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Tokyo City -part 1-
Tokyo, Japan’s capital, is located in the southwest of the Kanto region on Honshu Island. It is a city full of more s world, with around 12 million inhabitants.
Since the Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu established his government here in the early seventeenth century, the city began to develop around Edo Castle. Although much of the city was destroyed during the earthquake of 1923 and under the bombs of the Second World War, returned to restore.
Tokyo is not only the politicians and economic center of Japan, also offers a number of attractions that appeal to visitors as the districts of Ginza, Shinjuku, Asakusa, Shibuya, Akihabara and more. Continue reading
EIFFEL TOWER: The Symbol of Paris
The Eiffel Tower is the undisputed symbol of Paris, France, and even dare to say that in Europe. Is surely the first thing that comes to mind when we think of Paris. And this tower, designed and built in the Roaring Twenties, “gradually took that privileged place that until then disputed the Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame and the Louvre.
The Eiffel Tower was built for the Universal Exhibition of 1889 to be held in commemoration of the centenary of the French Revolution. Gustave Eiffel and his company were the entrepreneurs of such a project starting in 1887 was completed in March 1889, just over two years later. The work generated no little controversy, especially among artists of the time, who thought of the tower as an “iron monster” in the middle of the city of romance.
When talking about technical features, the tower is a huge metal structure weighing about 10,000 tons and its height was originally 300 feet, is now 324 meters, including radio and television antenna was added much later. Employ some 200 workers who joined more than 18,000 pieces of iron with 2 million bolts. The foundation measure 30 meters in depth, due to the proximity to the river and the nature of the subsoil.
It consists of three levels, can be accessed through the first two steps, should be encouragement to join the 1665 steps up! Otherwise you can take the elevator, which normally have long queues … Continue reading
The Jardin des Tuileries, Paris
The Jardin des Tuileries, Catherine de Medici whim, is the oldest garden in town and was the first public garden.
[Jardin des Tuileries]
From the twelfth century this vast space had been occupied by factories “tuiles” (a kind of tiles, from which it derives its name) and orchards. In 1564, Catherine de Medicis had built there a palace, the Tuileries Palace, surrounded by a large garden Florentine style, where fountains adorned with sculptures stood out, a maze, lots of ornamental and fruit trees, lawns, potted flowers, garden and even a vineyard …
Large lavish receptions and parties were held in these gardens, which by then were the queen’s personal gardens and were surrounded by high walls. In 1594 they planted cypress trees and lots of mulberry trees for silkworm rearing. Stables and cages with birds also had their place in this small paradise. Continue reading
The Louvre Museum, Paris
The Louvre Museum is one of the most important and oldest in the world: Its art collections meet all ages and cultures around three hundred thousand pieces….
[The Louvre]
The Louvre Museum is the largest museum in Paris and the third in the world in area, with 160,000 square meters, of which just over 58,000 were devoted to exhibitions. Located on the 1st. District in the heart of Paris, is also one of the oldest museums in the world.
The origins of the Louvre Palace dating back to the Middle Ages.
King Philip Augustus, who reigned for 43 years, from 1180-1223, had endowed the city, then the most important and powerful on the continent, a large protective wall. 1190 saw the need to strengthen this wall with the building of a strong castle, the typical Medieval castle surrounded by trenches with a tower, the Grosse Tour du Louvre, to guard the gates of Paris danger threatened by Anglo-Norman. Continue reading
MOULIN ROUGE: The Most Famous Cabaret In The World
In a special moment in the history of France, a time between two wars, a time when freedom and the will to live filled with the spirit of the Moulin Rouge Parisian born, the world’s most famous cabaret, 6 October 1889, with the help of two big businessmen: Joseph Oller and Charles Zidler.
