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Rila Monastery - the monastery was founded in the 14th century on the site of the hermitage Ivan Rila existing since the 10th century in the valley of Rila mountain.
Modern form of the monastery dates from the 19th century, when through the victims of Bulgarian society and with the agreement of the Turkish authorities built a huge monastery complex. The walls of a thickness of 2 m and a height of 24 m giving it the appearance of a fortified stronghold. The inner courtyard is surrounded by three-storey buildings with arches painted in black and white and wooden galleries.
The main church of the Holy Mother of God is a three-nave basilica based on a cruciform plan with a dome at the intersection of the aisles. The pride of the temple are frescoes and great iconostasis.
In 1983 the monastery was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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Rylski Monastyr – monastyr został założony w XIV na miejscu pustelni Iwana z Riły istniejącej od X wieku w kotlinie górskiego masywu Riła.
Współczesna postać monastyru pochodzi z XIX w., kiedy to dzięki ofiarom społeczeństwa bułgarskiego i przy zgodzie władz tureckich wybudowano ogromny kompleks klasztorny. Mury grubości 2 m i wysokości 24 m nadają mu wygląd warownej twierdzy. Wewnętrzny dziedziniec otaczają trójkondygnacyjne budynki z łukami pomalowanymi na czarno i biało oraz drewnianymi krużgankami.
Główna cerkiew pod wezwaniem Świętej Bogurodzicy to trójnawowa bazylika oparta na planie krzyża z kopułą na skrzyżowaniu naw. Ozdobą świątyni są freski i olbrzymi ikonostas.
W 1983 monastyr został wpisany na listę światowego dziedzictwa UNESCO.
Sundown on the Wadden Sea, with reflections in the landscape, on the salt marshes, green beach, even on the tall grass in the foreground...
Location: The Island of Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Wadden Sea, The Netherlands:
( The Wadden Sea is a UNESCO World Heritage Site )
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The Speicherstadt (literally: 'City of Warehouses') in Hamburg, Germany is the largest warehouse district in the world where the buildings stand on timber-pile foundations, oak logs, in this particular case. It is located in the port of Hamburg and was built from 1883 to 1927.
The district was built as a free zone to transfer goods without paying customs. It has been awarded the status of UNESCO World Heritage Site on 5 July 2015. (from Wikipedia)
Der Industriekomplex Zeche und Kokerei Zollverein, der 2001 als UNESCO-Welterbe ausgezeichnet wurde, gilt als eines der imposantesten Industriedenkmäler der Welt. Seit der letzten Schicht im Jahre 1986 hat sich Zollverein in eine Stätte für Kunst, Kultur und Kreativwirtschaft verwandelt, die jährlich rund 1,5 Millionen Besucher anzieht.
AMSTERDAM - Capital of the Netherlands, has more than one hundred kilometers of grachten, about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges. The three main canals, dug in the 17th century during the Dutch Golden Age, form concentric belts around the city, known as the Grachtengordel. Alongside the main canals are 1550 monumental buildings. The 17th-century canal ring area, including the Prinsengracht, Keizersgracht, Herengracht and Jordaan, were listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010
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The Old City of Kotor is a well preserved urbanization typical of the middle Ages, built between the 12th and 14th century. Medieval architecture and numerous monuments of cultural heritage have made Kotor land on the UNESCO’s World Natural and Historical Heritage Site list.
Through the entire city the buildings are intersected by narrow streets and squares. Cathedral of Saint Tryphon (Sveti Tripun) is at the center of one of these squares, and it’s a monument of Roman culture and one of the most recognizable symbols of the city.
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Meteora (Greece) het andere Griekenland, een plek tussen Hemel en aarde en een indrukwekkende plek
Meteora (Grieks: Μετέωρα) zijn de op hoge rotspilaren gebouwde kloosters. Door eeuwenlange wind- en watererosie (ooit was de Thessalische vlakte een binnenzee) hebben de rotsformaties hun specifieke en moeilijk bedwingbare uiterlijk gekregen.
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Meteora (Greece) another Greece, a place between heaven and earth and an impressive place
Meteora (Greek: Μετέωρα) are the monasteries built on high rock pillars. By centuries of wind and water erosion (once the Thessaly plain was an inland sea), the rock formations have their specific and difficult bedwingbare received appearance.
