Monuments

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Prague is an amazing city with a lot uncountable monuments. It is a pintoresque city with a lot of variety: the Zona Stare Mesto or Old Town, the bridges over the river Moldova, the old churches, the San Vitus Cathedral, the castle, the astronomic clock, the Synagogues in the Jewish Town.



__**- The astronomic clock: **__ Is the most famous clock of the medieval period of the world. It has been built in 1490.The clock is located in the hall´s tower. It´s compound of three parts: the calendar, the lower sphere and the tor sphere.The lower sphere shows the months of the year, the zodiac´s signs and in the middle the coat of arms of the Old Town. The top sphere is the clock and it shows sun´s orbt and the moon´s orbit. Themost attractive thing is parade of the Twelve Apostles every hour. It´s beautiful.

media type="youtube" key="fl41yQ5pfe0" width="425" height="350" The Charles Bridge is the most fampous monument in Prague. Charles Bridge is one of the most beautiful bridges in the world and the oldest bridge in Prague. It has 10m wide, 516m long and rests on 16 arches.There are towers guarding both ends of the bridge: the Old Town Bridge Tower and two Malá Strana Bridge Tower. The bridge has 30 statues from the 18th century. This statues are saints, and historical and biblical figures.
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According to the legend, the person who put his hand on the cross and he touches one of the stars of the cross, he will have a secret wish fulfilled. People also touch the figure on the bottom of the statue of St John of Nepomuk as it is said to bring luck.

__** -The castle of Prague: **__ This is a spectacular castle, it is the biggest castle in the world and it is the most visited Czech monument. It has been the king´s house and now the president´s house. The castle of Prague was built in 870. The castle was extended and the Emperor Charles IV converted the castle in the king´s house and he built others buildings, like San Vitus Cathedral or the church of S Loreto.In the cathedral are buried the kings and queens of the Czech Republic. The cathedral began to build in 1344. In the cathedral there is a chapel dedicated to S. Wenceslao, the Czech pattern. The most important part of the cathedral is the part where is the tomb of Wenceslao IV and the crown jewels**.**

This district is a very important place in the history of Prague. Today there are only six synogogues. These are: · Maisel Synagogue: It has a lot of Jewish things, like books, cloths, decorative objects
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· Klaus Synagogue: It was the biggest Jewish building. It is in the exit of the Jewish cemetery. It has pictures from the children of Terezín. It has a huge library of Hebrew text.

· Spanish Synagogue: It has been built in the Moorish style like the style of the Alhambra in Grenade.

· High Synagogue: It has  been used by Jews to pray.

· Pinkas synagogue: in this place are written the names of the Jewish victims of the Second World War. There are 77297 names. There are some of the pictures that the children draw in the concentration camp of Terezín.

· The Old-Now synagogue: this is oldest synagogue in Europe. This synagogue is now in operation. It was built in 1270. The other important part of the Jewish part of Prague is the cemetery o Starý zidovský hrbitov. The principal characteristic is that the tombs aren´t in order, that is to say, the tombs aren´t in rows or columns.


 * __ -The Church of Our Lady of Tyn: __**[[image:http://sobrepraga.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/iglesia-de-nuestra-senora-de-tyn.jpg width="371" height="279" align="right"]]

The Church of Our Lady of Tyn, or Tyn Church are in one side of the Old Town Square. From the two spires of this church you can see all Prague. Tyn Church was founded in 1385, a period when Hussites were being killed by the Roman Catholics. Indeed, in this period the Catholic Jesuits took over the church. Tyn Church is impressive by day and more beautiful by night, when the towers are lit up against.

The two spires are not symmetrical. This is characteristic of the gothic architecture of the time and is a representation of both the masculine and feminine sides of the world.

=EDINBURGH=

Edinburgh Castle is a castle fortress. It is above the volcanic Castle Rock. Human habitation of this site is dated from the 9th century BC. There has been a royal castle since at least the reign of David I inthe 12th century, and the site continued to be a royal residence until the Union of the Crowns in 1603. As one of the most important fortresses in the Kingdom of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle has been involved in many historical conflicts, from the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century, up to the Jacobite Rising of 1745. From the later 17th century, the castle became a military base. Its importance as a historic monument was recognised from the 19th century.
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The St Margaret's Chapel, the oldest surviving building in Edinburgh, which dates from the early 12th century. Among other significant buildings of the castle are the Royal Palace, and the early-16th-century Great Hall.

Although formally owned by the Ministry of Defence, most of the castle is now in the care of Historic Scotland, and it is Scotland's most-visited tourist attraction.

Princes Street Gardens is a public park in the centre of Edinburg, in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle. The Gardens were created in the 1820s. It was heavily polluted from centuries of sewage draining downhill from the Old Town. The gardens run along the south side of Princess Street. Within the gardens and running along the south side of Princes Street are many statues and monuments. The most important is the gothic Scott Monument built in 1844 to honour Sir Walter Scott.
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__** -Carlton Hill: **__ Calton Hill is a hill in central Edinburgh, in the east of the New Tow. The hill are often used in photographs and paintings of the city. Calton Hill is where the Scottish Government meet, on the southern part of the hill with the Scottish Parliament Building, and other key buildings, for example Holyrood Palace, lying near the foot of the hill. ´ The hill also includes several iconic monuments and buildings: the National Monument, Nelson's Monument, the Dugald Stewart Monument, the New Parliament House, the Robert Burns Monument, the Political Martyrs' Monument and the City Observatory.



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__** -The “Frauenkirche”: **__

The Church of Our Lady serves as the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Munich. It is considered a symbol of the Bavarian capital city. The church towers are visible because of the local height limits. The city government prohibits buildings with a bigger height than 109 metres.

The cathedral´s construction began in 1468. The two towers were completed in 1488 and the church was consecrated in 1494. However, the building's domes at the top of each tower weren´t added until 1525. The cathedral had several damage during the World War II and an important restoration began after the war and finished in 1994.

In the cathedral can stay approximately 20,000 people, and Catholic services are produced regularly.


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Is a town hall at the northern part of Munich. It is the place where is the city

government. It was built between 1867 and 1908 in a Gothic style.

The main wall is situated toward the square, while the back wall is placed toward a small park. The first floor has a big balcony towards the Marienplatz which is used for football championships or large festivals.

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The Roman Catholic in Munich was built from 1663 to 1690, it was founded by Elector Ferdinand Mariaand his wife as a gesture of thanks. The church was built in Italian high-baroque style. A small chapel contains the tombs of King Maximilian II and his Queen Marie. The crypt also contains the Prince’s Tomb. media type="youtube" key="ZMkG_zq2qlI" width="425" height="350"