Sunday, July 18, 2010

Hotel-Del-Coronado-Beach-cropped

He Hotel del Coronado (also known as the The Del to local residents) is a beachfront luxury hotel in the city of Coronado, just across the San Diego Bay from San Diego, California. It is one of the few surviving examples of an American architectural genre: the wooden Victorian beach resort. It is one of the oldest and largest all-wooden buildings in California and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977.[2]
When it opened in 1888, it was the largest resort hotel in the world and the first to use electrical lighting. It has hosted presidents, royalty, and celebrities throughout the years. The hotel has been featured in numerous movies and books.
The hotel received the Four Diamond rating from the American Automobile Association,[4] and was listed by USA Today as one of the "Top 10 Resorts In The World".[5]

Bhong Mosque

Bhong Mosque is located in the village of Bhong,Tehsil Sadiqabad in the district of Rahim Yar Khan,Southern Punjab Pakistan. The compound was designed and constructed over a period of nearly 50 years (1932-1982) and won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1986. A postal stamp with its picture was issued in May 12, 2004 in Pakistan. is located in the village of Bhong,Tehsil Sadiqabad in the district of Rahim Yar Khan,Southern Punjab Pakistan. The compound was designed and constructed over a period of nearly 50 years (1932-1982) and won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1986. A postal stamp with its picture was issued in May 12, 2004 in Pakistan.

BallonKathedrale

Schweizerische Luftfahrtzeugregister-Nr.:HB_QSG
Hersteller:KUBICEK S.R.O. *** Bj.2002
Muster/Typ:SPEC.SHAPE BB GALLEN
Haupteigentümer:Kanton St. Gallen; CH-9001 St. Gallen, Regierungsgebäude
Haupthalter:B & M Balloon & Airship Company GmbH; CH-8593 Kesswil, Breitfeldstrasse 1, Postfach 1"Fliegende Kathedrale" von Jan Kaeser und Matin Zimmermann (Künstler aus St.Gallen) nachempfunden der Stiftskirche des Kloster St.Gallen. Gesehen auf den "internationalen Ballontagen Alpenrheintal" [1] auf dem Brückenfestival [2] Wiesenrain in Lustenau - Widnau.
English: Balloon
Swiss Aircraft Registry-Nr.:HB_QSG
Manufacturer:KUBICEK S.R.O. *** Bj.2002
Aircraft-Pattern/Type:SPEC.SHAPE BB GALLEN
Main Owners:Kanton St. Gallen; CH-9001 St. Gallen, Regierungsgebäude
Main holders:B & M Balloon & Airship Company GmbH; CH-8593 Kesswil, Breitfeldstrasse 1, Postfach 1"Flying Cathedral" by Jan Kaeser and Matin Zimmermann (Artists from St.Gallen) lookalike of Church of the Monastery of St. Gallen. Seen at the "internationalen Ballontagen Alpenrheintal" [3] on the bridge festival[4] Wiesenrain in Lustenau - Widnau.
Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, England, over the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London, which gives it its name.Name[›] It has become an iconic symbol of London.
The bridge consists of two towers which are tied together at the upper level by means of two horizontal walkways which are designed to withstand the horizontal forces exerted by the suspended sections of the bridge on the land-ward sides of the towers. The vertical component of the forces in the suspended sections and the vertical reactions of the two walkways are carried by the two robust towers. The bascule pivots and operating machinery are housed in the base of each tower. Its present colour dates from 1977 when it was painted red, white and blue for the Queen's Silver Jubilee. Originally it was painted a chocolate brown colour.[1]
Tower Bridge is sometimes mistakenly referred to as London Bridge, which is actually the next bridge upstream.[2] A popular urban legend is that in 1968, Robert McCulloch, the purchaser of the old London Bridge that was later shipped to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, believed that he was in fact buying Tower Bridge. This was denied by McCulloch himself and has been debunked by Ivan Luckin, the seller of the bridge.[3]
The nearest London Underground station is Tower Hill on the Circle and District Lines.The nearest Docklands Light Railway station is Tower Gateway.

THE PROPHET'S MOSQUE IN MADINAH


HE Prophet's Mosque in Madinah is the second most revered place of worship for Muslims around the world. Millions of Muslims visit the Mosque each year, to worship, to visit the Prophet's grave, and to see the city that gave birth to Islam. This pilgrimage is not mandatory as is the one to Makkah, but nevertheless popular. It is important to remember, however, that a visit to the Prophet's grave is not in any way to worship or revere him, but to commemorate his role as God's messenger, and to remind Muslims of his mortality and humanity.
The Prophet's Mosque was the first institution to be built following Prophet Muhammad's migration in 622 AD from Makkah, where he was born, to the town of Yathrib, which became known as 'Al-Madinah an-Nabi", or 'City of the Prophet', and is today simply Madinah.

Hagia Sophia

Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Completed: 537

Architect: Isidore of Miletus & Anthemius of Tralles
The Hagia Sophia or Aya Sofia is a former mosque, and former church in the old European part of Istanbul. It was the leading church for the Eastern Orthodox church for over 900 years, until the sack of Constantinople in 1453, after which it was converted into a mosque. It remained a mosque for almost 500 years, as in 1935 it was converted into a museum by orders from the first president of Turkey: Atatürk. The builing has suffered a great bit of damage during the centuries (especially the dome), because of earthquakes and fires, but has always been rebuild soon after. A large numbers of the christian mosaics became visible in the 1930's, during restaurations.