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 St. Basil's Cathedral

Country: Russia
City: Moscow
St. Basil's Cathedral The famous St. Basil's Cathedral was commissioned by Ivan the Terrible and built on the edge of Red Square between 1555 and 1561. Legend has it that on completion of the church the Tsar ordered the architect, Postnik Yakovlev, to be blinded to prevent him from ever creating anything to rival its beauty again. The cathedral was built to commemorate Ivan the Terrible's successful military campaign a ...

 Leopoldskron Castle - Schloss Leopoldskron

Country: Austria
City: Salzburg
Leopoldskron Castle - Schloss Leopoldskron One of Austria’s most notable Rococo buildings is Leopoldskron Castle, a beautiful piece of architecture by the little lake “Leopoldskroner Weiher”. It was ordered by Prince Archbishop Leopold Anton Firmian, who also built Schloss Klessheim, in order to accommodate him and his family. He hired the architect Pater Bernhard Stuart, who was a Benedictine monk from Regensburg in Bavaria and a Professo ...

 Big Ben

Country: United Kingdom
City: London
Big Ben Big Ben is one of London's best-known landmarks, and looks most spectacular at night when the clock faces are illuminated. You even know when parliament is in session, because a light shines above the clock face. The four dials of the clock are 23 feet square, the minute hand is 14 feet long and the figures are 2 feet high. Minutely regulated with a stack of coins placed on the huge pendulum, Big ...

 Rila Monastery

Country: Bulgaria
City: Sofia
Rila Monastery The Rila Monastery is situated in Southwestern Bulgaria, 117 km away from Sofia and 40 km away from Blagoevgrad. Rising at 1147 m above sea level, it lies amidst some of the most scenic recesses of the Rila Mountains, to which the monastery owes its name. On either side the swift and clear flowing rivers of Rilska and Drushlyavitsa flank it. The Malyovitsa peak, reaching a height of 2729 m, is wit ...

 Cathedral of Santa Eulalia

Country: Spain
City: Barcelona
Cathedral of Santa Eulalia The Cathedral of Santa Eulàlia (also called La Seu) is the Gothic cathedral seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. (Though sometimes inaccurately so called, the famous Sagrada Família is not a cathedral). La Seu was constructed throughout the 13th to 15th centuries on top of a former Visigothic church. The Gothic-like façade is from the 19th century. The cathedral i ...

 La Sagrada Familia

Country: Spain
City: Barcelona
La Sagrada Familia The "Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia" (Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family) was the idea of a bookseller, Josep María Bocabella, literate and devoted man who in 1866 founded the Asociación Espiritual de Devotos de San José (Spiritual Association of Devotees of St. Joseph), whose objective was to achieve, through the protection of St. Joseph, the triumph of the Catholic Church in a time in ...

 The Karnak Temple

Country: Egypt
City: Karnak
The Karnak Temple The Temple of Karnak is the largest Temple in the World! The complex contains a group of Temples such as the Great Temple of Amon Ra, The Temple of Khonso, The Ipt Temple, The Temple of Ptah, the Temple of Montho and the Temple of the God Osiris. A 20m high, mud brick enclosure wall, surrounded all of these buildings. This great Temple of Amon Ra was known during the Middle Kingdom period as Ipt- ...

 The Pyramids of Giza

Country: Egypt
City: Giza
The Pyramids of Giza Between about 2700 and 2200 BCE, the Egyptian rulers began building the giant pyramids that many people have seen on postcards or in the movies. These pyramids were like huge gravestones for kings and queens. The Egyptian builders used the most rare and interesting stones they could find to make the pyramids' chapels and statues. These stones often came from far away. The Egyptians brought red gr ...

 Prague Castle

Country: Czech Republic
City: Prague
Prague Castle At the end of the 9th century a castle site originated which was to become the center of the power and ideology of the country in the following centuries. Throughout the whole Middle Ages the seat of the monarchal power, the spiritual center of the country and the scene of the negotiations of the estates fathers were the symbol and expression of the unity of the Czech state. Prague castle was enla ...

 Copacabana Beach

Country: Brazil
City: Rio de Janeiro
Copacabana Beach Copacabana is a borough located in the southern zone of the city Rio de Janeiro, famous for its 4 km beach. The district was originally called Sacopenapã until the mid-18th century. It was renamed after the construction of a chapel holding a replica of the Virgin of Copacabana, Bolivia. It was incorporated into the city on July 6, 1892. Copacabana begins at Princesa Isabel Avenue and ends at Pos ...

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