beautiful sights in western Sumatra Indonesia

Maninjau Lake tour

Maninjau Lake is a lake in the district of Tanjung Raya, Agam, West Sumatra, Indonesia. The lake is located about 140 kilometers north of Padang, capital of West Sumatra, 36 kilometers from New York City, 27 kilometers from Lubuk cone, Agam regency capital.

Maninjau This is a volcanic lake located at an altitude of 461.50 meters above sea level. Maninjau extensive approximately 99.5 km² and has a maximum depth of 495 meters. Cekungannya formed due to volcanic eruption called Sitinjau (according to local legend), it can be seen from the shape of the hills around the lake that resembles like a wall. According to legend in Minang, where Lake Maninjau is closely related to the Nine Single story.

Lake Maninjau is a source of water to the river named Rod Sri Antokan. In one part of the lake which is upstream from Sri Antokan Batang Hydropower Maninjau there. The highest peak around Lake Maninjau diperbukitan known as Puncak Lawang. To be able to reach Lake Maninjau if from Bukittinggi it will pass a winding road known as Curved 44 along approximately 10 km from Ambun morning to Maninjau.

The lake is listed as the eleventh largest lake in Indonesia. Meanwhile, in West Sumatra, Maninjau is the second largest lake after Lake Batur which has an area of ​​129.69 km² located in two districts of Tanah Datar and Solok district. Around Lake Maninjau are tourist facilities, like hotels (Maninjau Indah Hotel, Pasir Panjang Permai) as well as lodging and restaurants.

Mentawai islands

Mentawai Islands are a cluster of islands that are geographically located in the Indian Ocean and administratively into the province of West Sumatra, Indonesia. Mentawai Islands are on the west side of the province of West Sumatra. Mentawai natives have different cultures with the Minangkabau because of separate by the sea.

Mentawai Islands has four large islands items, namely:

Siberut Island
Sipora Island
North Pagai Island
South Pagai Island
and Several smaller islands.
The Mentawai Islands sea area there are Several straits, Among others:

Mentawai Strait, the strait that separates the island of Sumatra in the Mentawai Islands
Siberut Strait, the strait that separates the island of Siberut Island Sipora
Sipora Strait, the strait that separates the island of Sipora with North Pagai Island
Sikakap Strait, the strait that separates Pualau North Pagai and South Pagai Island
Strait Sanding
Since 1999, the Mentawai Islands region confirmed as a district called the Mentawai Islands with a capital city in the Old Pejat.

Batur Lake

This lake has an area of ​​107.8 km² and is the 2nd largest lake on the island of Sumatra. This lake is upstream Trunk Ombilin. However sebahagian lake water is channeled through a tunnel cut through the Bukit Barisan to Batang Anai to drive hydroelectric generators Batur [1] in the near Lubuk Alung, Padang district Pariaman.Danau Batur is located at the geographic location coordinates of 0, 36 degrees south latitude (LS) and 100, 3 East longitude (BT) with a height of 363.5 meters above sea level (masl). Batur Lake water surface area reached 11,200 hectares with a maximum length of 20 kilometers and a width of 6.5 kilometers and a depth of 268 meters. The lake has an area of ​​water flow along 1,076 kilometers with rainfall 82 to 252 melimeter per bulan.Ikan bilih (Mystacoleucus padangensis) is a species of fish are estimated to only live in this lake, and became one of the specialties. Research experts revealed 19 species of freshwater fish living in habitats Lake Batur, Solok and Tanah Datar district, West Sumatra (West Sumatra), with the limited availability of food materials.

Of the 19 species, three species of which have a high density of population, namely fish Bilih / Biko (Mystacoleusus padangensis Blkr), Asang / Nilem (Osteochilus brachmoides) and Rinuak. Other fish species that live in Lake Batur is, Turiak / turiq (Cyclocheilichthys de Zwani), Lelan / Nillem (Osteochilis vittatus), Sasau / Barau (Hampala mocrolepidota) and Gariang / Tor (Tor tambroides).

Then, Kapiek fish species (Puntius shwanefeldi) and Balinka / Belingkah (Puntius Belinka), Baung (Macrones planiceps), Kalang (Clarias batrachus), Jabuih / Buntal (Tetradon mappa), Kalai / Carp (carp Osphronemus lac) and Puyu / Betok (Anabas testudeneus).

Furthermore, fish species sapek / Snakeskin (Trichogaster trichopterus), Tilan (Mastacembelus unicolor), Jumpo / Cork (Chana striatus), Kiuang / Cork (Chana pleurothalmus) and Mujaie / Mujair (Tilapia pleurothalmus).

With only 19 species of fish that live in Lake Batur shows the diversity of fish in places that are not are too high. Lake Batur mesogotrofik condition that causes this habitat carrying capacity for the development and growth of aquatic organisms such as plankton and Betos, very terbatas.Dari several times research shows plankton and Betos in Lake Batur very rendah.Padahal community of plankton (phytoplankton and zooplankton) is the basis of the formation of a food chain and play a pivotal role in an ecosystem danau.Kondisi, causing the main source of nutrients naturally fish generally are various types of plankton and benthos.

hours gadang

Clock Tower is the name for the tower clock located in the center of Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia. This clock has a clock tower with a large measure on the four sides so-called Clock Tower, designation Minangkabau language meaning "big clock".

Apart from being the center of Dublin city bookmarks, Clock Tower has also been used as a tourist attraction with the expansion of the park around the tower's clock. The park became a good community interaction spaces on weekdays and on holidays. The events of a general nature usually organized around a park near the clock tower

Sawahlunto

Sawahlunto is one of the cities in the province of West Sumatra, Indonesia. The town is located 95 km northeast of the city of Padang, surrounded by three districts in West Sumatra, namely Tanah Datar, Solok district, and the district Sijunjung. Sawahlunto has an area of ​​273.45 km² which consists of 4 districts with a population of more than 54,000 inhabitants. During the government of the Dutch East Indies, Sawalunto city is known as a coal mining town. This town was dead, after coal mining stopped.

