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DESTINATION - Thessaloniki, is a historic city. Founded by the ruler of Macedonia, Kassandros, 315 years BC, who named him as his wife's name, Thessalonike, half-sister of Alexander the Great. The Romans, the Byzantine Empire, Nation Venice, and the caliphate of the Ottoman Empire once controlled this territory.
No wonder this city still has a variety of historical relics from different nations. Supported by its strategic location at the edge of the Gulf of Thermal, the city is very strategic port city and commercial center. Roman emperor Galerius, become the capital city in the eastern region. Afterwards, turn into the second largest city in the Byzantine Empire after Constantinople (Istanbul). And survive in the Ottoman domination.
Navigating Thessaloniki and in Greece. Athens. geographical structure of the Greek mainland hilly. Similarly, Thessaloniki. A population of approximately one million inhabitants and hold the title as the second largest city in Greece. Warganyanya live in the lower city and the hills.
The White Tower was as white as the color, because the influence of the time. It was round about as tall as 25 meters. Built by the Ottoman regime under the rule of Sultan Sulaiman (1520-66), who use it as a stronghold, garrison and prison. Currently this historic building serves as the Museum of Byzantine Culture.
Walking on the promenade near the tower Thermal Bay, with the sea on the left side and a road along the high apartments on the other hand, listening to a bit about how people live Thessaloniki. One-lane road is always crowded by motor vehicles. most of the streets here have a point. Most of the apartments across the bottom serves as a cafe promenade. They look comfortable. With overstuffed couches facing the highway. It seems, people like to hang out in Thessaloniki cafe. Almost no visible empty cafe. They eat and drink on the couch while listening to music uproar.
Named after the leading Greek philosophers, Aristotle Square is a memorable outdoor elegance. This place was cut by 3 avenue interspersed with flower gardens. Looks like a bottle. The cafes fulfill the side of the field and in the middle there are many public benches to unwind. Dozens of motorcycles parked at the mouth of the field.
Climb toward agio Dimitriou street, old church Agios Dimitrios. When Turkish rule, the church was turned into a mosque functions.
Agio Dimitriou street is one-lane road crowded by vehicles, and traders on both sides. Just as the road in another town center, is also filled with street stalls and shops. Also a place to eat. smaller. Each store sells one of two kinds of products. For example fruit and vegetable shop, shoe store, etc..
Trigonios through the Gate Tower Anna Paleologina. Almost all parts of the city of Thessaloniki seen here. The road to the top of a circular stone tower is closed. There is a park and public bench in front of the tower. Dozens of people were sitting around enjoying the scenery of the city below. The sun was almost drowned.
Eptapirgio, the former prison tower in the past.
Egnatia street, where the objects were scattered many ancient attractions. Hamza Bey Mosque, Basilica Archiropitos, Agia Sophia, and Bow Galerius Rotonda, a remnant of former Roman Emperor.
DESTINATION - Thessaloniki, is a historic city. Founded by the ruler of Macedonia, Kassandros, 315 years BC, who named him as his wife's name, Thessalonike, half-sister of Alexander the Great. The Romans, the Byzantine Empire, Nation Venice, and the caliphate of the Ottoman Empire once controlled this territory.
No wonder this city still has a variety of historical relics from different nations. Supported by its strategic location at the edge of the Gulf of Thermal, the city is very strategic port city and commercial center. Roman emperor Galerius, become the capital city in the eastern region. Afterwards, turn into the second largest city in the Byzantine Empire after Constantinople (Istanbul). And survive in the Ottoman domination.
Navigating Thessaloniki and in Greece. Athens. geographical structure of the Greek mainland hilly. Similarly, Thessaloniki. A population of approximately one million inhabitants and hold the title as the second largest city in Greece. Warganyanya live in the lower city and the hills.
The White Tower was as white as the color, because the influence of the time. It was round about as tall as 25 meters. Built by the Ottoman regime under the rule of Sultan Sulaiman (1520-66), who use it as a stronghold, garrison and prison. Currently this historic building serves as the Museum of Byzantine Culture.
