Showing posts with label monuments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label monuments. Show all posts
Friday, April 21, 2017
Friday, August 26, 2016
Athens: World’s 'first weather station' opens to public
Built more than 2,000 years ago, the Tower of the Winds is said to be the world's first weather station.
Used by merchants to tell the wind and time - even in darkness - the station is still standing on a slope on Athens' ancient Acropolis hill and has been restored and re-opened to the public for the first time in nearly 200 years.
Used by merchants to tell the wind and time - even in darkness - the station is still standing on a slope on Athens' ancient Acropolis hill and has been restored and re-opened to the public for the first time in nearly 200 years.
Sunday, July 31, 2016
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Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Sunday, October 25, 2015
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Hagia Sophia is a church
As cruel as barbarity is, civilization resists and in the end it always wins. Hagia Sophia which is also a monument of world heritage is a church, whether they want it or not. And it is not the systems that change something. Since the sixth century thanks to Anthemius and Isidore it has seen a little of everything.
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Five million of our brothers: It is Turks who will shape Europe's future
Europe's future depends on the Turks who live there, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a large public rally on Thursday.

