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The Great Wall was built in 214 Before Christian (BC) by Qin Shi Huang, after he had finished consolidating his regulation and creating a united China for the first time. The wall was designed to stop the raids by the Xiongnu raiders from the north. There are 500.000 laborers were employed while the 32 year building period to create the Great Wall.
Even though the wall worked at keeping out the raiders and enemies, it did not stopping the internal problems which lead to a regime change in 206 Before Christian (BC) and the new leadership of the Han Dynasty. The first Han emperor, Taizong, was quick to see the profits of the wall against the raiders and ordered more walls to stretch out as far as Zhaoxiang, Gansu Province.
In Chinese, the Great Wall called “Wan Li Chang Cheng” the mean is “the Wall with the length as long as ten thousands Li”, (1 Li = 500 meters). The wall is cross nine provinces. The Great Wall of China stretches from Liaoning Province through Hebei Province, Tianjin Municipality, Beijing Municipality, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Shanxi Province, Shaanxi Province, and Ningxia Autonomous Region to Gansu Province in the country of China.
Wrote in some of book, the length of Great Wall is more than 5.000 kilometers. But some of book also wrote that the length of Great Wall is about 6.000 kilometers. The information makes us be confused. Which one is true? Actually, the Great Wall was branching. Totally, length of the Great Wall is 8.858,8 kilometers. The statement publicized in 18 April 2009, the measuring had done by used sophisticated technology. It was a longest buildings. Even in the book of “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” wrote that the Great Wall is the only one of the human’s buildings that able be seen from the moon.
Many people believe that, moreover the guides in Great wall often say that story. They say like that as a pride of their culture. But, many people also explain that the story is impossible. Even, by following the Chinese astronaut statement, Yang Liwei, he said that he can not see the Great Wall while he was being in space.
The Great Wall is listed as World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The Great Wall of China can be visited at many places along its length of several thousand kilometers. Its situation ranges from excellent to ruined and access from straightforward to quite difficult.
When we had climbed the Great Wall, from the seller around the Great Wall we can to buy some of souvenir and a certificate which state that “I HAVE CLIMED THE GREAT WALL” that wrote in Chinese and English. The certificate price was about US$ 6. The seller will write our full name in the certificate beautifully. Many people had visited the Great Wall, the legendary ancient buildings in the world.
Not only countries in Asia is exotic, but also Portugal, the country where is westernmost in Europe. Portugal has many of attractive places that make the people from the entire of the world want to visit Portugal. Other than the culture, people know Portugal as the country that has many of amazing ancient buildings also.
Usually, the tour to Portugal and Spain is one package. Because Portugal is abut on Spain. In retrospect, Portugal was at enmity with Spain. In the past, both of the country is the roamer nation. Portugal and Spain make every endeavor to discover the treasure in all over the world. In the end, the border area between Portugal and Spain ruled by The Treaty of Tordesillas, in 7 June 1494.
The Treaty of Tordesillas divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Spain and Portugal along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands (off the west coast of Africa). This line of demarcation was about halfway between the Cape Verde Islands (already Portuguese) and the islands discovered by Christopher Columbus on his first voyage (claimed for Spain), named in the treaty as Cipangu and Antilia (Cuba and Hispaniola). The lands to the east would belong to Portugal and the lands to the west to Spain. The treaty was ratified by Spain (at the time, the Crowns of Castile and Aragon), 2 July 1494 and by Portugal, 5 September 1494. The other side of the world would be divided a few decades later by the Treaty of Zaragoza or Saragossa, signed on 22 April 1529, which specified the antimeridian to the line of demarcation specified in the Treaty of Tordesillas. Originals of both treaties are kept at “the Archivo General de Indias” in Spain and at the “Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo” in Portugal.
By following the history, Roman, Spain, and Moor had ever been of power in Portugal. Even the relics from Roman and Moor still stand-out in the entire of the city in Portugal. One of the treasures is situated in Evora, the old city that listed in UNESCO as the world heritage site. The city where situated about 130 kilometers from Lisboa, the Capital of Portugal. The city has many of historical monuments. One of the famous is Roman Temple of Evora, or called the Temple of Diana often. The temple built in 1st century after date. Now, the temple becomes an important icon in Evora.
Other than the temple, there is other ancient building like Monastery of Jeronimos. The monastery is situated not far from Tagus River. At first, the monastery is chapel. Chapel is the place for Catholic Priests and Kings to bless the sailors that would make a voyage passing through Tagus River.
And one of the Moor’s relics is Palace of the Counts of Basto. The palace is Moor’s castle that placed by the family of Afonsine Dynasty. The architecture style is Gothic, Moorish, and Renaissance.
