Edirne was the first town I entered in Turkey. We visited there only the Selimiye Mosque, which offered a wonderful sample of Ottoman architecture. It is said that the sultan Selim II saw Mohammed in a dream and decided to … Continue reading
The Blue Mosque, the most famous in Istanbul, is unique in Turkey because it has 6 minarets. The construction begun on 1603 and ended on 1617. It is said that Sultan Ahmet Camii asked for gold minarets but the words … Continue reading
Sf. Sofia’s Church in Istanbul is 1400 years old. It was build on 360 at Constantin’s II order. By then, it was a basilica with a wooden roof, which was burnt during a riot in 404. Theodossius II ordered the … Continue reading
Any tourist who is for the first time in Bangkok will go to Rattanakosin area, where the Grand Palace with the Emerald Budha Temple stay, near the bank of Chao Praya. Rattanakosin, the name King Rama I gave to this … Continue reading
La Wat Arun sau Templul Zorilor ajungi trecand cu barca din statia Tha Tien, langa Marele Palat, pe malul celalalt al Chao Praya. Te costa doat 3 baht si traversarea dureaza cateva minute. La Wat Arun sunt mereu vizitatori, mai … Continue reading
We entered the Wat Pho or The Temple of the Reclining Buddha by a lateral gate, as we have been wrong advices by a guy standing near the Grand Palace. Nevertheless, on our way we passed near a nice park, … Continue reading
The last temple which we visited in Si Satchanalai, and may be the most interesting, was Wat Phra Si Ratanamahathat. The archeological remains suggest that the complex was erected in the pre-Sukhotai period, probably around 1237. The Khmer style prang, … Continue reading
The second part of the post concerning the Si Satchanalai Historical Park presents other 4 wats we have seen there. All the information, for both Sukhotai and Si Satchanalai Historical Park, has as source aguide published by the Fine Arts … Continue reading
Si Satchanalai is located 550 km North of Bangkok. Together with the Historical Park Sukhotai, the Historical Park Si Satchanalai is part of the UNESCO treasury under the name of ‘Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns’ The ancient … Continue reading
The last wat we visited that morning was Wat Chang Lom.The chedi is interesting here, adorned with elephant statues, coming out from the wall, as they sustain the whole chedi. This morning visit gave us a good feeling due to … Continue reading