Detail InformationEdit The Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT) was inaugurated in Mexico on 22 November 2006. It is the World’s largest and most sensitive single-aperture telescope in its frequency range, built for observing radio waves in the wave lengths from approximately 0.85 to 4 mm. It has an active surface with a diameter of 50 metres […]
Salinas Victoria, is a municipality located to in the center of the state of Nuevo Leon, Mexico. It shares borders with 11 municipalities including, to the north Villaldama and Sabinas Hidalgo; to the south Escobedo and Apodaca; to the east Higueras, Cienega de Flores and General Zuazua; and finally to the west with Mina, Hidalgo, […]
Nueva Rosita is a town in the northeastern part of the state of Coahuila in northern Mexico. It lies about 11 km northwest of the city of Sabinas on Federal Highway 57, and serves as the municipal seat of San Juan de Sabinas municipality. In 1990 the town was recorded as having a population of […]
Detail InformationEdit The Sanctuary of Atotonilco (Santuario de Atotonilco) is a church complex and a World Heritage Site, designated along with nearby San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. The complex was built in the 18th century by Father Luis Felipe Neri de Alfaro who, according to tradition, was called upon by a vision of Jesus […]
Detail InformationEdit Poznań’s Ostrów Tumski – an island embraced by the rivers Warta and its tributary Cybina, the oldest part of Poznań – was described by Pope John Paul II in these words: “Poland began here”.[Anna Plenzler; Historic monuments in Poznań; Poznań 2007. This is the place where in the mid-10th century, in place of […]
Detail InformationEdit The cemetery of Our Lady of Health was first designed in 1804, during an epidemic of yellow fever, but the lack of economic means and the regression of the epidemic made the authorities withdraw. The construction of the cemetery was in compliance with the Decree issued in Madrid by Jose I Bonaparte dated […]
Detail InformationEdit This building combines Gothic and Renaissance elements. It was built in several stages, and features a combination of various architectural styles. The main façade was designed by Pere Blau in 1596 and is Renaissance in style, while the side that looks onto Carrer del Bisbe street is the work of Pere Joan. The […]
Detail InformationEdit It was not ultimately built until 1515, and thus the Cartuja moved further from its initial concept of austerity towards a combination of work by a variety of artists in the church, sacristy and sacrarium. The site marks the height of Andalusian Baroque. The vestry, in fact, is considered one of the towering […]
Detail InformationEdit Casa Calvet is a building, designed by Antoni Gaudí for a textile manufacturer which served as both a commercial property (in the basement and on the ground floor) and a residence. It is located at Carrer de Casp 48, Eixample district of Barcelona. Gaudí scholars agree that this building is the most conventional […]
Detail InformationEdit Alhambra the complete form of which was Calat Alhambra is a palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalusia, Spain. It was constructed during the mid 10th century by the Berber ruler Badis ben Habus of the Kingdom of Granada in al-Andalus, occupying the top of the hill of the Assabica on the […]