Czech Republic - Hrad Hazmburk
Pavel - Czech Republic - 30.09.2010
Hrad Hazmburk - The Castle Hazmburk
Friday, September 24, 2010
Philippines
Angel Calayag - Philippines - 24.09.2010
Batad Village, Century Old Banaue Rice Terraces
The Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras were inscribed on the UNESCO WHS List in 1995. This inscription has five sites: the Batad Rice Terraces, Bangaan Rice Terraces (both in Banaue), Mayoyao Rice Terraces (in Mayoyao), Hungduan Rice Terraces (in Hungduan) and Nagacadan Rice Terraces (in Kiangan), all in the Ifugao Province. Built 2000 years ago and passed on from generation to generation, the Ifugao Rice Terraces reach a higher altitude and were built on steeper slopes than many other terraces. The Ifugao complex of stone or mud walls and the careful carving of the natural contours of hills and mountains to make terraced pond fields, coupled with the development of intricate irrigation systems, harvesting water from the forests of the mountain tops, and an elaborate farming system. The terraces illustrate a persistence of cultural traditions and remarkable continuity and endurance; archaeological evidence reveals that this technique has been in use in the region for 2000 years virtually unchanged.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
U.S.A. - Belle Meade, TN
Teresa - U.S.A. - 14.09.2010
Belle Meade Mansion
Belle Meade, Tennessee TN
Built in 1853 by Gen Wm. G. Harding. The 5300 acre state was before the turn of the century the nation's largest producer of thoroughbred horses. Located 7 miles west of Nashville on US 70 S.
Belle Meade Plantation, located in Belle Meade, Tennessee, is a historic plantation mansion whose grounds now function as a museum. Belle Meade Plantation consist of 30 remaining acres and features a winery, visitor's center, original outbuildings including the Harding cabin, dairy, carriage house, stable, mausoleum and a reconstructed slave quarters.
Chile - Altiplano
Oscar - Chile - 14.09.2010
Altiplano Animals
De izq. a der: Vicuñas, Parina, Guallata, Vizcacha, Caití, Llama
(Fauna do Highplateau)
The Altiplano is an area of inland drainage (endorheism) lying in the central Andes,
occupying parts of northern Chile and Argentina, western Bolivia and southern Peru.
