Shwedagon

Shwedagon (official name: Shwedagon Zedi Daw), also known as the Golden Pagoda, is a stupa or pagoda as high as 98 meters (321.5 feet) which plated gold and are located in Yangon, Myanmar. Pagoda is located in the western part of Lake Kandawgyi, in Singuttara hill, and dominates the view of the city of Yangon. Buddhist Stupa is the most sacred for the people of Burma for storing relics of previous Buddhas, namely stick Kakusandha, Konagamana water filter, a piece of robe Kassapa and eight hairs of Gautama Siddhartha, the historical Buddha.

Mezquita de Cordoba

"Mosque of Córdoba is one example of Spanish Muslim architecture of the earliest and most beautiful" -. Fodor's Spain. The Mezquita (Spanish for "mosque") of Cordoba is a beautiful and fascinating building that symbolizes the many changes in the religious rulers of Cordoba that lasted for centuries. Today, this building serves and named cathedral Mezquita Cordoba (its official name is the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption), but most of the existing art and architecture is a masterpiece of Islamic architecture, built as a mosque in the 8th century.

HISTORY

This site has long been a sacred building, where the establishment of a Roman temple dedicated to Janus and Visigothic cathedral dedicated to St. Vincent of Saragossa before the mosque was built in the 8th century. Finally, the cathedral is added in the mosque by the conquering Christians in the early 13th century

Borobudur

Borobudur is the name of a Buddhist temple located at Borobudur, Magelang, Central Java. The location of the temple is approximately 100 km southwest of Hyderabad and 40 km northwest of Yogyakarta. This temple was founded by the followers of Mahayana Buddhism around the year 800 AD during the reign of the dynasty dynasty.

The name Borobudur

Many theories that attempt to explain the name of this temple. One of them states that the name is probably derived from the word Sambharabhudhara, which means "mountain" (bhudara) where the slopes are located terraces. In addition there are some other folk etymology. Suppose that the word comes from the greeting Borobudur "the Buddha" who because of a shift in sound to Borobudur. Another explanation is that the name comes from two words "coal" and "beduhur". The word bara said to have originated from the word monastery, while there are also other explanations where the coal comes from Sanskrit which means temple or monastery complex and beduhur meaning is "high", or to remind the Balinese language means "above". So the point is a monastery or hostel located on high ground.

Great Wall of China

Great Wall of China or the Great Wall of China is also known in China as the Great Wall Along the 10,000 Li is the longest building ever built by humans, is located in the People's Republic of China. Its length is 6400 kilometers (from the area Sanhai Pass in the east to Lop Nur in the west) and the height of 8 meters in order to prevent the incursion of the Mongols from the north at that time. The width of the top 5 m, while the bottom width of 8 m. Every 180-270 m made ​​a kind of watchtower. High watchtower is 11-12 m.

Ka'bah

Kaaba is a building close to the form of a cube located in the middle of the Grand Mosque in Mecca. This building is a monument sacred to the Muslims (Muslims). It is a building used as a benchmark or direction of Qibla direction benchmark for things that are of worship for Muslims around the world like a prayer. In addition, a building that must be visited or diziarahi during Hajj and Umrah seasons.
Historian, narrator and others have different opinions about who has built the Kaaba. Some opinions say that there are angels, Adam and Seth. [1] Dimensional structure of the temple building measuring approximately 13.10 m high with a side of 12.62 m 11.03 m times Also called by the name Baitallah.

Historical development

Kaaba is also called Bayt al `Atiq is a beautifully restored building at the time of Prophet Ibrahim and Prophet Ismail Ismail after the Prophet was in Mecca on the orders of Allah. In the Qur'an, Sura 14:37 implies that the Kaaba was a sacred site there when the Prophet Abraham Hagar and baby Ishmael place at that location.

At the time of Prophet Muhammad SAW was 30 years old (about 600 AD and has not appointed a messenger at the time), this building was renovated again due to flash floods that hit the city of Mecca at that time. Had been a dispute between the head of a tribe or tribes when they wanted to put the stone back to the Black Stone, but thanks to the settlement of disputes Muhammad was successfully resolved without bloodshed and without any aggrieved party.

