Roman edifices

angles. This structure has been kept to the present day and is clearly visible from the air. Further development has not reshaped the original map. Though the Roman city with its basalt-paved roads is mostly hidden from view it stands virtually intact about 6 m below the surface. Most palazzi and houses have cellars built on Roman artifacts that are rarely accessible to visitors. Piazza delle Erbe, near the Roman forum was rebuilt by Cangrande I and Cansignorio della Scala I, lords of Verona, using material (such as marble blocks and statues) from Roman spas and villas.

Verona is famous for its Roman amphitheatre, the Arena found in the city's largest piazza, the Piazza Bra. Completed around 30 AD, it is the third largest in Italy after Rome's Colosseum and the arena at Capua. It measures 139 metres long and 110 metres wide, and could seat some 25,000 spectators in its 44 tiers of marble seats. The ludi (shows and gladiator games) performed within its walls were so famous that they attracted spectators from far beyond the city. The current two-story façade is actually the internal support for the tiers; only a fragment of the original outer perimeter wall in white and pink limestone from Valpolicella, with three stories remains.The interior is very impressive and is virtually intact, and has remained in use even today for public events, fairs, theatre and open-aired opera during warm summer nights.

Verona Arena

There is also a variety of other Roman monuments to be found in the town, such as the Roman theatre of Verona. This theatre was built in the 1st century BC, but through the ages had fallen in disuse and had been built upon to provide housing. In the 18th century Andrea Monga, a wealthy Veronese, bought all the houses that in time had been built over the theatre, demolished them, and saved the monument. Not far from it is the Ponte di Pietra ("Stone Wall Bridge"), another Roman landmark that has survived to this day.

The Arco dei Gavi (Gavi Arch) was built in the 1st century AD, and is famous for having the name of the builder (architect Lucius Vitruvius Cordone) engraved on it, a really rare case in the architecture of the epoque. It originally straddled the main Roman road into the city, now the Corso Cavour. It had been demolished by the French troops in 1805 and was rebuilt in 1932.

Porta Leoni is the 1st century BC ruin of what was once part of the Roman city gate. A substantial portion is still standing as part of the wall of a medieval building. The street itself is an openarchaeological site, and the remains of the original Roman street and gateway foundations can be seen a few feet below the present street level. As can be seen from there, the gate contains a small court guarded by towers. Here, carriages and travelers were inspected before entering or leaving the city.Nearby is the Porta Borsari, an archway at the end of Corso Porta Borsari. This is the façade of a 3rd-century gate in the original Roman city walls. The inscription is dated 245 AD and gives the city name as Colonia Verona Augusta. Corso Porta Borsari, the road passing through the gate is the original Via Sacra of the Roman city. Today, it is lined with several Renaissance palazzi and the ancient Church of SS. Apostoli (left), a few metres from Piazza delle Erbe.