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Bahla Fort (Qal'at Bahla) is one of four historic fortresses situated at the foot of the Djebel Akhdar highlands in Oman. It was built in the 13th and 14th centuries, when the oasis of Bahla was prosperous under the control of the Banu Nabhan tribe. The fort's ruined adobe walls and towers rise some 165 feet above its sandstone foundations. Nearby to the southwest is the Friday Mosque with a 14th-century sculpted mihrab. The fort was not restored or conserved before 1987, and had fallen into a parlous state, with parts of the walls collapsing each year in the rainy season. The fort became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. It was included in the List of World Heritage in Danger from 1988. Restoration works began in the 1990s, and nearly $9m were spent by the Omani government from 1993 to 1999. It remained covered with scaffolding and closed to tourists for many years. It was removed from the list of endangered sites in 2004.
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Augsburgs historische Wasserwirtschaft gilt als herausragendes Zeugnis der Geschichte der Wassernutzung und der Wasserwirtschaft. Eine Auswahl 22 historischer baulicher Anlagen zur Fließgewässernutzung und zur Trinkwasserversorgung Augsburgs vom 15. bis ins frühe 20. Jahrhundert wurde am 6. Juli 2019 unter der Bezeichnung „Das Augsburger Wassermanagement-System“ zum UNESCO-Welterbe erklärt. (wikipedia)
Durch die sog, Druckwindkessel (10m hoch 1,75m Durchmesser, genietete Stahlplatten, Gesamtfassungsvermögen 90m3) ersetzten die Augsburger Wassertürme.
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Lübeck - the former capital and Queen City of the Hanseatic League - was founded in the 12th century and prospered until the 16th century as the major trading centre for northern Europe. It has remained a centre for maritime commerce to this day, particularly with the Nordic countries. Despite the damage it suffered during the Second World War, the basic structure of the old city, consisting mainly of 15th- and 16th-century patrician residences, public monuments (the famous Holstentor brick gate), churches and salt storehouses, remains unaltered.
Lübeck is the second largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany.Because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage it was placed on UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 2009.
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Kronborg (Danish pronunciation: is a castle and historical stronghold in the town of Helsingør, Denmark. Immortalised as Elsinore in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Kronborg is one of the most important Renaissance castles in Northern Europe. It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2000.
The castle is situated on the extreme northeastern tip of the island of Zealand at the narrowest point of the Øresund, the sound between present Denmark and the provinces of present Sweden. The latter were under Danish control at the time the castle was built. In this part, the sound is only 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) wide, hence the strategic importance of maintaining a coastal fortification at this location commanding one of the few outlets of the Baltic Sea.
The castle's story dates back to a stronghold, Krogen, built by King Eric VII in the 1420s. Along with the fortress Kärnan in Helsingborg, on the opposite coast of Øresund, it controlled the entrance to the Baltic Sea. From 1574 to 1585, King Frederick II had the medieval fortress radically transformed into a magnificent Renaissance castle. The main architects were the Flemings Hans Hendrik van Paesschen and Anthonis van Obbergen. The sculptural work was coordinated by Gert van Groningen.
In 1629, a fire destroyed much of the castle, but King Christian IV subsequently had it rebuilt. The castle has a church within its walls. In 1658, Kronborg was besieged and captured by the Swedes, who took many of its valuable art treasures as war booty.
In 1785 the castle ceased to be a royal residence and was converted into barracks for the Army. The Army left the castle in 1923. After a thorough renovation, the complex was opened to the public.
« Patio des Crucero », Palais Gothique - Real Alcázar de Séville (Espagne)
Cour rectangulaire aménagée en jardin. Elle est divisée en quatre par des haies de myrte entourant des massifs de fusain du Japon, de lilas d'été, de bougainvillées et de jasmin ainsi que des palmiers.
Ce palais fortifié est inscrit au Patrimoine Mondial de l'Humanité par l'UNESCO depuis 1987.
Les moulins de Kinderdijk ont été construits pour garder les terres basses de l'Alblasserwaard au sec. Disposés l’un en face de l'autre, ils forment une image emblématique de la Hollande. De plus, vous pourrez voir de nombreux cours d’eau, des digues et des écluses et découvrir comment les hollandais utilisent depuis plus de 1 000 ans toute cette eau à leur avantage.