Cave of Hira

Pilgrims who have completed perform the pilgrimage, some spare time for a pilgrimage to some historical places, such as cave hira, mountain blessing, even those that have arrived in Jeddah can travel to the world's tallest fountain.

Hira Cave is situated on the slopes of Jabal Nur, this hill is one of a row of rocky mountains surrounding the city of Mecca. Located in the Northeast city of Mecca with a distance of about 6 kilometers from the Ka'bah

Colosseum

Colosseum is a historic relic in the form of a big theater called the amphitheater-shaped or elliptical with the original name of the Flavian Amphitheatre, which is one of the Seven Wonders of the World Middle Ages. The site is located in the state capital of Italy, Rome, founded by King during the Roman Empire Vespasian and completed by his son Titus, and became one of the greatest works of Roman architecture ever built.

Regarding the year of manufacture until now there are still differences of faith. Some argue that the Colosseum was made in the year 79 BC, there is also an opinion that was made between the years 70-82 AD. But, most archaeologists believe that the Colosseum was made in the year 70-82 AD Originally Colosseum name comes from a statue 130 feet or 40 m are called Colossus.Colosseum is designed to accommodate 50,000 spectators.

Eiffel Tower

History
Eiffel Tower (French: Tour Eiffel, / tuʀ ɛfɛl /) is an iron tower built on the Champ de Mars on the banks of the River Seine in Paris. The tower has become a global icon of France and one of the world famous structure.

Introduction
Named after its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel, the Eiffel Tower is the tallest building in Paris and one of the world famous structure. More than 200,000,000 people have visited the tower since its construction in 1889, including 6,719,200 people in 2006, making it a monument to cost the most visited in the world. Including the antenna as high as 24 m (79 ft), this structure has a height 325 m (1063 ft) since 2000, the same as conventional building storey 81.

PYRAMIDS

Pyramid or the pyramid is the construction of buildings that have been used since long time by the ancient Egyptians and the Mayans, were used as tombs of the kings of the first and the means of worship (worship).

Pyramids in history

PYRAMIDS of EGYPT

Pyramids of Egypt is the name for which is located in the Egyptian pyramids, known as the "land pyramid" even if found in large numbers pyramid sites in the Yucatan Peninsula which is the center of Mayan civilization.

In Egypt the pyramids are generally used as the tomb of ancient Egyptian kings known as pharaohs. However, many centuries ago the pyramid is often used as a target of looting and tomb robbers because of the kings to bring their wealth and all kinds of artifacts in order in the afterlife, despite the protection given by such curses to prevent it. So in the ancient Egyptian kings that followed, the tomb of the kings and the nobles placed in a hidden valley just as the tomb of King Tutankhamun is discovered intact and complete.

GREAT SPHINX of GIZA

Great Sphinx of Giza is a large sphinx statue shaped half human and half lion found in Egypt, at Giza Plateau, the west bank of the Nile, near Cairo now. This is one of several of the world's largest sculpture made of one stone piece, and believed to have been built by ancient Egyptians in the third millennium BC.

The name used for the people of Ancient Egypt to refer to this statue was not known. The name 'sphinx' which is used is taken from the name of the legendary Greek creature with a lion's body, the head of a woman, and wings of an eagle, though Egyptian sphinxes have the head man. The word "sphinx" comes from the Greek (Σφιγξ - Sphinx, from the verb σφιγγω - sphingo) which means to strangle, "as the sphinx from Greek mythology strangled anyone incapable of answering her riddle. For some people, it is believed that this name is change the word from the ancient Egyptian language Shesep-ankh, a name given to royal statues in the Fourth Dynasty. In medieval writings, and bilhaw balhib name which refers to the Sphinx are used, including by Egyptian historian Maqrizi, who suggested the preparation of the Coptic language, but Arabic-Egypt Abul-Hol, which translates as "Father of Terror," more widely used. although the means "Father of Terror", sphinx is one of modern culture his day, and is the tourist area of ​​interest.