Château De Chillon, Veytaux
The Château de Chillon is commonly known as Chillon Castle. Château de Chillon is located on Lake Geneva’s shore and is a part of the municipality of Veytaux. It is situated at the eastern side end of the lake and about 3 km from the Montreux located in Switzerland. The entire castle has around 100 different independent buildings that are more or less connected with each other. And thus now they together outline a single whole.
The definite dates of the old parts of the huge castle are not known. The first written record regarding the castle is around 1160 or 1005. The castle acted as the house to the Counts of Savoy in the mid of the twelve century. Pietro II expanded the castle in the 13th century. The castle was hold by many treaties but it was never blockade.
The castle gained huge popularity when Lord Byron wrote the poem The Prisoner [...]
Tuareg, Africa
The Tuareg is commonly known as Twareg and also Touareg. Tuareg are a Berber roaming pastoralist people. They are the major population of the Saharan center of North Africa. They call themselves by various names such as the Kel Tamasheq and also Kel Tamajaq which mean “Speakers of Tamasheq”, also Imuhagh, mashaghen, which means “the free people” and also Kel Tagelmust that means the “People of the Veil”. The name Tuareg was given to them by early historians as well as the explorers those belongs to Leo Africanus.
The meaning and the origin of the name Twareg has been long discussed with numerous etymologies superior, although it would come into view that Twārəg is derivative of the “broken plural” of Tārgi, a name whose previous sense was “inhabitant of Targa” . Also the Tuareg [...]
Forbidden City, Beijing
The Forbidden City did acted as the Chinese Imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty and continued to be the same till the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the central Beijing in China. These days it is known for being the palace museum. It did serve as the royal palace of the king for nearly five centuries. It has been a political as well as ceremonial centre of the Chinese Government.
The construction of the palace started from 1406 and was completed on 1420. This complex has in all 980 buildings and near about 8707 rooms. The total area covered by the imperial palace is about 720000 square meters. The buildings of the palace epitomize the traditional Chinese palatial architecture. Also it has played a major role in the architectural as well as the cultural developments in East Asia. In the year 1987 the Forbidden City was announced [...]
Babylon, Iraq
Babylon in present day is a Al Hillah, a province in Iraq. It was a city-state during the olden Mesopotamia. Iraq is located at a distance of nearly 85 kilometers in the southern direction of the Baghdad city. The ruins of Babylon have the mud-brick buildings, a mound etc in the debris of the city. This area is situated on the fertile plain of Mesopotamia in between the Euphrates River and the Tigris River in Iraq. The city of Babylon is constructed again. The historical sources informed that Babylon was a small town which was developed in the very start of the third century BC. The town had flourished soon. It got all the required importance as well as political reputation. The city of Babylon had acquired the title of being the holy city by 2300 BC. The Neo-Babylonia Empire started from 612 BC. The Hanging garden of Babylon had acquired [...]
The Palancer Reef- A Diving Refuge In A Mexican Island
The Palancer Reef is a popular diving spot in the Mexican Island of Cozumel. The Island, in fact is a diving destination with a number of excellent diving spots that it is home to, thanks to its reefs and the current that assures clear visibility.
The Island is a flat terrain. Dense green scrub, stretches of calm beaches with the crystal clear water, and the reef formations beneath the water is what you should look forward to on your trip to this Island.
The Island, a paradise for diving, has been open to tourism since the late 1950s.
Location
Palancer Reef, about 80 meters deep to the south west end of the Cozumel Island, is one of the world- known diving spots of the Island. A bronze figure of Christ that has been erected under water, about 17 meters down, makes diving and snorkeling here all the more enchanting.
Best Time to Visit
The [...]
Isola Del Garda- A Newly Found Beauty
Introduction
Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is located in Northern Italy, about half-way between Venice and Milan. This alpine region was formed glaciers at the end of the last ice age.
Verona (to the southeast), Brescia (southwest), and Trento (north) surround the lake and its shoreline. This lake has become a famous tourist attraction due to its natural beauty as well as to its easy accessibility from the north via the Brenner pass. There are a number of exclusive hotels and resorts which have come up along the shore in the recent years.
The Island of Garda is full of magic and mystery. Since this is a popular tourist attraction, there are several shops, pubs, restaurants and hotels around Lake Garda to keep you fully entertained on tour Lake Garda holidays. The lake has five islands, the largest of which is Isola del Garda. [...]
The Palm House At Kew Garden
Introduction
The Palm House at Kew Gardens is an astounding architectural wonder which is the brain child of well- renowned architects Decimus Burton and Richard Turner. It is a world-famous Grade 1 listed building. This building was constructed between the years 1844 to 1848, and it stands at an impressive 363 feet long. It is 100 feet wide & 66 feet high. The greenhouse type building is made with iron and glass. With its curvaceous exteriors and steamy interiors, Kew’s Palm House has since long, been recognized as an icon of the Gardens.
Founder Turner and architect Burton worked in unison to create this magical botanical landmark. Burton desired that the construction should closely resemble the lake of George III so that he could catch its reflection in the lake. Turner came up with the brainwave of using a wrought iron “deck [...]
Vimanmek Palace, Bangkok
The Vimanmek Palace was used as royal palace in early days. It is located in Bangkok in Thailand. It is popularly known as the Vimanmek Mansion Vimanmek Teak Mansion. It is situated in the Dusit Palace compound, close by Dusit Zoo in Dusit district.
Built in 1900, Vimanmek Palace was earlier owned by His Majesty King Rama V. He was also having the Munthatu Rattanaroj Residence in Chuthathuj Rachathan which was located at Ko Sichang, Chonburi. He had dismantled the former residence and reassembled it in Dusit Garden. Huge celebrations were held to mark the completion of Vimanmek Palace. The celebrations took place on March 27, 1901. King Rama V used Vimanmek place as his royal residence for nearly five years, awaiting the finishing point of Amphorn Satharn Villa which was in year 1906. From the 1932, Vimanmek Palace was being used only as the [...]
Valley Of The Kings, Egypt
The Valley of the Kings is commonly known as the Valley of the Gates of the Kings is a huge deep valley located in Egypt. Hear for nearly a period of 500 years starting from the 16th BC to 11th century BC, various tombs were constructed which were devoted to the kings and powerful upper class of the New Kingdom. New Kingdom consisted of the Eighteenth as well as the Twentieth Dynasties which belonged to the Ancient Egypt. The valley of the kings is located on the western bank of the river Nile directly opposite to the Thebes, the modern day Luxor. It is located at the center of the Theban Necropolis. The wadi has two different valleys to classify the East Valley and the West Valley. In the east you will come across maximum of the royal tombs.
In the 2006 a new chamber named KV63 was discovered, and in the year 2008 2 different tomb entrance [...]
Hadrian’s Wall, England
Hadrian’s Wall is a turf or stone and timber reinforcement built during the Roman Empire across the whole city which in today’s date is known as the northern England. The construction of this wall started in the year in 122, during Emperor Hadrian regime. It was the first among the two ramparts which were built across Great Britain; the second rampart was the Antonine Wall which is located toady in Scotland. Hadrian’s Wall is the superior recognized among the two because its corporal relics are more apparent even today.
There are many different opinions regarding the wall but the growing harmony stated that the Wall was constructed as a voluntarily protected defense which visibly defined the northern boundary (limes) of the Roman Empire in Britain (Britannia). It was one of the reasons of the improvement of the economic steadiness [...]