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12/20/14
Centre Pompidou
Centre Pompidou
In 1970 the architect Renzo Piano Cooperation (Renzo Piano) and Richard Rogers (Richard Rogers), both of which are not known at the time, to design the together one of the most famous and scoop buildings in modern times, it is the Centre Georges Pompidou. Cultural Centre in Paris, and I have to talk about our world from the inside out, and it literally. It all began with Georges Pompidou, President of the Republic of France 1969 until 1974, who wanted to build a cultural center in Paris, which would attract visitors and be a new sign of the city.
With his Reception of more than 150 million visitors since its construction of thirty-three years ago, there is no doubt that the lower vision behind the Pompidou became a reality successful.
In order to choose an architect for the project, the president has held a competition subscribe by many architects, including some of the most famous architects in France at the time. People strongly astonished ... The design of Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, both of which did not famous at that time is the one who won this contest. The design, which they shared with the example in the construction and high-tech, modern cultural center built a system of structural beams was not unprecedented in any architectural work in the world before.
It was their idea of the design, which depicted in one of the drawings for the competition, imagine the museum itself as a movement. The other idea in their determination, and perhaps most obvious, she was showing all the infrastructure of the building. "Skeleton" himself surrounded the construction of the outer surface, and showed all the different mechanical and structural systems not only that, not only can the idea, but also came to increase interior space without occupancy cut blanks.
Systems and various infrastructure on the outer surface of the building is painted in different colors to distinguish between the different roles. Vengdam they paint the structure and elements of the large ventilation white, stairs, elevators painted silver gray, and ventilation in blue, and plumbing pipes and fire-fighting painted in green, and electrical elements in yellow and orange, and rooms lifts or elements that allow movement throughout the building generally red. One of the elements of the "movement" and that the center is Bashthr escalators (painted in red on the bottom) on the western facade, which is the tube that connects to the upper part of the building, which Eoffar visitors a stunning view of the city from the beautiful city of Paris.
Pompidou Center also houses a museum, "Muzi" National Modern Art, which is the largest museum of modern art in Europe. Also located in the open interior region wide Public Library of Information and research center for music and sound known as IRCAM. Open external arena is a permanent yard receiving various local events. Center officially opened on 31 January 1977 and since then we find the integration of high technology Integrated Architecture and Urbanism movement and allowed the Observatory for the city to see her everyday life.
When established Piano and Rogers their office and two young sons stemming Memarian, even after winning this contest, the world had not yet realized that two signs in front of the pilot of the pioneers of the global architecture, which influenced the global architecture and actually contributed to the changing shape of the world.
Paris
Paris
Because Paris is the city and the capital of France, Paris is also important city for more than 2000 years. The city, which is dubbed by many names, including "Love City" and "City of Lights", Paris is today one of the world's leading business centers, fashion, entertainment, and art and culture. Just the mere mention of Paris conjures up images of world famous monuments, museums and cathedrals in the city. Here is an overview of the zones major tourist attractions in Paris:
Place de la Concorde
At the eastern end of the Champs-Elysées There Place de la Concorde, the largest square in Paris with brilliant prospects in each direction. This was the stage for the French king Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and many others who would be guillotined during the French Revolution. The Gath large Egyptian obelisk dating back to the year 3200 in the center of the Place de la Concorde Luxor Temple in the 19th century.
Sainte-Chapelle
Began in the post-1239 time, Saint-Chapelle is considered among the highest achievement of Gothic architecture. Commissioned built by King Louis IX of France to house his collection of emotion effects, including Crown of thorns of Christ, which is one of the most important monuments in the Christian Middle Ages. Although the damaged during the French Revolution, and the restoration of the 19th century, it retains one of the most comprehensive on-site collections of 13th century stained glass anywhere in the world.
