donderdag 28 februari 2013

 Notre Dame de Paris
Notre Dame de Paris (IPA: [nɔtʁ dam də paʁi]; French for "Our Lady of Paris"), also known as Notre Dame Cathedral or simply Notre Dame,[2] is a historicRoman Catholic Marian cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in thefourth arrondissement of Paris, France. Widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture and among the largest and most well-known churches in the world,[3] Notre Dame is the cathedral of the CatholicArchdiocese of Paris; that is, it is the church that contains the cathedra (official chair) of the Archbishop of Paris, currently André Vingt-Trois. The cathedral treasury is notable for its reliquary, which houses the purported crown of thorns, a fragment of the True Cross and one of the Holy Nails – all instruments of the Passion and a few of the most important first-class relics.
Notre Dame de Paris is often reputed to be one of the most prominent examples of Gothic architecture in both France and in Europe as a whole, and the naturalism of its sculptures and stained glass are in contrast with earlier Romanesque architecture. The first period of construction from 1163 into 1240s coincided with the musical experiments of the Notre Dame school
The cathedral suffered desecration during the radical phase of the French Revolutionin the 1790s, when much of its religious imagery was damaged or destroyed. An extensive restoriansupervised by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc removed remaining decoration, returning the cathedral to an 'orginalgothic state.

zaterdag 23 februari 2013

Burj-Al-Arab

Burj Al Arab (Arabic برج العرب‎,Tower of the Arabs) is a luxury hotel located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. At 321 m (1,053 ft), it is the fourth tallest hotel In the world. Burj Al Arab stands on an artifical island 280 m (920 ft) from Jumeirah beach and is connected to the mainland by a private curving bridge. The shape of the structure is designed to mimic the sail of a ship. Sometimes referred to as "the world's only seven-Star hotel", its star rating is disputed

maandag 18 februari 2013

Batu Caves Kuala Lumpur


Batu Caves (Tamil: பத்து மலை), is a limestonehill, which has a series of caves and cave temples, in the Gombak district, 13 kilometres (8 mi) north of Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. It takes its name from the Sungai Batu or Batu River, which flows past the hill. Batu Caves is also the name of the nearby village

zaterdag 19 januari 2013


València
València, is the capital of theautonomous community of Valencia and the third largest city in Spain after Madrid and Barcelona, with around 809,000 inhabitants in the administrative centre. Valencia is also Spain's third largest metropolitan area, with a population ranging from 1.7 to 2.3 million. The city has global city status.The Port of Valencia is the 5th busiest container port in Europe and the largest on the Mediterranean Sea, with a trade volume of 4.21 millionTEU's

donderdag 17 januari 2013

The Goldenhorn Haliç İstanbul
The Golden Horn is a flooded prehistoric estuary. It is 7.5 kilometers long and is 750 meters across at its widest. Its maximum depth, where it flows into the Bosphorus, is about 35 meters. It is today spanned by four bridges. Moving downstream, the first is the Haliç Bridge, literally Estuary Bridge. The former Galata Bridge was damaged by a fire in 1992; it was moved to the second position in pieces, re-assembled, and restored as the Eski Galata Bridge, literally Old Galata Bridge. The third one is the Atatürk (Unkapanı) Bridge. The current Galata bridge was completed in 1994. A fifth bridge is currently under construction to connect the subway lines of the Istanbul metro to the north and south of the Golden Horn.

zaterdag 12 januari 2013

                            Cube house Rotterdam

Kubuswoningen, or cube houses, are a set of innovative houses built inRotterdam and Helmond in The Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon- shapedpylon. His design represents a village within a city, where each house represents a tree, and all the houses together, a forest.

vrijdag 11 januari 2013

Petronas Towers KL

The Petronas Towers, also known as the Petronas Twin Towers (Malay: Menara Petronas, or Menara Berkembar Petronas) are twin skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. According to the CTBUH's official definition and ranking, they were the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004 until surpassed by Taipei 101. The buildings are the landmark of Kuala Lumpur with nearby Kuala Lumpur Tower.

donderdag 10 januari 2013

Assisi
Assisi is a town and comune of Italy in the province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte sabusio. It was the birthplace of Saint Francis, who founded the Franscian regilious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare (Chiara d'Offreducci), the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor clares after her death. The 19th-century Saint Gabriel of our lady of  Sorrows was also born in Assisi.

woensdag 9 januari 2013

Vatican city
Vatican City officially Stato della Città del Vaticano is a landlockedsovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of approximately 44 hectares (110 acres), and a population of just over 800. This makes Vatican City the smallest indepentstate in the world by both area and population.
Vespasian Gate Side
 

                Side is a city on the southern Mediterranean coast of Turkey, a resort town and one of the best-known classical sites in the country.