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Palais des Papes, Avignon

May 092010

Palais des Papes is a historic palace in Avignon in southern France, one of the largest and most important medieval Gothic buildings in Europe. Since 1995, Palais des Papes is classified as the historical center of Avignon on the World Heritage site by UNESCO, the cultural criteria I, II and IV.

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Avignon became the residence of the popes in 1309, when the Gascon Bertrand de Goth, as Pope Clement V, willing to face the violent chaos of Rome after his election (1305), transferred the Papal Curia in Avignon, a period known as the name of the papacy from Avignon. Clemente lived as a guest in the Dominican convent of Avignon, and his successor, Pope John XXII create a magnificent there, but the reconstruction of the ancient palace of the bishops was formally opened by Pope Benedict XII (1334-42) and continued by their successors in 1364.
The site, in a natural rocky outcrop in the far north of Avignon, overlooking the Rhone, was that of the former Episcopal Diocese of Avignon. The Palace was built in two main phases with two distinct segments, known as the Ancient Palace (Old Palace) and Palais Neuf (New Palace). Once completed, it occupied an area of 11,000 square meters (2.6 acres). The building was very expensive, consumes a significant amount of revenue for the papacy during its construction.

Palais des Papes, Avignon GPS coordinates: 43° 57′ 2.88″ N, 4° 48′ 27″ E

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Grande Île, Grand Island, Strasbourg

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Apr 292010

Grand Island, Strasbourg

Big Island, the historic center of Strasbourg, France, is an island in the Ill river. Literally "Grand Island, Grand Island was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988. At that time, the International Council on Monuments and Sites noted that Grand Island is “old neighborhood that shows the medieval cities”. In addition to the church the fourth place in the cathedral of Strasbourg and the world an example of ornate Gothic architecture 15 century Grand Island is home to four other churches that date back several centuries: St. Thomas, St.-Pierre- le-Vieux, Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune, and Saint-Etienne. On the occasion of the Grand Island status as a World Heritage site, 22 copper plates were placed on the bridge of the island. Grand Island is sometimes referred to as an “island island” in form.
Grande Île, Grand Island, Strasbourg GPS coordinates: 48° 34′ 58.8″ N, 7° 44′ 52.8″ E

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Tomb of Askia

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Jan 292010

The Tomb of Askia, in Gao, Mali, is believed to be the burial place of Askia Mohammad I, digit of Songhai’s most prolific emperors. It was shapely at the end of the ordinal century and is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. UNESCO describes the spot as a dust like warning of the monumental mud-building traditions of the West African Sahel. The complex includes the pyramidal tomb, two mosques, a cemetery and an assembly ground. At 17 metres in height it is the largest pre-colonial architectural monument in the region. It is the prototypal warning of an Islamic architectural style that later spread throughout the region.

Tomb of Askia

Relatively recent modifications to the place have included the expansion of the mosque buildings in the 1960s and mid-1970s, and the 1999 construction of a surround around the site. It has also been regularly replastered throughout its history, a impact essential to the maintenance and repair of mud structures. Electricity was added in the early 2000s, allowing for ceiling fans, lights and a loud speaker mounted on top.
Askia is in regular use as a mosque and a publicly owned cultural edifice for the city of Gao. The place and a pilot area around it are protected by both domestic and local laws.
GPS coordinates: 16° 17′ 23″ N, 0° 2′ 40″ W
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Dougga, Tunisia

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Oct 072009

Dougga, Tunisia

Dougga or Thugga is a Roman ruin in northern Tunisia settled on a 65 hectare site. UNESCO qualified Dougga as a World Heritage Site in 1997, believing that it represents “the best-preserved Roman small town in North Africa”. The site, which lies in the location of the countryside, has been fortified from the encroachment of modern urbanisation, in contrast, for example, to Carthage, which has been pillaged and rebuilt on numerous occasions. Dougga’s size, its well-preserved monuments and its flush Punic, Numidian, ancient Roman and Byzantine history make it exceptional. Amongst the most famous monuments at the place are a Punic-Libyan mausoleum, the capitol, the theatre, and the temples of Saturn and of Juno Caelestis.
Despite its importance and its surpassing state, Dougga remains off the beaten track for many tourists (the place receives around 50000 visitors per year). In order to make it more attractive, the construction of an on-site museum is being considered, patch the Institut domestic du patrimoine has established a website presenting the place and the close region. For the time being, visitors with decent time can appreciate Dougga, not only because of its many ruins, but also for its olive groves, which give the place a unique ambiance.
GPS coordinates: 36° 25′ 24″ N, 9° 13′ 13″ E

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Saint Catherine’s Monastery, Egypt

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Sep 052009

Saint Catherine’s Monastery lies next to the Sinai Peninsula, next to the way out of an inaccessible gorge on the foot of Mount Sinai featuring in Saint Katherine urban arrived Egypt. The monastery is Greek Orthodox also is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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According on the way to the UNESCO information (60100 ha // Ref: 954) after that website hereunder, this monastery has been called the oldest working Christian monastery featuring in the world though the Monastery of Saint Anthony, situated diagonally the Red Sea in the desert south of Cairo, moreover holds ask for on the way to that designation. The monastery documents preserves the succeeding biggest pool of ahead of schedule codices along with manuscripts wearing the world, outnumbered only in the Vatican Library. Its potency mendacity wearing Greek, Coptic, Arabic, Armenian, Hebrew, Georgian, furthermore Syriac texts. The Codex Sinaiticus, at this point now the British Library, gone the monastery wearing the 19th century in place of Russia, during state of affairs that are at once unclear. Egypt trip advisor.

Saint Catherine’s Monastery, Egypt GPS coordinates: 28° 33′ 20″ N, 33° 58′ 34″ E

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Giant’s Causeway, Ireland

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Sep 022009

Giant's Causeway

The Giant’s Causeway is an locale of just about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the answer of an prehistoric volcanic explosion. It is located voguish County Antrim, lying on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland, more or less two miles (3 km) north of the city of Bushmills. It was declared a World Heritage Site with UNESCO at home 1986, also a National Nature Reserve within 1987 by the Department of the Environment in support of Northern Ireland. At home a 2005 survey of Radio Times readers, the Giant’s Causeway was named the same as the fourth best instinctive conjecture fashionable the United Kingdom. The tops of the columns develop stepping gravel that go ahead from the cliff base moreover depart beneath the sea. Most of the columns are hexagonal, though at hand are besides round about along with four, five, seven with eight sides. The tallest are nearly 12 metres (36 ft) extraordinary, after that the solidified molten rock clothed in the cliffs is 28 metres thick voguish seats. The Giant’s Causeway is nowadays owned with managed by means of the National Trust next it is the on the whole admired tourist attraction stylish Northern Ireland.

Giant’s Causeway, Ireland GPS coordinates: 55° 14′ 27″ N, 6° 30′ 42″ W

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