Agios Thomas (Greek: Άγιος Θωμάς) is a village in Boeotia, Greece. It is a community of Tanagra municipality, near Athens. The name: Mavromati is mentioned in the book of Colonel William Martin Leake: Travels in Northern Greece, during his visit to the region in 1806. Also the prefect of Thebes, N. Karoris at his report: […]
Detail InformationEdit Just next to the church of San Pedro, in a small square which bears the same name, stands the stately home of the Aguayo family. It is a delightful building, used nowadays as the Sagrada Familia School, known popularly as the Las Francesas (the French Women). The attractive facade was built at the […]
Detail InformationEdit It is located on Ensanche de Amara, and is the work of Basque architect Manuel de Echave. The church covers an area of 1,915 square metres and was inaugurated in 1897. It was designated cathedral in 1953. It has a symmetrical, rectangular floor plan, in Latin cross formation with three naves, transept and […]
Detail InformationEdit El Cristo de los Dolores. This monument was crafted by Friar Diego José de Cádiz, from the Capuchin-Franciscan Order. It was originally called Cristo de los Desagravios y Misericordia. It is situated in one of the most beautiful squares in Córdoba. It is a stone cross with Christ crucified, the monument is enclosed […]
Detail InformationEdit Smell of orange blossom. The district of Santa Cruz covers the historic and artistic quarter of Seville. Walking through its streets you can see 12th century buildings, like the Royal Citadels, and symbolic buildings, like the cathedral, the General Archive Of The Indies, the Hospital of the Venerable and the City Hall. Among […]
Detail InformationEdit Park Güell is a garden complex with architectural elements situated on the hill of El Carmel in the Gràcia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and built in the years 1900 to 1914. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Works of Antoni […]
Detail InformationEdit Wat Khao Chan Ngam is at Ban Loet Sawat. From the city, take Highway No. 2 for 55 kilometres. At Km. 200-201 take a left turn for about 3 kilometres. The temple has prehistoric drawings in the back. To see them, walk past a rock garden and a shady and peaceful forest for […]
Hesse , Hessian dialect: Hesse is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state. The English name “Hesse” comes from French or the Hessian dialect. The variant “Hessia” comes from the medieval latin Hassia. The German term Hessen is used by the European Commission, not because it is English, […]
India /Uttarakhand /Pithoragarh /Patal Bhuvaneshwar Patal Bhuvaneshwar is a limestone cave temple 14 km from Gangolihat in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand state in India. It is located in the village Bhubneshwar.Patal Bhuvaneshwar is 14 kms to the north of Gangolihat and 91 kms, from Pithoragarh Patal Bhubaneshwar is located at an elevation of 1350 […]
Detail InformationEdit The Square René Viviani is a public square adjacent to the Church of Saint-Julien-Le-Pauvre in the fifth arrondissement of Paris. The Square René Viviani is located to the north of the Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre church, which is a Melkite Greek Catholic parish church resident in one of the oldest religious buildings in the city. The […]