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Latest News (More) 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. |
Baalbek, Lebanon (03-08-2008 - 19:24:13) Approximately 86 kilometers northeast of the city of Beirut (بيروت) in eastern Lebanon (لبنان) stands the temple complex of Baalbek (بعلبك), atop a high point in the fertile Bekaa valley (Beqaa Valley - سهل البقاع).Baalbek is the name of an archeological site in Lebanon. In Roman times it was known as Heliopolis or City of the Sun, it was one of the largest sanctuaries in the Empire. Baalbek became a Roman colony under the Emperor Augustus in 16 B.C. On its acropolis, over the course of the next three centuries, the Romans constructed a monumental ensemble of three temples - Temple of Jupiter, Temple of Bacchus and Temple of Venus - three courtyards, and an enclosing wall built of some of the most gigantic stones ever crafted by man. On a nearby Kheikh Abdallah hill, they built a fourth temple dedicated to Mercury.  The Temple of Baal/Jupiter was begun during the reign of Emperor Augustus in the late first century BC and completed soon after 60 AD. The single largest religious edifice ever erected by the Romans, the immense sanctuary of Jupiter Heliopolitanus was lined by 104 massive granite columns, imported from Aswan in Egypt, and held a temple surrounded by 50 additional columns, almost 19m (62ft) high. The complex of the Great Temple has four sections: the monumental entrance or Propylaea, the Hexagonal Court, the Great Court and finally the Temple itself, where the six famous columns stand.The Little Temple or the "Temple of Bacchus", next to the Jupiter complex is a separate building known as the Temple of Bacchus. Constructed during the first half of the 2nd century A.D., it has been remarkably well preserved. It was apparently consecrated to a mysterious and initiatic cult centered on the young god of Baalbeck. This god was identified as a solar and growth deity, whose birth and growth promised regeneration and eternal life to the faithful.  The Round Temple or the "Temple of Venus", gem-like temple southeast of the acropolis was built in the 3rd century A.D. Its design and size, as well as its orientation towards the Great Temple, set it apart from the other Baalbeck temples. These attributes also help identify it as the temple of the Fortune of Baalbeck, which is the tutelary divinity of the City, under the protection of its great gods. It was not by accident that during the Byzantine period it was converted into a church dedicated to Saint Barbara, who is the patron saint of Baalbeck to this day. Near the Temple of Venus are the remains of "The Temple of the Muses", dating from the beginning of the 1st century A.D."Baalbeck, with its colossal structures, is one of the finest examples of Imperial Roman architecture at its apogee", UNESCO reported in making Baalbek a World Heritage Site in 1984. |
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