Walking on the promenade near the tower Thermal Bay, with the sea on the left side and a road along the high apartments on the other hand, listening to a bit about how people live Thessaloniki. One-lane road is always crowded by motor vehicles. most of the streets here have a point. Most of the apartments across the bottom serves as a cafe promenade. They look comfortable. With overstuffed couches facing the highway. It seems, people like to hang out in Thessaloniki cafe. Almost no visible empty cafe. They eat and drink on the couch while listening to music uproar.
Named after the leading Greek philosophers, Aristotle Square is a memorable outdoor elegance. This place was cut by 3 avenue interspersed with flower gardens. Looks like a bottle. The cafes fulfill the side of the field and in the middle there are many public benches to unwind. Dozens of motorcycles parked at the mouth of the field.
Climb toward agio Dimitriou street, old church Agios Dimitrios. When Turkish rule, the church was turned into a mosque functions.
Agio Dimitriou street is one-lane road crowded by vehicles, and traders on both sides. Just as the road in another town center, is also filled with street stalls and shops. Also a place to eat. smaller. Each store sells one of two kinds of products. For example fruit and vegetable shop, shoe store, etc..
Trigonios through the Gate Tower Anna Paleologina. Almost all parts of the city of Thessaloniki seen here. The road to the top of a circular stone tower is closed. There is a park and public bench in front of the tower. Dozens of people were sitting around enjoying the scenery of the city below. The sun was almost drowned.
Eptapirgio, the former prison tower in the past.
Egnatia street, where the objects were scattered many ancient attractions. Hamza Bey Mosque, Basilica Archiropitos, Agia Sophia, and Bow Galerius Rotonda, a remnant of former Roman Emperor.
Jordan
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DESTINATION - For two pilgrims two major religions, Jordan is an interesting place in the visit. Small country (no bigger than Portugal) in this middle east, has a fairly strategic place for the visit.
Neighboring Saudi Arabia, Syria and Israel also. For Muslim pilgrims and Christians (and all the pieces) in many places that offer to spend time after performing Umrah or Al-haj (for Muslims). Amman city at around 7 Jabbal (or mountain) quite beautiful and clean. Socially open city offers a wide variety of choices for travelers. The old theater is still there peninggalana Greece around the city and also outside of amman.
Those who would like to archeology; PETRA old town is also worth a visit. The Bedouin town made in the caves, making one of the most highlighted in Unggulkan for tourism in Jordan.
Aqabah semanjung located in the red sea, is where tourists who loved the water activities, there are several alternatives in activitas which such offer, diving, canoe and jet skiing are also snorkeling course. Many historical relics are worth visiting in Jordan. Countries bordering the north of Syria, Saudi Arabia in the east and south, Iraq to the northeast, as well as Israel and the West Bank in the western history of this store.
Jordan has 43 places into tourist destinations spread approximately 97 thousand square kilometers. Jordan form one of the kingdom. Places easy to find in Amman, capital of Jordan. Like Al-Hussein Mosque, located in the heart of Amman, near Pasar Al Ballad. Mosque which was built the glory days of Caliph Omar ibn al Khattab ra, year after 640 AD, is the oldest mosque in Amman.
This mosque had collapsed, but was rebuilt in 1924 by King Abdullah's ruling first time, while maintaining a touch of Ottoman architecture, which is seen almost in every corner of the mosque building. Despite hundreds of years old, but the mosque is still well preserved.
Another impressive place, not far from the capital Amman, the Dead Sea. Dead sea is the lowest place on the surface of the earth, is located more than four hundred meters below the sea surface.
Sea which has an area of about 1050 km2, is actually more accurately described as a lake because it is entirely surrounded by land, there is no way out to sea. Sea is partly controlled by Jordan, the West Bank and some other part controlled by Israel. That we visit today is that of Jordan. Why is called the Dead Sea? Because none of the living creatures are able to live in it. This is due to the salt content of 22-25% while the average sea water has only a 4-6% salt content.
