WHERE IS ISTRA? Istra is a town and the capital of Istrinsky District in Moscow
Oblast, in Russia located by the Istra River, 40 kilometers west of Moscow, on the Moscow–Riga railway.
The New Jerusalem Monastery was
founded in 1656 as a patriarchal residence on the outskirts of Moscow. The monastery took its name from the New Jerusalem. This site was chosen for its resemblance to the Holy Land.
The River Istra represents the Jordan, and the buildings represent the 'sacred space' or holy
places of Jerusalem.
The New Jerusalem Museum is a
modern, state-of-the-art museum, located across the river from the eponymous
monastery. Exhibits draw on the hundreds of thousands of items in the monastery
collections, including weapons, icons and artwork from the 17th century to
modern times. Highlights include personal items belonging to Patriarch Nikon,
as well as 20th-century drawings and handicrafts from around the Moscow region.
Watch this video to take a look at
some of Istra's landmarks:
Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the American state
of Oklahoma with a population of almost 600,000. Oklahoma City has the largest
municipal population of any city in the Great Plains region of the central United States as
well as all neighboring states to Oklahoma excluding Texas and
Colorado.
OKLAHOMA CITY IS FAMOUS
FOR…
… having one of the
world's largest livestock markets. Oil, natural gas, petroleum and related industries are the
largest sector of the local economy. The city is in the middle of an active oil
field. The federal government employs large numbers of workers at Tinker Air
Force Base and the US Department
of Transportation’s Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center (these two sites house several offices of the Federal
Aviation Administration and
the Transportation Department's Enterprise Service Center, respectively).
… being the birthplace
of well-known filmmaker Ron Howard, who directed films as popular as Cocoon (1985), Apollo Thirteen (1995), A
Beautiful Man (2001) and The Da Vinci
Code (2006).
The Oklahoma State
Capitol is the house of government of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is the
building that houses the Oklahoma Legislature and executive branch offices. It
is located along Lincoln Boulevard in Oklahoma City. The present structure
includes a dome completed in 2002.
The Oklahoma City
National Memorial is a memorial in the United States that honors the victims,
survivors, rescuers, and all who were affected by the Oklahoma City bombing on
April 19, 1995. The memorial is located in downtown Oklahoma City on the former
site of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, which was destroyed in the 1995
bombing. This building was located on NW 5th Street between N. Robinson Avenue
and N. Harvey Avenue.
Originally known as the
Ford Center from 2002 to 2010 and Oklahoma City Arena until 2011, it is an
arena located in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. It opened in
2002 and since 2008 has served as the home venue of the Oklahoma City Thunder
of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
In addition to its use
as a sports venue, Chesapeake Energy Arena hosts concerts, family and social
events, conventions, ice shows, and civic events. The arena is owned by the
city and operated by the SMG property management company and has 18,203 seats
in the basketball configuration, 15,152 for hockey, and can seat up to 16,591
for concerts.
This is a zoo and
botanical garden located in Oklahoma City's Adventure District in northeast
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The zoo covers 119
acres (48 ha) and is home to more than 1,900 animals. It is open every day
except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. The Oklahoma City Zoo is an
accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the American
Alliance of Museums.
Watch this video to
find out more about Oklahoma’s capital city:
…
being the capital of the World Cossacks. They have had a rich military
tradition, playing an important part in the historical development of the
Russian Empire and participating in most of its major wars.
…the
Novocherkassk massacre or Bloody Saturday. It refers to events tied to the
labor strike of a locomotive building plant in Novocherkassk, a city in the
Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. The events eventually culminated in riots of June
1–2, 1962 when reportedly 26 protesters were killed by Soviet Army troops, and
87 were wounded.
PLACES TO VISIT
Ascension Cathedral
Novocherkassk Museum of Don Cossacks History
Alexander Garden
Yermak Statue
Monument to Reconciliation and Agreement
Have
a look at the video below to find out more about the city of Novocherkassk.
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S.
state of California and the seat of SacramentoCounty. It is at the confluence of the
Sacramento River and the AmericanRiver in the northern portion of California's
expansive Central Valley.