Today, the city developed into a tourist town Sawahlunto old multi-ethnic, thus becoming one of the best old city in Indonesia. The town, founded in 1888, many standing buildings from the Netherlands. Some have been designated as cultural heritage by the local government in order to encourage tourism and Sawahlunto launched into "Travel City Mine Cultured" Embryo dijadikannya Sawahlunto as a city associated with the research conducted by several Dutch geologist inland Minangkabau (then known as Plateau Padang), as assigned by the Governor General of the Dutch East Indies. The first study conducted by Ir. C. De Groot van Embden in 1858, followed by Ir. Willem Hendrik de Greve in 1867. In the study De Greve, it is known that there are 200 million tons of coal contained in Batang flow Ombilin, one of the rivers in Sawahlunto. Since the study was announced to Batavia in 1870, the Dutch East Indies government began planning the construction of facilities and infrastructure to facilitate the exploitation of coal in Sawahlunto. Furthermore Sawahlunto also be used as a town in 1888, precisely on December 1, which was then set as Day Sawahlunto.

The city began producing coal since 1892. Along with that, the city started to become a residential area miners, and continues to develop into a small town with a population that essentially are employees and miners. Until 1898, the mine in Sawahlunto still rely narapaidana are forced to work to mine and paid a pittance. In 1889, the Dutch East Indies government began to build a railway line to the city of Padang to facilitate the transport of coal out of Sawahlunto. The railway line reached Sawahlunto in 1894, so since freight trains began operating coal production in this city continue to increase until it reaches hundreds of thousands of tons per year and many western Sumatra tour you must visit

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let's enjoy the beauty of north Sumatra

lake toba

Lake Toba is a volcanic lake with a length of 100 kilometers and 30 kilometers wide, located in the province of North Sumatra, Indonesia. This lake is the largest lake in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. In the middle of this lake there is a volcanic island called Samosir Island.

Lake Toba has long been an important tourist destination in North Sumatra, Bukit Lawang, Berastagi and Nias, attract domestic and mancanegara.Diperkirakan Lake Toba formed during the explosion of about 73000-75000 years ago and is the eruption (super volcano) the most new. Bill Rose and Craig Chesner from Michigan Technological University estimate that the total amount of material in the eruption about 2,800 km3-about 2,000 km3 of ignimbrite flows over the ground, and about 800 km3 of which falls as ash mainly to the west. Pyroclastic flow from the eruption destroyed an area of ​​20,000 km2, with a 600 m thick ash deposits with this utama.Kejadian crater caused mass death and extinction of some species of living things. According to some DNA evidence, this eruption also reduced the number of people to about 60% of the total human population of the earth at that time, which is about 60 million people. The eruption also caused the ice age, although experts still debate it. After the eruption, the caldera formed which is then filled with water and became what is now known as Lake Toba. Pressure up by magma that has not come out cause the appearance SamosirPenyebaran island of volcanic dust was very spacious, found almost all over the world. Derived from an ancient supervolcano eruption, namely Mount Toba. Alleged leads to Mount Toba, as evidence of molecular forms of the same volcanic dust in the 2100 period. Since caldera crater that is now a lake Toba in Indonesia, 3,000 miles, from the source of the eruption. In fact, surprisingly enough, it turns out spread of dust to be recorded up to the North Pole. This is reminiscent of the experts, how powerful the Toba super volcano eruption at that time.

Tjong A Fie mansion terrain

Nam Fung Tjong more popular with the name of his title with Tjong A Fie was born in 1860 in rural areas Sungkow Moyan or Meixien and from the tribe of Khe or Hakka. He came from a modest family, elderly father had a grocery store. Together with his brother Tjong Yong Hian, Tjong A Fie had to leave school and help keep his father's store. Although only a modest education, but Tjong A Fie was quite smart and can be mastered in a short time tips trade and manages the family business making progress. But, Tjong A Fie apparently have an other ideals, he wanted to try his luck overseas in search of wealth and become a respected man. Determination is what prompted him to leave his hometown and went to the Indian Belanda.Tjong A Fie (Chinese character: 張 阿輝) (Guangdong, 1860 Medan, 1921) was a businessman, banker and a lieutenant who came from China and successfully build a big business in plantation in Sumatra, Indonesia.Tjong A Fie build a large business that has more than 10,000 employees. Because of his success, Tjong A Fie close to the people prominent in the field, including the Sultan of Deli, Ma'mun al Rasjid and Dutch colonial officials. In 1911, Tjong A Fie was named "Chinese Kapitan" (Majoor der Chineezen) to lead the Chinese community in Medan, replacing his brother, Tjong Yong Hian. As the leader of the Chinese community, Tjong A Fie highly regarded and respected, because he mastered the field of economics and politics. Business empire includes plantations, palm oil mills, sugar mills, banks and railway companies

Maimonides palace

Maimonides palace is a palace of the Sultanate of Deli which is one of the iconic city of Medan, North Sumatra, located in Jalan Brigadier General Katamso, Talbot Village, district of Medan Maimonides.

Designed by Italian architect and built by the Sultan of Deli, Sultan Mahmud Al-Rashid. Construction of the palace was started on August 26, 1888 and was completed on 18 May 1891. Maimonides Palace has an area of ​​2,772 m2 and 30 rooms. Maimonides palace consists of two floors and has 3 parts: the main building, left wing and right wing of the building. The palace building faces north and on the front side of the building there is the Al-Mashun or better known as the Great Mosque of Medan.

Maimonides palace became a tourist destination not only because of old age, but also a unique interior design, combining elements of the Malay cultural heritage, the Islamic style, Spain, India and Italy. But unfortunately, these attractions are not free from the region Street vendors.