Church is a model of a distinctive building JOTI French Gothic old. The climb to the upper floor of the church by a narrow staircase and convoluted. This amazing floor as the beauty in all its aspects is composed of glass decree. There are 1113 painting painted on a window of 15 rectangular glass she tells the story of the world since the Creation until the era of Christ, the church upstairs column-free length of 33 meters and 10.5 meters, the total area of the rectangular windows is 640 square meters. Created from the roof of the church domes very magnificence. Versus structure there pink tinted window diameter of 9 meters back construction of the fifteenth century (rectangular windows while it goes back to the thirteenth century), pink net fee inspired by John Safarraaa Alahota. The identity of the artists who created the windows of the Church are not known yet.
Madame Tussauds (Wax Museum)
Madame Tussauds
This ratio is called the museum to Madame Tissot founder, Madame Tissot was born, founded the museum in 1761 in Strasbourg, her father died before she was born, nurtured by a doctor named Curtis, where her mother worked for him .. and its work was the art of dealing with wax! I learned from him this beautiful art and then have continued this hobby even shows her established, and eventually created this museum contains statues of global dignitaries in all fields of art, politics, such as Winston Churchill, Hitler and Shakespeare has a panic room depicting forms of crime during the French Revolution.
Madame Tussauds museums extended and expanded its branches to become places of tourist attraction in London, and it includes (until recently) Planetarium in London in the west wing. The chain has expanded with branches in Amsterdam, Las Vegas, New York and Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Washington, DC, Berlin, Vienna and Hollywood.
In 1925, the show suffered a fire by an electric spark and fire gutted a lot of sculptures, also broke the Nazi bombing of the aircraft in 1940 and the museum during World War II destroyed more than 352 major statue ..
And fun at Madame Tussauds is that you can imagine with, but embrace all Waxworks displayed in several rooms dedicated to specific categories of characters ..
It is worth mentioning that a statue of wax industry at Madame Tussauds Pttalb day period more than 6 months at a cost of more than 30 thousand pounds sterling for a single statue .
Delphi Theatre
Delphi Theatre
Was built in the ancient theater of Delphi up the hill from the Temple of Apollo to give the viewer a full view of the reserve and wonderful views over the picturesque landscape below. Was originally created in the fourth century BC, but was formed on several occasions since then, and has 35 row can accommodate 5,000 spectators.
In ancient times Delphi was the most important in the ancient Greek religion site, Aaattabarh main venue to the Haram al-Sharif and the Oracle of Apollo.
The theater design Mnqubl Greeks excellent Besotiet, as the sound quality of the greatest in the area of performance and bounced the pavement hard for Orchestra and mammal to be paid equally and clarity around the visitors, and became a standard design to create excellent conditions for the hearing and speech without projecting a clear and accessible sound successfully to the public.
Delphi Theatre vague theater that was built in the outdoor northwest campus Apollo. Offers musical performances and competitions and exciting performances took place inside this cavity, which the slopes of the hills.
Theater itself was built of limestone, but today they are in a bad situation to a certain extent with the remnants scattered across the Temenos, although he is so far from the tourist attractions in Greece.
Acropolis
Acropolis
Acropolis Greek ancient temple is located on top of a hill in the Greek capital Athens. The religious and military center - the city-state - in ancient Greece, where the Greeks usually are fortifying a mountain called the Acropolis in the city or near the purpose of defense. The term «Acropolis» Greek term acroos the author of two words and their meaning is high off the ground, and «Polis» means city or town statelet. It is one of the most prominent features that should have been annexed any small state or city in the classical Greek period (fifth to the eighth century BC).
As indicated by the name (high) or the city (side) the city also was the Acropolis, political, spiritual and financial city center, enriched by the government installations, temples, altars, and they contain the state treasury, and the people go there to rid the government documents.
And rising up to the top of the Acropolis, the Temple of 156 meters above sea level, 92 meters above the city of Athens low, a real natural fortress can be accessed only from the ground sloping to the west, the other aspects Vtaatdly bearish slope. Thanks to the location and strategic importance of the Acropolis was the first residence of the kings of Attica and the guards, and contains a lot of statues and sacred stones, surrounded Balokrobolis high walls, is a Greek temple archaeological first, and contains the edifices are many kings, destroyed mostly by the Persians in 479 BC and vowed Parthenon re-built in 447 BC.