The oldest part of the town besides Sutter's Fort is
Old Sacramento, which consists of cobbled streets and many historic buildings,
several from the 1850s and 1860s. Buildings have been preserved, restored or
reconstructed, and the district is now a substantial tourist attraction, with
rides on steam-hauled historic trains and paddle steamers.
The historic buildings include the LadyAdamsBuilding, built by the passengers and ship's
carpenters of the ship Lady Adams.Having survived the Great Conflagration of November
1852, it is the oldest surviving building in Sacramento other than Sutter's Fort.
The "BigFourBuilding",
built in 1852, was home to the offices of Collis Huntington, Mark Hopkins,
Leland Stanford, and Charles Crocker. The Central Pacific Railroad and Southern
Pacific Railroad were founded there. The original building was destroyed in
1963 for the construction of Interstate 5, but was re-created using original
elements in 1965. It is now a National Historic Landmark. Also of historic
interest is the Eagle Theatre (Sacramento, California), a reconstruction of California's first permanent theatre in its
original location.
The CrockerArt Museum is the oldest public art museum west of
the Mississippi River. On July 26, 2007, the
museum broke ground for an expansion that more than tripled the museum's floor
space. The modern architecture is very different from the museum's original
Victorian style building.
The TowerBridge is a Vertical lift bridge across the
Sacramento River, linking West Sacramento in YoloCounty to the west, with the capital
of California, Sacramento,
in SacramentoCounty to the east. It was previously a
part of U.S. Route 40 until that highway was truncated to east of Salt Lake City. In 1982,
the TowerBridge was added to the National
Register of Historic Places.
The California State Capitol is home to the government
of California.
These Neoclassical structure was completed between 1861 and 1874 at the west
end of CapitolPark, which is framed by L Street to the
north, N Street to the south, 10th
Street to the west, and 15th Street to the east. The Capitol and
grounds were listed on the office of the National Register of Historic Places
in 1973,[1] and listed as a California Historical Landmark in 1974, with a
re-dedication on January 9, 1982 to commemorate the close of the bicentennial
restoration project
It is a cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States.
It is the mother church and seat of Jaime Soto, the ordinary bishop of the
Diocese of Sacramento. The Cathedral is located downtown at the intersection of
11th and K Streets.
If you want to find out more about what Sacramento has to offer,
why don’t you watch the video below?
Athens is the
capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica region and is one
of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400
years, and its earliest human presence starting somewhere between the 11th and
7th millennia BC.
More than any other monument, the Parthenon epitomises
the glory of Ancient Greece. Meaning ‘virgin’s apartment’, it's dedicated to
Athena Parthenos, the goddess embodying the power and prestige of the city.
The Erechtheion was built on the part of the Acropolis
held most sacred. It was here that Poseidon struck the ground with his trident
and where Athena produced the olive tree. Named after Erechtheus, a mythical
king of Athens, the temple housed the cults of Athena, Poseidon and Erechtheus.
Six larger-than-life maiden columns, the Caryatids, support its southern
portico.
Temple
of Poseidon
It was built in 444 BC – at the same time as the
Parthenon – it is constructed of local marble from Agrilesa; its slender
columns, of which 16 remain, are Doric.
It is thought that the temple was built by Iktinos,
the architect of the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens’ Ancient Agora.
In front of the parliament building on
PlateiaSyntagmatos, the traditionally costumed evzones (guards) of the Tomb of
the Unknown Soldier change every hour on the hour. On Sunday at 11am, a whole
platoon marches down VasilissisSofias to the tomb, accompanied by a band.
It is the central square of Athens. The Square is
named after the Constitution that the first King of Greece Otto was obliged to
grant, after a popular and military uprising on 3 September 1843.It is located
in front of the 19th century Old Royal Palace, housing the Greek Parliament
since 1934. Syntagma Square is the most important square of modern Athens from
both a historical and social point of view, at the epicentre of commercial
activity and Greek politics.
A delightful, shady refuge during summer, the National
Gardens were formerly the royal gardens, designed by Queen Amalia. There’s a
large children’s playground, a duck pond and a shady cafe.
To find out more about Athens and Greece don’t miss
the video below!
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