The Old Town of Corfu and its two fortresses,old on the left and new on the right,are listed among UNESCO’s World Heritage Monuments since 2007
The Old Town of Corfu and its old fortress liisted among UNESCO’s World Heritage Monuments since 2007
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Η παλιά πόλη της Κέρκυρας και τα δυο φρούρια παλαιό στα αριστερά και νέο ανήκουν πλέον στα Μνημεία Παγκόσμιας Κληρονομιάς της UNESCO από το 2007. The Old Town of Corfu and its two forts,old on the left and new are listed among UNESCO’s World Heritage Monuments since 2007
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El Sukiennice (« Llotja de teixits ») és un dels monuments històrics més emblemàtics de la ciutat de Cracòvia. Aquesta imponent llotja comercial de dos pisos, aixecada el segle xiii i després adaptada a l'època del Renaixement, ocupa el lloc central de la gran Plaça del Mercat i forma part del Patrimoni de la Humanitat de la UNESCO.[1]
A la planta baixa, la Llotja acull avui comerços d'artesania, mentre que el primer pis acull la Galeria d'art polonès del segle xix, una filial del Museu nacional de Cracòvia amb la més important col·lecció d'obres poloneses del món. Entre elles, la famosa tela Les Torxes de Neró, oferta a l'obertura del museu pel seu pintor, Henryk Siemiradzki i el quadre gegant Homenatge prussià de Jan Matejko.
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Posicionada segons l'eix nord-sud de la plaça, amb les seves façanes oest i est simètriques respecte als eixos de les entrades, la Llotja de teixits de Cracòvia reuneix elements arquitectònics d'èpoques molt diferents, i constitueix una síntesi global de l'arquitectura de la ciutat.
El nom Sukiennice ve de la paraula polonesa sukno que vol dir teixit, roba. En efecte, els drapers disposaven les seves parades al centre de la plaça del Mercat per a la venda a l'engròs de teixits.
La primera llotja, aixecada al segle xiii, després de la concessió a la ciutat d'una carta de Drets de Magdeburg, es limitava a dues fileres de botigues de pedra que formaven un carrer al mig de la Plaça del Mercat. El comerç als Sukiennice era una font important d'ingressos per a la ciutat: segons el privilegi reial, els venedors vinguts de l'exterior només podien vendre la seva pròpia mercaderia, i només en aquest lloc.
L'any 1358, el Casimir III fa construir el primer edifici de 100 m de longitud amb dos portals ogivals situats al centre de les façanes principals. Després d'un incendi que va consumir l'edifici l'any 1555, es va cridar als italians que havien vingut amb la reina Bona Sforza (esposa italiana del rei Segimon el Vell). La Llotja de teixits renovada a l'estil Renaixement llavors es va dotar d'un àtic decorat amb una cresta amb gàrgoles, estilitzades amb caps humans, realitzades probablement segons els projectes de Santi Gucci. Giovanni Maria Mosca divideix l'edifici en dos pisos i està connectat per escales cobertes per lògies situats sobre els costats més curts.
Els últims treballs importants són duts a terme al segle xix per Tomasz Prylińeski. L'arquitecte transforma la llotja a la planta baixa, instal·lant-hi al llarg dels murs botigues de fusta. El sostre serà adornat més tard amb l'escut de les ciutats poloneses, els emblemes dels gremis i els segells. Prylińeski afegeix també arcades neogòtiques de pedra per tal de donar l'elegància a l'edifici,[1] així com dels mascarons representant caricatures dels presidents de l'època de la ciutat de Cracòvia, realitzats segons un dibuix de Jan Matejko. La llotja superior és adaptada a les necessitats del museu.
The Kraków Cloth Hall (Polish: Sukiennice, pronounced [sukʲɛˈɲːit͡sɛ]), in Lesser Poland, dates to the Renaissance and is one of the city's most recognizable icons. It is the central feature of the main market square in the Kraków Old Town (the historic center of Kraków), which since 1978 has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site).
t was once a major centre of international trade. Travelling merchants met there to discuss business and to barter. During its golden age in the 15th century, the hall was the source of a variety of exotic imports from the east – spices, silk, leather and wax – while Kraków itself exported textiles, lead, and salt from the Wieliczka Salt Mine.
