Showing posts with label Great Cities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Great Cities. Show all posts

Sunday, 3 May 2015

LONDON

  This is the oldest footage of London ever. Includes amazing old footage, plus modern shots of the same location today. Also features maps carefully researched to show where the camera was. Arranged by location, 46 shots of classic footage with a twist and an inspiring soundtrack.
   The video features:
  • 46 vintage shots of recognizable places in London from 1890-1920
  • Added dates and maps to show where the camera was
  • Amazing side-by-side comparison with modern footage of exactly the same spot
  • The clip that is the oldest surviving footage of London from 1890.

Monday, 23 March 2015

Bilbao - city carefree people



As soon as I saw Bilbao I was thinking about it  as the title of this article. 
All people were smiling, all people were talking loud. It was 7 o'clock in the morning but many people were in the streets but they were not going to work. They were walking home after a night party though it was a working day.
Bilbao is a beautiful city. We took subway to the part of the city where we rented our flat. This part of the city has a name of Kasko Viekha. It is the old part of Bilbao. 
When we went out of a subway station we were delighted very much. It seemed that an incredible atmosphere of a celebration filled the city. 

Old part Bilbao has a very interesting architecture. When we were walking around the streets we got lost.
Narrow but clean streets were similar to each other. We started to orient a few days after arriving to Bilbao. 
And there is one interesting fact. It does not matter  in what direction you go. You always come to one street (I forgot its name). 
I can describe Bilbao very much.  But I can't to do it. I only want to give you some advice.  Once you have an opportunity to go to Bilbao don`t lose this chance. You are going to bring from Bilbao many positive impressions.

Monday, 9 March 2015

My Favorite City - Venice

Venice is a city in the North-East in Italy. Venice is a famous city. People know it as a city on water. I want to tell you about interesting facts about this city.

Venice  built on stilts made of larch which almost doesn't rot.
One of primary symbol of Venice is Bell Tower of San Marco. With beautiful architecture it was a beacon for sailors and watchtower. It stood over the 700 years and unexpectedly in one day it was felt and crashed. It happened at 1902 years. Nobody died except guardian cat.

 Venice is divided into 117 islands which can be counted lanes 3000.
Every year Venice sinks. It happened because water level rises continuously. In Autumn water level rises so that the lanes squares first floor houses a fully flooded.
Крупные города, которые могут исчезнуть через 100 лет

Venice is the Bridge of Sighs where to get a little well-read romance with their lovers and suddenly it turns out that sigh on the bridge entirely different reasons: a bridge connecting the courtroom and jail and this new bridge jailed last saw the light of the sun.


In Venice, people buried in the cemetery-island of San Michele. Periodically, every 7-10 years remains exhumation and placed in a columbarium. Thus freed space for others.
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In honour of Venice called Venezuela. Travellers from Europe led by Amerigo Vespucci saw Indian houses standing on stilts immediately reminded of Venice and the country named in.