Acropolis was also a major mosque, surrounded by minarets in the era of the Ottoman Empire, where he was able to steal the Turks in 1394 and was taken minarets and the Parthenon temple turned into a mosque. In 1686 the Turks destroyed the Temple of Athena in order to build a defensive covering and to protect them from enemies who directed them to shell blew up the Parthenon and turned it into a gunpowder store, as the Acropolis was the era of the Crusaders in the seat of the Archbishop of Athens.
And began the Greek Revolution in 1821 after a struggle for almost a year, Odysseus Ondruzos seized the Acropolis, and in 1833 the temple came under Greek control until today represents the highest archaeological site technician Greek, and Greece was the constantly renovate operations, and visited daily thousands of tourists who come to him from all over the world.
Abound in Athens, capital of Greece, which has a charming beauty of nature and quiet far from the tourist and historical monuments that reflect the splendor of ancient architecture, along with aspects of modern life, and the Acropolis of the most famous of these monuments, the biggest testament to the Greek civilization is.
It is known that the Acropolis was often the place of residence or palace of the king, as it was used for military Castle and signed resort city residents in emergency situations, and was commends the most important temples, which contains the tombs of the Greek gods.
In a statement to the «Middle East» Toganides Nicholas head of the renovation project of the Acropolis, Temple said: «restoration of the Parthenon temple project that began 25 years ago, we brought the necessary equipment and lifting machines and collected all the marble artifacts were scattered and dumped around the Acropolis and we got to their places of origin, and will be returned in accordance with the program of renovation, which will continue another 15 years. »He added: «During the war between the Turks and the Italians at the end of the seventeenth century was driving targeted at the Acropolis and the destruction of the Temple and the fall of the roof and scattering artifacts all around him».
The tourist Vampio Randy Italian who was visiting on a hill of the Acropolis, he said: «We have a tour around the Acropolis, it's a fantastic and fun, I often heard him so I came here to watch it from near and when stepped up to the temple and found it very nice, especially you see all the city Athens from the top, and of course I will come back here again and I will introduce my friends to come here, the fact that I say every person that comes here to watch it ».
The construction site of the Acropolis temple is significant ideological, it is built on a rock known as «the sacred rock» in Athens, the Acropolis and radiates strength and protection to its citizens, has become the temples of the Acropolis of the most famous architectural landmarks in ancient history and contemporary. In addition, the Parthenon temple is now a global symbols that refer to the Greek civilization, and includes the UNESCO logo on the picture of this temple, where a culture, education, and after that in 1987 the site was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Referring to the diagram to the Temple of the Parthenon, which sits on top of the hill, it was built on a large base is composed of three degrees, high total of 170 cm, a length of 68.40 meters and 30.30 meters, and is surrounded by al-Qaeda gallery holds one row of rotator-style columns, the number in each of the interfaces of the temple eight and, in each of the two sides seventeen columns, and different Parthenon from other Greek temples, features the internal columns Foreign columns involved in carrying the frieze carved at its introduction, as divided base of the temple into two sections, devoted the bulk of the statue of the goddess Athena, while devoted to the Department of younger Vows to put gifts.
For the temple of the goddess Athena, which sits on a hill of the Acropolis, is considered a smaller temple Greek at all, carry the title of Nikki and meaning of victory in Greek, one of the titles of the goddess Athena, and is located on the southern edge of the hill, and has in each of the Ajhettih gallery laptop on four Ionic columns fashioned, was almost built in 426 BC and restored in the nineteenth century AD, after which the affected elements of nature.
