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Kinkaku-ji (Temple of the Golden Pavilion) is the common name of Rokuon-ji temple (temple of the imperial garden deer) located in Kyoto, Japan. This name is derived from Kinkaku ("Golden Pavilion"), coated with gold in the garden of the temple building.
history
The pavilion burned (1950)
The Chinese phoenix Fenghuang to the roof ridge

In the 1220s, the site houses the villa Kitayamadai Saionji Kintsune (1171-1244, Saionji clan leader who is part of a branch of the Fujiwara) and the Saionji temple, opened in 1224 after the decline of Saionji, the villa and temple are no longer maintained; only a mare remains that time.1.

Yoshimitsu (1358-1408), the third shogun Ashikaga, abdicated in 1394 to make way for his son Yochimochi. Three years later, in 1397, he bought the site Saionji clan and began to build a new villa, Kitayamaden, doing his best to make it an exceptional place to house several Buddhist relics. He lived until his death. After his death and according to his wishes, his son Yochimochi actually a Zen temple of the Rinzai school.

The temple was burned down several times during the Ōnin War (1467-1477) and only the Golden Pavilion survived. The garden, however, kept its appearance at the time.

In 1950, the Golden Pavilion was completely burned by a mentally deficient monk; this event is central to the novel by Yukio Mishima, The Golden Pavilion. The current building, rebuilt exactly, in 1955.

In 1987, he renovated and given a new layer, five times thicker than gold leaf. It seems that the new layer of gold leaf were coated with a lacquer-based urushiol (the oil produced by poison ivy), thereby preserving the gold layer against the elements. This lacquer was once used to protect different things used by humans, such as weapons, artwork, household items and even furniture.

In 1994, the Golden Pavilion is on the World Heritage List of UNESCO.
architecture
Detail of second floor

The Golden Pavilion (kinkaku?), Located in the garden made ​​the famous temple. The entire building is covered with pure gold, with the exception of the ground floor. It serves shariden containing relics of Buddha.

From an architectural point of view, this is a harmonious and elegant building which includes three different types of architecture:

     the (Hō-sui-in) ground floor is Shinden-zukuri style, the style of the palace of the Heian period.
     The first stage (Chō-on-dō) follows the Buke-zukuri style houses samurai.
     The second floor (Kukkyō-chō) is Karayō style, that of Zen temples.
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asia-japan

Too far, too expensive, too inaccessible, for a long time, Japan has been likened to a kind of planet Mars in the Far East. A fascinating archipelago, a highly refined civilization, a distant star, appealing, but unaffordable.
With falling airfares and the growing strength of the euro since 2000 (the exchange rate has become favorable for European travelers), everything changed. It is possible to travel to Japan in backpacker, with a small to medium budget. Add to that the will of the Ministry of Tourism of Japan to open the country to a new more economical tourism.
Megacities first: Tokyo, the largest city in the world, an electric urban world, fast-paced, sparkling. Kyoto, the ancient imperial capital, a city of art and geishas, tea and ikebana. Nara, artistic and religious cradle, spiritual city of monks, aristocracy and Buddhism, but Nikko perched high in the mountains, Kamakura to the seaside, Hakone door of Mount Fuji, the majestic symbol of Japan, see the spring when the cherry blossoms bloom.
Connected to the archipelago of high technology reserve all new, this is especially the kingdom of robots! It is also the land of manga and video games. The nature lovers will not be disappointed either. As soon as one moves away from the coast, we find an almost savage Japan: mountains with slopes covered with forests, snow-capped volcanoes, mountain lakes.
And what about the hot springs, famous onsen? This is the ultimate in Japanese etiquette.

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asia- hong kong

Hong Kong is one of the most amazing places in Asia and the world. His legendary name means "Port aux Parfums" the name of this former rock through which generations of English adventurers made ​​transit shiploads of opium before giving way to all businessmen and self-made men of the world .
A British colonial confetti become a flagship of capitalism in Asia and returned to the communist Chinese fold in 1997 with a special status, increasingly subject to the central government.