Graha Maria Annai Velangkanni

Since 2005, a catholic temple, in the Indo-Mogul style, dedicated to Our Lady of Good Health Also known as Our Lady of Vailankanni (Tamil: ஆரோக்கிய மாதா Ārōkkiya eye), is built in Medan, Indonesia. This particular Saint knows its origin with an apparition in the 17th century in Velankanni Town, Tamil Nadu, India. [1] The temple is an imposing building, of two storeys and a small tower of seven storeys in Indonesian style, that already attracts attention from the main road (it is situated in the small road Jl. Sakura III besides Jl. Simatupang). It is important pilgrimage site in Asia.

Waterfalls Ponds Dwi Color and Sibolangit

The waterfall is usually a favorite destination on vacation, or on weekends. Have you ever visited one of the exotic waterfalls in Indonesia? Yes, Niagara and articles, this waterfall has unparalleled beauty, As well as having unique characteristics that can not be met in another waterfall.
Waterfalls and articles or also known as the Blue Lake and articles located in the village of Durin Sirugun, the foot of Mount Sibayak, District and articles, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra. For those adventurers, this waterfall can you put in the reference list for your next visit.

Niagara Dwi Colour articles for a waterfall two colors, namely blue and white color greyish. Why do two colors? Since there are phosphorus and sulfur content which will produce a light blue color. Waterfall Two Color has a height of about 100 meters, sourced from Mount Sibayak, then the water coming down from the top of the river will be accommodated into a small lake. Since there are sulfur and phosphorus content in it, then you should not drink water from this waterfall, because it can endanger yourself.

Before you make a trip to the waterfall is Sibolangit this, it helps you prepare for purposes such as tracking equipment, tent if you want to camp, drugs and P3K, drinking enough water, change of clothes, a compass. Do not forget to bring along a backup energy and lighting fixtures at any time if necessary.

Your journey takes about 2-3 hours to reach the waterfall Sibolangit of Main Gate Campgrounds and articles. In order not to get lost during a trip to the location, there is a good idea to hire a local guide with a rate of about 100-300 thousand dollars. During the trip you will find an inscription made in memory of one of the tourists who died in 2006. After traveling through the tall trees, trails, and crossing streams, you came on tejun Dwi Water Color and articles, feel the sensation of coldness This two-color waterfall. However, do not forget to always keep this beautiful place naturalness yes.

Access to the waterfall is quite easy, and can be reached via public transportation, as well as a means of personal transportation. If you want to ride public transportation, from the city of Medan you can ride the bus inter-city bus Kabanjahe majors or majors and articles. Arriving at and articles, you can ride a motorcycle or public transportation to the Campgrounds and articles.

If you use private transportation, you will travel as far as 75 km from the city of Medan, crossed Hill Park or Mickey Holiday which is about 1.5 miles from the entrance to the campsite and articles.

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welcome in Aceh Indonesia

Tsunami Museum

Tsunami Museum, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, is a museum that is designed as a symbolic monument to the earthquake and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami at the same time educational center and emergency shelter if a tsunami occurs lagi.Museum Tsunami designed by architects from Indonesia, Ridwan Kamil . This museum is a four-story structure with an area of ​​2,500 m² curved walls covered with geometric reliefs. Inside, visitors enter through a dark narrow corridor between two high walls of water - to recreate the atmosphere and panic when the tsunami. Museum walls decorated images of the Saman dance, a symbolic meaning to the strength, discipline, and religious beliefs Acehnese. From the top, the roof forming waves. The ground floor is designed like a traditional stilt house Acehnese who survived the tsunami.

This building commemorates the victims, whose names are listed on the wall of one of the deepest space museums, and community members who survived this disaster.

Baiturrahman Grand Mosque

In addition to its role as a memorial to the dead, the museum is also useful as a protection from disasters of this kind in the future, including the "hill of refuge" for visitors if a tsunami occurs again.
Baiturrahman Mosque is a mosque Sultanate of Aceh that was built by Sultan Iskandar Muda Mahkota Nature in the year 1022 AH / 1612 AD beautiful and magnificent building which is similar to the Taj Mahal in India is located right in the heart of the city of Banda Aceh and become the focal point of all activities in Aceh Darussalam.

When the Kingdom of the Netherlands attacked the Sultanate of Aceh on the second Dutch military aggression on the Moon Shafar 1290 AH / 10 April 1873 AD, Mosque Baiturrahman burned. Then, in 1877 the Dutch rebuild Masjid Baiturrahman to attract attention and reduce anger Nation Aceh. At that time the Sultanate of Aceh still under the reign of Sultan Muhammad Daud Shah Johan Sovereign is the last Sultan of Aceh.

As a historic place that has high artistic value, Mosque Baiturrahman become the object of religious tourism that is able to make every tourist who comes amazed the history and beauty of its architecture, where the Mosque Baiturrahman including one of the most beautiful mosques in Indonesia, which has a stunning architecture, carvings Interestingly, a large courtyard with water fountain pond Ottoman Empire style and would be very cool if it were inside the mosque ini.Pada the Sultanate of Aceh Darussalam, In addition to the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Makkah, Masjid Baiturrahman also became a center of religious learning Muslims are visited by people who want to learn Islam from all over the world

On March 26, 1873 the Kingdom of the Netherlands declared war to the Sultanate of Aceh, they began firing cannon to Aceh mainland of warships Citadel Van Antwerp. On April 5, 1873, the Dutch landed in Pante Ceureumen under the leadership of Johan Harmen Rudolf Köhler, and instantly be able to master Mosque Baiturrahman. Köhler was carrying 3,198 soldiers. A total of 168 of them officers. However, this first battle was won by the Sultanate of Aceh, where in the event the death of General Johan Rudolf Kohler Hermen a large Dutch General due to the use of a rifle shot by an army of the Sultanate of Aceh are then perpetuated a shooting at a small monument that is located under the tree Kelumpang near the entrance north Mosque Baiturrahman.

weh island

Pulau Weh (or We) is a small volcanic island located in the northwest of the island of Sumatra. The island was once connected to the island of Sumatra, but later separated by sea after a volcanic eruption last time at the time of this Pleistosen.Pulau located in the Andaman Sea. The largest city on the island of Weh, Sabang, is the westernmost city located in Indonesia.

