Laval Tourist Attractions: 10 Top Places to Visit
Planning to visit Laval? Check out our Laval Travel Guide video and see top most Tourist Attractions in Laval.
Top Places to visit in Laval:
Centre de la Nature, Salle Andre-Mathieu, Centropolis, Cosmodome, Parc De La Riviere Des Mille, Colossus Laval Movie Theater, Parc des Prairies, Musee Pour Enfants, Chateau Taillefer Lafon, Musee Armand-Frappier
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London 4K - Westminster Drive
Monday morning drive around Westminster, home to a high concentration of visitor attractions and historic landmarks, including Big Ben, Parliament, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, the Palace of Westminster, and Westminster Cathedral.
Westminster is an area of central London within the City of Westminster, part of the West End, on the north bank of the River Thames. Westminster's concentration of visitor attractions and historic landmarks, one of the highest in London, includes the Palace of Westminster, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral.
Historically the area lay within St Margaret's parish, City & Liberty of Westminster, Middlesex.
The name Westminster (Old English: Westmynstre) originated from the informal description of the abbey church and royal peculiar of St Peter's (Westminster Abbey), literally West of the City of London (indeed, until the Reformation there was a reference to the 'East Minster' at Minories (Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate) east of the City). The abbey was part of the royal palace that had been created here by Edward the Confessor. It has been the home of the permanent institutions of England's government continuously since about 1200 (High Middle Ages' Plantagenet times), and from 1707 the British Government — formally titled Her Majesty's Government.
In a government context, Westminster often refers to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, located in the UNESCO World Heritage Palace of Westminster — also known as the Houses of Parliament. The closest tube stations are Westminster and St James's Park, on the Jubilee, Circle, and District lines.
The area is the centre of Her Majesty's Government, with Parliament in the Palace of Westminster and most of the major Government ministries known as Whitehall, itself the site of the royal palace that replaced that at Westminster.
Within the area is Westminster School, a major public school which grew out of the Abbey, and the University of Westminster, attended by over 20,000 students. Bounding Westminster to the north is Green Park, a Royal Park of London.
Bruges, Belgium : Walkthrough the famous tourists places, sights and attractions of Bruges (Brugge)
Bruges (/bruːʒ/; Dutch: Brugge [ˈbrʏɣə]; French: Bruges [bʁyːʒ]) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country.
The area of the whole city amounts to more than 13,840 hectares, including 1,075 hectares off the coast, at Zeebrugge (from Brugge aan zee[2] meaning Bruges by the Sea[3]). The historic city centre is a prominent World Heritage Site of UNESCO. It is oval and about 430 hectares in size. The city's total population is 117,073 (1 January 2008),[4] of whom around 20,000 live in the city centre. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of 616 km2 (238 sq mi) and has a total of 255,844 inhabitants as of 1 January 2008.[5]
Along with a few other canal-based northern cities, such as Amsterdam, it is sometimes referred to as The Venice of the North. Bruges has a significant economic importance thanks to its port and was once one of the world's chief commercial cities.[6][7] Bruges is well known as the seat of the College of Europe, an elite university institute for European studies regarded as the EU's very own Oxbridge.
Sights
Bruges has most of its medieval architecture intact, making it one of the most well-preserved medieval towns in Europe.[30] The historic centre of Bruges has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000.[31] Many of its medieval buildings are notable, including the Church of Our Lady, whose brick spire reaches 122.3 m (401.25 ft), making it one of the world's highest brick towers/buildings. The sculpture Madonna and Child, which can be seen in the transept, is believed to be the only of Michelangelo's sculptures to have left Italy within his lifetime.
Bruges' most famous landmark is its 13th-century belfry, housing a municipal carillon comprising 48 bells.[32] The city still employs a full-time carillonneur, who gives free concerts on a regular basis.
Other famous buildings in Bruges include:
The Béguinage (Dutch: Begijnhof)
The Basilica of the Holy Blood (Dutch: Heilig-Bloedbasiliek). The relic of the Holy Blood, which was brought to the city after the Second Crusade by Thierry of Alsace, is paraded every year through the streets of the city. More than 1,600 inhabitants take part in this mile-long religious procession, many dressed as medieval knights or crusaders.
The modern Concertgebouw (Concert Building)
The Old St. John's Hospital
The Saint Salvator's Cathedral
The Groeningemuseum, which has an extensive collection of medieval and early modern art, including a notable collection of Flemish Primitives. Various masters, including Hans Memling and Jan van Eyck, lived and worked in Bruges.
The City Hall on the Burg (Bruges) (nl; Burg (Brugge)) square
The Provincial Court (Provinciaal Hof)
The preserved old city gateways: the Kruispoort, the Gentpoort, the Smedenpoort and the Ezelpoort. The Dampoort, the Katelijnepoort and the Boeveriepoort are gone.
History
See also: Timeline of Bruges
Origins[edit]
Bruges was a location of coastal settlement during prehistory. This Bronze Age and Iron Age settlement is unrelated to medieval city development. In the Bruges area, the first fortifications were built after Julius Caesar's conquest of the Menapii in the first century BC, to protect the coastal area against pirates. The Franks took over the whole region from the Gallo-Romans around the 4th century and administered it as the Pagus Flandrensis. The Viking incursions of the ninth century prompted Count Baldwin I of Flanders to reinforce the Roman fortifications; trade soon resumed with England and Scandinavia. Early medieval habitation starts in the 9th and 10th century on the Burgh terrain, probably with a fortified settlement and church[citation needed]
How to Clean Your Panama Jack Velour & Nubuck Boots
Tutorial on how to clean your Panama Jack Velour & Nubuck leather Boots. Maintain your boots in the best condition by following these simple steps.
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Dejiny Británie, dejiny Londýna
Pokúsiť sa rozprávať o dejinách stručne, zrozumiteľne no pritom vecne nie je jednoduché. Je k tomu potrebná hlbokú znalosť informácií, ich pripojení, umenie slova a odvaha vybrať to, čo by malo byť najdôležitejšie. Pritom všetkom je potrebné vystaviť sa kritike, že takéto podanie je príliš zjednodušené. Pokúsim sa Vám však takto priblížiť dejiny Britských ostrovov, na ktorých v minulosti ležalo veľa rôznych štátnych útvarov, z ktorých až neskôr vznikli súčasné štáty Írska a Spojeného Kráľovstva Veľkej Británie a Severného Írska. Hlavným mestom druhého spomínaného štátu je Londýn, ktorého miesta uvidíte v tomto videu v čase krátko pred ďalšou očakávanou historickou udalosťou v marci dvetisícdevätnásť, ktorou má byť Brexit čiže vystúpenie Spojeného Kráľovstva z Európskej únie.
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