The Smallest Five Star Hotel

The Smallest Five Star Hotel

The Wedding House, the smallest 5-star hotel in the world, is located in Amberg, Germany and has only 53 square meters. Eh Hausl or The Wedding House in Amberg, Germany, is listed as the smallest 5 stars hotel in the world; and that for a good reason. It has an opening of only 2.5 meters and a total area of 53 square meters. The five-star hotel has an intimate air, so those who will choose to stay here will not regret it. 05 more images after the break...

Leather Pictures

Mark Evans produces captivating works of wall art using nothing more than sheets of full grain leather, a variety of knife blades, and some special waxes. Each creation is stunning. Using only his artistic skill and a blade, Evans produces large scale works and reproductions out of leather. The tonal pieces are incredible for their craftsmanship and the sheer effort and time it must take to produce one. 13 more images after the break...

Anamorphosis -- Leonardo's Eye

Anamorphosis is a distorted projection or perspective requiring the viewer to use special devices or occupy a specific vantage point to reconstitute the image. "Ana - morphosis" comes from the Greek words meaning "formed again." 09 more Images after the break...

Arnold Schwarzenegger Inaugurates His Museum In Austria

Nicholas church in Kiev

Church building was erected in the years 1899-1909 for the Roman Catholic community of Kiev. Design and construction of buildings produced under the guidance of the famous Kyiv architect Vladimir Gorodetsky. Church built in stylized Gothic forms with the long, gothic towers and steeples, differs slender proportions, ease and clarity of compositional structure. Difficult conditions for the construction and architectural solutions prompted the architects to use innovative at the time engineering technology. More after the break...

In 1933 the church was looted and closed, and in 1943 was badly damaged by shelling, was set on fire, and only by 1980 it was restored and partially reconstructed. Since 1980, Nicholas church was to function as a concert hall of the House of Organ and Chamber Music. Body Kiev House of organ music has been specially created by masters of firm «Rieger-Kloss» in city Krnov in Czechoslovakia. 

Oasis City of Yazd

----------------------------------Nestled in the heart of the Iran

The ancient Oasis City of Yazd has  survive Centuries   of centuries and the Ravages of war.lt art  and architecture Flourished even  in face of the devastating  Mongol  attacks in the attacks in the  13^th century.

Yazd faces extreme weather ---the summers are scorching at 45 C. To Beat the Heat , The Locals devised an ingenious form of the desert architecture---wind catchers(Badgir) and underground water canals (Qanat).

Roman's City

ROMANS

The Masters Builders of the Art and Architecture

Trust the ancient Romans to Conceive The first mode Of the air Conditioning. The Masters Builders Constructed   Aqueducts—Long Stone Channels which  Carried Drinking Water room nearby hills to the Towns. Wealthy Romans   arranged to have pipes from these aqueduct circulating the bricks walls of the their houses.This Effectively kept the rooms cool.

The same concept was also used by Indians Palace Builders, notably the Mughals.

In 747,an Emperor of the Tang Dynasty Installed a ‘Cool Room’ in his Imperial Palace .It used water-powered fan wheels and Rising  jets of the water from the Fountains To The Lower The Room’s Temperature.

Desert Adventures

Desert Adventures

MUSCAT

Capital of the Sultanate Of the Oman

The Home Sindbad The Sailor  and The Civilization that Gifted The Queen of the Sheba her frankincense, Oman stands at the Razor’s edge of the Peninsula, at the crossroads of Culture and trade Asia, Africa and Europe.

Oman’s  anient Capital,Nizwa,but not before a brief visit to the Amouge Prefumery for abe spoke ofactory experience.Nizwa Fort(built c.1650)shimmers in a haze of the heat as I climb its huge drum-like tower.The sun-dried turrets have commanding views of the mountains the surrounding countryside watered by aflaj irrigation systems and the Iberian cannons that guard its massive doors.Along with the 13^th Century Bahla Fort(a UNESCO World Hertiage Site),and the stately Jabrin Castle(c.1675).Nizwa fort has underground passes,murder holes—Through which medival cruelty was executed by thepouring hot date syrup on intruders –rusted cannon balls and shields made from rhinoceros hide.Jabrin has lattice –worked windows windows painted ceiling beams and embrored cushions strewn all over its breezy rooms

Sand sartins and swifts flit past the sunset and a strong wind  and the Moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.

Thinking of that Old Arabia  and  fall asleep “Shamed into pettiness by the innumerable silences of the stars”