In the immediate vicinity of the hall, the Great Weigh House and the Small Weigh House existed until the 19th century. Other, similar cloth halls have existed in other Polish as well as other European cities such as in Ypres, Belgium; Braunschweig, and in Leeds, EnglandKraków was Poland's capital city and was among the largest cities in Europe already from before the time of the Renaissance. However, its decline started with the move of the capital to Warsaw at the end of the 16th century. The city's decline was hastened by wars and politics leading to the Partitions of Poland at the end of the 18th century. By the time of the architectural restoration proposed for the cloth hall in 1870 under Austrian rule, much of the historic city center was decrepit. A change in political and economic fortunes for the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria ushered in a revival due to newly established Legislative Assembly or Sejm of the Land. The successful renovation of the Cloth Hall, based on a design by Tomasz Pryliński and supervised by Mayor Mikołaj Zyblikiewicz, Sejm Marshal, was one of the most notable achievements of this period.[1]
The hall has hosted many distinguished guests over the centuries and is still used to entertain monarchs and dignitaries, such as King Charles III, then Prince of Wales, and Emperor Akihito of Japan, who was welcomed here in 2002. In the past, balls were held here, most notably after Prince Józef Poniatowski had briefly liberated the city from the Austrians in 1809. Aside from its history and cultural value, the hall is still used as a center of commerce.
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Elf miljard ton ijs: dat is de Aletschgletsjer
Aletschgletsjer is een gletsjer in de Berner Alpen. Het is de grootste gletsjer in Zwitserland en van de Alpen.
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Eleven billion tons of ice: that's the Aletsch Glacier.
The Aletsch Glacier is a glacier in the Bernese Alps. It is the largest glacier in Switzerland and the largest in the Alps.
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The disused ariel tramway station anchors this panorama of the western rim of the Grand Canyon.
The Grand Canyon was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.
The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex (German Zeche Zollverein) is a large former industrial site in the city of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
The first coal mine on the premises was founded in 1847, and mining activities took place from 1851 until December 23, 1986. For decades, starting in the late 1950s, the two parts of the site, Zollverein Coal Mine and Zollverein Coking Plant (erected 1957–1961, closed on June 30, 1993), ranked among the largest of their kinds in Europe. Shaft 12, built in the New Objectivity style, was opened in 1932 and is considered an architectural and technical masterpiece, earning it a reputation as the "most beautiful coal mine in the world".
Because of its architecture and testimony to the development of heavy industry in Europe, the industrial complex was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on December 14, 2001, and is one of the anchor points of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
Unesco is his name and he is the dominant male of the group of Califonia sea lions at our zoo. He is one of those animals everybody knows. :)
Orléans (Loiret) - Cathédrale Sainte-Croix
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Después de varios intentos, conseguí disfrutar de un estupendo amanecer desde el lago Limides. Esta fotografía la realicé en el mes de Junio, posiblemente el mejor mes para conseguir un primer plano con esas flores tan características de los alpes.
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La Lucas Cranach Haus située au Markt 11, Weimar, Land de Thuringe, Allemagne.
C'est dans cette maison Renaissance (1549) aux pignons à volutes que Lucas Cranach l'Ancien (1472-1553) a passé la dernière année de sa vie. L'atelier du peintre était installé au 3e étage. La belle demeure colorée s'élevait au centre des maisons occupant la limite est de la place du marché de Weimar, en face du Rathaus (l’hôtel de ville).
Lucas Maler, dit Lucas Cranach l’Ancien est un peintre et graveur de la Renaissance allemande. Il est mort le 16 octobre 1553 à Weimar (duché de Saxe).
Weimar est traversée par l'Ilm et se situe en marge du Bassin de Thuringe à une altitude d'environ 200 mètres. Dans l'histoire allemande, la période allant de 1919 à 1933 est appelée la république de Weimar, du fait que la constitution de cette république a été conçue à Weimar et non à Berlin où le climat social était insurrectionnel depuis la révolution de 1918 et la rendait trop dangereuse aux yeux de l’Assemblée nationale constituante allemande.
