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| The Small Guild near Livu square right in the middle of the Old Town, it was the Guild Hall of the craftsmen and artisan's guild, which was established ca 1350 - now used for conferences, discos, classical concerts and various other arrangements - Riga, Latvia | Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira or Couto Pereira, is the home of Coritiba Foot Ball Club, located in Curitiba, Paraná state, Brazil | Windsor Castle, dating back to the time of William the Conqueror, in Windsor, county of Berkshire, England |
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Latest News (More) The Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand (16-11-2008 - 17:24:13) The Grand Palace complex was established in 1782 and it houses not only the royal residence and throne halls, but also a number of government offices as well as the renowned Temple of the Emerald Buddha. It covers an area of 218,000 square meters and is surrounded by four walls, 1900 meters in length. After King Rama I's ascension to the throne in 1782 the palace was built. Prior to this, the royal palace and the centre of administration had been located in Thonburi, on the west side of the Chao Phraya River. For various reasons, the new king considered the former capital to be unsuitable and decided to establish a new capital on the other side of the river. By his royal command, a new palace was built to serve not only as his residence but also as the site of some administrative offices. The royal compound has been known since then as the Grand Palace. The two earliest structures erected within the complex were the Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall and the Phra Maha Monthian. Prominent parts of the Grand Palace:- The Wat Phra Kaew, the temple containing the Emerald Buddha - The Upper Terrace including a reliquary in the shape of a golden chedi, the Mondop, a miniature of Angkor Wat and the Royal Pantheon - The Chakri Mahaprasad Hall, a building in a style influenced by the Italian Renaissance - The Phra Maha Monthian Group including the Audience Hall of Amarindra Winitchai, the Paisal Taksin Hall and the Chakraphat Phiman Hall - The Borom Phiman Mansion, built in western style in 1903 by King Rama V |
Vienna, Austria (31-08-2008 - 16:32:02) Vienna (German: Wien) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austria's nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). With a population of about 1.7 million, Vienna is the largest city and the cultural and political centre of Austria. Situated on both sides of the river Danube, Vienna is 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Austrian border. In 2001, the city centre of Vienna was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Vienna lies in the very east of Austria and is close to the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.Vienna is composed in 23 districts which all have their own names: 1st Innere Stadt (city centre), 2nd Leopoldstadt, 3rd Landstraße, 4th Wieden, 5th Margareten, 6th Mariahilf, 7th Neubau, 8th Josefstadt, 9th Alsergrund, 10th Favoriten, 11th Simmering, 12th Meidling, 13th Hietzing, 14th Penzing, 15th Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, 16th Ottakring, 17th Hernals, 18th Währing, 19th Döbling, 20th Brigittenau, 21th Floridsdorf, 22th Donaustadt and 23th Liesing.  Things to do in Vienna:Imperial Palace (Hofburg) or Hofburg Imperial Palace, once served as the residence of the powerful Hapsburg emperors and today is home to several museums. Schönbrunn Palace (Schloss Schönbrunn) - The palace and gardens illustrate the tastes, interests and aspirations of successive Habsburg monarchs. St. Stephen's Cathedral (Stephansdom), situated at the heart of Vienna, in the Stephansplatz, seat of the Archbishop of Vienna, Christoph Cardinal Schönborn. St. Charles's Church (Karlskirche), situated on the south side of Karlsplatz, near Ringstraße (or Ringstrasse). Naschmarkt, permanent market for fruit, vegetables, spices, fish, meat, etc. from around the world.  Museum Quarter (MuseumsQuartier Wien), contains Baroque buildings as well as Modern architecture by the architects Laurids and Manfred Ortner (Ortner & Ortner).State Opera House (Staatsoper - Vienna State Opera, Wiener Staatsoper). Secession Building (Secessionsgebaude), Vienna Secession built in 1897 by Joseph Maria Olbrich for exhibitions of the secession group. And many other places such as the Imperial Treasury (Schatzkammer), St. Mary's on the Bank (Maria Am Gestade), the Museum of Fine Arts - Kunsthistorisches Museum, the St. Peter's Church (Peterskirche), the St. Augustine's Church (Augustinerkirche), the Clock Museum (Uhrenmuseum), the Stadtpark, the Belvedere Palace (Schloss Belvedere), the Church of St. Michael (Michaelerkirche), the Kapuziner Crypt (Kapuzinergruft), the Votivkirche and the Church of the Teutonic Order. |
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