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EXCEPT the Eiffel Tower, the Temple of Janus is also one of the free tourist attractions in France. Located just across the River to the north Arroux Autun and that’s where the ruins of a substantial visible. Perhaps this is part of the sanctuary Gallic god as told in the teachings of the Roman religion. Janus stood at an impressive 24m-high (79 foot) more precisely.
Traditionally, this temple is dedicated to the Roman god Janus who are good at leading the war, experts maintain gates and doors. Janus is usually depicted with two faces in the opposite direction. These represent two faces of the sun and moon. For the ancient Romans, Janus symbolize change and transitions such as the development of the future to the past, one condition to another, from one vision to another, grows from young people, and from one universe to another.
If you notice, the Temple of Janus shaped like a cube that is in a grassy field and near the river. Brick wall is part of the temple square temple, or shrine in the central region where the gods dwell. Around the temple is a gallery.
WHEN a visit to Chartres Cathedral in Chartres, about 50 miles from Paris, France, you will find statues strange and creepy at the top of the tower. Chartres Cathedral (more Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Chartres) is a Catholic place of worship with magnificent architecture. This is one building with gothic style in the early Middle Ages.
Some look interesting are the giant statues of falcons and sinister creatures, perched above the North Tower of Notre Dame Cathedral. Besides the exterior, inside the cathedral there is also a fascinating carvings.
According to one photographer Catherine Karnow on nationalgeographic.com, “Rise to the top of the tower is a wonderful thing to do.“ Why? Because of the altitude, you can see the incredible scenery in every direction. Chartres Cathedral is open every day from 8.30 to 19:30 local time. Special Labyrinth opened on Friday and the Crypt can be seen while touring alone. Not available service on Sundays or public holidays.
STAGE theater with rows of benches that circle and rose to the top is one of the construction of a common Roman heritage. One of them is in Lyon, France, and you can visit for free. Fourviere Roman theater in this temple complex, located in the south of Notre Dame de Fourviere Basilica, Lyon. This is the oldest Roman theater in France that was built Augustus in 17-15 BC and expanded during the reign of Hadrian.
While here, you can see the ruins of three ancient Roman structure is a theater, concert hall and the right temple in the south of the Basilica of Notre-Dame. This theater has a seating gallery steep, decorated floor, and the basics of a great stage. The original design of the theater has a 89 meter diameter and have two levels each of which has seating for 4500 spectators. The top of the closed roads and footpaths is lower then converted to create the third and fourth level so that it can accommodate about 10,000 people. Read the rest of this entry »
CARNAC is a small village in Brittany, northwest France. Although small, this is home for Carnac Stone, a prehistoric rock system and tourist sites of more than 3000 years old.
Carnac rock who became one of the major tourist sites in France, Neolithic era, carved from local stone and was established by pre-Celtic people of Brittany. Carnac rocks consist of a single standing stones (menhirs) and groups of rocks (dolmen).
There are two main groups in the Carnac stones, known as Menec and Kermario. Furthermore, smaller groups around the region including Kerlescan and Petit Menec. Read the rest of this entry »
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 »