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Das Kalon-Minarett wurde 1127 erbaut und ist mit einer Höhe von 46 m in seiner Bauart das höchste in Zentralasien.
Buchara wurde im 6. Jhdt v. chr. gegründet und profitierte durch seine Lage vom Handel an der Seidenstraße.
Buchara war die erste bedeutende Stadt in Zentralasien, wo sich der Islam durchsetzen konnte.
Buchara ist Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO.
The Palácio da Pena (in English: "Pena Palace") on an overcast day, viewed from the Pena Park, Sintra, Portugal
Some background information:
The Palácio da Pena is a Romanticist castle in São Pedro de Penaferrim, in the Portuguese municipality of Sintra, located about 30 kilmetres (18.6 miles) to the northwest of the Portuguese capital city of Lisbon. The castle stands on the top of a hill in the Sintra Mountains above the town of Sintra, and on a clear day it can be easily seen from Lisbon and much of its metropolitan area. It is a national monument and constitutes one of the major expressions of 19th-century Romanticism in the world. The palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the so-called Seven Wonders of Portugal. It is also used for state occasions by the President of the Portuguese Republic and other government officials.
The castle's history started in the Middle Ages when a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Pena was built on the top of the hill above Sintra. According to tradition, construction occurred after an apparition of the Virgin Mary. In 1493, John II, accompanied by his wife Leonor of Viseu, made a pilgrimage to the site to fulfill a vow. His successor, Manuel I, was also very fond of this sanctuary, and ordered the construction of a monastery on this site which was donated to the Order of Saint Jerome. For centuries Pena was a small, quiet place for meditation, which housed just a maximum of eighteen monks.
In the 18th century, the monastery was severely damaged by lightning. However, it was the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, occurring shortly afterwards, that took the heaviest toll on the monastery, reducing it to ruins. Nonetheless, the chapel escaped without significant damage. For many decades the ruins remained untouched, but they still astonished young Prince Ferdinand. In 1838, as Ferdinand II, King of Portugal, he decided to acquire the old monastery, all of the surrounding lands, the nearby Castle of the Moors and a few other estates in the area. Ferdinand II then set out to transform the remains of the monastery into a palace that would serve as a summer residence for the Portuguese royal family.
The commission for the Romantic style palace was given to the German mining engineer and architect Wilhelm Ludwig von Eschwege. The construction took place between 1842 and 1854, although it was almost completed in 1847. King Ferdinand and Queen Maria II intervened decisively on matters of decoration and symbolism. Among others, the King suggested vault arches, medieval and Islamic elements to be included, and he also designed an ornate window for the main façade.
After the death of Ferdinand the palace passed into the possession of his second wife Elisa Hensler, Countess of Edla. The latter then sold the palace to King Luís, who wanted to retrieve it for the royal family, and thereafter the huge building was frequently used by the family. In 1889 it was purchased by the Portuguese State, and after the Republican Revolution of 1910 it was classified as a national monument and transformed into a museum. The last queen of Portugal, Queen Amélia, spent her last night at the palace before leaving the country in exile.
The palace quickly drew visitors and became one of Portugal's most visited monuments. Over time the colors of the red and yellow façades faded, and for many years the palace was visually identified as being entirely gray. By the end of the 20th century the palace was repainted and the original colors restored. In 1995, the palace and the rest of the Cultural Landscape of Sintra were classified as a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO.
The Palácio da Pena has a profusion of styles much in accordance with the exotic taste of the Romanticism. The intentional mixture of eclectic styles includes the Neo-Gothic, Neo-Manueline, Neo-Islamic and Neo-Renaissance. Much of this has been evident since major renovations in the 1840s. References to other prominent Portuguese buildings, such as the Belém Tower, are also present.
The Palácio da Pena is completely surrounded by the Pena Park, a vast forested area spreading for over 200 hectares of uneven terrain. The park was created at the same time as the palace by King Ferdinand II, who was assisted in this task by the barons von Eschwege and von Kessler. The exotic taste of the Romanticism was applied to the park as it was to the palace.