The cave is located in the village of Al-Rajib and is about 1.5 km from the town near the town of Abu A'landa Amman. Currently the atmosphere around the cave does not reflect that this cave had been away from the crowds. Even the caves have been placed in a glass case containing the relics of the cave dwellers. The bones of the inhabitants had been stored properly in the original place under their stone bed. Then covered the glass and was given some light to the bone is not easily damaged but still able to see visitors.
DESTINATION - For two pilgrims two major religions, Jordan is an interesting place in the visit. Small country (no bigger than Portugal) in this middle east, has a fairly strategic place for the visit.
Neighboring Saudi Arabia, Syria and Israel also. For Muslim pilgrims and Christians (and all the pieces) in many places that offer to spend time after performing Umrah or Al-haj (for Muslims). Amman city at around 7 Jabbal (or mountain) quite beautiful and clean. Socially open city offers a wide variety of choices for travelers. The old theater is still there peninggalana Greece around the city and also outside of amman.
Those who would like to archeology; PETRA old town is also worth a visit. The Bedouin town made in the caves, making one of the most highlighted in Unggulkan for tourism in Jordan.
Aqabah semanjung located in the red sea, is where tourists who loved the water activities, there are several alternatives in activitas which such offer, diving, canoe and jet skiing are also snorkeling course. Many historical relics are worth visiting in Jordan. Countries bordering the north of Syria, Saudi Arabia in the east and south, Iraq to the northeast, as well as Israel and the West Bank in the western history of this store.
Jordan has 43 places into tourist destinations spread approximately 97 thousand square kilometers. Jordan form one of the kingdom. Places easy to find in Amman, capital of Jordan. Like Al-Hussein Mosque, located in the heart of Amman, near Pasar Al Ballad. Mosque which was built the glory days of Caliph Omar ibn al Khattab ra, year after 640 AD, is the oldest mosque in Amman.
This mosque had collapsed, but was rebuilt in 1924 by King Abdullah's ruling first time, while maintaining a touch of Ottoman architecture, which is seen almost in every corner of the mosque building. Despite hundreds of years old, but the mosque is still well preserved.
Another impressive place, not far from the capital Amman, the Dead Sea. Dead sea is the lowest place on the surface of the earth, is located more than four hundred meters below the sea surface.
Sea which has an area of about 1050 km2, is actually more accurately described as a lake because it is entirely surrounded by land, there is no way out to sea. Sea is partly controlled by Jordan, the West Bank and some other part controlled by Israel. That we visit today is that of Jordan. Why is called the Dead Sea? Because none of the living creatures are able to live in it. This is due to the salt content of 22-25% while the average sea water has only a 4-6% salt content.
The cave is located in the village of Al-Rajib and is about 1.5 km from the town near the town of Abu A'landa Amman. Currently the atmosphere around the cave does not reflect that this cave had been away from the crowds. Even the caves have been placed in a glass case containing the relics of the cave dwellers. The bones of the inhabitants had been stored properly in the original place under their stone bed. Then covered the glass and was given some light to the bone is not easily damaged but still able to see visitors.
The Hermitage & Winter Palace
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DESTINATION - The Winter Palace is the biggest building in the entire museum complex of the Hermitage. It was commissioned by the daughter of Peter the Great, Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, in 1754 as an official royal residence. Construction went on until 1762. The design was prepared by an outstanding architect of the Baroque style, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli.
The three-story building occupies a whole block and amazes visitors with its grand scale and splendid ornamentation. The variety of impressions that the Winter Palace produces from different points of view is a result of the different compositional solutions of its facades. Though they share a common symmetry, they have different architectural forms and varying richness of plastic decoration. The whimsical shapes of the window and door casings, the splendid Corinthian capitals of the columns, the curved lines of sophisticated cornices, an abundance of statues and vases on the roof, and the festive colour of the walls lend a sumptuousness to the building which is characteristic of the Russian Baroque style.
The construction work on the Winter Palace was completed after the death of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna. The Palace was the official residence of the Russian monarchs from 1762 till February 1917 when the ruling dynasty of the Romanovs was overthrown in the course of the cout d'etat.
