years, walked on all festivals in the world, starting with China and ending with Australia.
The club is at Glastonbury festival every year, and is fully transportable. Has a capacity of 14 persons, all with dj. Queues are interminable, and bodyguards be very careful in terms of customers. Not ...
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Located in Singapore, The Cannery, Clarke Quay, Clinic Night Club is the most appreciated and fancy club in Singapore. The club has been specially created for those who wanted a revival of term party and the concept was a truly innovative.
Clinic Night Club covers an area large enough and gives a sense of adventure through all that maze structure is implemented. The decor is similar to a medical clinic, said architect Dam...
San Paulo is one of the largest cities in the world, and hosts one of the most interesting clubs, at least architecturally speaking. Skye Club is situated at the highest level of Unique hotel offering a spectacular view of the law.
City lights as you can see so keep your eyes, giving the club name. Even more, the architects did not impair the view and the club is actually a terrace with no walls or pillars that could steal at least one angl...
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Although most positive are Dutch, as it is completely legal only British Keep outdone, and after he built the club and club ice in a church, far exceeded any limit by Killing Kittens. Leaving absolutely sinister name aside, the club offers the most interesting offer party.
The hall is dedicated to those who want to escape the loneliness, and is strictly for beautiful people. Those who come to the club must send a ...
Inaugurated in 1787, Opera in Stockholm and works as a nightclub. Operakällaren is a large complex with restaurants, bars and small clubs.
If you eat during the day northern specialties in the evening you can enjoy the company of Nordic music. Can give over Jesper Dahlback and will dance on acid....
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English are among the most innovative in terms of clubs. Especially when talking about a city Nottigham, where almost everything is allowed. Someone had this genious idea to buy a cathedral and turn it into a bar.
Opened in a cathedral, P & P has become one of the most attractive locations for parties. The bar is positioned in place of the altar, and the most important elements of the cathedral has been preserved. Local cap...
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For years, Londoners can cool a space ice. Small bar has a constant temperature of -4 degrees. The bar was born of a collaboration Absolut Ice Hotel, and therefore is a vodka bar.
In this unique location, everything, starting with drinks and ending up with tables and chairs is made of crystal clear ice imported from Torn river, located 200km from the Arctic Circle...
Prague Castle is the castle where the Czech kings, emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, the presidents of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, serve or have served. The crown jewels of Bohemia are kept. Perhaps the biggest castle in its area, and extends into effect on 570 meters long and 130 large.
Located on the hill overlooking the Hradcany Prague Old Town and Malá Strana, this monumental complex is emerging from a crown of gardens and roofs and dep...
Perched atop one of the hills of the Serra da Sintra, Palacio da Pena dominates the valley of his incredible versatility and its flamboyant colors.
In 1839, Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, regent of the kingdom, says the completion of his summer palace in the Prussian Baron von Eschwege Ludwig, on the ruins of the monastery of Our Lady Hieronymite de la Pena. The prince died the year of the completion of his palace in 1885. Ludwig von Eschwege amused to mix styles: Moor...
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The castle of Mont Saint-Michel is located on Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, in the department of Manche. A historical monument, the site appears since 1979 on the World Heritage List of UNESCO and is managed by the Center of National Monuments. It is often compared to the seven wonders of the world.
Unlike other castles in France which started in "career" playing the role of defensive structures or sites dedicated to art, Mont St. Michel was ...
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The Potala Palace is a palace-fortress of the seventeenth century Dzong, located in Lhasa, on the hill Marpari ("red hill") the center of Lhasa Valley. Including a "White Palace" and "Red Palace", and their ancillary buildings, the building embodies the union of spiritual and temporal power and their respective roles in the administration of Tibet. Built by the fifth Dalai Lama, Lobsang Gyatso (1617-1682), including the palace was the principal...
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Matsumoto Castle is one of the historic castles of Japan. Located in the city of Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture, near the city of Tokyo, it is one of the main tourist attractions in Japan. The castle has its origins in the Warring States Period. At that time, the Ogasawara clan had built a fort on the site, whose name was originally Fukashi castle. Later, he was instrumental in Takeda Shingen and Tokugawa Ieyasu.
The main tower of the castle is classified...