Piazza dei Signori

Medieval architecture

• With a span length of 48.70 m (159.78 ft), the segmental arch bridge Ponte Scaligero featured, at the time of its the completion in 1356, the world's largest bridge arch.The Basilica of San Zeno Maggiore is Romanesque style church, the third such structure on its site, built from 1123–1135, over the 4th-century shrine to Verona's patron saint, St. Zeno (died 380). The façade dominates the large square, and is flanked with a beautiful 72 metres tall bell tower, which is mentioned by Dante in Canto 18 of Purgatory in the Divine Comedy. The weathered Veronese stone gives a warm golden glow, and the restrained lines of the pillars, columns, and cornices, and the gallery with its double windows, give the façade an air of harmonious elegance. The huge rose window is decorated as a Wheel of Fortune. The lintels above the portal have carvings of the months of the year. Each side of the doorway is embellished with 18 bas-relief panels of biblical scenes, and the inner bronze door panels have 48 primitive but forceful depictions of Biblical scenes and episodes from the life of St Zeno. The meaning of some of the scenes is now unknown, but the extraordinarily vivid, barbaric energy of the figures is a superb blend of traditional and Ottonian influences. The interior of the church is divided into the Lower Church, occupying about 2/3 of the structure, and the Upper Church, occupying the remainder. The walls are covered with 12th and 14th century frescos and the ceiling of the naveis a magnificent example of a ship's keel ceiling. The vaulted crypt contains the tomb of St. Zeno, the first Bishop of Verona, as well as the tombs of several other saints. North of the church is a pleasant cloister. The church also houses the tomb of King Pippin of Italy (777–810).
• The Basilica of San Lorenzo is another Romanesque church, albeit smaller. It dates from around 1177, but was built on the site of aPaleochristian church, fragments of which remain. The church is built of alternating tracks of brick and stone, and has two cylindrical towers, housing spiral staircases to the women's galleries. The interior is sober, but still quiet. The striped bands of stone and brick and the graceful arches complement the setting.
• Santa Maria Antica is a huge Romanesque church that served as the parish church of the Scaligeri clan, and is famous for the GothicScaliger Tombs. The Duomo is also a notable Romanesque church.
• Sant'Anastasia is a huge and lofty church built from 1290–1481 by the Dominicans to hold the massive congregations attracted by their sermons. The Pellegrini chapel houses the famous fresco St. George and the Princess of Trebizond by Pisanello as well as thegrave of Wilhelm von Bibra. An art festival is held in the square each may.

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Lion de Belfort

  statue or sculpture of Frederic Bartholdi who designed the Statue of Liberty that lies off the coast of Americaa New York City, it is located in the city of Belfort in eastern France near the slot between the Vosges Mountains and the Jura.It was completed in 1880 and fully made of red sandstone, has been making its parts individually and then re-assembled under the old castle town, with a length of 22 meters and a height of 11 meters. And based on his back to the Rock of the city.Captures the lion's courage and bravery Balfour and her family during the attack, which lasted 103 days by Prussia (from December 1870 to February 1871), where the protection of the city population (17,000 people all of whom 3,500 were military) led Dunfar Roshroo Colonel who was urging the steadfastness of nearly 40,000 Prussian troops Ghazi.There peer bronze miniature of the lion in "Dunfar Roshroo Square" in Paris, where it seems like watching the Parisian traffic, as well as another version at the Botanical Garden in Montreal, Canada.

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AREVA Tour

Is a skyscraper office is located in the business district of La Défense, the business district is a high-rise buildings, in the town of Courbevoie, west of Paris, France.

Built in 1974, the length of 184 meters when completed, the second tallest tower in La Défense and the third tallest tower in the Ile-de-France. Tour Areva completely black, and consists of black-fronted windows and dark granite. Full prism shape is square. It is said that architects design the tower inspires black monolith in the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey" to Stanley Kubrick presented in 1968.

The site where the children of Tour Areva download codenamed CB1 in the initial outline of the central area La Defense. It was initially planned to build a twin tower to tower to Areva in the current location of the tower's Total, but was canceled because of the oil crisis of 1974.

In 1987 the French authorities granted to Patrick Galardon license free to jump from the top of Tour Areva and this decision has been interesting because this is very rare in French urban areas.

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Verona

 Verona, Veròna) is a city straddling the Adige river in Veneto, northern Italy, with approximately 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest citymunicipality in the region and the third of northeast Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona covers an area of 1,426 km²(550.58 sq mi) and has a population of 714,274 inhabitants.^[1] It is one of the main tourist destinations in northern Italy, owing to its artistic heritage, several annual fairs, shows, and operas, such as the lyrical season in the Arena, the ancient amphitheatrebuilt by the Romans.

Three of Shakespeare's plays are set in Verona: Romeo and Juliet, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and The Taming of the Shrew. The city has been awarded World Heritage Site status by UNESCO because of its urban structure and architecture.

