The Sydney Opera House

The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre on Bennelong Point in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, who in 2003 received the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest honour.

The Iguazu Waterfalls : Beautiful Waterfalls

Iguazu are waterfalls of the Iguazu River located on the border of the Brazilian State of Paraná and the Argentine Province of Misiones. The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu.

Taj Mahal in India

Taj Mahal in India is one of the wonders of the world and is one of the most beautiful mausoleums constructed by the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan, in memory of his favorite queen, Mumtaz Mahal.

The Sydney Opera House

The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre on Bennelong Point in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, who in 2003 received the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest honour.

The Eiffel Tower in Paris

The most well-known landmark in the world is the Eiffel Tower. It announces to all that observe it: This is Paris. It dominates the skyline of Paris and is a very significant landmark of building construction history.

Showing posts with label Africa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Africa. Show all posts

Thursday, April 07, 2011

Sun City in South Africa

Sun City is the South African “kingdom of pleasure.” The town is located 190 kilometers from Johannesburg in the heart of African forests on an extinct volcano. Legend has it that many years ago, settled here and established his kingdom ancient African civilization – Palaces, sunk in luxury in typical African style. The site of today’s palace in the center of Sun City was a former royal palace, destroyed by earthquake, swept away all the townspeople. Since then, he exists only in legend as the Lost City until 1992, when he was rediscovered and called Sun City – City of the Sun. Around the resort is located Pilanesbarg beautiful national park, home of the “great five ‘- elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion and leopard – an exciting encounter with wildlife in Africa. Significantly, at the beginning of the tour of Sun City tourists are startled by an artificial earthquake – to wake up and watch wide-eyed whimsical buildings of hotels and restaurants in the Lost City, parks and water attractions. 

The earthquake, however, and refers to the legend associated with past Sun City. The complex is the work of Sol Kertsner businessman, the son of poor immigrants from Russian origin, which paves the large South African city water and electricity. The idea of Kertsner was to create entertainment center, was created and the greatest variety show in the artificial city hall – Super Bowl with 6000 seats, are exported worldwide concerts legends like Queen, Frank Sinatra and Bryan Adams. Not to mention beauty contests and fashion defiles, which are often organized among this world gorgeous scenery.
But Sun City is a city of luxury. Of course while traveling to Europe, Africa, Australia, America or other destination, you should make an insurance for secure holiday.

The Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt

    The three Great Pyramids of Giza are the most amazing monument the ancient Egyptians left to world. They are the pyramid of “Khufu”, the pyramid of “Khafre” and the pyramid of “Menkaure”. They are considered to be the greatest historical architecture in the world. No wonder, it was the tallest structure in the world for over 3800 years. Also Giza pyramids are the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the World, and the only one to remain largely intact. They were built in the 4th Dynasty of ancient Egypt, about  2550 B.C. They are located in Giza, on the west bank of Nile River near Cairo in the desert.

    For many years archaeologists thought that these pyramids were built only  as a tomb for kings & Queens mummified mummies who ruled over Ancient Egypt, but now they discovered that the pyramids not only served as a tomb for the Pharaoh and storage for the various items he would need in the afterlife, but also were constructed for practicing space monitoring and a worship based upon a contact with other universes.

    Great Pyramid of Khufu, which was built by the king Khufu is the oldest and largest pyramid. It's now 136m high with each side measuring 229m. It lost 10 meters off the top over the years due to erosion. When it was first completed, the Great Pyramid was 146.7m. It is estimated that 2,300,000 blocks of stone were used to build the Great Pyramid, each weight from 2 to 70 tons.

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