Sentences with phrase «famous ancient building»

In Beijing, there is a big famous Ancient building that calls the Forbidden City, the main gate calls Tian» an men.

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Bath was an ancient place of healing because of the hot springs and it's famous for its baths built by the Romans.

To ground the site's new visitors center in the spirit of the place, Adams suggested making a cast of the Sorg pot, a famous ceramic artifact found in the park, and incorporating its texture into the building's fireplace, to give a sense of an ancient hearth.

UNSW Sydney scientists have discovered the purpose of a famous 3700 - year old Babylonian clay tablet, revealing it is the world's oldest and most accurate trigonometric table, possibly used by ancient mathematical scribes to calculate how to construct palaces and temples and build canals.

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This is the largest of the Greek Islands in the Aegean Sea and when you arrive by boat you will be met with its most famous archaelogical site — the Portara, the doorway to the ancient temple of Apollo built in 522 BC.

Also, the island is famous for its ancient towns and century - old architecture and buildings which dates back to five centuries ago.

This enchanting hill town is built around a romantic ruined castle and is famous for its unique Christmas Markets which are held in the ancient labyrinth of tunnels underneath Valkenburg.

As a former capital of Japan for over a thousand years, Kyoto is filled with ancient history and a wealth of incredible architecture, including the Kinkajuki temple, a beautiful traditional Japanese building set on a calm pond and decorated in gold leaf, and the Gion district, the most famous geisha district in Kyoto.

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

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.

The façade of this huge mausoleum, which was built using marble and stone, was modelled upon the famous Pantheon in Rome — a temple which was built in the first century AD as a place for worshipping the city's ancient Gods.

There are many unique relics at this exclusive hotel in Jarandilla, like the Gothic galleries, the fireplace specially built for Emperor Charles V, and an ancient garden featuring a fountain famous for its fortune properties.