Musée du Louvre aka Grand Louvre
November 20, 2009 / 0 Comments


Musée du Louvre aka Grand Louvre

Musée du Louvre is officially known as Grand Louvre in English, also it is popularly known as Louvre Museum, Louvre and Great Louvre has the honor of being the most popular museum. The most visited museum in the world Musée du Louvre is the largest museum in the country of France. Musée du Louvre is one of the most important landmarks of Paris. The total area of the Museum is about 60,600 square meters where nearly 35,000 items are kept on display from the pre-historical period till the late 19th century. The museum was actually a fortress which was started to be built in the later 12th century under the rule of Philip II. You can still see few of the remnants of the fortress. To form the present Louvre Palace the building was extended many times. To keep the royal collection for display in 1672 Louis XIV shifted to Palace of Versailles  [...] 


Machu Picchu- The Lost City Of The Incas
November 20, 2009 / 0 Comments


Machu Picchu- The Lost City Of The Incas

Machu Picchu which is commonly known as the old peak is located at 2,430 meters above the sea level in the Urubamba Valley of Peru. It is a pre-colonial site what you can see today is the ruins of the site, which was rediscovered in 1911 by Yale archaeologist Hiram Bingham and is declared as the UNESCO World Heritage Site in the year 1983 and also a Peruvian Historical Sanctuary in the year 1981, making the site an important tourists destination. Macchu Picchu is one of the most common symbol of the Inca Empire and is commonly stated as the “The Lost City of the Incas” The construction of the Incas was started in AD 1430 but was not in use for nearly hundred years before it did served as the as the city’s capital during the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Built in traditional Inca style, Machu Picchu was built with highly  [...]