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Venice
Posted in Architecture, Mad about details with tags Venice on 22 September 2010 by treefermentphotosThe most amazing church I ever saw
Posted in Architecture with tags Katedrála svatého Víta, St. Vitus, The first church on 31 January 2010 by treefermentphotos
Saint Vitus’s Cathedral (Czech: Katedrála svatého Víta) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Prague, and the seat of the Archbishop of Prague. The full name of the cathedral is , St. Wenceslas and St. Adalbert Cathedral. Located within Prague Castle and containing the tombs of many Bohemian kings, this cathedral is an excellent example of Gothic architecture and is the biggest and most important church in the country.
The first church — also consecrated to St. Vitus — that stood at the location of the present – day cathedral was an early romanesque rotunda founded by Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia in 925. This patron saint was chosen because Wenceslaus had acquired a holy relic — the arm of St. Vitus — from Emperor Henry I. It is also possible that Wenceslaus, wanting to convert his subjects to Christianity more easily, chose a saint whose name sounds very much like the name of Slavic solar deity Svantevit. Two religious populations, the increasing Christian and decreasing pagan community, lived simultaneously in Prague castle at least until the 11th century.
Funny building
Posted in Architecture with tags Architecture, buildings, prague on 31 January 2010 by treefermentphotos
The Pupils’ Starway, Sighisoara
Posted in Amazing places, Architecture, Mad about colour, Mad about details with tags colour, romania, sighisoara, the pupils' starway on 17 March 2009 by treefermentphotos
Built to facilitate the pupils’ access to the school on the Hill. Tha facade imitates elements of the Renaisance style.
The House of the Free Press, as seen from Herastrau Lake
Posted in Architecture, Mad about black and white, Mad about mother nature on 4 March 2009 by treefermentphotos
The House of the Free Press is a hudge building in northern Bucharest, Romania, the tallest in the city between 1956 and 2007. Construction began in 1952 and was completed in 1956. The building was named Combinatul Poligrafic Casa Scanteii “I.V. Stalin” and later Casa Scanteii (Scanteia was the name of the Romania Communist Party’s official newspaper).
The largest building in Romania is the Palace of the Parliament, a multi-purpose building containing both chambers of the Romania Parliament. According to the Guiness Book of World Records, this building is the world’s largest civilian administrative building (The Pentagon is the largest overall), most expensive administrative building, and the heaviest building.
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