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Museum of Islamic Art, Doha

Feb 132009

The Museum of Islamic Art is a museum located in the Qatari capital Doha and designed by architect I. M. Pei. The museum draws much influence from ancient Islamic architecture yet has a unique design. It will be the first of its kind in the Persian Gulf and will have a very large collection of Islamic art, plus a study, a library, and several restaurants. The museum has a total area of 45,000 m2 and lies on the edge of Doha harbour at the south end of Doha Bay. Construction of the structure reached completion in 2006, but the interior was subjected to a variety of changes thereafter. The museum celebrated its VIP opening on November 22, 2008, and opened to the general public on December 1, 2008. Interesting travel review. More interesting travel deals or city vacation destinations you can find on this unique travel blog. Current temporary exhibition is: Beyond boundaries; Islamic art across cultures. It is not well known tourist destination but very promising due to fast grow. Among historical sites you can find modern architectural masterpieces like this building. Climate is friendly, food interesting, even you can find all continental food. Shopping is also very good, target gold jewelry. This post is build with umapper technology and thanks to wiki.
GPS travel destinations: 25° 17′ 43″ N, 51° 32′ 21″ E

Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg, France

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Jan 292009

Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg

The château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg is located at Orschwiller, Alsace, France, in the Vosges mountains just west of Sélestat. The castle is nestled at a strategic location on a high hill overlooking the Alsatian plain; as a result it was used by successive powers from the Middle Ages until the Thirty Years’ War when it was abandoned. In 1900 it was restored under the direction of Emperor Wilhelm II. Today it is a major tourist attraction, located on the Alsace wine route. France castle travel destinations.
GPS travel coordinates: 48° 14′ 58″ N, 7° 20′ 39″ E

National museum, Prague

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Nov 112008

The National museum is a Czech museum institution intended to systematically establish, prepare and publicly exhibit natural scientific and historical collections. It was founded 1818 in Prague by Kašpar Maria Šternberg. Historian František Palacký was also strongly involved. At present the National Museum houses almost 14 million items from the area of natural history, history, arts, music and librarianship, located in tens of buildings. The founding of the National Museum should be seen in the context of the times, where after the French Revolution, royal and private collections of art, science, and culture were being made available to the public. The beginnings of the museum can be seen as far back as 1796, when the private Society of Patriotic Friends of the Arts was founded by Count Casper Sternberk-Manderschied and a group of other prominent nobles. The avowed purpose of the society was “the renewed promotion of art and taste”, and during the time of Joseph II, it would be adamantly opposed to the King. In 1800 the group founded the Academy of Fine Arts, which would train students in progressive forms of art and history. Prague travel guides.
GPS travel destinations: 50° 4′ 43.79″ N, 14° 25′ 50.87″ E

Sans-Souci Palace, Haiti

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Nov 022008

The Sans-Souci Palace was the royal residence of King Henri I (better known as Henri Christophe) of Haiti. Construction of the palace started in 1810 and was completed in 1813. It is located in the town of Milot, Nord Department. Its name translated from French means “without care.” Close to the Palace is the renowned mountaintop fortress; the Citadelle Laferrière, built under decree by Henri Christophe to repell a feared French invasion. France, the former colonial power in Haiti, did not recognize Haiti’s independence before the 1820s. Crippled by a stroke, King Henri I committed suicide on the grounds of the palace on October 8, 1820. According to Haitian legend, he shot himself with a silver bullet. He was subsequently buried in the Citadelle. His son and heir, Jacques-Victor Henry, Prince Royal of Haiti was bayoneted to death by revolutionaries at the Palace on October 18, 1820. A severe earthquake in 1842 destroyed a considerable part of the palace and devastated the nearby city of Cap-Haïtien; the palace was never rebuilt. The palace (before its destruction) are acknowledged by many to be the Caribbean equivalent of the Palace of Versailles in France. UNESCO designated it—and the Citadelle—World Heritage Sites in 1982. Haiti travel guides.
GPS travel destinations: 19° 34′ 26.4″ N, 72° 14′ 38.4″ W

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Jellyfish Cove, Newfoundland

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Oct 272008

Jellyfish Cove is an archaeological site on the northernmost tip of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Jellyfish Cove, Newfoundland

Discovered in 1960, it is the site of a Norse village, the only known one in North America outside of Greenland. As of 2008, the site remains the only widely-accepted instance of pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact among those hotly debated by human migration theorists, and is notable for possible connections with the attempted colony of Vinland established by Leif Ericson in around 1003, or more broadly with the Norse colonization of the Americas. Canadian travel guides.

Jellyfish Cove, Newfoundland GPS coordinates: 51° 35′ 42.96″ N, 55° 31′ 52.4″ W

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Sian Ka’an, Mexico

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Oct 242008

Sian Ka’an is a biosphere reserve in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. It has been a Mexican national park since 1986 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987. Part of the reserve is on land and part is in the Caribbean Sea, including a section of coral reef. The reserve has an area of 5,280 km². The reserve also includes some 23 known archaeological sites of the Maya civilization. Mexico travel attractions.
GPS travel destinations: 19° 23′ 0″ N, 87° 47′ 30″ W

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