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Vienna

is the capital and largest city of Austria, and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.794 million^[5] (2.6 million within the metropolitan area,^[4]more than 20% of Austria's population), and its cultural, economic, and political centre. It is the 7th-largest city by population within city limits in the European Union. Until the beginning of the 20th century it was the largest German-speaking city in the world, and before the splitting of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in World War I the city had 2 million inhabitants.^[6] Today it is the second only to Berlin in German speakers.^[7][8] Vienna is host to many major international organizations, including the United Nations and OPEC. The city lies in the east of Austria and is close to the borders of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, andHungary. These regions work together in a European Centrope border region. Along with nearby Bratislava, Vienna forms a metropolitan region with 3 million inhabitants. In 2001, the city centre was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.^[9]

Apart from being regarded as the City of Music^[10] because of its musical legacy, Vienna is also said to be "The City of Dreams" because it was home to the world's first psycho-analyst – Sigmund Freud.^[11] The city's roots lie in early Celtic andRoman settlements that transformed into a Medieval and Baroque city, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It is well known for having played an essential role as a leading European music centre, from the great age of Viennese Classicism through the early part of the 20th century. The historic centre of Vienna is rich in architectural ensembles, including Baroque castles and gardens, and the late-19th-century Ringstrasse lined with grand buildings, monuments and parks.^[12]

In a 2005 study of 127 world cities, the Economist Intelligence Unit ranked the city first (in a tie with Vancouver, Canada) forthe world's most livable cities (in the 2012 survey of 140 cities Vienna was ranked number two, behind Melbourne).^[13][14] For four consecutive years (2009–2012), the human-resource-consulting firm Mercer ranked Vienna first in its annual "Quality of Living" survey of hundreds of cities around the world, a title the city has reclaimed in 2014.^{[15][16][17][18][19]} Monocle's 2012 "Quality of Life Survey" ranked Vienna fourth on a list of the top 25 cities in the world "to make a base within" (up from sixth in 2011 and eighth in 2010).^{[20][21][22][23]}

The city was ranked 1st globally for its culture of innovation in 2007 and 2008, and fifth globally (out of 256 cities) in the 2011 Innovation Cities Index, which analyzed 162 indicators in covering three areas: culture, infrastructure, and markets.^[24] Vienna regularly hosts urban planning conferences and is often used as a case study by urban planners.^[25] Between 2005 and 2010, Vienna was the world's number one destination for international congresses and conventions.^[26] It attracts about five million tourists a year.^[27]

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National Stadium in Warsaw

National Stadium in Poland is a football stadium in the Polish city of Warsaw, was built on the former site Stadium main city, and funded by the Polish government in its entirety.

And expanding the stadium 58 145 spectators, construction started in 2008 and was its completion in June 2010, has hosted the opening match of the European Nations Cup Football 2012 matches matches the group, in addition to the match of the quarter-final and semi-final, Cup hosted by Poland jointly with its neighbor Ukraine.

Although this stadium is not officially registered for a club capital Warsaw for both club (Liga Warsaw) or rivals (Warsaw, Poland), the two clubs were able to use the stadium for the most important their matches.

Besides the green rectangle has been building the track inner athlete with plenty of 15,000 spectators, a swimming pool Olympian with a capacity of 4,000 spectators, a water park and a hotel and conference center, restaurants and service facilities, was the second phase after the construction of the stadium is the railway near the stadium and the opening of the station for trains to renew spending near the stadium and linked with spending lines in the city center. This project is funded by the government and the Government of Poland and not the Warsaw city or his municipality is the main financier.

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Salzburg

Salzburg (German pronunciation  Bavarian: Såizburg; literally "Salt Fortress") is the fourth-largest city inAustria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg.

Salzburg's "Old Town" (Altstadt) is internationally renowned for its baroque architecture and is one of the best-preserved city centers north of the Alps. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. The city has three universities and a large population of students. Tourists also frequent the city to tour the city's historic center, many palaces, and the scenic Alpinesurroundings.

Salzburg was the birthplace of 18th-century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In the mid‑20th century, the city was the setting for parts of the musical play 

and film

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