Underwater Sculpture Park,Grenada

Underwater Sculpture Park

Jason de Caires Taylor is the creator of Underwater Sculpture Park. His unique sculptures highlight ecological processes whilst exploring the intricate relationships between modern art and the environment The sculptures are sited in clear shallow waters to afford easy access by divers, snorkellers and those in glass-bottomed boats. Viewers are invited to discover the beauty of our underwater planet and to appreciate the processes of reef evolution.

And Jason de Caires Taylor created this sculpture park is try to remind human need to understand and protect the natural world.

Here the views of Underwater Sculpture Park:

Hill of Crosses, Lithuania

Hill of Crosses

The Hill of Crosses, Kryzių Kalnas, located 12 kilometers north of the small industrial city of Siauliai (pronounced shoo-lay) is the Lithuanian national pilgrimage center. Standing upon a small hill are many hundreds of thousands of crosses that represent Christian devotion and a memorial to Lithuanian national identity.
The number of crosses is unknown, but estimates put it at about 50,000.

History:
Germany in World War II, the city suffered heavy damage when Soviet Russia retook it at the war's end. From 1944 until Lithuania's independence in 1991, Siauliai was a part of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic of the USSR. During the Soviet era, the pilgrimage to the Hill of Crosses served as a vital expression of Lithuanian nationalism. The Soviets repeatedly removed Christian crosses placed on the hill by Lithuanians. Three times, during 1961, 1973 and 1975, the hill was leveled, the crosses were burned or turned into scrap metal, and the area was covered with waste and sewage. Following each of these desecrations local inhabitants and pilgrims from all over Lithuania rapidly replaced crosses upon the sacred hill. In 1985, the Hill of Crosses was finally left in peace. The reputation of the sacred hill has since spread all over the world and every year it is visited by many thousands of pilgrims.

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Pavilion Hotel, London, England

Pavilion Hotel

Pavilion Hotel is a most unique hotel in London. It has 30 rooms in the hotels and each room had been set up by specific theme so customer can pick up their favorite room. It located near Oxford Str and Hyde park.

Harpers & Queen magazine described the Pavilion Hotel as "London's chicest little Hotel". According to the Evening Standard newspaper it is "London's hottest crash pad for style slaves in W2." The Pavilion is popular amongst the fashion, media and music world. A diverse collection of bands, pop stars and actors have visited the hotel.The Hotel has become extremely popular with the fashion, music, tv and film industries. Supermodels, Oscar winning actors, famous musicians and tv stars have all visited the walls of the Pavilion.

Casablanca Nights:
This magical room takes its inspiration from the sun soaked lands of North Africa. A heady mix of rich colours, sumptuous fabrics and moody lighting, this room looks best at night, when the giant traditional Moroccan lantern casts intricate patterns across a ceiling twinkling with silver and gold stars and over twin Edwardian beds draped in mosquito nets. Solid deco furniture and lots of leopard print fabrics add an eclectic touch.

Highland Fling:

Green With Envy:
A cosy room with 2 beds, Green With Envy is filled with beautiful and idiosyncratic objects. An Arts & Crafts style wardrobe is cleverly juxtaposed with faux tortoiseshell dressing table and old fashioned chintz headboard. Walls are painted a deep velvety green and windows are lavishly draped with yards of sumptuous dark green silk. The overall effect is one of cocooned opulence.

Better Red Than Dead:
This is an intimate double bedded room decorated almost entirely in shades of red. A voluptuous symphony of claret, vermilion and burgundy is elegantly combined with antique French furniture, theatrical curtains and flamboyant bed hanging. The result is an enchanting and original room, peacefully located at the back of the building.

Honky Tonk Afro:
This room is a humorous interpretation of the decade of unbounded excess that was the 70's. Walls are a vibrant lime green, boldly trimmed with fluorescent pink feather boas. Curtains are sequinned in true disco style and tied back with furry dice! Heart shaped mirrored headboards are complemented by hippy glass beads in jewel colours draped around the bed. There is a disco ball (of course) and walls are adorned with pictures of icons from that era. This is a room that knows no restraint kitschy, over the top and totally groovy.

Funky Zebra:

Diamonds Are Forever:

Gold Finger:


Rhythm In Blues:

Chapter & Verse:

White Days Soul Nights:
A light and frothy confection in shades of white and cream, "White Days, Soul Nights" is a peaceful attic room with a double bed and a deliciously airy feel. Restrained, painted antique French furniture is offset by white painted floor boards, whilst magnificent gilt and crystal wall sconces lend an opulent note. A window pelmet imaginatively fashioned from an antique wedding dress is the finishing touch.

