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Royal Palace of Turin, Turin

Apr 152009

Royal Palace of Turin or Palazzo Reale, is a palace in Turin, northern Italy. It was the royal palace of the House of Savoy, built for the Madama Reale Christine Marie of France in the seventeenth century. Turin, today the capital of Piedmont, was a capital of the House of Savoy from the 12th to the 19th centuries and the Royal Palace contains much evidence of their aristocratic lifestyle. The royal family resided in the palace from 1645. Its rooms are decorated with rich tapestries and a collection of Chinese and Japanese vases. The Royal Armory houses an extensive array of arms, including examples from the 16th and 17th centuries. The Scala delle Forbici is a much-admired staircase by Filippo Juvarra. Interesting travel blog with travel trip and travel deals to Italy.
Turin GPS travel help: 45° 4′ 21.72″ N, 7° 41′ 9.6″ E

Yankee Stadium, New York City

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Jan 122009

The original Yankee Stadium is a stadium located in The Bronx in New York City, New York. It served as the home baseball park of Major League Baseball’s New York Yankees from 1923 through 2008.

Yankee Stadium, New York City

Located at East 161st Street and River Avenue, the stadium has a capacity of 57,545 and hosted 6,581 Yankees regular season home games during its 85-year history. It was also the former home of the New York Giants football team, as well as the host of twenty of boxing’s most famous fights and three Papal masses. The stadium’s nickname, “The House That Ruth Built” comes from the iconic Babe Ruth, the baseball superstar whose prime years coincided with the beginning of the Yankees’ winning history. New York city travel guides. wiki

Yankee Stadium, New York City GPS coordinates: 40° 49′ 36.99″ N, 73° 55′ 41.46″ W

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Museumsquartier, Wien

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Dec 132008

The Museumsquartier (MQ) is a 60,000 m² large area in the 7th district of the city of Vienna, Austria; it is the eighth largest cultural area in the world[citation needed]. The Museumsquartier contains Baroque buildings as well as Modern architecture by the architects Laurids and Manfred Ortner (Ortner & Ortner). The renovation of the former court stables began in April 1998. Three years later, the Museumsquartier opened in two stages (June and September 2001). The total cost of the construction was 150 Million Euro (two billion Schilling). The MQ is home to a range of installations from large art museums like the Leopold Museum and the MUMOK (Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation Vienna) to contemporary exhibition spaces like the Kunsthalle Wien and festivals like the Wiener Festwochen, an annual summer event that is headquartered in the MuseumsQuartier Wien. Wien travel guides.
GPS travel coordinates: 48° 12′ 12″ N, 16° 21′ 32″ E

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Longhua Temple, Shanghai

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Dec 102008

The Longhua Temple (“Lustre of the Dragon Temple”) is a Buddhist Temple dedicated to the Maitreya Buddha in Shanghai Municipality, China. Although most of the present-day buildings date from later reconstructions, the temple preserves the architectural design of a Song Dynasty monastery of the Buddhist Chan sect. It is the largest, most authentic and complete ancient temple complex in the city of Shanghai. The temple and monastery were originally surrounded by extensive gardens and orchards. Viewing of the peach blossom in the Longhua gardens was an annual attraction for people in surrounding cities. These gardens have since been entirely absorbed into the neighbouring Longhua Martyrs Cemetery and have been extensively reconstructed in a contemporary monumental style. Shanghai travel guides.
GPS travel coordinates: 31° 10′ 37.02″ N, 121° 26′ 47.62″ E

Tikal antigua Guatemala

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Dec 082008

Tikal is the largest of the ancient ruined cities of the Mayan civilization. It is located in the El Petén department of Guatemala at Now part of Guatemala’s Tikal National Park, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a popular tourist spot.

Tikal

The closest large towns are Flores and Santa Elena, approximately 64 kilometres (40 mi) by road to the southwest. Tikal was one of the major cultural and population centers of the Maya civilization. Though monumental architecture at the site dates to the 4th century BC, Tikal reached its apogee during the Classic Period, ca. 200 AD to 900 AD, during which time the site dominated the Maya region politically, economically, and militarily while interacting with areas throughout Mesoamerica, such as central Mexican center of Teotihuacan. There is also evidence that Tikal was even conquered by Teotihuacan in the 4th century A.D. Following the end of the Late Classic Period, no new major monuments were built at Tikal and there is evidence that elite palaces were burned. These events were coupled with a gradual population decline, culminating with the site’s abandonment by the end of the 10th century. Guatemala travel guides.
GPS coordinates: 17° 13′ 19″ N, 89° 37′ 22″ W

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Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros, Mexico City

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Dec 082008

Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros

The Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros is a multi-functional cultural facility, located in Mexico City’s World Trade Center Mexico building complex. It is a well-known location, both as part of the landmark WTC Mexico complex as well as for its unique shape and extensive mural work by Mexican artist David Alfaro Siqueiros, for whom the building is named. The Polyforum was built as part of the Hotel de Mexico complex in the 1960s, financed by Manuel Suarez y Suarez, who invited Siqueiros to design and decorate the building. Siqueiros came up with a dodecahedron-shaped structure for which he painted murals on most of its surfaces. Among the most famous of them is La Marcha de la Humanidad (“The March of Humanity”), which covers the entire walls on the building’s top-floor elliptical forum and is the world’s largest mural. The painting depicts humanity’s evolution from the past to the present as well as a vision of the future. The building has facilities for theatre, art exhibits and diverse events. Along with the entire World Trade Center Mexico complex, the Polyforum is served by the Polyforum station of the Metrobus Bus rapid transit system, located a few meters away. Mexico City tourist attractions.
GPS travel destinatios: 19° 23′ 35.63″ N, 99° 10′ 24.35″ W

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