Meteora
Meteora
Central Greece zones contain, and one of the strangest and most beautiful landscapes in the European continent, and is the Meteora region, which means hanging in the air or in the sky rocks, one of the largest and most important gatherings monasteries in Greece comes importance after Mount Athos, the monasteries were built on a vertical rock at the edge North of Thessaly plain near the river and Pindus Mountains, which are located in the center of Greece, Meteora area consists of six monasteries, and is considered one of the main attractions in Greece, Meteora is included in the World Heritage List of UNESCO since 1988,
Monasteries built on the vertical rocks in the northern edge of the Thessaly plain near the river and Pindus Mountains, which are located in central Greece.
These stones are taken shape as a result of this geological radical changes about 60 million years ago, and has found a large number of caves, which proves the presence of humans in this place before 50,000 years ago.
Was not possible to reach the top of the rock easily, it has built the first monks ladders simple cross pushing the wood in the holes in the rock, and they went up through it until they are natural caves that have become their resort solid, put the wood of various types and forms to suggest that nest of birds, was a pulley system The rope used to carry food and drink for the clergy, and the mountains were the only means by linking them to the outside world
Monastery Rossano
Nunnery his church constructed in 1545 according to the Byzantine style to replace the Transfiguration Church demolished, and still sing their beauty and their icons and wooden Aloiconstas doctrine to this day.
The Monastery of Saint Varlam
Back to the fourteenth century, built by St. Varlam of several silos and a chapel for prayer engraved in the rock called on behalf of the three moons Saints Church. After his death, abandoned church and monastery, to the Brotherhood Nectarios and Theophanes decided to renovate the monastery and church in 1518, then joined by many of the monks.
The Monastery of Saint Stefanos
Easily accessible via the extended bridge length of 8 meters, containing several rooms and bath water and a small church. Built in the fourteenth century, and was dedicated to the monks, and in 1961 turned into a nunnery.
11/29/14
Yangzhou
Yangzhou
The Yangzhou city of an ancient city dating back to the pre-2400 years, and its geographical location central east China's Jiangsu Province, overlooking the Yangtze River to the south and related river Huai Kha north, and penetrate major Chinese Channel "Da Yunhe," which stretches from North China to the south were constructed Two thousand years ago from its center, local and called the mother river of the city of Yangzhou. Therefore, Yangzhou City is rich in water resources since the foot like a pearl shiny collage in the Yangtze River Delta advanced. And under the direct management of the current three-time mayor of neighborhoods and the three towns and counties Bao Ying, and the total number of the whole population to more than four million people living on about ten thousand square kilometers.
Yangzhou is a city old landscaped, and there are a lot of monuments and historical sites, including the old Da Yunhe River and the tombs of the emperors of my family Han and Sui Dynasties two Chinese and the ruins of imperial palaces for my family Tang Sun two Chinese natural and personal gardens for senior Ming and Qing ancient and others. All this attracts a large number of visitors to it every day. It is the most famous West Lake narrow as a symbolic card of the city and the Temple of Daming old garden Ge Yuan garden, He Yuan Tang and ruins of the ancient city and the old cemetery Bahauddin which are all protected from the effects of the value at the state level. It is worth mentioning that there is a street in the heart of the ancient city named Wenchang street where concentrated a large group of ancient buildings of various Chinese historical stages. He says that the local "curfew in Wenchang Street means roaming from ancient Chinese to the families of the covenants and Wilson Tang, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties to today." Therefore, Yangzhou city included in the list of the first group of cities the tourist highlights of the All-China the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight.
West Lake is located northwest of the city's narrow, long narrow shape of more than four kilometers in length, as is the zigzagging like a normal plate tray long drawn out hills and parks, bridges and traditional Chinese palaces and white tower Chinese corridor stained and other respectively. He stated that the Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty Chinese arrived in Yangzhou times, and left in a park lake lyrics and poems in recognition of her. The center was built on West Lake narrow bridge on the traditional architectural style characteristic consists of 15 slot like the center of a beautiful lake, and built it five traditional Chinese Joasag, People named him the name "bridge the five pavilions" bar. As the full moon festival solution in the eighth month, according to the Chinese lunar calendar, people can be seen from every slot is full of the bridge is reflected in the waters of the lake. Thus, offset 15 Badra hydraulically Bader great illustrious which lights up in the sky, and is a beautiful sight imaginary impressive.
