Archive for September, 2010

The Ancient Roman City and Lombard

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

The Royal Palace of Caserta is one of the most magnificent and splendid buildings that has a ruler built. In fact just crossed the hall, you have the impression of entering a fairy-tale palace.
Bourbon King Charles III commissioned the architect Luigi Vanvitelli to make between the ancient Roman city and Lombard and the new building that emulates a Caserta Versailles. On a rectangular plan, the Royal Palace of Caserta covers an area of 44,000 square meters and stands up for forty yards along a front of two hundred and fifty feet, with twelve hundred rooms lit by windows millessetecentonovanta. Were spent to build about six millions of ducats.

The Royal Palace of Caserta is one of the most visited monuments in Italy. In fact, one can not but be struck by the beauty by the magnificence of the boardrooms and reception, nearly all plastered with silk Leucio, rich in precious decorations, tapestries, furniture and mirrors, which run along corridors and airy little steps, around four large (more…)

The Suez Canal

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

The Suez Canal (in German actually Suez Canal) is a 163-kilometer-long channel of the Red Sea with the Mediterranean and thus represents a major shortcut by sea between Europe and Asia, as the ships would otherwise have to drive around Africa. The Suez Canal begins in the Mediterranean near the port city of Port Said and ends in the Red Sea near the town of Suez, which gave the channel its name. In one city, to around 500,000 inhabitants, which come mainly through the channel here. At the same time, the channel is a dividing line between the actual land of Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula, and therefore the boundary between Africa and Asia.
History
As early as 1400 BC, began the pharaohs Seti I, Ramsis II and the planning and construction of a channel of the Red Sea should be connected to the Mediterranean. Due to natural conditions, this was already possible with the then (more…)

City With the Highest Density of Italian Art

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

Naples is the city with the highest density of Italian art, deserving recognition as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Third in extension and population density between the Italian cities thanks to the many conquerors have occurred over time in almost 2700 years of history, enjoying the highest artistic and cultural diversity to the point that it can be considered an authentic open air museum. The number of monuments, museums, palaces, fountains, grottos is too high to make the classification difficult. Suffice it to say that only consolidated for the type of construction since ancient times, the extraction of volcanic tufa stone made it possible to achieve an authentic underground city with an extension almost equal to that surface. Ideal bridge for trade and exchange with the Middle East, which has suffered in past epochs the invasion and domination, Naples and is one of the largest commercial maritime cargo hubs. Definitely one of APEAL major city and the region is the particularly pleasant climate which allows extended stays throughout the year to venture into the discovery of many treasures of the city. (more…)

The Oldest Port on The Red Sea

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Safaga is the oldest port on the Red Sea and was founded around 2450 BC by Pharaoh Sahure. The port was used to trade with other nations and the exploration of the Red Sea. Even today, some 60 kilometer south of Hurghada Safaga port is still used by the Egyptians. Here is a stronghold of the Egyptian army and a hub for various commodities.
For tourists Safaga has no special interest, in addition to some coral reefs and the sunken ship off the coast of Salem Express. Nevertheless, there is a peninsula of Soma Bay near Safaga, which is developed for tourism and on which there are several luxury hotels. Which are located in and around Safaga black sand beaches of the Red Sea slightly radioactive (in harmless concentrations) and were already used by the pharaohs for cures.
South of Safaga is the checkpoint of the Egyptian police for driving in a convoy to the Nile Valley. This checkpoint must use not only vacationers from Safaga, but also tourists from more distant places, such as Hurghada, must pass through the checkpoint to travel to Luxor.
Soma Bay
On the peninsula of Soma Bay Safaga near a completely self-sufficient tourist complex with several hotels, a Robinson Club and a marina. As in El Gouna also the water and the electricity is produced themselves and also the workers in the hotels live on the peninsula.
There are in Safaga and Soma Bay vicinity no interest is primarily dependent on water sports and beach vacationers. The main occupations of the holiday in Soma Bay, therefore, include sunbathing, scuba diving, windsurfing and kite surfing.

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