The Rialto Bridge is one of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. It is the oldest bridge across the canal. The present stone bridge, a single span designed by Antonio da Ponte, was completed in 1591 and was used to replace a wooden bridge that collapsed in 1524. The engineering of the bridge was considered so audacious that some architects predicted a future collapse. The bridge has defied its critics to become one of the architectural icons of Venice.
Italian graffiti writer, painter and sculptor Manuel Di Rita (aka Peeta) lives and works in Venice where since 2000 he has risen to international fame for his unique 3D graffiti style.
The city of New York becomes the … heart! Among the buildings of a megacity futuristic hotel in the name »The Heart of the District» (pp. “The heart of the region”) is intended to mean that the central organ of the city. Taking the shape of hearts, the hotel manually architects Arina Agieieva and Dmitri Zhuikov composed entirely of organic components and features a modern and striking design that is both futuristic and emotional context that surrounds him!
“With the belief that every urban environment has a soul whether to people or buildings, New York City, which is a living piece throbbing daily motion, must have its own heart!” Say the architects. The hotel is located between the buildings and are expected to provide quality accommodation of high standards in line with modern requirements, while graced with the presence of the city and attract many tourists.
Neuschwanstein Castle is a 19th-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and as an homage to Richard Wagner. Ludwig paid for the palace out of his personal fortune and by means of extensive borrowing, not with Bavarian public funds.
The palace was intended as a personal refuge for the reclusive king, but it was opened to the paying public immediately after his death in 1886. Since then over 60 million people have visited Neuschwanstein Castle.More than 1.3 million people visit annually, with up to 6,000 per day in the summer. The palace has appeared prominently in several movies and was the inspiration for Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty’s Castle and later, similar structures.