The King ordered trees from diverse, distant lands to be planted there. Those included North American sequoia, Lawson's cypress, magnolia and Western redcedar, Chinese ginkgo, Japanese Cryptomeria, and a wide variety of ferns and tree ferns from Australia and New Zealand, concentrated in the Queen's Fern Garden (Feteira da Rainha). The park has a labyrinthic system of paths and narrow roads, connecting the palace to the many points of interest throughout the park, as well as to its two gated exits.
Well, usually I obstain from stating my own opinion about a location, but this time, I have to: The Palácio da Pena is truly a great sight, but was it worth the trip? No, not at all: 1) The palace is in rather poor condition, with the colour peeling off from the walls and the interior being in desperate need of restoration. 2) The incredible rush of visitors made it one of the most constricting experiences, I ever underwent. And although visitors have to book a time slot for their visit, I couldn’t avoid the impression that all time slots were absolutely overbooked. In my opinion, just a quarter of the visitors would still have been too much.
3) Because of that, visitors have to queue up for quite a long time to get inside and afterwards walk in single file through the palace, always being in physical contact with each other. And 4) the signposting in the gardens is a complete disaster and practically non-existent. So be careful, as you might get lost in the park. All in all, I can only give you the advice, to forgo the Palácio da Pena. For me and my wife, it was a rather bitter disappointment.
Corvey / Höxter (Weser Uplands, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
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This is the largest and most spectacular structure along the 63-kilometre stretch of the Albula Line between Thusis and St. Moritz. The Landwasser Viaduct is widely-admired both by specialists in engineering and the public in general. The construction in 1901/02 of the three main pillars was, and is, a masterpiece of civil engineering - and all the more so when we consider that they were built without scaffolding and using just two cranes.
The 142 metre-long bridge carries the railway line in an impressive sweeping arch of 65 metres in height over the wild valley of Landwassertal, before plunging it into a tunnel cut into the towering vertical rock face. The structure was designed to harmonise perfectly with its mountainous surroundings, and the unique interplay of nature, culture and technology found on the Albula and Bernina lines is reflected particularly well in this viaduct built of natural calcareous dolomite stone. The total work of art that is “The Rhaetian Railway in the Albula/Bernina landscapes” was recognised as such (only the third railway in the world to be so) by the awarding, on July 7th 2008, of UNESCO World Heritage status. The Landwasser Viaduct is now undergoing its first major rebuild in 106 years - as the RhB carries out a gentle facelift, from March to November 2009, of the brickwork and tracks.
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According to legend, the Wartburg was founded in 1067 and is one of the most famous castles in Germany. In 1853 they began to renovate the Wartburg and rebuild dilapidated parts. It is the first German castle to be included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Die Kathedrale wurde im 12. Jhdt errichtet. Hier wurden 1497 die Flaggen der Schiffe von Vasco da Gama gesegnet.
Evora ist Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO.
Das Schweriner Schloss ist das Wahrzeichen der Stadt Schwerin und war bis 1918 die Residenz der mecklenburgischen Herzöge und Großherzöge. Das auf der Schlossinsel im Schweriner See gelegene Bauwerk gilt als ein bedeutendes Beispiel des Historismus in Deutschland. Seit 1990 dient es als Sitz des Landtages von Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Das heutige Gebäude entstand durch einen tiefgreifenden Um- und Neubau des seit etwa 1500 entstanden alten Schlosses in der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Es entstand nach Plänen der Architekten Georg Adolf Demmler, Gottfried Semper, Friedrich August Stüler und Ernst Friedrich Zwirner. Für die von 1844 bis 1857 errichteten neuen Baukörper im Stil der Neorenaissance dienten unter anderem französische Renaissanceschlösser als Vorbild.