Despite the handover, Hong Kong continues to cultivate a particular identity. Behind his tunes City of London or New York small Asia is a Chinese city where the heart of a population came mainly from Canton and Shanghai breaks.
What future in the midst of empire? Since the handover, the Asian crisis and, more recently, due to the SARS outbreak that has literally cut off from the world, Hong Kong can not quite hide his fear of the future: autonomy and freedom vis-à-vis Beijing, flood of Chinese immigration at its gates, rising unemployment and the constant desire to preserve economic prosperity, not to mention the problems of urbanization and pollution associated with it.
Despite these blows to its image, Hong Kong is to remain the symbol of success in Asia: how to grow prosperity and separate identity while integrating into the greater China.

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Victoria Falls or Moussa Úa Tonya Falls is located in the Zambezi River, on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, in south-central Africa. Displayed 1.7 km (or equivalent inclination), and a height of 128 m (420 ft).
Naming

Visited waterfalls for the first time Scottish explorer David Livingstone in November 1855, has been called such a name of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, although the waterfalls were known to the locals formerly Moussa Úa Tonya which means "the smoke that is called Thunder."
Size

Victoria Falls is one of the largest waterfalls in the world. Compared with Niagara Falls in North America, width and depth of the Victoria Falls twice the width and depth of Niagara. [1] a width of more than one thousand seven hundred meters and a maximum height of one hundred and eight meters. As the rate of the amount of water annually Islg fallen more than nine hundred and thirty four cubic meters \ seconds.

Waterfalls descend from top to bottom voice fuses, and dense fog water resulting wraps across the region throughout the year. The locals call it "fog detonator."

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Giant Crystal Cave in the Mexican desert

While the workers digging in a silver mine in the period between 2007 and 2008, they accidentally discover a scene very scary, a cave Christala giant amid the desert of Mexico, where it was spread inside many of the obelisks Alchristalah and crystals marvelous up the length of each of them to Hawally 37 feet of any 11 meters, the awful thing is that those crystals and obelisks were a very sharp blade, which could lead to injuries to employees.


And has formed obelisks and giant crystals inside this cave of groundwater saturated in calcium sulphate, which has filtered through the sands of the cave over millions of years, and thus has grown over the centuries, these crystals are small in size and taking increases with time.
You might expect through the images that these crystals resemble giant icicles and are therefore low in temperature, but appearances can be deceptive, because in fact, the temperature inside the cave is 112 Fahrenheit mixed moisture from 90-100 per cent, but you will find explorers inside the cave wearing a protective vest and carrying bags of ice to cool the air.
Here's pictures from inside the cave Alchristala Giant

Maldives are small islands located in the continent of Asia in the Indian Ocean, which is a Muslim country, where all the inhabitants are Muslims, and it passes south of the equator, and the ancient Arabs call Vebh deadlines or Mahldep and is likely to have been distorted and became utter Maldives.

Britain ruled the Maldives 78 years as a British protectorate, The Maldives gained independence in 1965, and its name in the official language is Aldivi Raji (Republic of Maldives), and has a population of 309 thousand people in the square km and its capital Malé.

The Maldives is a member of Alcolmanolt states have joined in 1982 has provided the incumbent President Mohamed Nasheed announced his resignation on Tuesday, 07/02/2012 After three weeks of protests by the opposition and joined by police and handed over power to a deputy Mohammed Waheed Hassan Manik 

Origin renamed Maldives

Maldives knew a lot of different names during its long history of more than two thousand years, despite the fact that several different names giving, the location and description of Maldives islands Aokdan it. The name was derived "Maldives" of Maale Dhivehi Raajje. (1) It is Algeria Vebh deadlines (fractured altered and open Almim na tethered). Franks has been on the term Aryan: the leisurely Vebh, and V characters (tethered) non-operative and they said they have not finished Deeb then came to the Maldives and translators in these days they took them without knowledge or stolen they said, "Maldives" is a mistake. And its people - has seen them - still say leisurely Vebh "Vebh deadlines."