11/28/14
Alanya
Alanya
Is a city in Turkey vibrant in the Mediterranean area is located on the east coast of the Gulf of Antalya in the Anatolian peninsula stretching rich and long history, which dates back to the history of the ancient Egyptians.
You will see the majestic scenery of the Taurus Mountains to the north, just 2 km in length. City Alanya Bahawaty beautiful sandy characterized along the coast in each city.
Alanya city is characterized by a Mediterranean climate moderate in all seasons of the year and called the city of the sun because of the sun throughout the year in the city's appearance
Average temperatures in the winter, 14 degrees 27 degrees in the summer season. The average sea temperature of 18 degrees in the winter and in the summer of 25 degrees.
At the beginning of spring, melting snow from the Taurus Mountains pours down the many rivers in Alanya to create vital areas of scenic views of beautiful nature.
Dynamic nature of the city of Alanya and mountains coated trees dense vegetation such as forests Mtnnoah all forms and colors along the roads in the city, so are ideal ways to safari and recreation.
The atmosphere in the city of Alanya very clean where there are no factories are located in Alanya as life Alavtsadah thrive in this city are concentrated on tourism and agriculture.
Alanya city plays an important role in Turkey bananas and citrus products and agribusiness.
Alanya city is one of the most trend for the holiday in the Mediterranean destinations and managed to grab the hearts of 10,000 European nationalities and currently residing in Alanya apartments and villas have their own terms that Europeans prefer mild weather as in the city of Alanya summer and winter
Alanya is favorite with European tourists, recently known for tourism, including the so-called halal. The city is located on the southern coast of the country, about 120 km east of Antalya city with a population of about 392 959 inhabitants (2000).
Alanya is is a striking blue waters towards greenery and archaeological sites Farms orange and apricot on Turkey's southern coast, which is a favorite destination for tourists on the Mediterranean, especially in the period from the area until the city of Antalya Alanya.
Whether tourists on a cruise or in the water or walking or lying on a beach chair under the sun umbrella, his eyes fall on the evidence of the antiquity and the Middle Ages in many places ...
Tourists can, for example, even in a relatively remote beaches, seeing the famous Bosoarh impregnable fortress in the Alanya fortress. Behind every stone staircase and the Palm Restaurant and household singing and garden waiting for a new tourist views of the mosques and the walls and towers and the sea and the port of Alanya. As you can see the red tower, which boasts a lot of tourist cards that promote the city.
Seda
Seda
Seda: written in Turkish Side sovereign, and its name means "pomegranate" in ancient Greek in Anatolia, is a beach resort in Antalya province, just 75 kilometers east of the city of Antalya, Turkey. The tourist part of town of Manavgat is called a master, where you find in
Nowadays ancient monuments and hotels. Real estate sales in Seda, Turkey is mainly British and German buyers.
Seda was founded by Greek settlers in the 7th century BC, and because of its port has become one of the most important trade centers in the region. He was the master of their own language, are still unresolved, and which have been found in many of the inscriptions from 300-200 BC. It has also been discovered in excavations Sida evidence of early Hittite civilization in basalt column base from century BC 7.
Alexander the Great conquered a Master in 333 BC and was brought to the lord of the Hellenistic culture. After the death of Alexander the Great in 300, was sentenced Seda by General Alexander Ptolemy I, who took control of the ruling lineage on sovereign until the 2nd century BC, when it fell under the rule of the Seleucid Empire. Seda has grown and prospered, and became an important cultural center.