Schloss Schwerin ist UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe
Registan, (Platz des sandigen Ortes‘) in der usbekischen Stadt Samarkand ist einer der bedeutendsten historischen Orte Mittelasiens. An ihm befinden sich die Ulugbek-Medrese, die Tillakori-Medrese und die Scherdor-Medrese, die zwischen dem 15. und dem 17. Jahrhundert errichtet wurden und zusammen ein herausragendes architektonisches Ensemble bilden.
Samarkand wurde etwa 750 v. Chr. gegründet. Der mongolische Herrscher Timur machte Samarkand zur 1369 zur Hauptstadt seines Großreichs und baute die Stadt zu einer der schönsten und bedeutendsten Metropolen seiner Zeit aus.
Die Altstadt von Samarkand ist Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO.
Das Plantin-Moretus-Museum geht auf die Druckerei des Christoph Plantin aus dem 16. Jahrhundert zurück. Sie ist die einzige erhaltene Buchdruckerei aus der Zeit der Renaissance und des Barock und wurde 2005 als erstes Museum in die Liste des Weltkulturerbes der UNESCO aufgenommen.
Die Druckerei wurde 1555 gegründet. Sie war eine der größten ihrer Zeit und gilt als erste industrielle Buchdruckerei. Sie zählte bis zu 16 Druckpressen und hatte über 80 Beschäftigte. Nach dem Tod von Plantin übernahm sein Schwiegersohn Jan Moretus die Druckerei, die jetzt zu einer wichtigen Institution der Gegenreformation wurde.
Venice, Italy.
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Corvey / Höxter (Weser Uplands, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Die Alhambra ist eine Stadtburg (kasbah) auf dem Sabikah-Hügel in Granada. Sie gilt als das bedeutendste Beispiel des maurischen Stils der islamischen Kunst und ist eine der meistbesuchten Touristenattraktionen Europas
1238 verlegte der erste Nasridenherrscher, Mohammed I. seine Residenz nach Granada und begründete seine eigene Dynastie, die Nasriden, die bis 1492 über das Emirat von Granada herrschte. Mohammad veranlasste den Bau der Zitadelle auf dem Gelände der heutigen Alhambra. Die Befestigung der Alcazaba (Oberstadt) wurde im 13. und 14. Jahrhundert errichtet.
Der letzte maurische Herrscher Mohammad XII. (kapitulierte nach langer Belagerung im November 1491 und übergab die Festung am 2. Januar 1492 an die Katholischen Könige (spanisch Reyes Católicos). Damit fiel die letzte Bastion der Mauren in Spanien.
Die Alhambra ist Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO.
Die Kathedrale wurde in den Jahren 1401 bis 1519 auf den Überresten der im 12. Jahrhundert errichteten arabischen Mezquita Mayor gebaut. Sie ist die weltweit größte gotische Kathedrale und eine der größten Kirchen der Welt Ihre Länge beträgt zusammen mit der Königskapelle 145 m, ihre Breite 82 m. Die Höhe des mittleren Kirchenschiffes beträgt 42 m.
Die Kathedrale ist Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO.
Medieval half-timbered houses in Place Plumereau in the old town of the city of Tours, Loire Valley, France
Some background information:
Tours is a city in the west of France. It is the administrative centre of the department of Indre-et-Loire and the largest city in the Centre-Val de Loire region (although it is not its capital, which is Orléans, the region's second-largest city. The city of Tours has about 135,000 inhabitants, while the population of the metropolitan area is about 500,000.
Tours stands on the lower reaches of the Loire river, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. The surrounding district, the traditional province of Touraine, is known for its great wines, for the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the Battle of Tours. The historical center of Tours (also called "Le vieux Tours") belongs to the UNESCO World Heritage Site "The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes". The city is also the end-point of the annual Paris–Tours cycle race.