The place for the implementation of the cabaret was chosen with care, the Montmartre area was “fashionable” neighborhood where they gathered to drink disreputable characters and where they could meet loose women. The Dance of the Moulin Rouge, frequented in the beginning by the local people gradually also attracted aristocrats who attended also by mixing with the lower class. Continue reading
The Place de la Concorde, Paris
Over a thousand heads rolled under the guillotine in the square,
today the largest and most beautiful of Paris.
[Obelisk Place de la Concorde]
Place de la Concorde is the most beautiful square in Paris and larger. Its location offers spectacular views of one of the most attractive areas of the city: To the east, a perspective of the Jardin des Tuileries, the Arc du Carrousel and the Louvre, to the west, the Champs Elysees and the Arc Triumph. La Rue Royale opens north to reach the Church of the Madeleine, and across the Seine, across the Puente de la Concorde, stands the Palais Bourbon, seat of the National Assembly.
The center of the square is dominated by an imposing pink granite obelisk of Luxor over 3300 years old and almost 23 meters high, a gift from Egypt to France. In each of the corners of the square, octagonal, is a statue representing a French city: Brest, Rouen, Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux, Nantes, Lille and Strasbourg. To the north and south of the obelisk, two monumental fountains depicting marine themes complete the square. Continue reading
Tiananmen Square, Beijing
Tiananmen Square, the world’s largest public square, is the center of Beijing. It has an area of 44 hectares. At the north end of the square stands the Tiananmen Tribune, also called Wumen, is the southern gateway of the Forbidden City and its entry pincipal.. It is initially built in 1417 during the Ming Dynasty (1368 AD – 1644 AD).
For hijacked, had a more important role in the bygone era, such a grand ceremony held at the village, firing, and to welcome military expeditions, etc… No one could enter the Five Phoenix Tower except relatives and royal courtiers until the feudal kingdom was overthrown in a? Or 1911.
In the center of the square stands the Monument to the People’s Heroes to commemorate the heroes who died in the wars against the Japanese invasion and the civil revolutions. It was built in 1952, is the largest monument in the history of China. It is written “Let the people’s heroes are immortal” at the monument, nominated by President Mao Zedong.
Revolutionary sculpture in Tiananmen Square Continue reading
PLAZA SAN MARCOS: The Historical Symbol of Venice
Plaza San Marcos, for centuries, has been the historical symbol of Venice, unique in the world for its charm and destination for thousands of tourists. The square dates from the ninth century, when the Doge, who leaves Malamocco and moved to Rialto, decided that the plaza was the place to settle because here the main roads converged water.
At that time, the place was on an island that was called “Morso”, which passed batari River dividing it into two: on one side was the Basilica of San Marco and the Church of San Teodoro, on the other, Church of San Geminiano “and the extensive gardens of the convent of San Zaccaria”, while the Ducal Palace Square was separated by a channel. Continue reading
GRAND CANAL: The Heart of Venice
The Grand Canal, which the Venetians call “Canalizzo” is the main street of Venice. It is 4 km and divides the city into two: the eastern part, which has three “sestiere” and the west, with three other “sestiere.” There are three bridges: degli Scalzi, Rialto and Accademia.
Rialto Bridge Continue reading
VENICE: A City on The Water
Although at the beginning of Christianity the lagoon and was populated by fishermen and hunters, the real Colonization V century, when the inhabitants of the land went to the islands to escape the barbarian invasions, first by the Huns and then of the Lombards. The confederation of the Laguna was not independent, but he owed loyalty to the Byzantine Empire, and the year 812 became one of its provinces. Constantinople to Venice privileges granted him because he was an important point for trade between East and West.
When Charlemagne and the Byzantine Emperor signed the Treaty of Aachen, the influence of Byzantium was greatly reduced, as evidenced by the fact that the Venetians 828 Alexandria robbed the body of St. Mark, who named the city’s patron, San Teodoro replacing. In 1000, the Doge got to stop pirate attacks many Slavs, and this victory was celebrated with the marriage between Venice and the Sea, to confirm his supremacy on the rise. Continue reading