In the year 190 BC was defeated the Seleucid King Antiochus by the Romans supported by a fleet of Rhodes. Treaty of Apamea (188 BC) committed Antiochus to abandon the territory north of the Taurus Mountains to Pergamum. At this time has been building the current port of Antalya by Attalos II Philadelphus. In the 1st century BC, pirates seized the port Selician Sida and used
As a base for the slave trade in their own until defeated by the Roman consul Serfilius and they came back in 78 BC.
In the year 67 BC, Pompey subjected Sida under the rule of the Romanian Empire, and in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus to add a master of the Romanian province of Galatia. Seda began to flourish as a center of trade through trade in olive oil, and the population increased to more than 60,000. Most of the rubble dug in his master due to the birth of the first three centuries. In the fourth century, invasions began to weaken the city. Although it became the seat of the Diocese of Eastern Pamphili in the fifth century,
Defenses to withstand invasions of the Arabs in the seventh century was not. Earthquakes destroyed as well as the city, which has become widely abandoned in the tenth century. In the twelfth century, and during the early Byzantine period, flourished Seda again briefly a major city with a large number of Jews. But the subsequent invasions of the city were destroyed and which subsequently called Eski Adalia (old Antalya) after its inhabitants moved to what is now the city of Antalya.
Sida ruins are among the most prominent in Asia Minor. The ruins of the theater complex is the largest of Pamphylia. Built in the form of a Roman theater, the theater can accommodate runway master of more than 15,000 people. After his service as duels gladiators site, the theater was converted to 2
Chapels during the early Byzantine period. After that was the Diocese of Eastern Pamphylia, they still see bearer Romanian Catholic Church title. The excavations are still underway in Seda by archaeologists since 1947, and thrive today, a popular tourist destination
11/22/14
Cultural Tourism
Cultural Tourism
Global tourism has evolved and spread to a variety of fields and become a stand-alone industry and included many human activities, past, present and future. And inflict culture tourism falls within this framework that has reached human relationships in their interaction and evolution of the globalized runaway of space and time, even we can say with a British writer in his book "East and West" There is no east and west, but there is progress and backwardness, the efficiency and the inability, in Morocco sun Kmava Mushargaha ".
In a study conducted in the United States found that: "The cultural richness of the main reasons is traveling a large group of tourists who are keen to increase their knowledge and knowledge of their families."
I knew of cultural tourism in the book "Modern Tourism and application note": "as nature Zhennehaly notably, a tourism which seeks learn new things and new people, as found on Tarkhm and customs in the same real-frame in which they live sing."
It is also "cut red tape and interference tourist in direct relations with the host country, his family watched as they have their habits in their daily lives within the natural and historic heritage and the literal framework in which they live reacts with them ... a humanitarian spark that bring people ... because they direct and close contact travel through the collective personality of a people in various forms of expression. "
UNESCO focused in particular: "the inclusion of cultural tourism as part of the national cultural policy development, not only because they contribute to the economic and social development ... and revive the craft industries and traditional professions ... but because it provides jobs for young people and limit immigration ... but they is the appropriate arena for dialogue among civilizations and cultures ... and keeps the landmarks and cultural practices at stake. "
Within these concepts released the first official recognition of cultural tourism "in 1963 from the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations ... to support the concept of friendship and understanding between peoples." In 1966, UNESCO declared that "cultural tourism contributes to the strengthening of the peace process" ...
In 1976, Bill was the first to adopt the culture of tourism in Brussels and most of its provisions, "respect for the global natural and cultural heritage which must be ahead of any other consideration ... on social tourism and economic levels." Then this charter was revised in 1988 calling for tourists to "respect each community in its heritage and its environment."
In determining the cultural tourism resources in many countries soak the following item: "traditional crafts and industries and associated popular markets and workshops practicing literal work."
The present case or economic returns on the whole of the world cultural tourism, thus contributing to the development and growth of the artisanal sector and its contribution ratio ranging Taluaa and down in the national income, according to the State's interest in him and encouraged the workers at various levels and marketing assistance