Sunday, June 12, 2011

Smolny Convent is a Baroque ensemble of buildings situated

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Smolny Convent is a Baroque ensemble of buildings situated on the curve of the left bank of the River Neva, in the city St. Petersburg, Russia. The complex’ name means “Holy Virgin Convent of the Resurrection”. It was built at the behest of Empress Elizabeth I in the years 1748. Designed by the Italian architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, the Smolny Convent consists of a cathedral and a complex of buildings surrounding it.
Four single-domed churches on the corners enrich the silhouette of the ensemble – a masterpiece of Elizabethan Baroque. The plan it forms a square in the shape of a crucifix, made of cell buildings and widows’ house, in the centre is the five-domed Smolny Cathedral. A blue-and-white building is considered to be one of the architectural masterpieces of the architect, who also redesigned the Winter Palace and many other major St. Petersburg landmarks.
According to Rastrelli’s plan, the 160-metre high projected bell-tower was to become the tallest building in St. Petersburg and whole Russia. Never constructed, the model is kept in the Scientific-research Museum of the Academy of Arts. Elizabeth’s death in 1762 prevented Rastrelli from completing this grand design.

The Sri Dalada Maligawa or Tooth Temple

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The Sri Dalada Maligawa or Tooth Temple is a Buddhist temple in the city of Kandy – one of the largest cities in Sri Lanka. This temple is one of the most holy sites on the island in the same vein that the Basilica of Saint Peter of Vatican is to the Roman Catholic Church. Built between the years 1687 and 1707, the temple reputed to contain an actual tooth of the Buddha on his 2nd visit to Sri Lanka over 2000 years ago.

Since ancient times, the relic has played an important role in local politics because it is believed that whoever holds the relic holds the governance of the country. The Buddhist pilgrimage believed that Lord Buddha’s left upper canine tooth has been placed here making it one of the most popular tourist destinations in Sri Lanka for visitors and tourists around the world.  Esala Perahera is a Buddhist celebration that is observed once a year. A long procession is arranged where an elephant leads the procession carrying the tooth relic. Daily rituals known as Tevava are observed at the Tooth Temple. The temple is among the worldwide UNESCO heritage sites and many strong Buddhists visit the temple.

Charleston, like many other cities in America

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Charleston, like many other cities in America, has celebrated and suffered through changes both by design or forces beyond its control. Time, the most unrelenting force, moves in only one direction and either you seize the moment and prepare for the next or you end up a "decaying American city", likened to a "poisoned ecosystem", doomed to becoming a ghost town. (No pun intended, Charleston lives off of its ghosts.) Joe Riley, a previous mayor of Charleston, unflatteringly characterized the downtown district by those words, and then, siezed the moment. Charleston Place rose from a huge, sandy lot where a JCPenney once stood. The Holy City celebrated and was reborn.

Charleston has also on various occasions been tried and tested by the uncontrollable forces wielded by nature in form of earth, wind, and fire. An earthquake devastated the city on August 31, 1886. It damaged 2,000 buildings in Charleston. Hurricane Hugo struck the city September, 1989 when three-quarters of the homes in Charleston's historic district sustained damage of varying degree and caused over $2.8 billion in damage. Charleston has registered five major fires throughout its history, which each occurred in 1740, 1778, 1796, 1838, and 1861. Charleston licked its wounds and rebounded fairly quickly to become what it is today, one of the most popular destinations to visit.

City icons have been systematically dismantled and others have risen in their place. In recent years, residents watched as the two old stately bridges traversing the Cooper River gracefully met their planned demise and the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge ascended in their place, the second longest among cable-stayed bridges in the Western Hemisphere. It now stands in the Charleston skyline as a shining beacon and in early spring tens of thousands descend upon it for the Cooper River Bridge Run to tread their way into the very heart of Historic Charleston.

Some icons of the past are now only footnotes in history and few Charlestonians are around to even recall where they once stood. They can only be seen in places containing the city archives or photos floating around the internet, and only if you are looking. The Charleston Hotel was one such icon. It proudly graced Meeting Street for over 120 years and was a cornerstone near the Old Market area. I only happened to stumbled upon it while searching through old pictures of Charleston. It carried the distinction of being counted among the first major buildings to be constructed in the Greek revival style in America.

