Archive for March, 2011

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    Iglesia de San Francisco
    Iglesia de San Francisco is a church famous in the whole of the Americas as a major example of baroque mestizo architecture. It is located in La Paz, Bolivia. The elaborately carved façade of the church features a huge number of intricate detailing. There are a great number of things to see here. San Francisco church was built originally on the site of the present one. The building for the church began in the year fifteen forty eight. Just about one year before the La Paz would be founded. However, the original church building got destroyed in sixteen ten, when the weight of the snow atop the building proved too much for it. The church was rebuilt in seventeen eighty four. Iglesia de San Francisco has a unique mix of architecture. The church has a blend of both Catholic Church art as well as native influences. The façade is Baroque,  [...]
    Posted at March 23rd, 2011 in Baroque Architecture, Churches
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    Carnac Stones
    Megaliths are great stones that are the remains of erections put up millenniums ago by the prehistoric cultures that had their home in Europe. There are many megaliths all over the world, the most famous group of megaliths is arguably Stonehenge in United Kingdom. These groups of standing stones are significant indicators of several aspects of prehistoric culture. Perhaps there are few megaliths that are as impressive as the Carnac Stones in Brittany, France. They stand upright in a group numbering close to three thousand near Carnac. The stones are of varying heights, there are stones as high as eighteen feet. Like many megalithic groups, many Carnac Stones are arranged in a pattern, in this case, neat rows. There are three main groups that can be seen with respect to arrangement. One group has over thousand large stone arranged  [...]
    Posted at March 16th, 2011 in Ancient Megaliths and Mysteries
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    Tiwanaku
    Tiwanaku is an archeological site in Bolivia in South America. It is from the pre Columbian times and is one of the most important archeological sites in entire South America. The archeological site is located in the Western Bolivia. Tiwanaku is considered by many scholars and Andean experts as one of the major cultures that existed prior to the Inca Empire, and it flourished as the administrative capital as well as where the main religious rituals took place. The major state power had its capital at Tiwanau for well over five centuries. The ancient city state of Tiwanaku has its remains in the south eastern shore of Titicaca Lake in the La Paz Dept of the Ingavi Province. The area comes under the Tiwanaku Municipality, which is located close to forty four miles (seventy two miles) to the west of La Paz. Pedro Ciezo de Leon, who  [...]
    Posted at March 9th, 2011 in Ancient Megaliths and Mysteries
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    Pergamon museum
    The Pergamon Museum is located in the Museum Island in Berlin Germany. It is one of the most unique museums in Germany, if not Europe. The museum took close to twenty years to complete building; it was constructed between nineteen ten and nineteen thirty. The design for the museum was created by Alfred Messel, who was a well known architect. The project was supervised by Ludwig Hoffmann. The site for the museum was originally home to a smaller building which was here from nineteen one till it was torn down in nineteen nine to be replaced by a new building. This museum building housed the major findings that were part of the excavations conducted by Berlin Museums. The findings included a number of important excavated objects, such as the frieze of the Pergamon Altar, which was found in the period between eighteen seventy eight and  [...]
    Posted at March 2nd, 2011 in Other Sacred Sites and Religious Art
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    Faisal Mosque
    The Faisal Mosque is also referred to as the Shah Faisal Masjid. It is the national mosque of Pakistan. The mosque is one of the grandest and most unique mosques in entire Pakistan, if not the world. The size of the mosque is another uncommon aspect, and it was the largest mosque in the world for quite some time till it was finally overtaken. The Masjid was completed building in the year nineteen eighty six. The mosque is a marvel of architecture, and was designed by world famous architect Vedat Dalokay from Turkey. The architect had competed with a huge number of applicants around the world in a competition to select the architect. He was chosen in nineteen sixty nine. The mosque is shaped in a most unique way. In fact it is shaped like a Bedouin Tent. The mosque has attracted rave reviews from all over the world for its unique  [...]
    Posted at March 1st, 2011 in Other Sacred Sites and Religious Art