Shrines and Temples of Nikko

Nikko, that means "Sunlight", it"s the small city of japan.In small cites 92 thousand people and 140 kilometers north of Tokyo. Nikko is the perfect for holiday or travel. Because of that. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Center of the world.world. Nikko is a very popular tourist attraction in Japan especially for its shrines & temples, There were hardly any tourists around and it was such a peaceful place.

Temples of Nikko

Nikko is the  center of Shinto and Buddhist mountain worship for many centuries. In the beginning was built in the 1600s, and Nikko National Park continues to offer scenic (December to February), hot springs,  lakes, waterfalls, mountainous landscapes, wild monkeys and hiking trails. (April to October)

Shrines and Temples of Nikko

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Cologne Cathedral largest façade church in the world.

Cologne Cathedral

Cologne Cathedral is a Roman Catolic Church in cologne of Germany which was built between 1248 and 1880. It is 144.5 meters long , 86.5 m wide and its towers are approximately 157 m tall. With the average of 20000 people a day attend in the church which is the second tallest spire, largest Gothic church in Northern Europe and largest façade of any church in the world. In 1248 the site had been occupied by several
structures of which may have been grain store succeeded by a Roman temple built by Mercurius Augustus and in 4th century the site wsa occupied by Christan buildings. But in 320 April the building was burned down. On 15 August 1248 the foundation stone was laid by Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden. Under the direction of Master Gerhard the eastern arm was completed which consecrated in 1322 and sealed off by a temporary wall so it could be in use as the work proceeded.Under Master Michael the west front work commenced in the mid 14th century. For 400 years this work halted in 1473, leaving the south tower complete up to the belfry level and crowned with a huge crane which was destined to remain in place, and a landmark of the

Cologne Cathedral

Cologne skyline. Since wind, rain, and pollution slowly eat away at the stones some repair and maintenance work is constantly being carried out in some section of the building, which is almost never completely free of scaffolding. The Dombauhütte, which was established to build the cathedral and repair the cathedral. With 113 square metres of glass, a new stained glass in the south transept window take place which was created by the German artist Gerhard Richter On 25 August 2007.In 1996, the cathedral was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List of culturally important sites. In 2004 it was placed on the "World Heritage in Danger" list.

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THE SEMMERING RAILWAY (World Heritage sites)

       THE SEMMERING RAILWAY (World Heritage sites)

The Semmering Railway

Country: Austria
Titleholder: Austrian Federal Railways

Line length: 41 km (25.5 mi)

Minimum radius: 190 m (623 ft)

The Semmering Railroad, Austria, is the first mountain railway which crossed a high-mountains area.It running between Gloggnitz and the winter resort town of Semmering and passes thorugh some extrordinary Austrian mountain scenery.The railroad, made over 41 km of high mountains between (1848-1854). IT made by 20,000 workers under the project's designer and director Carl Ritter von Ghega.

The Semmering Railroad construction features 14 tunnels (among them the 1,431 m vertex tunnel), 16 viaducts (several two-story) and over 100 curved stone bridges as well as 11 small iron bridges

The semmering railway

Even while being built the Semmering railroad was realized as an effort of "landscape gardening".

The unparalleled travel experience which the Semmering railroad offered contributed significantly to the original opening of the Semmering region for tourism and wonderful. the  Numerous hotels and mansions are witnesses of this period of time.This enormous upswing to the turn of the century and the revaluation of the region as a winter sports area in the first third of the 20th Century were interrupted first by World War I and then by the changed recreational needs of the population.

accordingly, this unparalleled culture landscape could be Reserved with the change.The Semmering railroad the trip, full use 150 years after its building, still impresses the traveller as a special experience by its varied landscape, the typical style of its mansions and the characteristic sequence of viaducts and tunnel constructions.

The semmering railway

In 1998,the UNESCO decleared that  the Semmering railroad was added to the list of the UNESCO World Heritage sites.

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