Indian Summer:

Enter The Dragon:
Very oriental bordello in style, this is a spacious, first floor balcony room with twin beds. The spirit of Eastern exoticism is captured in this exciting room by the extensive use of imagery and pattern - on walls, curtains, even ceiling - and by the carefully assembled collection of Chinese treasures: carved and gilded wooden masks compete for attention with antique wedding chests and intricate screens, while an English Victorian bamboo desk reminds us of the West's long standing fascination with the East.

War & Peace:
War & Peace is just one example. Located at the front of the house, with leafy tree top view, this small but striking room has been decorated to resemble a campaign tent from the era of Napoleonic wars ( The Hotel was actually once the private residence Napoleon's private Doctor). Red and white striped walls and a tented ceiling from the basis of this fantasy. A 4-poster single bed upholstered in the red and gold braid of an officer's uniform continues the theme. Antique prints and military paraphernalia abound. Even the bedside lamp has been fashioned from the base of an old rifle. Classical with a hint of humour, this is one of the Hotel's most popular single rooms.

Monochrome Marilyn:
The smallest single room in the Hotel, tucked away at the very top of the house Monochrome Marilyn is a superb example of design within a tiny space. Black & silver has been daringly used as a colour scheme, austere but somehow elegant. Yet despite the restrained palette, the Hotel's trademark veracity has been successfully injected into this room through the use of Andy Warhol inspired images of Marilyn Monroe pasted all over the walls. Silver swags and satin curtains at the window add a further touch of Hollywood glamour. Though diminutive in size, this room is a hauntingly beautiful space, like the star herself.

Secret Garden:
The bedroom meanwhile has been inspired by vintage British Cinema. Walls are papered in a traditional floral design from Colfax and Fowler, an established bastion of English Country style. Solid oak furniture and heavy tapestry curtains further enhance the old fashioned ambience, whilst any hint of fustiness is dispelled by a painted and gilded four poster bed hung with silk and glass beading and unexpectedly exotic flourish in an otherwise sombre environment.

Silver Salon:

Cosmic Girl:


Metallica:

Quiet Please:

Three's Company:

Flower Power:

Source: http://www.pavilionhoteluk.com/

Christmas Market, Germany

Christmas Market

The traditional German Christmas Markets held in cities, towns and villages throughout the country start in the last week of November and run through to Christmas Eve or a day or two before. They are usually open every day from 10am to about 8 or 9 pm.

The traditional and romantic Christmas Market, visitor might want to consider heading to Germany where gifts are not mass-produced but craftwork of real quality.

History of Christmas Market:

The centuries-old tradition reaches back to a time when regular seasonal markets took place throughout the year. Christmas Markets were a welcome occurrence during cold-weather months. They were joyful occasions for weary villagers and added a bit of light to long winter nights.

The first Christmas Markets were little more than winter markets that lasted a couple of days. Instead of the cosy stands that line Christmas Market alleys today, traders in some cities laid their goods out in the streets.

Through the years, each Christmas Market has stayed true to its own particularities, with each specializing on local delicacies and traditional products. In the past, only local tradesmen were allowed to sell their wares at the city’s market, which led to the distinctive regional character of today’s markets.

Now, the Christmas Market become a popular Festival Season in German, if you want a impressively Christmas, the romantic, beautiful and amusedly Christmas Market will be the right spot.

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Battle of Orange, Italy

Battle of Orange

Battle of Orange is a ancient festival that held in Ivrea town and come alive in February. It is the largest food fight in Italy.A three days battle by using the orange as the weapon to take down their enemy.

It's memory the 12th century to revolt the inhumanity Raineri di Biandrate, a local duke. Raineri di Biandrate always abused his new bride. Until one day, the duke offend to a wrong woman, Violetta la Mugnaia , as a miller's daughter she chopped his head off. This enkindle a revolution so till today, the oranges battle.

The carriages represent the duke's guard and the orange throwers the revolutionaries. Spectators are not allowed to throw oranges, but visitors are allowed to enlist in the teams. If they wear a red hat they are considered part of the revolutionaries and will not have oranges thrown at them.

In estimated, they using 4 hundred ton of orange in the battle each year.



Here's the view of the Battle of Oranges in Ivrea:











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