Neuschwanstein Castle is located in Allgäu, Bavaria and it was built during the ruling times of Louis II of Bavaria, its construction having started in 1896. The castle is one of the most famous attractions of Bavaria and Germany. The interior architecture is characteristic for the nineteenth-century romantic stream. Due to its irrepetable beauty, the castle is called "the fairytale castle". ...
The Alcazar of Segovia is located at the confluence of the rivers and Eresma Clamores, adapting to the rock on which it rises, forming more or less a rectangle, pointed. From here, there is a great view of the church of Vera Cruz, the town of Zamarramala and Monasterio del Parral.
Its origin is uncertain, although it is known that this was an ancient promontory fort by its strategic position was a real defensive bastion. So certainly, Romans and Arabs have all lef...
Castle Howard is a great baroque residence located in Yorkshire, England, 40 km from York. This is one of the largest castles in the country. It was built between 1699 and 1712 for Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle by John Vanbrugh.
Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, treasurer general of the kingdom approach firstly William Talman, but then commissioned John Vanbrugh, a fellow of his political club, to build his country residence. This is the first realization of Vanbrugh,...
Hohenzollern Castle is the ancestral seat of the princely family and formerly reigning German Imperial House of Hohenzollern. It is located in Baden-Württemberg, between the towns of Hechingen and Bisingen. The hilltop castle is located on the 855-meter high, isolated and prominent mountain peak of the Hohenzollern. The origin of the castle dates back to the Middle Ages, being built in the 11th century, then completely destroyed in 1423 and reconstructed in 1461. ...
Peles Castle is a castle in Sinaia, Romania, built between 1873 and 1914. It is considered one of the most beautiful in Romania and Europe. Peles Castle in Sinaia, the summer residence of the kings of Romania, was built at the wish of King Carol I of Romania (1866 - 1914), by Johannes Schultz and architect Karel Liman, and was decorated by famous decorators JD Heymann Hamburg, August Bembi in Mainz and Berhard Ludwig in Vienna.
Peles Castle may be cons...
Mecca or Makkah, nicknamed the "mother of the villages" is a city holy to Muslims, the Grand Mosque , the Kaaba , which is the kiss of Muslims in their prayers . Located Mecca in the Hejaz in Saudi Arabia , the capital of Makkah region , away from Medina, some 400 km in the direction south-west, and the city of Taif about 120 km in the eastern direction, at a distance of 72 km from the city of Jeddah and the coast of the Red Sea , and the nearest port is a port of Jeddah , and the n...
Al-Aqsa Mosque is one of the most sacred monuments of Muslims, where the first -Aqsa Mosque in Islam . Al-Aqsa mosque is located inside the old town of the city of Jerusalem in Palestine . What is the name of each house on the fence located in the far southeastern corner of the walled Old City, and is both the Dome of the Rock and the whole clan of the most famous landmarks-Aqsa Mosque.
It was mentioned by Allah in the Koran when he said:) Aqsaa night from the Sacred Mosque to...
Medina, nicknamed the "goodness of the good" the first capital of the Islamic and the second holiest sites in Islam after Mecca, is the capital of Madinah region, located on the territory of Hijaz historical western Saudi Arabia , approximately 400 kilometers from Makkah in a northeast direction, and about 150 km east of the Red Sea , and the nearest port to the port of Yanbu , which is located in the south-west of them and banish them 220 km, The area of Medina, about 589 km ...
This is the second largest mosque in Europe, not including Turkey, after Grozny Central Dome Mosque. The mosque was built in Kazan Kremlin in the 16th century. Since 1996 the mosque has been rebuilt, several countries having contributed to the fund, among which Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates....
According to the 19th-century traveller H.F.B. Lynch, the Blue Mosque was built during the period of the Iranian ruler Nadir Shah (1736-47) by the local gouvernor Husayn Ali Khan....
Istiqlal mosque is a modern mosque, which accepts and Christians. It is located in the city of Jakarta , the largest city in Indonesia. Istiqlal mosque was built in the 60s, the 20th century in the era of President Sukarna. That was in 1949 with the birth of the independence of the Republic of Indonesia . Architect of Islamic and Christian Istiqlal mosque compound Silaban Sumatra. And an area of 10 hectares is the largest mosque in Southeast Asia....
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