Sentences with phrase «ancient buildings such»

Here you can tour across sights such as the famous Windmills, the colourful Little Venice and ancient buildings such as the whitewashed Panagia Paraportiani church, or alternatively, you can treasure hunt across museums such as the Archaeological Museum of Mykonos and the Folklore Museum.

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You would have to go back to the pyramids of ancient Egypt or the building of the Terracotta Army by China's first emperor more than 2000 years ago to find comparable examples of resource wastage on such a grand scale.

As so often happened in Western Europe, later medieval rulers continued to build in and around such ancient religious shrines, so that Sergiopolis became the palace of the eighth century Caliph Hisham.

The distillery, built over an ancient underground water source, has been synonymous with distilling for 120 years and we are so proud that Hawthorn's has been awarded such a coveted prize against such a competitive field.

When the directors of the 1959 Pan American Games set about buying a track for installation at Soldier Field in Chicago two years ago they not only found that there were no major track builders, as such, in the country, but that the few good U.S. tracks in existence seemed to be the result of pure luck — the Los Angeles Coliseum, for example, got its ancient but revered brick - dust track, the story goes, because a building was being demolished nearby and a Coliseum official suddenly had the bright idea that the crushed bricks would make a good running surface.

I'd be Hermione Granger, as she's good at exerting pressure behind the scenes and finding her way around ancient labyrinthine buildings — such as the House of Lords.

How about the history classroom, where instead of listening to a teacher lecture about ancient Athens, students take a virtual tour and then use 3 - D design software like SketchUp to build a simple model of a Greek temple as a way to internalize classical principles such as balance?

Ancient and Old World gems such as the Pyramids, the Roman Coliseum and Notre Dame are included, as are New World icons like the Chrysler Building don't be dismayed by its initial stunted appearance, just follow the directions.

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After Memphis we reached Saqqarah, the ancient burial ground, which features the step pyramid of Djoser, built by Imhotep, considered to be the first stone construction built on such a large scale.

Regensburg, Germany, is a fascinating medieval city that history buffs will love with its 1,300 listed buildings of «historical interest» and architectural wonders, such as the Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall) and Porta Pretoria, gates to an ancient Roman fort built in 179 AD.

Stay at one of several five - star hotels such as Cable Beach Club or Pinctada Cable Beach Resort & Spa, sample a locally brewed mango beer at the wildly popular Matso's Brewery, ride a camel along Cable Beach at sunset, see ancient fossilised stegosaurus prints in the bright red rock at Gantheaume Point, browse the open - air weekend markets in front of the pretty Courthouse building and shop for precious Pinctada maxima pearls, grown locally in the shimmering aqua waters nearby.

See sights such as the Arab Baths (Banys Àrabs), the grand residences of Casal Santa Euàlia and Dalt Murada, and Almudaina Palace, an ancient palace originally built by the Romans as a citadel.

Eilat, Israel offers a multitude of historical buildings and majestic monuments, many with religious significance, such as the Masada, a rugged ancient fortress overlooking the Dead Sea.

The great piazza holds such history; built on an ancient Roman stadium, filled with Baroque architecture and exquisite beauty, but it is the feeling there that really steals your heart.

While staying there you can visit famous Sun Gate, the ancient observatory and more than two hundred other buildings such as temples and palaces.

Located in the shaded gardens of this luxury resort, central to Aldea Maya is a purpose built hut with a Palapa roof, what guests are invited to delve deep into ancient Mayan culture by sampling a dinner menu based entirely on regional specialties such as black bean stew with sour cactus fruit salsa and banana leaf cooked lion fish with mint and tomatillo.

PC game / In the spirit of classics such as Pharaoh and (especially) Caesar, Glory of the Roman Empire is a city - building game set in ancient times.

Build strong content knowledge By engaging students with art and artifacts spanning thousands of years, Museum visits build on classroom units of study with themes such as Archaeological Dig, Ancient Civilizations, Remembering the Holocaust, and The Immigrant ExperiBuild strong content knowledge By engaging students with art and artifacts spanning thousands of years, Museum visits build on classroom units of study with themes such as Archaeological Dig, Ancient Civilizations, Remembering the Holocaust, and The Immigrant Experibuild on classroom units of study with themes such as Archaeological Dig, Ancient Civilizations, Remembering the Holocaust, and The Immigrant Experience.

Looking specifically to the shapely vessels of Classical Greece, the artist's hand - built objects marry ancient ceramic techniques with modern industrial materials such as neon and machined metals.

Artworks included cast a wealth of well - known names such as Ai Weiwei, Angela de la Cruz, Spencer Finch, Ryan Gander, Douglas Gordon, Christian Jankowski, Shirazeh Houshiary, John Latham, Richard Long, Haroon Mirza, Julian Opie and Florian Pumhösl, installed inside and outside the ground floor space of a classically designed building, set in the ancient core of the Italian city.

From the 1980s this often took the form of spatial components such as steps, doors, tunnels or shapes which resembled ziggurats, the ancient temple towers built up in successive stages.

Alongside the ancient sites, and masterpieces by top architects such as Zaha Hadid and Oscar Niemeyer, are quirky spots, including the egg - topped Dalí Theatre - Museum and a building in Ohio that looks like a wooden basket.

Set amongst London's iconic architectural landmarks, such as Norman Foster's Gherkin, The Leadenhall Building (aka The Cheesegrater), and the Lloyd's building by Richard Rogers, this open - air exhibition not only enriches the workday experience of City workers but draws cultural visitors into this most ancient part of tBuilding (aka The Cheesegrater), and the Lloyd's building by Richard Rogers, this open - air exhibition not only enriches the workday experience of City workers but draws cultural visitors into this most ancient part of tbuilding by Richard Rogers, this open - air exhibition not only enriches the workday experience of City workers but draws cultural visitors into this most ancient part of the City.