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Posted on 29/10/2016, 08:13 by: josh‚

Cape Town is a coastal city in South Africa. It is the second most populous urban area in South Africa, after Johannesburg. Cape Town is the legislative capital city of South Africa.
The city is famous for its harbour, for its natural setting in the region, as well as for such well known landmarks like Table Mountain and Cape Point.

-Tourists Spots
Cape Town is one of the main tourist destinations of South Africa. The city enjoys of an excellent climate and a very scenic location, overlooking the Ocean at the foot of Table Mountain, and is rich in attractions: we can mention the rich Waterfront, the aquarium, the rise in the Table Mountain cable car, the hill of Signal Hill, and the picturesque Malay quarter Bo-Kaap. Just outside the city are also the first reliefs of interest, such as Lion's Head and Devil's Peak. On the beaches around the town are practiced all kinds of water sports (surf, windsurfing and kitesurfing).These are the "best" tourists spots of Cape Town.

-History
Cape Town was the first European settlement in South Africa. This place was discovered by Vasco da Gama in 1497 because he was searching for a way to Asia by the ocean. Cape Town was a European colony untill 1910. The South African Union was also known for the racial segregation, already in 1901 Cape Town's authorities confined black people in Cape Flats for the Black Death.

-Famous People (Nelson Mandela)
Nelson Mandela was born in 1918 and he died 3 years ago. He has been a Southafrican politician and first presindent after apartheid. He also won the nobel prize for the piece in 1993. He defeated apartheid with the nonviolent politic, like Gandhi.

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Posted on 14/10/2016, 22:27 by: Deago

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THE CITY OF FLORENCE
a wonderful paradise of art an culture

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Florence is one of the most beautiful city in the world, because it’s a wonderful Italian centre of culture, art, history, language and the capital of Renaissance movement that opened the doors of Modern Eve, the rebirth of Europe after the Middle Ages. Florence before Renaissance was also an European most powerful and rich economic, commercial and financial city . It was the capital of Medici’s grand duchy and from 1865 to 1871 of Italian Kingdom . It’s considered a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and it has over 60 museums, hundreds of palaces and villas.

History
Built by Etruscans, it was called Florentia by Romans probably because its valley was fruitful (in Latin “florens”). At first it was a military camp, but then it became an important municipality. In the high Middle age it was invaded by Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Longobards and Franks and population fell to as few as 1,000 people. Under Charlemagne’s rule Florence started to grow and prosper. After tenth century it became a Commune and one of the richest and most powerful city in Europe with its gold currency, the florin.

Because of power struggles, the form of government as oligarchic republic didn’t persist and starting from1437 Medici’s family started to govern the city and its country. The first important member was Cosimo who de facto ruled Florence although it was formally a Republic.

With the beginning of Renaissance Florence became a world capital of art, literature and sciences, with men like Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Michelangelo, Brunelleschi, Galileo, Raffaello and Machiavelli. A great politic was Cosimo’s grandson Lorenzo the Magnificent, a great promoter of arts. He was also a great poet and musician.

After a small period of Republic, at the beginning of sixteenth century the Medici became Grand-Dukes and they conquered almost all Tuscany.

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Toronto

Posted on 14/10/2016, 21:17 by: josh‚

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TORONTO a city,lots of possibilities

If you want to see a modern city and you want to have fun,you should go to TORONTO!I visited the city
and now I have some interesting information for you.

HISTORY and GEOGRAPHY

The name Toronto probably derived from the Iroquois word tkaronto that means "place where the trees stand in the water". The Iroquois were a local population who lived in this area for many centuries before 1500. During the American War of Indipendence, Toronto had a very troubled period,but slavery was banned in Upper Canada in 1834. From that moment lots of Europeans immigrated to Toronto and now it's one of the most multicultural cities in the world and lots of Chinese and Italian live there.
Toronto is located in Southern Ontario and it's also the capital of this region... More than 2.500.000 people live now in this amazing city!

TOURISTS' ATTRACTIONS

Over 25 million tourists visit Toronto each year,in fact there are a lot of places to see. Probably the most famous building is CN Tower,a huge tower that's tall 553 meters and is the third for high in the world. If you're visiting the city with your family,maybe you should go to the Ripley's Aquarium of Canada and if you want to go shopping you must go to the Eaton Centre that's Toronto's most popular tourist attraction.There are also lots of Art galleries and museums.
Toronto has also lots of restaurants. You can find typical fast food restaurants,but if you want to taste some foreign food there are a lot of Italian,Indian,Mexican,Thai restaurants and much more.

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Paris

Posted on 14/10/2016, 21:01 by: josh‚

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Paris

Paris is situated in the north-east of France,of which is the capital. It has a very long history since its ile-de-France was already inhabitated 40.000 years ago. Of all historic events that took place in this city,the most important is the Taken of Bastille,a big prison,in July 14th, 1789. So France is not a monarchy anymore. Liberty,Equality,Fraternity became the national motto.

When you get to Paris,it's hard to decide which place to visit first:there is Notre-Dame,the ancient Saint-Etienne cathedral built around 540 a.C, Rue Saint-Germain the oldest street in Paris, Louvre and D'Orsay museums, the Arc de Triomphe beginning of the Champs-Elysées,the Sacre Coer, the Moulin Rouge,the Panthéon, and above all,the Tour Eiffel built in occasion of the 1889 world exposition to celebrate the century of the French Revolution.

