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Thursday, February 5, 2009

Parthenon Classical Temple of Greece

When visiting Europe no vacation is complete with a trip to Greece and visiting the Parthenon.


The Parthenon was built as temple for the goddess Athena and was began between 447 and 438 B.C. The name of the building most likely from a cult statue of Athena Pantheons housed and destroyed by the Persians in 480 B.C. The massive foundation was built of limestone and the columns were made of Pentelic marble and the classical Parthenon was construction / sculptured by architects Ictinus, Callicrates and the renowned sculptor Phidias. It is a double peripheral Doric temple with several unique and innovative architectural features, it has about 13400 stones in the building and have stood since the 5th century B.C.


The Parthenon had 5 main instigators of design, they were Pericles, Phidias, Kalamis, Ictinus and Calibrates. The Parthenon was not only built for looks but it’s also showed Athenian dominance over the rest of Greek. Athenian was it’s Greek imperial master, the colonnade established a background for a giant ivory statue of Athena Parthenos sat inside the Parthenon but it was destroyed before modern time. The maiden goddess and patroness of Athens, she represented the highest order of spiritual development and the gifts of intellect and understanding. Pure in body, mind and heart, Athena was the symbol of the universal human aspiration for wisdom. Much of the structure remains intact, the Parthenon has suffered considerable damage over the centuries. In 296 BC the gold from the statue was removed by the tyrant Lachares to pay his army.



The Parthenon and Historical Greece is very important surviving building is in Greek country and now they put forth much effort to restore the Parthenon and other Acropolis structures. A substantial admission price is paid by the hundreds of thousands of tourists who visit the site each year. Little of this money however, is used for the preservation of the Parthenon but is instead wasted away by corrupt bureaucrats and government officials. They try to commit the sculptures or Parthenon Marbles from British Museum in London to return to Greek, Parthenon Marbles were sold in 1861 to British Museum. We don’t know much about this temple, but Parthenon is famous for many people whoever loves and like the old architecture only Parthenon can bring many people from everywhere in the world such as Asian people, African people and Australian to visit The Parthenon.

Thursday, January 29, 2009

The Colosseum Roman Style


It is one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and Roman engineering.


Flavian Ampitheatre or Roman Coliseum, now called The Colosseum but some in Italy know it as name il Colosseo. Flavian Ampitheatre is Latin name be for changed to the Colosseum, the construction began between 70 AD and complete in 80 AD. It’s made under the emperor Vespasian around 70-72 AD and was complete under Titus in 80 AD. The name Flavian Ampitheatre is derives from the name of both of family who build it. Colosseum have more than 50,000 seated with number of the ticket, it’s near the entrance for emperor to go in to the Colosseum from the private seat.






Colosseum made in style Roman and had no roof on but they had roll out canvas awnings to protect the rich spectators from the harmful rays of the sun, used for Gladiator (Latin word from swordsman) contests, public spectacles, animal hunts, drama based. Colosseum games made wild animals die, in all over million mainly from Africa like barbary lions, panthers, leopards, bears, caspian tigers and about 500,000 people there, the games were stopped in 404 AD by the emperor Honorius.







The Colosseum in 217 AD was damaged because of a major fire, it’s wooden and upper ring of seats were destroyed. The Colosseum has had modify several times, the original Colosseum corridor color of red, yellow, green and black changed following the fire of 217AD.






The Colosseum is in the center of Rome, Italy, and now the wooden portion of the arena is gone, we can see the rooms where they kept the gladiators and the animals before there contests. The Colosseum is one of the Great man made, 7 wonders of the world, Built in years "between 70 AD and completed in 80 AD." and still today attracts millions of tourists each year from around the globe including, Thailand, Indonesia, Canada, United State, United Kingdom and many more.

The Colosseum has been the back drop of many Hollywood films such as Gladiator, Jumper, Roman Holiday, 20 Million Miles to Earth, Way of the Dragon and many more.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Czech Super Model Petra Němcová





Petra Němcová - born 24 June 1979 in Karviná, Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic). She became a model after being spotted at the age of 16 during a national talent search.

She was featured on the cover of the 2003 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue but appeared also in the editions of 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. She has also modeled for Victoria's Secret, and for many other companies in the women's clothing market.


Petra is a model, television host, author, and philanthropist.






In December 2004, she was injured at the Khao Lak resort in Thailand by a tsunami resulting from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake; her then-fiancé, photographer Simon Atlee, was killed in the tsunami. Nemcova suffered a broken pelvis and serious internal injuries, but managed to hold onto the top of a palm tree, reportedly for eight hours, until she was rescued and airlifted to an island hospital nearby.



Petra agreed to pose in her hospital bed for Us Weekly, after the magazine agreed to donate $200,000 to the Asian tsunami relief efforts. Petra, started a charitable children's foundation, The Happy Hearts Fund.








2007 was a year of humanitarianism for Petra Nemcova. Not only was she a presenter at the American leg of Live Earth in July 2007, but she also visited Haiti in November with Wyclef Jean as part of a charity-sponsored event. She even became a vegan!



Born and raised in Karvina, in the Czech Republic, Petra Nemcova has taken the modeling world by storm. Ever since a modeling scout discovered her on the streets of her native country.

She has gained the nickname of "Czech Chick".


Ivanka Trump / Daniela Pestova

Supermodel PETRA NEMCOVA has created a new charity calendar full of "Czech chicks" to raise cash for her tsunami charity Happy Hearts Fund. The Supermodels 2008 calendar features sexy shots of Nemcova herself and other Czech Republic stunners, like Ivanka Trump (daughter of Czech supermodel and business woman Ivan Trump and American, Donald Trump) and Daniela Pestova. The shots were taken in Prague and New York




She is so beautiful, on the inside and out, she is using her fame to help those in need which is admirable and inspiring a real sweetie with a big heart. She sets a great example to follow.



English born singer, James blunt, told gorgeous Petra Nemcova: Goodbye My Lover. Looks like she's over it... She was last seen with American Film actor Sean Penn. Czech model Petra, 28, arrived at Sir Elton John's bash with Madonna's ex-husband Sean Penn, 47 - and they looked very much an item.




MEXICO CITY, Mexico, in December. 30, 2008 .- The recognized reality show Life Model of the beautiful super model Petra Nemcova, ended, and the girls were on the verge of hysteria.



The candidates have already known guapas regret in regard to the profession, how to deal with the demands of some photographers and designers, and learned that beauty is not everything outside in life. The models in the wake of their youth, tested what it is like at Fashion Week in New York while Petra and agents discussed which of the girls have an assured future as the award winning models to sign with a major agency.