In Gallic times the city was important as a crossing point of the Loire. After having become part of the Roman Empire during the 1st century, the city was named "Caesarodunum" (in English: "hill of Caesar"). The name evolved in the 4th century when the original Gallic name, Turones, became first "Civitas Turonum" and then "Tours". It was at this time that the amphitheatre of Tours was built, one of the five largest amphitheatres of the Empire. Tours became the metropolis of the Roman province of Lugdunum towards 380 to 388, dominating the Loire Valley, Maine and Brittany.
One of the outstanding figures of the history of the city was Saint Martin, second bishop of Tours, who shared his coat with a naked beggar in Amiens. This incident and the importance of Martin in the medieval Christian West made Tours, and its position on the route of pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, a major centre during the Middle Ages.
In 732, Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi and a large army of Muslim horsemen from Al-Andalus advanced 500 kilometres (311 miles) deep into France. They were stopped at Tours by Charles Martel and his infantry igniting the Battle of Tours. The outcome was a severe defeat for the Muslims, preventing France from Islamic conquest. In 845, Tours repulsed the first attack of the Viking chief Hasting. But in 850, the Vikings, still led by Hasting, settled at the mouths of the Seine and the Loire. In 852, they went up the Loire again and sacked the cities of Angers and Tours as well as the abbey of Marmoutier.
During the Middle Ages, Tours consisted of two juxtaposed and competing centres. The "city" in the east, successor of the late Roman 'castrum', was composed of the archiepiscopal establishment (the cathedral and palace of the archbishops) and of the castle of Tours. The "new city" in the west structured around the Abbey of Saint Martin was freed from the control of the City during the 10th century (an enclosure was built towards 918) and became "Châteauneuf". This space, organized between Saint Martin and the Loire, became the economic centre of Tours. Between these two centres remained Varennes, an area of vineyards and fields, little occupied except for the Abbaye Saint-Julien established on the banks of the Loire. Both centres weren’t linked until the 14th century.
After Tours had become the capital of the county of Touraine, the territory was bitterly disputed between the counts of Blois and Anjou. In the 11th century, the latter were victorious. In the 15th century, at the time of King Louis XI, the city became the capital of France and remained the permanent residence of the kings and the court until the 16th century. This era gave the region many private mansions and castles, joined together to some extent under the generic name of the Châteaux of the Loire. The reason was that many French noblemen wanted to live in the close proximity of the king to be noticed and win the king’s favour.
At that time Tours already had about 75,000 residents, a flourishing silk industry, many splendid town houses and an impressive gothic cathedral that testified to the city’s importance. But after Henry IV had become the new King of France, he switched both parliament and audit office back to Paris in 1594. This step and also the later construction of Versailles marked the beginning of Tour’s slow but permanent decline.
However, it was the arrival of the railway in the 19th century which saved the city by making it an important nodal point. At that time, Tours was expanding towards the south. The importance of the city as a centre of communications contributed to its revival and, as the 20th century progressed, Tours became a dynamic conurbation, economically oriented towards the service sector.
During World War I, the city was greatly affected by the American participation in the war. A force of 25,000 American soldiers arrived in 1917, setting up textile factories for the manufacture of uniforms, repair shops for military equipment, munitions dumps, an army post office and an American military hospital at Augustins. Thus Tours became a garrison town with a resident general staff. The American presence is remembered today by the Woodrow Wilson bridge over the Loire, which was officially opened in July 1918 and bears the name of the man who was President of the USA from 1913 to 1921.
But Tours was also marked by World War II. In June 1940, German incendiary bombs caused a huge fire which blazed out of control and destroyed part of the city centre. Some architectural masterpieces of the 16th and 17th centuries were lost, as was the monumental entry to the city. Because the Wilson Bridge which carried a water main, had been dynamited to slow the progress of the German advance, many inhabitants had no option but to flee to safety. More heavy air raids by Allied forces devastated the area around the railway station in 1944, causing several hundred deaths.
Today, Tours is a lovely city with many sights and a beautiful original medieval district. It is also called "The Garden of France" because of its many parks and the fertile surrounding region. Furthermore, the city is home to the François Rabelais University of Tours with its more than 30,000 students, making it a very vibrant university town.
