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The capital of Germany is today one of the most important and emblematic cities across Europe. Founded and built in the thirteenth century, the ancient capital of several empires, like that of Prussia, has now become a city with a liberal lifestyle and a very particular style of art.

Berlin is a city haunted by the past, with an immeasurable historical significance. The former palace of Stadtschloss, former residence of the emperors of Prussia in 1701 became, later, the heart of the city, back in 1871. The Reichstag, with its bloody connotations, it rises in the center of town, near the ruins of the Berlin Wall. There are still remnants of the wall, which has remained at less than 1km in length from its demolition in 1989.

Wall apart, Berlin is a young city. The graffiti and urban life fills every corner of the city, a city with its own culture. Modernity is seen in the new Potsdamer Platz, where business and leisure meets. The Bundeskanzleramt, the new offices of Chancellor, is known as “the machine” by Berliners, because of its white cube-shaped with round windows.

Museumsinsel is recommended to visit the Museum Island, which houses art treasures from the time of Nefertiti to Beyus. Without doubt, Berlin is the heart of Germany, a city with an urban and unique art, but with all the German seriousness.

Kyoto is a city in Japan. Formerly the capital until the administrative powers was transferred to Tokyo (the capital of the East “) in the nineteenth century. The city retains many of the buildings built before the Second World War, as this was one of the few cities that hardly bombed during the war. Although this was one of the potential cities to receive the impact of the first atomic bombs, was saved and still preserves its ancient structures.

Many temples are imposed in this city. The former imperial palace, the Sento Imperial Palace, built in the early seventeenth century, was a former retreat for the emperors. The Palace itself was destroyed in a fire in 1854 and never rebuilt. However, today the country is one of the largest gardens in the country with a unique beauty. The gardens are located in the southern part of Kyoto Imperial Palace.

The city has more than 2,000 Buddhist temples and many Jinja. One of the most famous is the temple Otowa-San Kiyimizu-dera, built on a hill. The most peculiar is that this temple was built without a single nail. Within the area which houses the temple and other structures are several waterfalls, and is considered good luck collecting water from two of the three sources. Also include the temples of the Golden Pavilion and Silver Pavilion, two luxurious temples.

Near the city is Arashiyama, where he is a monkey park and a lake of stunning beauty. Visitors can climb the mountain and see the monkeys in their natural habitat, and even allowed them to eat.

The temples of Kamigamo and Shimogamo undoubtedly the most famous in the world, were built around the seventh and sixth centuries respectively. These temples are particularly important in May, when the processions traveling the distance between the two temples. These temples are two of the seventeen historic monuments of ancient Kyoto, declared a World Heritage Site in 1994.

Kyoto has many museums, most notably International Manga Museum and the Museum of World Peace. Kyoto’s cultural offerings is affected by their traditions, such as the Gion Matsuri festival or the Bon Festival. The most important festivals, such as the Gion Matsuri takes place in July, held for several days, and culminate in a big party and fireworks.

The historic city of Karlovy Vary is situated in the region of Bohemia in the Czech Republic. The city is also known as Carlsbad, after the King and Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV.

The city is known for its hot springs since the nineteenth century and became the seaside resort of high class. People like Goethe, Beethoven, Brahms, Bach, and Liszt visited this city and were inspired by the twelve hot springs. The thermal water source number thirteen, Becherovka, is something apart and used in the production of a unique water and herbal liqueur, and water from this source are considered curative.

The city is situated in a valley surrounded by woods; with multiple cracks geological mineral water. Most of the streets and buildings are decorated in the pure and elegant nineteenth-century style. One of the most famous buildings and views of the city is the Grand Hotel Pupp. The hotel, built in 1701, is one of the best in the region and is held there each year the International Film Festival. The hotel was one that appeared in the movie Casino Royale.

Each of the hot springs offers a chance to relax in this small town while enjoying a spa treatment or going to a spa. In reaching this city, we recommend visiting one of the spas or fountains, among which the Mil Colonnade, a building originally designed as a two-story house became a room with 124 luxurious Corinthian columns of 132 meters long. If you do not want to just relax in the spa, take a stroll through the picturesque streets while sipping the sweet plum liquor or while shopping the best Bohemian crystal factory to visit the Moser Glass exclusive. To see the city, it is recommended that you visit the Observatory of Diana, where you can see the most important buildings, like the church of Santa Maria Magdalena, the Imperial or the many sources of Karlovy Vary spa town.

Venice is an Italian city, famous for its elegant canals, gondolas and romance older; it can even rival that of Paris. The city is filled with numerous attractions, squares, churches, bridges and extraordinary views.

The city of Venice was originally a port city, a city where commercialism was able to unite the East and West. Even the first tourists came here over 1000 years ago, and like almost everyone, were puzzled by this advanced city.

The Gallerie dell’Accademia is undoubtedly one of the greatest museums, important and famous of Venice today. The Accademia contains a fascinating collection of Venetian artists dating from the thirteenth century until the eighteenth century, and pictures of amazing artists like Titian, Tintoretto, and Giorgione.

Another site that stands out in this beautiful city is the Church of Frari; the XIII century church stands above all other churches in the city, especially by the fact that it has some impressive works, such as the Assumption of Titian, or the wall San Juan Batista de Donatello. Another church that stands out is the church of San Giovanni e Paolo, a thirteenth-century Gothic church which houses several tombs, works of great painters and frescoes of the New Testament.

The Basilica of San Marco is probably one of the most famous sites throughout the city. The monument is located on the Piazza San Marco, where the body was originally buried in San Marcos brought from Alexandria. The Basilica of San Marco was rebuilt three times, and this version XI century. Its Byzantine style, which was unusual for a Roman Catholic Church, is filled with replicas of Quadriga, the four horses that were brought from Constantinople in 1204 and now in the Museum of San Marco.

The Palazzo Ducale, the Doges Palace is located between the Basilica of San Marco and one of the main canals, and was built to rule the Serenissima and part of the Mediterranean for about 1000 years. The Palace is an impressive building full of masterpieces of the great Venetian artists as Veronese and Tintoretto, and the soils are the best pink and white marble, made to impress the leaders of other regions for hundreds of years. Here you can view the Duke’s private rooms, the conference room of the Assembly of Ten and the Bridge of Sighs, a palace with the impressive Palazzo delle Prigioni. The Palazzo Ducale is a fascinating place where one could see how the ancient maritime empire reigned.

The Grand Canal is Venice’s main street, the street that is known all over the world. The canal is lined with hundreds of old houses Byzantine, Gothic and plazas full of life. It is recommended to take the vaporetto water bus on which will take you to one of the Canalazzo while one can feel the 1000 years of history and see the iconic gondolas and water street posts.

The Piazza San Marco, Venice’s iconic square, is the true heart and lungs of the city. Here one can stroll through one of the world’s most beautiful places, full of cafes, shops, restaurants and the famous Campanile, the tallest structure in town.