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IN France the manufacture of miniature of a city or a building is important not only to become one of the interesting tourist attraction. For example in Moses © e des Plans-Reliefs in the Hotel des Invalides, a variety of miniature collection here was originally created for military purposes. All of these military miniature collection declared as historical monument in 1927, and the museum was founded in 1943. The models you can see in this museum gives special attention to the fortress city and topographic features such as hills, harbors, and so forth.
Approximately 260-relief plan that was made between 1668 and 1870 represent approximately 150 sites. Approximately 100 models are now preserved by the museum and about 15 collections stored in Moses © e des Beaux-Arts de Lille.
Currently, Moses © e des Plans-Reliefs relief plan showing 28 forts along the English Channel, Atlantic and Mediterranean coast, and the Pyrenees. Musee des Plans-Reliefs or military model of the museum was originally founded in 1668 when Francois-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois and war minister to Louis XIV, began to collect three-dimensional model of the walled city for military purposes, known as a plans-reliefs. Read the rest of this entry »
SHIP Vasa is a silent witness Swedish naval superiority in the 17th century are still stored at the Vasa Museum. In addition to seeing masterpieces of Vasa ship, you also can see things other relics have been found after the ship was lifted from the sea.
Vasa Ship newly appointed to the surface in April 1961 after being under water for about 333 years. Thousands of artifacts and the remains of at least 15 people killed found in and around the hull. The story of this vessel commenced on August 10, 1628 at the launch. In maiden voyage, the ship managed to sail as far less than a mile and then drowned.
Actually before this ship is sinking, construction problems at the beginning of the making show the ship was in danger the stability of upside. Nevertheless, under pressure from the palace, the ship was completed on a very tight schedule. Some initial rescue fails to lift the ship that sank 32 meters deep and the location of the sinking was finally lost. This location was later discovered in the 1950s by amateur archaeologist Anders Franzen and in 1961 successfully removed. Read the rest of this entry »
Who does not know Italian, one of the countries in Europe are at this Pizza Negri nicknamed it has many very interesting sights. Starting from the movies, architecture, history tours, tower of Pisa, in the city of Milan Fassion tour, religious tours in Vatican City, food tours, galleries, natural attractions and a lot more we can enjoy.
Italy, located in the southern part of continental Europe. The country is a peninsula shaped like a shoe boot with two large islands, Sicily and Sardinia. It shares borders with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. Italy is one of the oldest countries in Europe. This country’s history can be traced back three thousand years. Not surprisingly, Italian became the roots of European culture, namely, Etruscan and Roman.
UN body which deals with Pengetahunan Science and Culture (UNESCO) noted that there are about 41 historical relics in Italy that could be bequeathed to the world. Historical relics were scattered from the city of Rome to the southern and northern Italy. Heritage is now the main attraction for tourism this country. Rome, is the silent witness of the glory of Italy there is the past. According to legend, Rome was built in 753 BC by Romulus, first king of ancient Rome. Read the rest of this entry »
Black-robed figure of a man with a samurai on his back moving fast in the middle of the night. Almost without a sound, he went into every room carefully and surely. This depiction, it looks like a ninja, the mysterious figure from Japan that we often see on TV. Ninja or shinobi is not a figure of engineering, as illustrated in Japanese cartoons. In the days of imperial Japan, infiltrate the ninja skills used to know a secret document or kill the opponent. Ninja has a long history and if you are interested to know it just came to Japan, to be precise in Ueno Park, Taito, Tokyo.
At the museum Iga-ryu ninja, you can see and learn about the life of Iga-ryu ninja and martial art called ninjutsu. Ninja Iga-ryu is one of two ninja who trained the highest form of ninjutsu. In this museum, you can find a home ninja, ninja hall, and a traditional hall ninja who is also the place ninja demonstration performances. Here, you can also buy authentic items made by the ninja. Ninja house is a building that looks like an ancient Japanese farmhouse. Here you will find many surprises, from the hidden room, a mysterious door, and a place to keep the sword as well as other combat equipment. Read the rest of this entry »
Visiting the museum Littleton, Colorado as we visited the Ingalls family’s house, jadul characters from the television series Little House on the Prairie. In this museum are open acreage upon which stood the buildings of wood, is the reconstruction of homes and lives of a family in Littleton in the 1860s and 1890s. This open area is divided into two, one for the 1860s, a rather backward when compared with other parts, in the 1890s. Despite the reconstruction, all the buildings made possible by a fellow who was in that era, also the size of the buildings is a measure sebenarnya.Littleton itself is a small town, population of only 40 000 people with an area of 36.1 square km which is administratively included in the three counties , Arapahoe (as the capital city), Jefferson and Douglas. Began to be occupied by migrants since 1859, officially became a city of Littleton since 1890, its name taken from the name Little Richard, community leaders who with his wife, Angeline, credited with changing the region ownerless into the city. Read the rest of this entry »