Lorraine is one of the 27 regions of France. The administrative region has two cities of equal importance, Metz and Nancy. Metz is considered to be the official capital since that is where the regional parliament is situated. The region’s name is derived from the medieval Lotharingia. The borders of the area called Lorraine changed […]
Detail InformationEdit The French National Assembly (French: Assemblée Nationale) is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of France under the Fifth Republic. The upper house is the Senate (“Sénat”). The National Assembly’s members are known as députés (“delegate” or “envoy” in English; the word is an etymological cognate of the English word “deputy”, usually […]
Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin departement. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking, explaining the city’s Germanic name. Strasbourg’s metropolitan […]
Detail InformationEdit The House of the Estates is a historical building in Helsinki, Finland. From 1891, when it was built, it housed the three commoner estates of the four estates of the realm of Finland. The estates were superseded at the 1906 parliamentary reform by the foundation of the unicameral parliament of Finland. The parliament […]
Detail InformationEdit The Helsinki Music Centre is a concert hall and a music center in Töölönlahti, Helsinki. The building is home to Sibelius Academy and two symphony orchestras, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. The Music Centre is located on a prestigious site between Finlandia Hall and the museum of contemporary […]
Mariehamn (Finnish: Maarianhamina) is the capital of Åland, an autonomous territory under Finnish sovereignty. Mariehamn is the seat of the Government and Parliament of Åland, and 40% of the population of Åland live in the city. Like all of Åland, Mariehamn is unilingually Swedish-speaking and around 88% of the inhabitants speak it as their native […]
Detail InformationEdit The Finnish Parliament Annex (Finnish: Pikkuparlamentti, Swedish: Lilla parlamentet “Little Parliament”) is a building in the centre of Helsinki, Finland. It houses offices for about one hundred members of the Parliament of Finland. The building was built in 2004 and the design comes from the winning entry of a design competition held from […]
India /Jammu and Kashmir /Rajauri /Rajauri There are numerous sightseeing attractions and most popular among them are Panj Pir and Lal Bauli. Travellers planning a trip to the district of Rajouri must visit the Panj Pir shrine which is popular as the resting place of five saints and their sister. This site is visited by […]
The city of Odense is the third largest city in Denmark. Odense is one of the oldest cities of Denmark and had its 1000th anniversary in 1988. To celebrate this, a forest named “the Thousand Year Forest” was cultivated. The shrine of Saint Canute in Saint Canute’s Cathedral held great attraction for pilgrims throughout the […]
Detail InformationEdit Christiansborg Palace, on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen, is the seat of the Folketing (the Danish parliament), the Danish Prime Minister’s Office and the Danish Supreme Court. Also, several parts of the palace are used by the monarchy, including the Royal Reception Rooms, the palace chapel and the royal stables. The […]