Weimar a aussi été le centre du mouvement Bauhaus (écoles d'art et Haus am Horn). La ville abrite de nombreuses galeries d'art, des musées, le Théâtre national allemand et l'université Bauhaus. Ville aux nombreux monuments historiques, Weimar a été inscrite par l'UNESCO au patrimoine mondial en décembre 1998 (WHL-846) et a été nommée capitale européenne de la culture en 1999.
Le parc national de Þingvellir est près de la municipalité de Bláskógabyggð, en Islande. Ce parc se situe au sud-ouest de l'Islande, en bordure des Hautes Terres, sur la rive nord de Þingvallavatn, le plus grand lac naturel d'Islande.
L'église Þingvallakirkja a été consacrée au 11e siècle mais reconstruit en 1859 et la Þingvallabaer est une ferme à 5 pignons édifiée dans les années 1930. Ces édifices logent aujourd'hui le centre administratif du parc et la maison d'été du premier Ministre de l'Islande.
L’aire protégée de Þingvellir regroupe plusieurs montagnes, volcans, lacs, cours d'eau et une forêt. Le site, célèbre pour sa beauté naturelle et son histoire, est classé au patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO depuis 2004 (WHL-1152).
Þingvellir (islandais), anglicisé comme Thingvellir, était le site en plein air de l'Althing, assemblée plénière représentant l'ensemble de l'Islande, qui s'est tenu à partir de 930 jusqu'en 1798. Durant une session annuelle qui durait une quinzaine de jours, l'assemblée élaborait des lois conçues comme des pactes entre hommes libres et réglait les différends. Pour la population islandaise, l'Althing est un lieu aux profondes résonances historiques et symboliques. Le nom Þingvellir est d’ailleurs dérivé du vieux norrois Þingvǫllr, de þing ("thing, assembée") et vǫllr ("champ"), signifiant champs d'assemblage.
Depuis 1881, le parlement islandais est situé à Alþingishúsið à Reykjavík.
Le parc national de Þingvellir fait partie du Golden Circle, la plus célèbre de toutes les routes panoramiques d'Islande qui combine des monuments époustouflants et des lieux d'importance historique dans une visite touristique circulaire. Le Cercle d'Or est la plus célèbre de toutes les routes panoramiques d'Islande et combine des monuments époustouflants et des lieux d'importance historique dans une visite touristique circulaire.
The interior of the 45 meter (147 ft) wide dome of the Il Duomo di Firenze (Florence Cathedral) features a sprawling mosaic decoration of The Last Judgment. Started in 1568 by Giorgio Vasari and Federico Zuccari, and several other artists, it took 11 years to finish. The upper portion near the lantern gives the illusion of three-dimensional imagery, incredibly impressive considering that it is a 430-year-old work of art.
Florence Cathedral is the main church of Florence, and is one of the largest in Italy. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. You can climb the Duomo; I counted 462 steps, but supposedly there are 467, and it’s well worth the effort. Mid-way up there is a gallery where you can walk around and see this amazing fresco a lot closer than from the cathedral floor.
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The Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba is the cathedral of the Diocese of Córdoba dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and located in the Spanish region of Andalusia. Due to its status as a former mosque, it is also known as the Mezquita.
In 1236 Córdoba was conquered by King Ferdinand III of Castile as part of the Reconquista. Upon the city's conquest the mosque was converted into a Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Virgin Mary (Santa Maria).
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The Frigorífico Anglo del Uruguay was a meatpacking plant located at Fray Bentos, Uruguay, on the Uruguay River bank.
In 1924, the Vestey group purchases the old installations of Liebig Extract of Meat Company and the production goes on under a new name.
During its peak period, El Anglo had 5,000 workers whose ranks included English, Belgians, Russians, Spanish and Italians. It finally closed in 1979 after Europe and the United States had cut back their purchases from Latin America. Small brick houses with thick walls running along the river's edge in Fray Bentos form the "Barrio Anglo," a city-within-a-city where meatpacking workers lived that featured a hospital, a school, a social club and a football squad.[1]
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This unassuming little space is the Diwan-e-Aam or Sabha Niwas (Hall of Public Audience) of the City Palace of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Construction of the City Palace, Jaipur, started in 1727 under the reign of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II. It is still the residence of the former royal family of Jaipur.