In France they celebrate the traditional Christian holidays such as Christmas and Easter. On Christmas there is a huge Christmas market on the Champs-Elysées and a cosy little one on Boulevard Saint-Germain. In this period you can eat the Buche de Noel, a cake made to look like a log. And another typical cake is the Galette des Rois,inside which there used to be a bean, but now is a small figurine. Whoever gets the figurine is crowned king or queen.

There are a lot of sports in France. The most popular sports are soccer and cycling.

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ROME

Posted on 14/10/2016, 20:46 by: josh‚

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ROME

Rome is the capital of Italy and of the Lazio region. The city is located along the shores of Tiber river. It’s among the most famous and important cities of the world.
Rome is the city where born Italian history and culture. In fact, so many years ago, this region’s part was occupied by a mix of Latin, Etruscan and Sabine. It was in this way and from this site that was born the empire, which subjugate all the know world until then, changing the culture and the customs of other peoples. It was the Roman Empire. Rome was called “caput mundi”, or “capital of the world”.

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CURIOSITIES

The Vatican city is an independent country located within the borders of the Rome city. In the Vatican there’s the St. Peter’s Basilica that is an Italian Renaissance church. Inside the Basilica you can find curiosities such as Michelangelo’s Pieta.
In front of it there are countless columns that surround the square, forming two semicircles.

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TOURIST SPOTS

The most beautiful tourist attractions and visited are: the Coliseum, the Trevi Fountain, the Altar of the Fatherland, the Pantheon and Castel Sant’Angelo.

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The Coliseum, the Trevi Fountain, Castel Sant’Angelo and the Pantheon were built by the Romans, but the Altar of the Fatherland was built and dedicated to Vittorio Emanuele II, first king of Italy, and finally became a symbol of the celebration of Italy united and his freedom.

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It is said that if you throw a coin in the Trevi Fountain and turn your back, it is an auspicious sign for a new return to the city.

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The Phillipines

Posted on 14/10/2016, 19:55 by: josh‚

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THE PHILLIPINES

; Basic information

The Republic of The Phillipines is a state formed by 7,641 islands in the Western part of the Pacific Ocean. The main groups of islands are Luzon, in the North, Mindanao, in the South, and Visayas, which is between the two.
The Phillipines was first colonized by the Spanish conquerors and then it was occupied by the Americans until it became independent in 1946.
25 years ago, the Filipino people successfully got democracy back in the country, after the 20 years of Ferdinand Marcos' dictatorship, by shocking the world with a non-violent march where thousands of people sang passionately together and walked hand in hand towards the Malacanang Palace, the President's residence.
The country's capital is Manila, which is the center of the Philippines' economy and tourism. However, there are also people who visit the rural part of the country to see its beautiful beaches and landscapes.
In the Phillippines there are only 2 seasons: Summer and Rainy Season. Summer is usually from January to July, while Rainy Season is from August to November, but in some years a season can be a little bit longer than the other.
Filipinos speak Tagalog, the official Filipino language, but most of them also speak English very fluently. Moreover, some people also still talk in Spanish or in the country's different regional dialects, such as Batangeno, Ilocano and Bisaya.

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London

Posted on 14/10/2016, 18:17 by: josh‚

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LONDON

In about 1000-1100 B.C London was funded by Brutus of Troy. Later after many years around 43-410 AD when it was invaded and conquered by the Romans it became a civilian town known as Londinium. Queen Boudica of the Iceni tribe and a battle against them and destroyed Londinium. It was rebuild and became the capital of Great Britain. Later in the 3rd century it started to slowly decline and was abandoned by the Romans in the 5th century. London was invaded by many, like the Vikings ecc..
At this early stage of London the Romans had built a wall round it and is now up to this day known as the city of London.
Obuiosly the most famous places to visit are Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Trafalanger Square and many other that are well know but there are also many unklown fantastic things to see. One of them is little Venice with all it's canals and bridges. You can walk along the Regents canal from little Venice to Camden Lock and it is very peaceful. You can also get a takeaway on one of it's boat restaurants.

English people love there own food that many foreigners don't. English tend to have big breakfasts even fish, bacon or sausages, also one of their favourites is marmite. Other typical food are fish and chips and not many foreigners know about the delicious "gravy" on a Sunday roast dinner.
England has been a monarchy for many years and some of it's most famous kings and queens are Henry VIII for his six wifes then one of this daughters Mary for her brutality against the protestants, his other daughter Elizabeth I who brought prosperity to England, Queen Victoria who buit an empire in the industrial age, and now Queen Elizabeth II who is Great Britains longest Keigning Queen. Emily Pankhurst was one of the first sufragettes to protest for womens kights to vote. Winston Churchill was president during the Second World War. Some of the most famous writers of different eras were Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare.

The Queen celebrates two birthdays, her unofficial one on April 21st and her official one in June. Another event is Guyfawkes on the November 5th which is celebrated with fireworks. Halloween on October 31st now celebrated in other countries.
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