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Католицький кафедральний собор
Католицький собор святого Діонісія Ареопагіта розташований на перехресті проспекту Панепістіміу та вулиці Оміру. Він є резиденцією католицького архієпископа Афін і присвячений святому Діонісію Ареопагіту, учневі апостола Павла і першому єпископу Афін.
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Yesterday
National Library of Greece
On 16 March 1888, the foundation stone of the new neoclassical building was laid. The building was financed by three Kefalonian brothers living in the diaspora, Panagios, Marinos and Andreas Vallianos, and is known as "Vallianio".
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4 days ago
Hadrian's Arch
The construction of the arch began in 131 AD, when the local authorities wanted to celebrate the arrival of the Roman emperor Hadrian and thank him for his benevolence to the city.
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6 days ago
Ruins of the Temple of Olympian Zeus
The half-ruined Temple of Olympian Zeus is dedicated to the king of the Olympian gods, which explains the name of the monument. It stands a few minutes' walk from the center of Athens, just 500 meters southeast of the Acropolis and 700 meters south of Syntagma Square.
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1 week ago
Heart of Athens
The Acropolis is the heart of Athens, an ancient city where thousands of years ago a civilization arose that became the basis of the modern Western world. The architectural ensemble of the Acropolis includes buildings from the pre-Hellenistic, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman periods.
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1 week ago
Constitution Square
Syntagma Square, or Constitution Square, got its name in 1843, when King Otto presented the country's Constitution to the population. It is home to the former royal palace, where the Greek Parliament has been sitting since 1932.
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2 weeks ago
Small Metropolis
Another name is the Small Metropolis, because it is located next to the cathedral. A very small church, which is built entirely from architectural elements (spolia) of older buildings, from the classical period to the 12th or 13th century.
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2 weeks ago
Cathedral
Construction of the cathedral began on Christmas Day 1842, with the foundation laid by King Otto I of Greece and Queen Amalia. Marble from 72 destroyed churches in Athens at the time was used to build the cathedral.
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2 weeks ago
The place where the Apostle Paul preached
In addition to being a place of trial, the Areopagus is known as the place where the Apostle Paul preached. A large memorial plaque stands at the foot of the hill.
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2 weeks ago
Changing of the guard of honor
Actually, there is a guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. And the parliament is nearby. It's interesting for children, a little funny for adults. I feel sorry for the guys, because it was very hot even yesterday.
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2 weeks ago
Monument to King Danylo
One of the relatively new Lviv monuments. The monument was erected in 2001 according to the project of sculptors Vasyl Yarych and Roman Romanovych, architect Yarema Churylyk.
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2 years ago
Three columns of Sigismund
Sigismund's Column is the most famous monument of Warsaw and - next to the Little Mermaid - a symbol of the city. But does everyone, even the residents of Warsaw, know when it was built, who built it, and how many columns there actually were?
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3 years ago
Church of St. Martin
The Augustinian church and the monastery of St. Martin remained the property of the monastery until the dissolution of the order in 1866. This monastery, founded in 1353 by Prince Semowit Mazowiecki and built in the Gothic style, underwent further reconstructions in the seventeenth and eighteenth ce...
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3 years ago
Area 1866
It is more of a park or square than a square. It is all planted with trees and bushes. Previously, it was part of the territory of a large Ottoman cemetery. The square is named after the Cretan Revolution of 1866-1869.
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3 years ago
Barbican
For some reason, there is always "barbAkan" in Krakow. And in Warsaw there is a barbican, then a barbican. A sixteenth-century fortification that is part of the city's defensive walls.
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3 years ago
Basilica of St. John the Baptist
Arch-Cathedral Basilica of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist (XIV century, rebuilt in the XVII, XIX, XX centuries) The oldest church in Warsaw. Its creation dates back to the turn of the thirteenth-fourteenth centuries.
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3 years ago
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The Warsaw Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was opened on November 2.1925 under the colonnade of the Saxon Palace. On this day, the remains of a nameless soldier, brought during a special ceremony from the cemetery of the defenders of Lviv, were laid to him.
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3 years ago
Saxon garden
The Saxon Garden in Warsaw is a beautiful green park area in the center of the capital. Originally a geometric French garden, founded in 1724–1748 for King Augustus II the Strong, designed by Matthieu Daniel Peppelmann and Zacharias Longueulun in collaboration (from 1733) with Karl Friedrich Peppelm...
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3 years ago
Church on Three Crosses Square
The classicist church of St. Alexander on Three Crosses Square is undoubtedly one of the most famous churches in Warsaw. Although it is only 193 years old, its history is as stormy and complex as few of Warsaw's churches.
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3 years ago
Krasinski Palace
The palace was built in the Baroque style in 1677-1695 for the governor of Plock, Jan Dobrogost Krasinski, and its author was the architect Tilman from Gameran. Construction began in the spring of 1677 and by 1682 the main building was ready in its raw state.
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3 years ago
Royal Castle
In 1596, a decision was made - Warsaw will be the capital of Poland. However, a few years ago, King Sigismund III Vasa moved with his court to the castle in Warsaw, which was then "royal".
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3 years ago
Basilica of Santa Maria de Servi
The brothers of the Order of the Servants of Mary came to Bologna from Florence and in 1233 they settled at Borgo San P'etro. Here the stench woke up the church, in which they roamed and practiced until 1345, when Taddeo Pepoli, lord of Bologna, having presented them with a great plot of land, where...
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3 years ago
Palazzo Bocchi
Erected in 1546 by Jacopo Barozzi da Vignoli and finished inside by a pupil of Ottaviano Mascherino, the author of the Palazzo del Quirinale in Rome, the building, which belonged to the Bolognese humanist Achille Bocchi (1488-1562), soon became the seat of the academy he founded.
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3 years ago
Church of St. Peter
Many tourists think that the glorious temple of San Petronio on Piazza Maggiore is the main cathedral of Bologna. But not so. The Cathedral of the city is the church of St.
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3 years ago
Palazzo Ercolani
Palazzo Ercolani - a great wake-up call in the style of rococo or neoclassicism in the historical center of Bologna, the School of Political Science of the University of Bologna has been redistributed at once.
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3 years ago