The most important events in Russian history were connected with the Winter Palace and its inhabitants. This is also where the Russian monarchs and members of their family led their private lives. The original palace interiors where the collections of the Hermitage Museum are housed today have not only artistic but also historical value.
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DESTINATION - The Winter Palace is the biggest building in the entire museum complex of the Hermitage. It was commissioned by the daughter of Peter the Great, Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, in 1754 as an official royal residence. Construction went on until 1762. The design was prepared by an outstanding architect of the Baroque style, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli.
The three-story building occupies a whole block and amazes visitors with its grand scale and splendid ornamentation. The variety of impressions that the Winter Palace produces from different points of view is a result of the different compositional solutions of its facades. Though they share a common symmetry, they have different architectural forms and varying richness of plastic decoration. The whimsical shapes of the window and door casings, the splendid Corinthian capitals of the columns, the curved lines of sophisticated cornices, an abundance of statues and vases on the roof, and the festive colour of the walls lend a sumptuousness to the building which is characteristic of the Russian Baroque style.
The construction work on the Winter Palace was completed after the death of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna. The Palace was the official residence of the Russian monarchs from 1762 till February 1917 when the ruling dynasty of the Romanovs was overthrown in the course of the cout d'etat.
The most important events in Russian history were connected with the Winter Palace and its inhabitants. This is also where the Russian monarchs and members of their family led their private lives. The original palace interiors where the collections of the Hermitage Museum are housed today have not only artistic but also historical value.
Via http://www.hermitagemuseum.org
Tsarskoe Selo (Pushkin)
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DESTINATION - If any proof is needed for the extravagance of Russia's Imperial rulers, then it can be found in the fact that, in less than two centuries, the Romanov Tsars established not one but two suburban estates - at Tsarskoe Selo and Peterhof - that, in terms of grandeur and excess, outstrip even Versailles. What is more, at Tsarskoe Selo, the 18th century saw the construction of two vast and truly exceptional palaces, both surrounded by extensive landscaped gardens with diverse and fascinating decorative architecture.
Built for Empress Elizabeth by Bartolomeo Rastrelli, the architect of St. Petersburg's Winter Palace, the Catherine Palace is undoubtedly Tsarskoe Selo's top attraction, particularly renowned for the extraordinary Amber Room. Less well known, and currently much more dilapidated, the Alexander Palace is nonetheless a neoclassical masterpiece, and has a particularly poignant connection with the family of the last Tsar, Nicholas II.
The town of Pushkin, which surrounds the Tsarskoe Selo estates, is St. Petersburg's most charming suburb. Renamed in Soviet times to honour Russia's greatest poet, the town has numerous sights connected to Alexander Sergeevich, including a museum in the former Imperial Lycee, where he was schooled.
Like Peterhof, Tsarskoe Selo is one of St. Petersburg's must-see attractions, and can easily occupy visitors for a full day. And, like Peterhof, it can be very crowded during the tourist high-season in the summer. Arrive early or be prepared to join long queues, especially for the Catherine Palace.
Via http://www.saint-petersburg.com
DESTINATION - If any proof is needed for the extravagance of Russia's Imperial rulers, then it can be found in the fact that, in less than two centuries, the Romanov Tsars established not one but two suburban estates - at Tsarskoe Selo and Peterhof - that, in terms of grandeur and excess, outstrip even Versailles. What is more, at Tsarskoe Selo, the 18th century saw the construction of two vast and truly exceptional palaces, both surrounded by extensive landscaped gardens with diverse and fascinating decorative architecture.
Built for Empress Elizabeth by Bartolomeo Rastrelli, the architect of St. Petersburg's Winter Palace, the Catherine Palace is undoubtedly Tsarskoe Selo's top attraction, particularly renowned for the extraordinary Amber Room. Less well known, and currently much more dilapidated, the Alexander Palace is nonetheless a neoclassical masterpiece, and has a particularly poignant connection with the family of the last Tsar, Nicholas II.
