Sunday, October 28, 2007

Exotic Destinations of Italy



Among the most popular tourist attractions in rome trevi fountain ,duomo and collesseum very important.
Trevi fountain is the largest fountain in Rome. In the middle of the fountain Neptune or Oceanus is found .It is also called as God of the Sea and God of the wealth.There is one story told here about trevi fountain the is "If you throw a coin in the fountain , you are ensured a speedy return to Rome and If you throw in two coins , you will have a happy marraige".



Duomo is the gigantic central square . This place is also called as meeting point where cultural and religious activities used to take place.

Collosseum is also know as flavian amphitheatre. It is one of the most famous building in the world.The collossum was built in such a way that
it covers the audience on rainy days and from the hot summer also. The collessum has become most popular due to its artistic construction and the
gladiator's fight sport where two teams fight each other resulting in a glory blood bath.





The Parthenon is the forty foot high gold and Ivory statue of Athena. It was build in the honour of goddess Athena.

vatican is the smallest city in the world with fabulous architecture , religious and artistic treasures. It is one of the historical city i n the world.Many of the key events happened in the heart of the vatican City. People here say Visit to Rome is incomlete without visiting Vatican.

Sistine Chapel the Vatican structure which attracts large number of visitors from all over the world every year. It has lot of different galleries and wide variety of Vatican Collection.





The canals of the Italy are somewhat unique . They are the large canals with a distance of 16 miles with beautiful buildings lined at the banks of the canals. And most of the traffic goes along with the canal.
There are beautifully architectured churches along the banks of the canals..

Palazzo Grassi is a marble palace . It is found on the Grand Canal of venice. The ownership of Palazzo Grassi passed through may individuals. Now this building has transformed into exhibition halls for the Visual arts. Plazo Grassi displays many
old paintings.

One of the most famous theatres in the
Europe is Fenice. Many famous Operatic premieres were conducted here. This Opera house has lot of ups and downs. The theatre was destroyed by fire many times. again it was rebuild . MAny great premieres took place here like Attila, Rigoetto, la traviata and simon Boccanegra.