Poliedro de Caracas

Detail InformationEdit The Poliedro de Caracas (“Caracas Polyhedron Arena”) is an indoor sports arena, located on the grounds adjacent to Hipodromo La Rinconada, in Caracas, Venezuela. It was designed by architect Thomas C. Howard of Synergetics, Inc, in Raleigh, Ncin 1971. However, the Geodesic Dome was not concluded, until 1974, when US firm Charter Industries […]

Makung

Makung is the county seat of Penghu, in Taiwan Province, Taiwan (Republic of China). Makung is on the western part of the main Penghu Island. The earliest temple in the country to the goddess Matsu is found on Magong. Magong is therefore also known as “Magong Ao”, or “Matsu Palace Seaport”. The first character of […]

Ankara Ice Palace

Detail InformationEdit Ankara Ice Palace (Turkish: G.S.İ.M. Buz Pateni Sarayı, formerly Belpa Buz Pateni Sarayı) is an indoor ice skating and ice hockey arena located in the Bahçelievler neighborhood of Ankara, Turkey. It was opened in 1989 and has a capacity of about 1,150 people. It was built by the Municipality of Ankara as the […]

Gadaladeniya Temple

Detail InformationEdit The Gadaladeniya Temple’s design is of South Indian origin with a Devale attached to it, similar in character to the Natha Devale and the Gedige of Adahana Maluwa. The main shrine room has a seated Buddha statue and the remains of some paintings of the Gampola period. Among other important temples around Kandy[are […]

Lankalatika temple-Kandy

Detail InformationEdit The Lankatilaka Temple is considered to be one of the best preserved examples of traditional Sinhalese temple architecture. Built on a rock, the temple is reached by a long series of rock cut steps. An arched passage of the image house leads through a Mandapa (hall) into the inner sanctum which is richly […]

Carlton Centre

Detail InformationEdit The Carlton Centre is a skyscraper and shopping centre located in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa. At 223 metres (732 ft), it has been the tallest building in Africa for 38 years. The Carlton Centre has 50 floors. The foundations of the two buildings in the complex are 5 m (16 ft) in diameter […]

Lee Valley Ice Centre

Detail InformationEdit The Lee Valley Ice Centre is situated in the Lee Valley Regional Park in London, England. Figure Skating, ice hockey and public skating sessions are all available at Lee Valley Ice Centre.The Lee Valley Ice Centre is home to the Lee Valley Lions, an amateur side competing in the English National Ice Hockey […]

Romford Ice Arena

Detail InformationEdit Romford Ice Arena is a sports venue located in Romford, Havering, England. It was built in the 1980s, and at the time of opening in 1987 was equipped with a full range of facilities, including a cafe and arcade games.It is the home of the Romford Raiders ice hockey team. In addition to […]

Alexandra Palace

Detail InformationEdit Alexandra Palace is a building in North London, England. It stands in Alexandra Park, in an area between Hornsey, Muswell Hill and Wood Green. It was built in 1873 as a public centre of recreation, education and entertainment and as North London’s counterpart to the Crystal Palace in South London.Designed to be “The […]

San Cristobal de la Laguna

San Cristobal de La Laguna, the former capital of Tenerife, is an historic Canary Islands city with a long university tradition. Its model colonial layout, awarded World Heritage status, contains several of the island’s major religious buildings, including the Cathedral, as well as a multitude of ancestral homes from the 17th and 18th centuries. Its […]