The town of Pushkin, which surrounds the Tsarskoe Selo estates, is St. Petersburg's most charming suburb. Renamed in Soviet times to honour Russia's greatest poet, the town has numerous sights connected to Alexander Sergeevich, including a museum in the former Imperial Lycee, where he was schooled.
Like Peterhof, Tsarskoe Selo is one of St. Petersburg's must-see attractions, and can easily occupy visitors for a full day. And, like Peterhof, it can be very crowded during the tourist high-season in the summer. Arrive early or be prepared to join long queues, especially for the Catherine Palace.
Via http://www.saint-petersburg.com
St. Isaac's Cathedral
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DESTINATION - St. Isaac's Cathedral was originally the city's main church and the largest cathedral in Russia. It was built between 1818 and 1858, by the French-born architect Auguste Montferrand, to be one of the most impressive landmarks of the Russian Imperial capital. One hundred and eighty years later the gilded dome of St. Isaac's still dominates the skyline of St. Petersburg. Although the cathedral is considerably smaller than the newly rebuilt Church of Christ the Savior in Moscow, it boasts much more impressive fades and interiors.
The cathedral's facades are decorated with sculptures and massive granite columns (made of single pieces of red granite), while the interior is adorned with incredibly detailed mosaic icons, paintings and columns made of malachite and lapis lazuli. A large, brightly colored stained glass window of the "Resurrected Christ" takes pride of place inside the main altar. The church, designed to accommodate 14,000 standing worshipers, was closed in the early 1930s and reopened as a museum. Today, church services are held here only on major ecclesiastical occasions.
Foreign visitors should buy entrance tickets just inside the right-hand door in the southern facade (not at the street-level ticket booth). We also recommend that you climb the 300 steps up to the cathedral's colonnade, and enjoy the magnificent views over the city.
Address: Isaakievskaya Ploschad 1
Metro: Nevsky Prospekt/Gostiny Dvor
Telephone: +7 (812) 315-9732
The Cathedral Open: Thursday to Tuesday, 11am to 7pm, last admission is at 6pm
The Colonnade observation point is open: Thursday to Tuesday, 11am to 6pm, last admission is at 5pm
Closed: Wednesdays
N.B.! No photography or video-filming is allowed in the Cathedral or at the Colonnade.
Via http://www.saint-petersburg.com
DESTINATION - St. Isaac's Cathedral was originally the city's main church and the largest cathedral in Russia. It was built between 1818 and 1858, by the French-born architect Auguste Montferrand, to be one of the most impressive landmarks of the Russian Imperial capital. One hundred and eighty years later the gilded dome of St. Isaac's still dominates the skyline of St. Petersburg. Although the cathedral is considerably smaller than the newly rebuilt Church of Christ the Savior in Moscow, it boasts much more impressive fades and interiors.
The cathedral's facades are decorated with sculptures and massive granite columns (made of single pieces of red granite), while the interior is adorned with incredibly detailed mosaic icons, paintings and columns made of malachite and lapis lazuli. A large, brightly colored stained glass window of the "Resurrected Christ" takes pride of place inside the main altar. The church, designed to accommodate 14,000 standing worshipers, was closed in the early 1930s and reopened as a museum. Today, church services are held here only on major ecclesiastical occasions.
Foreign visitors should buy entrance tickets just inside the right-hand door in the southern facade (not at the street-level ticket booth). We also recommend that you climb the 300 steps up to the cathedral's colonnade, and enjoy the magnificent views over the city.
Address: Isaakievskaya Ploschad 1
Metro: Nevsky Prospekt/Gostiny Dvor
Telephone: +7 (812) 315-9732
The Cathedral Open: Thursday to Tuesday, 11am to 7pm, last admission is at 6pm
The Colonnade observation point is open: Thursday to Tuesday, 11am to 6pm, last admission is at 5pm
Closed: Wednesdays
N.B.! No photography or video-filming is allowed in the Cathedral or at the Colonnade.
Via http://www.saint-petersburg.com
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