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Monday, October 17, 2011

Natural History Museum Of London

Among the many museums in London, the Natural History Museum is probably near the top in terms of being an interest to people from a wide variety of backgrounds and age groups to see. It is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road in South Kensington.The construction of the Museum of Natural History took place between 1873 and 1881. The beauty of the building could in itself a reason to come see the museum, but, of course, most visitors are interested in the various exhibits in the museum. The most popular items are those with the dinosaurs, but there are all kinds of national collections of living plants and fossils, animals and minerals on the screen. The Natural History Museum is a center of world-class research specializing in taxonomy, identification and conservation.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Hagia Sophia In Istanbul

Hagia Sophia Istanbul

Initially, Aya Sophia is a church called St. Sophia, built by Emperor Justinian in 558 AD Aya Sofia mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. Tourists can enjoy the beauty of the mosque, which seems incredible, visible from outside the tourists can see the enormous size of the dome is 30 meters and 54 meters high.When in the mosque, visitors are lulled by the beauty of the interior decorated with mosaics and frescoes. The pillars of the mosque made of colored marble. And the walls are decorated with sculptures, as in painting mini horizon.

Holidays In Turkey - Istanbul Blue Mosque

The Blue Mosque

The mosque is called the Blue Mosque, because the top of the mosque and the dome of blue. While tourists in Turkey can see this mosque was quiet and peaceful. Istanbul Blue Mosque is located in front of the church of Hagia Sophia. This mosque founded by Sultan Ahmed in the 1609-1612 year. The mosque has six minarets, the dome diameter of 23.5 meters with a dome 43 meters high and 5 meters in diameter concrete columns. This mosque is one of the two mosques in Turkey, which has six minarets, the other is in Adana.

The Blue Mosque is still a place of worship. Included in the complex of the largest mosque in Istanbul, we went through the flower garden that is protected in the shade of trees. Although the Blue Mosque is used as a religious tourism destination, but tourists should not come by chance travelers should bring appropriate clothing to enter the area of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, women should wear the veil.