Archive for the ‘Tourism’ Category
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
Travel to Turkey
The Mevlana Museum is located in Konya, Turkey. The museum was a dervish lodge once upon a time. Mevlana Museum was home of a Sufi named Mevlana. Since 1926, it has been used as a museum.
The construction was given to the father of Mevlana by Sultan Ala’ al ...
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Saturday, October 4th, 2008
Travel to New York
Broadway is the most famous theatre of the world. It is the 39 different professional theatres located in New York, United States of America. Broadway is also an avenue of Manhattan. In this street, theatre plays and musicals are very popular. They are so popular that the ...
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Travel to Istanbul
Toy Museum is one of the interesting faces of great Istanbul city. Istanbul is a charming city. It attracts tourists’ attention all the year with different attraction places. For further information on Istanbul, read also Center of Turkey: Istanbul. There are mosques, churches, bridges, natural beauties and museums ...
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Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Vacation in New York
Times Square is the world wide famous square located in New York City. It is the intersection of Broadway, 7th Avenue and 42nd Avenue. Times Square is accepted the centre of city.
In the early years of 20th century, the area of the square was owned privately. With ...
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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Travel to Brazil
Christ the Redeemer is a famous statue of Jesus Christ. It is located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The statue is located on a mountain called Corcovado. What makes a statue so famous and important? There are many statues of Jesus Christ in the world. However, Christ the ...
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Travel to Turkey
Hagia Sophia is located in the centre of Istanbul, in Turkey. It was built by Byzantium Emperor Justinian in 6 AD. It was built as a cathedral, later used as a mosque and now it serves as a mosque. In Turkish, it is called “Ayasofya”.
Built as a cathedral, ...
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
Travel to Turkey
Temple of Artemis is located at Ephesus, in Izmir, Turkey. It was built for goddess Artemis. Artemis is the goddess of hills and forests. The site is also known as Temple of Diana. Diana is a Roman goddess. It is thought that in mythology, Diana and Artemis are ...
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Travel to Turkey
Zeugma is an antique city founded by one of the generals of Alexander the Great. The name of the general is Seleucus Nicador. The city dates back to 3 BC. The name of the city, Zeugma means “the bridge of boats”.
Now Zeugma antique city is found in Gaziantep, ...
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
Travel to Italy
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is located in the city Pisa, Italy. It is found at Piazza dei Miracoli, square of miracles. The original Italian name of the tower is “Torre pendente di Pisa”. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is the bell tower of a cathedral.
After construction of ...
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
Travel to Turkey
Famous monastery Sumela is in Trabzon, Turkey. It is located at the top of a cliff. The altitude of Sumela Monastery is 1.150 meters. The building includes a Greek Monastery and a church.
There are legends about the name of the monastery. It is claimed that Christian Greeks were ...
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