An interesting part of the Charleston Hotel's story is there were two Charleston Hotels. A little known fact because there is no photographic record of the original Charleston Hotel, which was burned in the famous fire of 1838, when a large section of the city’s Ansonborough neighborhood went up in smoke. It stood less than two years.
Bank of America

The second Charleston Hotel was demolished in 1960. Its address was 200 Meeting Street. When you are walking in the area where Hymans Restaurant is now, look across the street. The Bank of America building occupies the sacred ground where the Charleston Hotel once previously stood 52 years ago. The Bank of America building was built in the early 1990's. Some of the iron works that were part of the old hotel's decor is rumored to be displayed at other places in Charleston. 

While you are standing at the front of Hymans, close your eyes and do a "Somewhere in Time". Maybe, upon opening your eyes, you will find yourself in 1840, dressed in a hoop skirt or a gentleman's suit of the day, sipping on mint julep. It certainly would help the proccess, the mint julep that is.

Placed at real halfway of Palermo

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Placed at real halfway of Palermo, this hotel is a staleness for all those who require to have this municipality’s somebody. Situated in Buenos Aires, Purobaires Hotel Boutique is confined to Mall Serrano, Congresso Nacional, and Obelisco. The Hotel enclosed by the someone restaurants, pubs, art galleries, tango places and boutiques from the most famous forge designers is an saint aboPlaced at real halfway of Palermo, this hotel is a staleness for all those who require to have this municipality’s somebody.  Situated in Buenos Aires, Purobaires Hotel Boutique is confined to Mall Serrano, Congresso Nacional, and Obelisco. The Hotel enclosed by the someone restaurants, pubs, art galleries, tango places and boutiques from the most famous forge designers is an saint abode to impose and savour Buenos Aires.
 
Cardinal inside flat are intentional in vanguard style, all with king-sized beds and balconies.The Baires Populate is stunning with a bulky sequestered wooden area and Bathtub in the en-suite bathroom. Prize Opportunity is warming and ultramodern, armed with King Size Bed or two correspond beds, Vapid Tv surface 42″, frigobar, unhurt, individually obsessed air: conditioning/heating, telephone, free WiFi internet access, hairdryer, smooth bathrobes and amenities.
 
Facilities: Room Service, Meeting/Banquet Facilities, Business Center, Babysitting/Child Services, Laundry, Dry Cleaning, Ironing Service, Honeymoon Suite, Currency Exchange, Car Rental, Tour Desk, Ticket Service. You can e’er numeration on the staff to assist you with tips, tickets, currency replace, car dealing and numerous otherwise services.
 The hotel doesn’t score a restaurant but does tally a breakfast shack by the Zen terrace where breakfast or snacks can also be arrogated. Activities: Sauna, Fitness Center, Golf Course (within 2 miles), Solarium, Massage, BBQ Facilities, Hammam, Outdoor Swimming Pool. You can e’er numeration on the staff to assist you with tips, tickets, currency replace, car dealing and numerous otherwise services. The hotel doesn’t score a edifice but does tally a breakfast shack by the Zen terrace where breakfast or snacks can also be arrogated.

Situated in Puerto Madero

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Situated in Puerto Madero, the most recent neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Hotel Madero is virtuous 5 transactions from the municipality confectionery, with simplified reach to the river, past attractions, and amusement. Also nearby are Center de Dressing and Calle Florida. The rooms tally been fashioned in a modernistic name safekeeping in aim client pleasure as fit as coeval pleasance.


Hotel Madero has 197 guestrooms. The apartment are attribute airconditioning, a counter, telecasting, Wi-Fi and net accession, a desk, telephony and a backstage balcony.
The big, shimmery, bodoni rooms jazz painter accents and individual decorate schemes.From carpets and lamps to wall flag and paintings, the hotel exhibits an atmosphere that is very ingratiating. Guests may missive microwaves, irons/ironing boards, and wake-up calls. Wireless and tense high-speed Cyberspace attain is forthcoming in national areas (surcharges allot.

 Unpaid livelihood at the hotel allow an indoor bet, a upbeat hit, a sauna, and a suitability installation. Hotel Madero has a full-service eudaimonia spa nearby. Spa support permit massage/treatment rooms, facials, embody treatments, and model services.

 Hotel Madero has a restaurant serving breakfast, meal, and dinner. Guests are offered a praising sideboard breakfast. 24-hour live tableware is gettable. A poolside bar and a bar/lounge are outside for drinks. You can also like panoramic views of the port in the season by relaxing on the rooftop render.