Der 2563 m hohe Schlern ist ein Berg in den Südtiroler Dolomiten in Italien. Trotz seiner verhältnismäßig geringen Höhe gilt der stockartige Westpfeiler der Dolomiten aufgrund seiner charakteristischen Form als Wahrzeichen Südtirols. Der Berg ist der Namensgeber der umliegenden Gebirgsgruppe, der Schlerngruppe.
Piazza di San Giovanni with the cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore in the background, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Some background information:
The Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore was begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to a design of Arnolfo di Cambio and was structurally completed by 1436, with the dome designed by Filippo Brunelleschi. The exterior of the basilica is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink, bordered by white. The cathedral complex in Piazza del Duomo includes the Baptistery and Giotto's Campanile. These three buildings are one of the major tourist attractions of Tuscany and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site covering the historic centre of Florence. The basilica is one of Italy's largest churches, and until the development of new structural materials in the modern era, the dome was the largest in the world. It still remains the largest brick dome ever constructed.
After the cathedral’s nave had been finished by 1380, only the dome remained incomplete. On 18th August 1418, an architectural design competition was announced for erecting the dome. The two main competitors were two master goldsmiths, Lorenzo Ghiberti and Filippo Brunelleschi, the latter of whom was supported by Cosimo de Medici. Ghiberti had been the winner of a competition for a pair of bronze doors for the Baptistery in 1401 and lifelong competition between the two remained sharp. Brunelleschi won and received the commission. Work on the dome started in 1420 and was completed in 1436. The cathedral was consecrated by Pope Eugene IV on 25th March 1436, (the first day of the year according to the Florentine calendar). It was the first "octagonal" dome in history to be built without a temporary wooden supporting frame. And it was and still is one of the most impressive architectural projects of the Renaissance.
With about 400,000 residents in its city centre and more than 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area, Florence is the capital and also the most populous city of the Italian region of Tuscany. The town lies in a basin formed by several hills. The Arno river, three other minor rivers and some streams flow through its metropolitan area. During the Middle Ages the city was a centre of European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is also considered the birthplace of the Renaissance, and has been called "the Athens of the Middle Ages". A turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful Medici family and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 Florence was the capital of the recently established Kingdom of Italy.
The Florentine dialect forms the base of Standard Italian and it became the language of culture throughout Italy due to the prestige of the masterpieces by Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Niccolò Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini, who were all born in the city. Florence attracts millions of tourists each year, and its historic centre was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982. The city is noted for its culture, art, architecture and monuments. It contains numerous museums and art galleries, such as the Uffizi Gallery and the Palazzo Pitti. Due to Florence's artistic and architectural heritage, it has been ranked by Forbes as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Furthermore, Florence is also an important city in Italian fashion, being ranked in the top 15 fashion capitals of the world.
Florence originated as a Roman city. Around 200 BC, the Etruscans initially formed the small settlement of Fiesole, which was destroyed by Lucius Cornelius Sulla in 80 BC in reprisal for supporting the populares faction in Rome. In 59 BC, the present city of Florence was established by Julius Caesar as a settlement for his veteran soldiers. Originally it was named Fluentia, owing to the fact that it was built between two rivers, but its name was later changed to Florentia (in English: "flowering"). Situated along the Via Cassia, the main route between Rome and the north, and within the fertile valley of the Arno, the settlement quickly became an important commercial centre.
In centuries to come, the city was often troubled by warfare between the Ostrogoths and the Byzantines, which may have caused the population to fall to as few as 1,000 people. Peace returned under Lombard rule in the 6th century. In 774, Florence was conquered by Charlemagne and became part of the Duchy of Tuscany, with Lucca as its capital. The population began to grow again and commerce prospered.