The island is famous for its ecosystem. The Indonesian government has set a 60 km² area as far from the edge of the island either to the inside or outside as nature reserves. Big mouthed shark can be found on the coast of the island. In addition, this island is the only habitat of frogs whose status is threatened, Bufo valhallae (genus Bufo). Coral reefs around the island is known as a habitat for many species of ikanPulau Weh is located in the Andaman Sea, where two groups of islands, the Nicobar and Andaman Islands, spread out in a line of Sumatra to the Burma plate. Andaman Sea is located in a small active plate tectonics. Complex fault system and the islands have volcanic arc formed along the sea by the movement of tectonic plates.

The island stretches along 15 kilometers (10 miles) in the northern tip of Sumatra. The island is only a small island with an area of ​​156.3 km², but it has many mountains. The highest peak of the island is a volcano with a height of 617 meters fumarolic (2024 feet). The last eruption of the mountain is expected to occur in the Pleistocene. As a result of this eruption, most of the mountain is destroyed, filled with sea and formed a separate island.

At a depth of nine meters (29.5 feet) near the town of Sabang, underwater fumaroles emerging from the bottom of volcanic laut.Kerucut can be found in the forest. There are 3 areas solfatara: one located 750 meters southeast of the peak and the other is located 5 km and 11.5 km northwest part of the summit in the west coast of the Gulf of Lhok Perialakot.

There are four small islands that surround the island of Weh: Klah, Rubiah, Seulako, and Rondo. Among the four, Rubiah famous for diving tourism as coral reefs. Nuns became a haven Indonesian Muslims perform the Hajj sea for before and after Mecca.

Aceh p. Ramlee village

P.Ramlee or real name Teuku Zakaria bin Teuku Nyak Puteh (born in Penang, March 22, 1929 - died May 29, 1973 at the age of 44 years) is a Malaysian actor in the 1950s. His father came from Lhokseumawe (Aceh) who married Che Mah Hussein in 1925 in Kubang Buaya, Butterworth, Malaysia.

Ramlee basic education in the School of Malay Kampung Jawa and then to Francis Light School. After that, Ramlee continued his education at the Penang Free School until the outbreak of World War II.

Starting from playing ukelele, P. Ramlee then switched to guitar and violin musical instrument under the guidance Kamaruddin (brass band leader in Penang Free School). Ramlee then joined the Cadet Orchestra Sekampung and then Sinaran Evening Star. He had been a champion singing contest organized by Radio Penang in 1947 and was elected as the Star Singer Main Malaya. In these competitions, Ramlee using the letter "P" (for Puteh) at the beginning of its name and since then the name of P. Ramlee lingered until his death.

The first film starring P. Ramlee is Chinta (1948) with a role as a villain and background vocals. His success continued and plays a role in 27 films between 1948 to 1955.

P. Ramlee died on May 29, 1973 at the age of 44 years. To commemorate his services, Yang Pertuan Agong of Malaysia awarded Commander of the Faithful Darjah Greatness Star Crown in 1990 and added the title Tan Sri on behalf Ramlee.

seumadu island

Seumadu island is located in Muara One, approximately 10 kilometers east of Lhokseumawe. This beautiful island is a popular tourist spot for residents Lhokseumawe to whom it is easily accessible. The island is also known as Rancong Beach.Seumadu Island is located in Muara Satu. PT Arun, the largest oil company in the province, located about 12 kilometers from downtown Lhokseumawe along the route to Banda Aceh from this island Medan.Seumadu previously named Rancong Beach. However, over time, become more commonly referred to as Seumadu Island. The origin of this name change is based on the story of a husband and wife who live in the region. Husband, Mr. Jali, is one of the first to set up a stall near the beach Rancong. Although others then follow his example, people began to call the beach "Seumadu", after the name of Mr. Jali itu.Pulau shop is famous for its natural beauty and as a result attract many tourists. Lhokseumawe and surrounding communities are frequent visitors who want to enjoy the beautiful beaches. Access to the island is via a simple foot bridge built by one of the local residents. Before the foot of the bridge was built, the only way to cross is by boat.

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hawaii attractions and heaven world

The USS Arizona Memorial, located at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors and marines killed on the USS Arizona (BB-39) during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 and commemorates the events of that day. The attack on Pearl Harbor and the island of Oʻahu was the action that led to the United States' direct involvement in World War II.




The memorial, built in 1962, is visited by more than two million people annually. Accessible only by boat, it straddles the sunken hull of the battleship without touching it. Historical information about the attack, shuttle boats to and from the memorial, and general visitor services are available at the associated USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center, which opened in 1980 and is operated by the National Park Service. The sunken remains of the battleship were declared a National Historic Landmark on 5 May 1989.During and following the end of World War II, the Arizona's wrecked superstructure was removed and efforts began to erect a memorial at the remaining submerged hull. The Pacific War Memorial Commission was created in 1949 to build a permanent memorial somewhere in Hawaiʻi. Admiral Arthur W. Radford, commander of the Pacific Fleet attached a flag pole to the main mast of the Arizona in 1950 and began a tradition of hoisting and lowering the flag. In that same year a temporary memorial was built above the remaining portion of the deckhouse. Radford requested funds for a national memorial in 1951 and 1952 but was denied because of budget constraints during the Korean War.