Totally, there are about 4000 ancient buildings that we can found in Portugal. Begin at Palace, Church, Castle, University, Office and many of ancient buildings in Portugal showing the historical heritage site and cultural treasure in the past. Evora also get the predicate as the City Museum. All of that make people around the world visit Portugal to see and enjoy the exotic of Portugal.
Go along the Mediterranean countries is not make everybody bored. Every country and city where visited by us always gives a surprise that decorated by the beautiful of culture and history. And all of that make we want to know about it more. One of the countries that have many of unique things is Turkey. Turkey is Eurasia country where the southland of Turkey abutted on Mediterranean Sea. Turkey called Eurasia because geographically Turkey situated between European continent and Asian continent.
Turkey where abutted on Mediterranean Sea have many place where must be visited. But, talking about Turkey, of course we should not be forgotten about ancient history and the culture that can be found all over the city. One of interesting place is Antalya, with the beautiful resorts and amazing sea. Antalya development started in 159 Before Date. When King Attalos II was take hold of the power. And then governed by Roman Empire, Byzantium, and governed by Ottoman Empire.
Not only that, but also historical remains like Aspendos Theater. Although attain the age of centuries but the buildings structure is conserved well. Until now, Aspendos Theater visited by thousands of visitor from the entire of the world every year.
That is the cause, beside we are enjoying the holiday with the comfort resorts, Turkey also offering the experience to go along the amazing sites that still conserved well and enjoy the beautiful of buildings around the city. For the example, Karain Cave about 30 kilometers from Antalya. The cave already existed from the beginning of the Paleolithic.
In the Northbound of Antalya, there are some of old city like Sagalassos that leave the ruins of the ancient Roman Empire. There also Ancient City of Pisidian Antioch, and Ancient City of Yalvac that guessable the city was already exist since 281 Before Date. At the time, the city was a Metropolitan in Roman age and Byzantium.
There are so many amazing places in Turkey that must be visited. As far centuries as, Turkey always become an interesting land that other empire made a pitch for conquer the empire. And all of those histories leave so many relics in the entire of city in Turkey.
Angkor Wat built by King Suryavarman II in 12nd century. Angkor Wat used as the King’s temple and the capital also. To build the temple, the workers use the stone from the mountain as far as 50 kilometers, the stone weight was about 4 tons. Then the stone chiseled and the workers arrange the stones until become a temple.
After King Suryavarman had died. Then the empire changed by King Jayavarman VII that also build his temple and new capital named Angkor Thom. Situated a few kilometers from Northbound of Angkor Wat.
The story of a loss of the temple was happen when Thailand Kingdom attack and grab all of palace property in Angkor Wat in 1481. Then the king leave the palace regretfully. And then he replaces the empire to Phon Phem. Year after year was passing away, until Angkor Wat covered by the jungle and the people forget the palace.
The entire of Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom was black. From the distance looked like black stones. Because when French discover the temple in 19th century, they clean the temple by burn the thicket that covering the temple.
The characteristic of Angkor Wat is resemble like Borobudur Temple and Prambanan Temple in Indonesia. On the wall of Angkor Wat chiseled relief that describe about the life in the past. Other relief also situated many of statues in the temple entrance. God statue situated in right side, and devil statue situated in left side. Several of statues was stand sturdily. But several of statues have no head or broken. It caused by somebody who steal the statue and sell the statue.
In Ta Prohm Temple, there is one old and tall tree growing in the temple. As the story goes, the temple built by King Jayavarman VII in memory of his mother. By following the story of people around, the king love his mother so much. Then, when his mother had died, the tree was growing to protect the king or her son. There are thousands of Buddha statues in this temple, but the condition is broken now.
About 1 million tourists visit this world heritage site every year. To come in the Angkor Wat the visitors must paying US$ 40. Then the official will take the visitor’s picture as the identity card. The visitors must show the card during in the Angkor Wat location.
The Great Wall was built in 214 Before Christian (BC) by Qin Shi Huang, after he had finished consolidating his regulation and creating a united China for the first time. The wall was designed to stop the raids by the Xiongnu raiders from the north. There are 500.000 laborers were employed while the 32 year building period to create the Great Wall.
In Chinese, the Great Wall called “Wan Li Chang Cheng” the mean is “the Wall with the length as long as ten thousands Li”, (1 Li = 500 meters). The wall is cross nine provinces. The Great Wall of China stretches from Liaoning Province through Hebei Province, Tianjin Municipality, Beijing Municipality, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Shanxi Province, Shaanxi Province, and Ningxia Autonomous Region to Gansu Province in the country of China.