Margrave Hugo chose Florence as his residency instead of Lucca at about 1000 AD. The Golden Age of Florentine art began around this time. The city's primary resource was the Arno river, providing power and access for the industry (mainly textile industry), and access to the Mediterranean Sea for international trade. Another great source of strength was its industrious merchant community. The Florentine merchant banking skills became recognised in Europe after they brought decisive financial innovation to medieval fairs, such as bill of exchange and double-entry bookkeeping system.
In 1115, the Republic of Florence originated, when the Florentine people rebelled against the Margraviate of Tuscany upon the death of Matilda of Tuscany, a woman who controlled vast territories that included Florence. The Florentines formed a commune in her successors' place. Subsequently, the early, modern state of the republic was ruled by a council known as the Signoria of Florence. The republic had a checkered history of factions and counter-factions. But in 1434, the Medici faction gained governance of the city under Cosimo de' Medici.
During this first Medici governance, in 1469, Cosimo’s grandson Lorenzo de' Medici assumed the reins of government. Lorenzo was a great patron of the arts, commissioning works by Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and Botticelli. As he was also an accomplished poet and musician himself, he brought composers and singers to Florence too. By contemporary Florentines (and since), he was known as "Lorenzo il Magnifico" (in English: "Lorenzo the Magnificent").
The Medici kept control of Florence until 1494, when Lorenzo’s son Piero II was expelled by the French king Charles VIII, whose army had invaded northern Italy. In 1498, when the Medici were out of power, Niccolò Machiavelli, a diplomat, politician, historian, philosopher, humanist, writer, playwright and poet of the Renaissance period, became secretary to the Second Chancery of the Republic of Florence. His prescriptions for Florence's regeneration under strong leadership have often been seen as a legitimisation of political expediency and even malpractice. In other words, Machiavelli was a political thinker, perhaps most renowned for his political handbook, titled "The Prince", which is about ruling and the exercise of power. Commissioned by the Medici, Machiavelli also wrote the Florentine Histories, the history of the city.
In 1512, Giovanni de' Medici (later Pope Leo X) re-conquered the Republic of Florence. However, Florence repudiated Medici authority for a second time in 1527, during the so-called War of the League of Cognac. But again the Medici re-assumed their rule in 1531 after an 11-month siege of the city. The republican government was disestablished in 1532, when Pope Clement VII appointed Alessandro de' Medici "Duke of the Florentine Republic", making the republic a hereditary monarchy.
In 1569, the Medici became Grand Dukes of Tuscany, ruling for another two centuries. In all Tuscany, only the Republic of Lucca and the Principality of Piombino were independent from Florence. The extinction of the Medici dynasty and the accession in 1737 of Francis Stephen, Duke of Lorraine and husband of Maria Theresa of Austria, led to Tuscany's temporary inclusion in the territories of the Austrian crown. From 1801 to 1807 Florence was the capital of the Napoleonic client state Kingdom of Etruria and from 1808 to the fall of Napoleon in 1814, it was the was the prefecture of the French département of Arno. In 1861, Tuscany became a region of the Kingdom of Italy. In 1865, Florence replaced Turin as Italy's capital, but already six years later, it was superseded by Rome.
After doubling during the 19th century, Florence's population was to triple in the 20th, resulting from growth in tourism, trade, financial services and industry. During World War II the city experienced a year-long German occupation (1943 to 1944) and was declared an open city in late July 1944 as troops of the British 8th Army closed in. The retreating Germans decided to demolish all the bridges along the Arno, making it difficult for troops of the 8th Army to cross. But at the latest moment, the German general was convinced that Ponte Vecchio was not to be destroyed due to its historical value. In November 1966, the Arno flooded parts of the centre, damaging many art treasures.
Today, Florence is known as the "cradle of the Renaissance" for its many Renaissance monuments, churches, and other buildings. 600 years after its completion, the dome, built by Filippo Brunelleschi, is still the largest dome built in brick and mortar in the world. Florence also contains numerous museums and art galleries where some of the world's most important works of art are held. Hence, tourism is, by far, the most important of all industries and most of the Florentine economy relies on the money generated by international arrivals and students studying in the city. The value tourism to the city totalled some 62.5 billion € in 2015 and the number of visitors still increases to the present day.