Studies indicate comparative linguistics, customs and traditions in the Maldives to the decline of the early settlers of strain Aldrvidah of Kerala in the Sangam (300 BC - 300 AD), [2] and suggest these studies indicate that these settlers Mahm only fishermen came from the South Indian subcontinent and the western coast of Sri Lanka. The people Garavarro - and who hails from Tamil - one of the first settlers in the Maldives, where they said Maldivian folklore and formed other for a monarchy in Male. It also led cruises to the people of Kerala to Astotan Tamils ​​in each of the Khdib and the Maldives even considered these islands as one group in the archipelago, also led these trips to the affected population of the Maldives in Tamil and Malayalam, and it appears this vulnerability in the names of places, poetry, dance, and religious beliefs. Some argue that the settlers from Gujarat formed the main class of immigration to the Maldives, where the cruise started from Gujarat to the Maldives in the era of the Indus Valley Civilization. Studies also indicate some probability to the advent of some of the early immigrants from Southeast Asia. [3] presented the Sinhalese led by Prince Vijaya to the Maldives in the period between the year 543 BC until 483 BC after being forced to leave their homeland in Orissa. According to Mahavenza - a historical poem written in the era of the kings of Sri Lanka - has lost one of the ships in the fleet cruising Prince Vijaba and went to the Maldives. Some evidence also points to the arrival of the Arabs and Asians to the Maldives, especially in the southern atolls of the Maldives.

machu picchu

Soft Machu Picchu citadel or lost (in English: Machu Picchu), and the word means Machu Picchu in Alankih "top of the mountain of old." Built this city by the people of the Inca in the fifteenth century, This city is located in Cuzco, Peru, between two mountains of the Andes mountain range at an altitude of 2340 meters above sea level, and on both sides of the abyss a height of about 600 meters, UNESCO has classified this city in the World Heritage List in 1983 and is one of the new Seven Wonders.

Construction


In spite of the beauty and genius of the place, but that this is not only for excellence Machu Picchu, it is strange that this city is built in a contemporary style does not fit the ancient civilization did not know the writing! Fathtoa the streets of a small city on the tidy, buildings and palaces, temples, gardens and irrigation canals and pools, showers, and the irony is that the whole city is built of large stones and compact size over each other without any tools to install! Thanks to this amazing Ajbah classified UNESCO city of Machu Picchu in the list of "World Heritage" in 1983 and in less than fifty years since the discovery of the ruins and open, visiting this park pending for more than half a million tourists each year. [1]
Geography

The height of the city 2280 meters above sea level and there is the city on the brink of Hawitan surround their slope length of 600 meters is covered by dense forests, while being bottom of the river Oulu Banpa to paint all of these elements solemn spectacle of this mysterious city. It is near the Urubamba River, which is 120 km north of Cuzco.
History

Nicknamed the city of Machu Picchu, "the lost city" of the people of the ancient Incas. The word means "Machu Picchu" in the ancient language Alankih "top of the mountain the old." The city ranked on the list of the ten ancient holy places in the world because of the unique environment and atmosphere of a magical and sacred faith.

There is no written record of the history of the Inca because civilization Alankih what they have written and adopted the registration date on the transport Alhvoa.ola known scientists or researchers history of the city or the reason for its construction, but scientists think that they were not living, but had to make sacrifices, where scientists found the bodies of large numbers of women in this city. Which is compatible with what we know from the people of the Inca worship of the sun, and they believe that women are the daughters of the sun sacred!

It is believed that the ancient Inca people in this city who did not want the Spanish occupation of the city and the abduction of their civilization impressive, They remained silent and did not speak it at all. Besides, the city was built on top of a mountain surrounded by dense forests, the Spaniards did not find it.

Some expect it was built in the late fifteenth century Inca emperor when he arrived to the height of his glory. This was the city a place for offerings and other religious activities, [2]

In Machu Picchu a lot of parks and arcades and buildings and palaces, and canals and irrigation channels and bathing pools. The link between the stone stairs parks and streets of different height. The leading American Wallen said Bingham These stone buildings miracle tough ratification. Some people said that it is impossible to be people of Inca old has built these buildings curiosities without modern tools and knowledge of architectural, engineering, Fajmnoa that aliens may come down to this place thousands of years ago and the girl of this city, or built by the god sun and other fairy tales. Whatever how to build the city of Machu Picchu, and the presence of people pay more than the discovery and identification of the people of this ancient magic and intelligent.

Machu Picchu and nicknamed "hanging garden" because it is built on top of a steep mountain.