Category: Europe

Europe, Spain, Play

Cibeles Palace the white splendor

Cibeles Palace (Spanish: Palacio de Cibeles) formally known as Palacio de Comunicaciones (Palace of Communications), is a complex composed of two buildings with white facades and is located in one of the historical centres of Madrid, Spain.

Europe, Spain, Eat

Lard and Rice in Madrid

Madrid is the capital and most-populous city of Spain, it is also the political and cultural centre of the country. Madrid has so many restaurants which provide good Spanish cuisine, this restaurant is one of them. This restaurant has English menu, you can still order even if you don’t know Spanish.

Vatican, Europe, Play

Raphael Rooms of Vatican

Vatican Museums (Italian: Musei Vaticani) are the public art and sculpture museums in the Vatican City. The four Raphael Rooms (Stanze di Raffaello) are famous for their frescoes painted by Raphael and his workshop, marking the High Renaissance in Rome.

Vatican, Europe, Play

Treasure of Vatican

Vatican Museums (Italian: Musei Vaticani) are the public art and sculpture museums in the Vatican City. Vatican Museums contain roughly 70,000 works, of which 20,000 are on display, which were amassed by the Catholic Church and the papacy throughout the centuries.

Vatican, Europe, Play

The largest church in the world

The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply Saint Peter's Basilica, is a church built in the Renaissance style located in Vatican City, it is the largest church in the world by interior measure.

Vatican, Europe, Play

The resting place of St. Peter

St. Peter's Square (Italian: Piazza San Pietro) is a large plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City. The square is named after Saint Peter, an apostle of Jesus considered by Catholics to be the first Pope.

Iceland, Europe, Play

Beautiful Iceland’s Ring Road

Route 1 (Icelandic: Þjóðvegur 1)or the Ring Road (Hringvegur) is a national road in Iceland that runs around the island and connects most of the inhabited parts of the country. The scenery along Route 1 is incredibly beautiful.

Iceland, Europe, Play

Little turf church in Iceland

Víðimýrarkirkja is a beautiful old turf church located in Skagafjörður of North-Iceland, the fourth president of Iceland said, the church is ‘the purest example and the most beautiful keepsake of the Icelandic architecture’.

Iceland, Europe, Play

Hiking of Grábrók

Grábrók is a small volcanic crater in the north of Borgarfjörður area, the West part of Iceland. Since Grábrók is not far from the Ring Route 1, it becomes one of the most popular tourist attractions in Iceland, also an ideal place for hiking.

Italy, Europe, Play

Mother church of Roman Catholic

Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (Italian: Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano) is the cathedral church of the Diocese of Rome in the city of Rome, and serves as the seat of the Roman Pontiff, the pope.

Italy, Europe, Play

Imperial fora: Nerva and Trajan

Imperial fora (Fora Imperatorum) are a series of monumental fora (public squares), constructed in Rome over a period of one and a half centuries, between 46 BC and 113 AD. Let’s take a look at the Forum of Nerva and Trajan's Forum.

Italy, Europe, Play

Imperial fora: Caesar and Augustus

Imperial fora (Latin: Fora Imperatorum) are a series of monumental fora (public squares), constructed in Rome over a period of one and a half centuries, between 46 BC and 113 AD. Let’s take a look at the Forum of Caesar and the Forum of Augustus.

Italy, Europe, Play

Chains of St. Peter

San Pietro in Vincoli (Italian: Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli) is a Roman Catholic titular church and minor basilica in Rome, Italy, best known for being the home of the relics of the chains that bound Saint Peter.

Italy, Europe, Play

Roman Forum the millennial relics

Roman Forum (Latin: Forum Romanum) is located in Rome, Italy. The Forum was deemed to be the heart of ancient Rome, it has been called the most celebrated meeting place in the world and in all history, today it is a sprawling ruin of architectural fragments and intermittent archaeological excavations attracting millions of sightseers yearly.

Italy, Europe, Play

Roman Forum the millennial relics

Roman Forum (Latin: Forum Romanum) is located in Rome, Italy. For centuries the Forum was the center of day-to-day life in Rome, such as the site of triumphal processions and elections; the venue for public speeches and criminal trials.

Italy, Europe, Play

Roman Forum the heart of empire

Roman Forum (Latin: Forum Romanum) is located in Rome of Italy, it is a rectangular forum (plaza) surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome.

Italy, Europe, Play

Palatine Hill the home of emperor

Palatine Hill, (Collis Palatium or Mons Palatinus) is situated in Rome, Italy. From the start of the Empire (27 BC) Augustus built his palace there and the hill gradually became the exclusive domain of emperors; the ruins of the palaces of Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD), Tiberius (14 – 37 AD) and Domitian (81 – 96 AD) can still be seen.

Italy, Europe, Play

Palatine Hill the city of palace

Palatine Hill (Latin: Collis Palatium or Mons Palatinus) is situated in Rome of Italy, which is one of the most ancient parts of the city. The name of the hill is the etymological origin of the word palace and its cognates in other languages (English: Palace, Italian: palazzo, French: palais, Spanish: palacio, German: Palast, etc.).

Italy, Europe, Play

Palatine Hill the origin of Rome

Situated in Rome of Italy, Palatine Hill (Latin: Collis Palatium or Mons Palatinus) is the centremost of the Seven Hills (Septem colles) of Rome, it is also one of the most ancient parts of the city and has been called ‘the first nucleus of the Roman Empire’.

Iceland, Europe, Play

Mývatn: Mirror in North Pole

Mývatn is a lake situated in the north of Iceland, it was created by a large basaltic lava eruption 2300 years ago. Mývatn is beautiful and big, it is better to stay here overnight so you can enjoy the scenery in the evening and early morning.

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