The Navy placed the first permanent memorial, a ten-foot-tall basalt stone and plaque, over the mid-ship deckhouse on December 7, 1955. President Dwight D. Eisenhower approved the creation of a National Memorial in 1958. Enabling legislation required that the memorial budgeted at US$500,000 be privately financed; however, $200,000 of the memorial cost was actually government subsidized.




Principal contributions to the memorial included:




$50,000 Territory of Hawaiʻi initial contribution in 1958

$95,000 privately raised following a 1958 This Is Your Life television segment featuring Rear Admiral (ret.) Samuel G. Fuqua,[6] Medal of Honor recipient and the senior surviving officer from the USS Arizona

$64,000 from 25 March 1961 benefit concert by Elvis Presley

$40,000 from the sale of plastic models of the Arizona in a partnership between the Fleet Reserve Association and Revell Model Company

$150,000 from federal funds in legislation initiated by Hawaii Senator Daniel Inouye in 1961

During planning stages, the ultimate purpose of the memorial was the subject of competing visions. Some were eager to keep it a tribute to the sailors of the Arizona, while others anticipated a dedication to all the war dead of the Pacific theater.In the end, the legislation authorizing and funding the memorial (HR 44, 1961) declared that the Arizona would "be maintained in honor and commemoration of the members of the Armed Forces of the United States who gave their lives to their country during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941."The national memorial was designed by Honolulu architect Alfred Preis who had been detained at Sand Island at the start of the war as an enemy of the country because of his Austrian birth.[8] The United States Navy specified that the memorial be in the form of a bridge floating above the ship and accommodating 200 people.[citation needed]
The 184-foot (56 m)-long structure has two peaks at each end connected by a sag in the center of the structure. It represents the height of American pride before the war, the sudden depression of a nation after the attack and the rise of American power to new heights after the war. Critics initially called the design a "squashed milk carton".

The architecture of the USS Arizona Memorial is explained by Preis as, "Wherein the structure sags in the center but stands strong and vigorous at the ends, expresses initial defeat and ultimate victory ... The overall effect is one of serenity. Overtones of sadness have been omitted to permit the individual to contemplate his own personal responses ... his innermost feelings."

hawaii national memorial cemetery of the pacific

The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (informally known as Punchbowl Cemetery) is a national cemetery located at Punchbowl Crater in Honolulu, Hawaii. It serves as a memorial to honor those men and women who served in the United States Armed Forces, and those who have given their lives in doing so. It is administered by the National Cemetery Administration of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Millions of visitors visit the cemetery each year, and it is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Hawaii.In 1964, the American Battle Monuments Commission erected the Honolulu Memorial at the National Memorial Cemetery "to honor the sacrifices and achievements of American Armed Forces in the Pacific during World War II and in the Korean War". The memorial was later expanded in 1980 to include the Vietnam War. The names of 28,788 military personnel who are missing in action or were lost or buried at sea in the Pacific during these conflicts are listed on marble slabs in ten Courts of the Missing which flank the Memorial's grand stone staircase.

Bishop Museum

The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, designated the Hawaiʻi State Museum of Natural and Cultural History, is a museum of history and science located in the historic Kalihi district of Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of O'ahu. Founded in 1889, it is the largest museum in Hawai'i and is home to the world's largest collection of Polynesian cultural artifacts and natural history specimens. Besides the comprehensive exhibits of Hawaiiana, the museum's total holding of natural history specimens exceeds 24 million, of which the entomological collection alone represents over 13.5 million specimens (making it the third largest insect collection in the United States). The museum is accessible on public transit

pali lookout hawaii

Nuʻuanu Pali is a section of the windward cliff (pali in Hawaiian) of the Koʻolau mountain located at the head of Nuʻuanu Valley[3] on the island of Oʻahu. It has a panoramic view of the windward (northeast) coast of Oʻahu. The Pali Highway (Hawaii State Highway 61) connecting Kailua/Kāneʻohe with downtown Honolulu runs through the Nuʻuanu Pali Tunnels bored into the cliffside.

The area is also the home of the Nuʻuanu Freshwater Fish Refuge and the Nuʻuanu Reservoir in the jurisdiction of the Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources.

The Nuʻuanu Pali State Wayside is a lookout above the tunnels where visitors are treated to a panoramic view of the Oʻahu's windward side with sweeping views of Kāneʻohe, Kāneʻohe Bay, and Kailua. It is also well known for strong trade winds that blow through the pass (now bypassed by the Nuʻuanu Pali Tunnels), forming a sort of natural wind tunnel

hawaii hulihee palace

Hilton Hawaiian Village

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beautiful and fascinating tourist attractions in Mexico

chapultepec
Chapultepec, more commonly called the "Bosque de Chapultepec" (Chapultepec Forest) in Mexico City, is one of the largest city parks in the Western Hemisphere, measuring in total just over 686 hectares (1,695 acres). Centered on a rock formation called Chapultepec Hill, one of the park's main functions is to be an ecological space in the vast megalopolis. It is considered the first and most important of Mexico City's "lungs", with trees that replenish oxygen to the Valley of Mexico. The park area has been inhabited and held as special since the Pre-Columbian era, when it became a retreat for Aztec rulers. In the colonial period, Chapultepec Castle would be built here, eventually becoming the official residence of Mexican heads of state. It would remain such until 1940, when it was moved to another part of the park called Los Pinos. Today, the park is divided into three sections, with the first section being the oldest and most visited. This section contains most of the park's attractions including its zoo, the Museum of Anthropology, the Rufino Tamayo Museum, and more. It receives an estimated 15 million visitors per year. This prompted the need for major rehabilitation efforts which began in 2005 and ended in 2010.According to archeological studies, there has been human presence since at least the pre-Classic period with the first identified culture in evidence that of the Toltecs. It was they who gave the area the name of "grasshopper hill" which would become Chapultepec. Remains of a Toltec altar have been found on the hill's summit. In the Classic Period, the area was occupied by people of the Teotihuacan culture. When the Mexicas, or Aztecs arrived in the Valley of Mexico, it was inhabited by a people called the Tepanecas of Azcapotzalco.

Palacio de Bellas Artes
The Palacio de Bellas Artes (Palace of Fine Arts) is the most important cultural center in Mexico City as well as the rest of the country of Mexico. It is located on the west side of the historic center of Mexico City next to the Alameda Central park.

The first National Theater of Mexico was built in the late 19th century, but it was soon decided to tear this down in favor of a more opulent building in time for Centennial of the Mexican War of Revolution in 1910. The initial design and construction was undertaken by Italian architect Adamo Boari in 1904, but complications arising from the soft subsoil and the political problem both before and during the Mexican Revolution, hindered then stopped construction completely by 1913. Construction began again in 1932 under Mexican architect Federico Mariscal and was completed in 1934. The exterior of the building is primarily Neoclassical and Art Nouveau and the interior is primarily Art Deco. The building is best known for its murals by Diego Rivera, Siqueiros and others, as well as the many exhibitions and theatrical performances its hosts, including the Ballet Folklorico de Mexico.The earliest known structure on the site was the Convent of Santa Isabel, whose church was built in 1680. However, significant Aztec finds, such as a sacrificial altar in the shape of a plumed serpent have been found here. The convent area suffered frequent flooding during the early colonial period and development here grew slowly. In spite of this, the convent remained until it was forcibly closed in the 1860s by the Reform Laws. It was replaced by a textile mill and lower-class housing

cathedrals in mexico city

The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary of Mexico City (Spanish: Catedral Metropolitana de la Asunción de María) is the largest cathedral in the Americas,[2] and seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico. It is situated atop the former Aztec sacred precinct near the Templo Mayor on the northern side of the Plaza de la Constitución in Downtown Mexico City. The cathedral was built in sections from 1573 to 1813 around the original church that was constructed soon after the Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlan, eventually replacing it entirely. Spanish architect Claudio de Arciniega planned the construction, drawing inspiration from Gothic cathedrals in Spain.


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The cathedral has four façades which contain portals flanked with columns and statues. The two bell towers contain a total of 25 bells. The tabernacle, adjacent to the cathedral, contains the baptistery and serves to register the parishioners. There are two large, ornate altars, a sacristy, and a choir in the cathedral. Fourteen of the cathedral's sixteen chapels are open to the public. Each chapel is dedicated to a different saint or saints, and each was sponsored by a religious guild. The chapels contain ornate altars, altarpieces, retablos, paintings, furniture and sculptures. The cathedral is home to two of the largest 18th-century organs in the Americas. There is a crypt underneath the cathedral that holds the remains of many former archbishops.

Over the centuries, the cathedral has suffered damage. A fire in 1967 destroyed a significant part of the cathedral's interior. The restoration work that followed uncovered a number of important documents and artwork that had previously been hidden. Although a solid foundation was built for the cathedral, the soft clay soil it is built on has been a threat to its structural integrity. Dropping water tables and accelerated sinking caused the structure to be added to the World Monuments Fund list of the 100 Most Endangered Sites. Reconstruction work beginning in the 1990s stabilized the cathedral and it was removed from the endangered list in 2000.

After the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, the conquistadors decided to build their church on the site of the Templo Mayor of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan to consolidate Spanish power over the newly conquered domain. Hernán Cortés and the other conquistadors used the stones from the destroyed temple of the Aztec god of war Huitzilopochtli, principal deity of the Aztecs, to build the church. Cortés ordered the original church's construction after he returned from exploring what is now Honduras. Architect Martín de Sepúlveda was the first director of this project from 1524 to 1532. Juan de Zumárraga, the first Bishop of the first See of the New World, established in the Viceroyalty of New Spain, promoted this church's completion. Zumárraga's Cathedral was located in the northeast portion of what is now the cathedral. It had three naves separated by three Tuscan columns. The central roof was ridged with intricate carvings done by Juan Salcedo Espinosa and gilded by Francisco de Zumaya and Andrés de la Concha. The main door was probably of Renaissance style. The choir area had 48 seats made of ayacahuite wood crafted by Adrian Suster and Juan Montaño. However, this church was soon considered inadequate for the growing importance of the capital of New Spain.

In 1544, ecclesiastical authorities in Valladolid ordered the creation of new and more sumptuous cathedral. In 1552, an agreement was reached whereby the cost of the new cathedral would be shared by the Spanish crown, encomenderos and the Indians under the direct authority of the archbishop of New Spain. The cathedral was begun by being built around the existing church in 1573. When enough of the cathedral was built to house basic functions, the original church was demolished to enable construction to continue.and many more tourist attractions in Mexico that you must visit

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stanley the park

Stanley Park is a 1,001-acre public park that borders the downtown of Vancouver, Canada and is almost entirely surrounded by waters of Vancouver Harbour and English Bay.

The park has a long history and was one of the first areas to be explored in the city. The land was originally used by indigenous peoples for thousands of years before British Columbia was colonized by the British during the 1858 Fraser Canyon Gold Rush. For many years after colonization, the future park with its abundant resources would also be home to nonaboriginal settlers. The land was later turned into Vancouver's first park when the city incorporated in 1886. It was named after Lord Stanley, a British politician who had recently been appointed governor general.

Unlike other large urban parks, Stanley Park is not the creation of a landscape architect, but rather the evolution of a forest and urban space over many years. Most of the manmade structures we see today were built between 1911 and 1937 under the influence of then superintendent W.S. Rawlings. Additional attractions, such as a polar bear exhibit, aquarium, and miniature train, were added in the post-war period.

Much of the park remains as densely forested as it was in the late 1800s, with about a half million trees, some of which stand as tall as 76 metres (249 ft) and are up to hundreds of years old.Thousands of trees were lost (and many replanted) after three major windstorms that took place in the past 100 years, the last in 2006.

Significant effort was put into constructing the near-century-old Vancouver Seawall, which can draw thousands of residents and visitors to the park every day.The park also features forest trails, beaches, lakes, children's play areas, and the Vancouver Aquarium, among many other attractions.

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Canada Place is a building situated on the Burrard Inlet waterfront of Vancouver, British Columbia. It is the home of the Vancouver Convention Centre, the Pan Pacific Vancouver Hotel, Vancouver's World Trade Centre, and FlyOver Canada (a virtual flight ride which replaced the world's first permanent IMAX 3D theatre and which ceased operation on October 1, 2009). The building's exterior is covered by fabric roofs resembling sails. It is also the main cruise ship terminal for the region, where most of Vancouver's famous cruises to Alaska originate. The building was designed by architects Zeidler Roberts Partnership in joint venture with Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership and DA Architects + Planners.

Canada Place can be reached via the SkyTrain line at the nearby Waterfront Station terminus or via West Cordova Street in Vancouver. The white sails of the building have made it a prominent landmark for the city, as well as drawing comparisons to the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia and the Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado.[citation needed]

The structure was expanded in 2001 to accommodate another cruise ship berth and in 2009/10, for the 2010 Winter Olympics, Canada Place served as the Main Press Centre.

vancouver Bloedel Floral conservatory

In 1966, communities and organizations across Canada were encouraged to engage in Centennial projects to celebrate this country’s 100th anniversary. The projects ranged from special one-time events to local improvement projects. In Vancouver, Stuart Lefeaux, Superintendent of the Vancouver Park Board and his Deputy Bill Livingstone had a vision for Vancouver: they wanted to create an icon that would enhance the image of the city, while at the same time give people something to be really excited about. Their vision was to build a conservatory for exotic plants that would not only be educational, but would also be a great place for families to go.

What better spot to place such a landmark than at the geographic centre of the city and at its highest point of land? Building a conservatory on top of Little Mountain, as it was called at the time, was a complicated project. The City had already leased the top of the mountain to the Greater Vancouver Water Board and they had built a 5 ½ acre open water reservoir for the City’s potable water supply. A concrete lid was constructed in 1965 to cover the reservoir, but approval was needed to build the Conservatory’s surrounding plaza on top of the cover. The project was not to detract from the natural beauty of the site, nor to jeopardize the quality of the potable water supply in the reservoir. Climates had to be simulated for temperate, tropical and arid areas in the botanical displays inside the Conservatory, and the project was not to exceed the budget. Giving the immense concrete plaza over the reservoir an attractive garden atmosphere meant working within rigid and expensive water board restrictions.These challenges were overcome, and the Conservatory was constructed next to this reservoir, which remains a major source of water for the city today.

With philanthropy from extraction companies being at an all time high during the 1960s, Lefeux and Livingstone knew there must be a way to get this project funded. They approached Prentice Bloedel of the Macmillan Bloedel Lumber Company. Mr. Bloedel, a visionary in his own right, teacher at heart and a pioneer in the areas of recycling and the human/ environmental connection, agreed! The Bloedel Foundation put forward $1.25 million in conjunction with contributions by the City of Vancouver and the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation to build the Bloedel Conservatory, the Dancing Fountains and the surrounding plaza. This gift was the largest the city of Vancouver had received to that date.

The triodetic dome frame was manufactured entirely in Ottawa and shipped 3,000 miles across the country to Queen Elizabeth Park. Once it arrived, the structural framework was erected in just 10 days. The entire dome and plaza took 18 months to complete. The Grand Opening of the Conservatory took place to much fanfare on December 6, 1969 and hosted over 500,000 people in its first year of operation. Prentice and his wife Virginia, both avid art collectors, also donated the monumental bronze sculpture ‘Knife Edge - Two Piece’ by famed artist Henry Moore.

In November 2009, facing a large budget shortfall, the Vancouver Park Board voted in favour of closing the Conservatory. The approximately $240,000 CDN annual operating budget, the need for a roof replacement and other major capital costs were cited by members of the board as reasons for the decision. The closure was to take effect on March 1, 2010, just after Vancouver had finished hosting the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. In response to the decision several groups formed in order to lobby both the board and city council.

In early January 2010, a commissioner reported that attendance numbers were up sharply in December 2009 over December 2008 now that construction projects at the adjacent reservoir on Little Mountain and along Cambie Street, which started in 2003, had been completed.By the end of January, the Friends of the Bloedel Association had helped raise $80,000, and was projecting $250,000 by the proposed March closure.In late February, the park board voted to keep the facility open and asked for proposals on running it.

On April 29, 2010, the Friends of the Bloedel Association and VanDusen Botanical Garden Association submitted a proposal to the Vancouver Park Board to run the Bloedel Conservatory as part of the VanDusen Botanical Gardens, and the Conservatory remained open. At least one other proposal was received, but the joint proposal of the Friends of the Bloedel and the VanDusen Association was approved by the Services and Budgets Committee of the Vancouver Park Board on July 20, 2010, and unanimously approved by the full Park Board on September 20, 2010. On May 29, 2013, the Friends of the Bloedel won the City of Vancouver Heritage Commission Award of Honour, which “denotes an outstanding contribution to heritage conservation in the City of Vancouver and recognizes the advocacy and successful efforts to save and revitalize landmark sites”.and still there are many other tourist attractions following example

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Piazza San Marco (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjatt͡sa san ˈmarko], often known in English as the St Mark's Square), is the principal public square of Venice, Italy, where it is generally known just as "the Piazza" (la Piazza). All other urban spaces in the city (except the Piazzetta and the Piazzale Roma) are called "campi" (fields). The Piazzetta (the 'little Piazza') is an extension of the Piazza towards the lagoon in its south east corner (see plan). The two spaces together form the social, religious and political centre of Venice and are commonly considered together. This article relates to both of themThe Piazza is dominated at its eastern end by the great church of St Mark. It is described here by a perambulation starting from the west front of the church (facing the length of the Piazza) and proceeding to the right.

The west facade of St Mark's basilica

The church is described in the article St Mark's Basilica, but there are aspects of it which are so much a part of the Piazza that they must be mentioned here, including the whole of the west facade with its great arches and marble decoration, the Romanesque carvings round the central doorway and, above all, the four horses which preside over the whole piazza and are such potent symbols of the pride and power of Venice that the Genoese in 1379 said that there could be no peace between the two cities until these horses had been bridled;four hundred years later, Napoleon, after he had conquered Venice, had them taken down and shipped to Paris.

The Piazzetta dei Leoncini is an open space on the north side of the church named after the two marble lions (presented by Doge Alvise Mocenigo in 1722), but now officially called the Piazzetta Giovanni XXIII. The neo-classic building on the east side adjoining the Basilica is the Palazzo Patriarcale, the seat of the Patriarch of Venice.

Beyond that is the Clock Tower (Torre dell'Orologio), completed in 1499, above a high archway where the street known as the Merceria (a main thoroughfare of the city) leads through shopping streets to the Rialto, the commercial and financial center. To the right of the clock-tower is the closed church of San Basso, designed by Baldassare Longhena (1675), sometimes open for exhibitions.

To the left is the long arcade along the north side of the Piazza, the buildings on this side are known as the Procuratie Vecchie, the old procuracies, formerly the homes and offices of the Procurators of St. Mark, high officers of state in the days of the republic of Venice. They were built in the early 16th century. The arcade is lined with shops and restaurants at ground level, with offices above. The restaurants include the famous Caffe Quadri, which was patronized by the Austrians when Venice was ruled by Austria in the 19th century, while the Venetians preferred Florian's on the other side of the Piazza.

Turning left at the end, the arcade continues along the west end of the Piazza, which was rebuilt by Napoleon about 1810 and is known as the Ala Napoleonica (Napoleonic Wing). It holds, behind the shops, a ceremonial staircase which was to have led to a royal palace but now forms the entrance to the Museo Correr (Correr Museum).

The west face of the Campanile seen from the Piazza (during Carnival in Feb.1998)

Turning left again, the arcade continues down the south side of the Piazza. The buildings on this side are known as the Procuratie Nuove (new procuracies), which were designed by Jacopo Sansovino in the mid 16th century but partly built (1582-6) after his death by Vincenzo Scamozzi apparently with alterations required by the Procurators and finally completed by Baldassare Longhena about 1640.[6] Again, the ground floor has shops and also the Caffè Florian, a famous cafe opened in 1720 by Floriano Francesconi, which was patronised by the Venetians when the hated Austrians were at Quadri's. The upper floors were intended by Napoleon to be a palace for his stepson Eugène Beauharnais, his viceroy in Venice, and now houses the Museo Correr. At the far end the Procuratie meet the north end of Sansovino's Libreria (mid-16th century), whose main front faces the Piazzetta and is described there. The arcade continues round the corner into the Piazzetta.

san giorgio maggiore island

san giorgio maggiore island

San Giorgio Maggiore was probably occupied in the Roman period; after the foundation of Venice it was called Insula Memmia after the Memmo family who owned it. By 829 it had a church consecrated to St George; thus it was designated as San Giorgio Maggiore to be distinguished from San Giorgio in Alga.
The San Giorgio Monastery was established in 982, when the Benedictine monk, Giovanni Morosini, asked the doge Tribuno Memmo to donate the whole island for a monastery. Morosini drained the island's marshes next to the church to get the ground for building, and founded the Monastery of San Giorgio Maggiore, and became its first abbot.San Giorgio is now best known for the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, designed by Palladio and begun in 1566. The belltower has a ring of 9 bells in C#.
In the early 19th century, after the Republic fell, the monastery was almost suppressed and the island became a free port with a new harbour built in 1812. It became the home of Venice's artillery.




basilika santo markus

basilika santo markus

St Mark's Basilica in Venice is the most famous church and one of the best known examples of Byzantine architecture. This church served as a status symbol of wealth and power of Venice from the 11th century onwards, the building was known by the nickname Chiesa d'Oro (Church of gold).

Venice museo di storia naturale in venezia

Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia (English: Natural History Museum of Venice) is a museum of natural history housed in Fondaco dei Turchi, located on the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy. Its collection is mainly based around the nature of the Venetian lagoon that surrounds the city. Today it is one of the 11 venues managed by the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia.The museum is located in the Fondaco dei Turchi, originally built in the 13th century as a palazzo for the Pesaro family It is built in the Venetian Byzantine style, being originally used as a trading depot for goods from the East In 1381, the building was given to the lord of Ferrara, Niccolò II d'Este. In 1621, it became the fondaco (or fontego) for Turkish merchants, a place for them to live and do business, until 1838. From 1865, the building was extensively restored. After this work, it housed the Museo Correr and then the Natural History Museum from 1923.

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The Church of Saint Roch (Italian: Chiesa di San Rocco) is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint Roch in Venice, northern Italy. It was built between 1489 and 1508 by Bartolomeo Bon the Younger, but was substantially altered in 1725. The façade dates from 1765 to 1771, and was designed by Bernardino Maccarucci. The church is one of the Plague-churches built in Venice.

St. Roch, whose relics rest in the church after their transfer from Voghera (trad. Montpellier), was declared a patron saint of the city in 1576. Every year, on his feast day (16 August), the Doge made a pilgrimage to the church.Near the church is the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, noted for its numerous Tintoretto paintings. It was founded in the 15th century as a confraternity to assist the citizens in time of plague.

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