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Alpenquerung auf Schienen - der Bernina Express ist Europas höchste Eisenbahnstrecke ohne Einsatz von Zahnrädern. Der "Rote Zug" verbindet die Schweiz mit Italien von Nord nach Süd.
Foto: Bahnstation Alp Grüm in 2.092 m ü. M mit Blick zum Lago Palü.
Two-bayed northern cloister of Kloster Walkenried (Walkenried Abbey), Göttingen district, southern Harz region, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany.
Kloster Walkenried was the third Cistercian abbey on German territory, founded in 1127. Being experts in water technology, the Cistercian monks put great effort into cultivation and land development, and were also very active in mining, smelting and charcoal works.
Since the Cistercian monks of Walkenried are regarded as the "fathers of the Upper Harz Water Regale", Kloster Walkenried is part of the UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Site Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System.
The Gothic church from 1290 used to be one of the largest churches in Northern Germany but was greatly damaged in the 17th to 19th centuries so today there are only some ruins remaining.
The Gothic claustral buildings, however, including the chapter house, the lay brothers' room, the lavatorium and the partially two-bayed cloister, are well preserved and today house a museum.
Harz short trip April/May 2018.
Hauptstraße - Dürnstein - UNESCO Weltkulturerbe / UNESCO World Heritage Site - Wachau - Niederösterreich / Lower Austria - Österreich / Austria
und letzter Anstieg nach Santa Maria del Monte.
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Der Sarkophag des Christoph Kolumbus entstand 1902. Der Sarkophag wird von vier Herolden getragen, die für die Königreiche Kastilien, León, Aragón und Navarra stehen. Dies ist eine Symbolik dafür, dass auch die sterblichen Überreste von Kolumbus „gereist“ sind. Nach seinem Tod in Valladolid im Jahre 1506 wurde er einige Jahre später nach Sevilla gebracht, 1542 dann auf Wunsch seines Enkels Diego Colón de Pravia in die Kathedrale von Santo Domingo (auf der Insel La Española, heute Dominikanische Republik) überführt. Als 1795 die Franzosen dorthin kamen, wollte man ihnen Kolumbus nicht überlassen und brachte die Überreste nach Havanna in die dortige Kathedrale. 1898, beim Abzug der Spanier aus Kuba nach verlorenem Unabhängigkeitskampf, nahmen sie das Skelett mit und bestatteten es wiederum in Sevilla.
Die Kathedrale von Sevilla ist Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO.
Old Town Poreč / Parenzo - UNESCO World Heritage Site Euphrasian Basilica - Istarska / Istria - Hrvatska / Croatia
Eine Wanderung von Compatsch auf den Schlern, von dort zum Tierseralpl und über die Rosszahnscharte zurück auf Compatsch.
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Die Alhambra ist eine Stadtburg (kasbah) auf dem Sabikah-Hügel in Granada. Sie gilt als das bedeutendste Beispiel des maurischen Stils der islamischen Kunst und ist eine der meistbesuchten Touristenattraktionen Europas
1238 verlegte der erste Nasridenherrscher, Mohammed I. seine Residenz nach Granada und begründete seine eigene Dynastie, die Nasriden, die bis 1492 über das Emirat von Granada herrschte. Mohammad veranlasste den Bau der Zitadelle auf dem Gelände der heutigen Alhambra. Die Befestigung der Alcazaba (Oberstadt) wurde im 13. und 14. Jahrhundert errichtet.
Der letzte maurische Herrscher Mohammad XII. (kapitulierte nach langer Belagerung im November 1491 und übergab die Festung am 2. Januar 1492 an die Katholischen Könige (spanisch Reyes Católicos). Damit fiel die letzte Bastion der Mauren in Spanien.
Die Alhambra ist Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO.