Teatro La Fenice (”The Phoenix”) is an opera house in Venice, Italy. It is one of the most famous theatres in Europe, the site of many famous operatic premieres. Its name reflects its role in permitting an opera company to “rise from the ashes” despite losing the use of two theatres (to fire and legal problems respectively). Since opening and being named La Fenice, it has twice burned and been rebuilt. In 1774, the San Benedetto Theatre, which had been Venice’s leading opera house for more than forty years, burned to the ground. No sooner had it been rebuilt than a legal dispute broke out between the company managing it and the owners, the Venier family. The issue was decided in favor of the Veniers. As a result, the theatre company decided to build a new opera house of its own on the Campo San Fantin. Italy travel guides.
GPS travel destinations: 45° 26′ 0″ N, 12° 19′ 59″ E
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November 17th, 2008 | Tags: la fenice venice, venice italy | Category: Europe | Comments (1)
Disneyland is an American theme park in Anaheim, California, owned and operated by the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts division of The Walt Disney Company. It was dedicated with a press preview on July 17, 1955, in ceremonies led by Walt Disney and opened to the general public the following day. Disneyland holds the distinction of being the only theme park to be designed, built, opened, and operated by Walt Disney. Currently the park has been visited by more than 515 million guests since it opened, including presidents, royalty and other heads of state. In 1998, the theme park was re-branded Disneyland Park to distinguish it from the larger Disneyland Resort complex. In 2007, over 14,800,000 people visited the park making it the second most visited park in the world, behind the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. California travel attractions.
GPS travel destinations: 33° 48′ 37″ N, 117° 55′ 7″ W
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November 16th, 2008 | Tags: disney parks, disneyland park, disneyland park anaheim california, disneyland resort | Category: North America | Leave a comment
The Iwami Ginzan was a silver mine in the city of Oda, Shimane Prefecture, on the island of Honshu, Japan. It was added to the World Heritage List in 2007. It was developed in 1526 by Kamiya Jutei a Japanese merchant. It reached its peak production in the early 17th century of approximately 38 tons of silver a year which was then a third of world production. Silver from the mine was used widely for coins. It was contested fiercely by warlords until the Tokugawa Shogunate won control of it in 1600 as a result of the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. It was later secured by fences and barricaded by pine trees. Yamabuki Castle was built in the centre of the complex. Silver production from the mine fell in the nineteenth century as it had trouble competing with mines elsewhere and it was eventually closed. Japan travel guides.
GPS travel destinations: 35° 6′ 26″ N, 132° 26′ 15″ E
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November 15th, 2008 | Tags: honshu japan, japan travel | Category: Asia | Leave a comment
Saltaire is the name of a Victorian era model village in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, by the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. UNESCO has designated the village as a World Heritage Site, and it is a so-called Anchor Point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. Saltaire was founded in 1853 by Sir Titus Salt, a leading industrialist in the Yorkshire woollen industry. The name of the village is a combination of the founder’s surname with the name of the river. Salt moved his entire business (five separate mills) from Bradford to this site near Shipley partly to provide better arrangements for his workers than could be had in Bradford and partly to site his large textile mill by a canal and a railway. Salt employed the Bradford firm of Lockwood and Mawson as his architects. England sightseeing tours.
GPS travel destinations: 53° 50′ 13.81″ N, 1° 47′ 24.94″ W
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November 15th, 2008 | Tags: city of bradford, england sightseeing | Category: Europe | Leave a comment
Diamond Head is the name of a volcanic tuff cone on the Hawaiian island of O’ahu and known to Hawaiians as Le’ahi, most likely from lae ‘browridge, promontory’ plus ‘ahi ‘tuna’ because the shape of the ridgeline resembles the shape of a tuna’s dorsal fin. Its English name was given by British sailors in the 19th century, who mistook calcite crystals embedded in the rock for diamonds. Diamond Head is part of the complex of cones, vents, and their associated eruption flows that are collectively known to geologists as the Honolulu Volcanic Series, eruptions from the Ko’olau Volcano that took place long after the volcano formed and had gone dormant. The Honolulu Volcanic Series is a series of volcanic eruption events that created many of O’ahu’s well-known landmarks, including Punchbowl Crater, Hanauma Bay, Koko Head, and Manana Island in addition to Diamond Head. Hawaii travel guides.
GPS travel destinations: 21° 15′ 35″ N, 157° 48′ 42.3″ W
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November 14th, 2008 | Tags: diamond head, hawaii travel, hawaiian island | Category: North America | Comments (1)
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