As a city of music, Vienna has a large number of opera houses, movie theaters, a variety of concert halls throughout the city. The most prominent one, the Vienna State Opera, was built in 1869 in an ancient Romanesque building. It premiered the works of Mozart and Beethoven, and all the famous opera writers of Europe in the 19th century were staged here. 1945 was destroyed by the fire of the Second World War, and in 1955 it was rebuilt according to the original style. Every year there are music competitions here and it is the center of opera in the world.
Walking through Vienna, the influence of music on the city can be seen almost everywhere. Many streets, parks, theaters, and conference halls are named after world-famous musicians; statues of many famous musicians stand in gardens or on squares. In the city park of the inner ring road, you can see the great Johann Strauss playing the violin intently; along the inner ring road, you will also see Beethoven, Mozart and other music masters. All of these masters spent many years of their musical careers in this city of music.
The city also offers a wide range of conditions for music lovers. Every year many musicians from all over the world come here to study, compose and perform. In the summer, many symphony orchestras come out of the concert halls to play for the people. The beautiful melody brings people to the blue Danube, to the quiet Vienna forest, to the elegant art world ...... Vienna's city layout is clearly defined, 415 square kilometers of urban areas, divided into "three rings and a", namely, the inner city, the outer city, the suburbs and a jade belt like the Danube River. The inner city has narrow streets and many government offices and historical buildings.
In the 19th century in the demolition of the city walls on the basis of the construction of the ring road (the inner ring road), 50 meters wide, 4 kilometers long, along the streets of the distribution of modern buildings. The Outer Ring is Vienna's busiest commercial and residential area. South and east of the outer ring road is an industrial area; the western suburbs stretch to the edge of the forest, there are many parks, palaces and villas, the sky beech around the city, constituting the world-famous "Vienna Woods".
The historic city of Vienna has always been an important gateway to Eastern and Western Europe, and a transportation conduit between the Baltic Sea and the Adriatic Sea. In addition to New York and Geneva, it is the third city to host a United Nations agency.
Paris in South America - Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires, means "fresh air" in Spanish.
Originally a grassland at the mouth of the Rio de la Plata, it is now the first metropolis in the southern hemisphere.
Buenos Aires is surrounded by a small river flowing southwest from the port and a ring road, the city's streets are wide and neat, the neighborhoods are like a checkerboard, the whole city is like a chessboard, every two intersections are 100 door numbers apart. This city is known as "Paris of South America", the main streets are very similar to the layout of Paris with the Arc de Triomphe as the center, with the famous "Plaza de Mayo 25" as the center, and many famous streets are extended from the plaza in a radial shape. On both sides of the square, there is the Presidential Palace known as the "Rose Palace". The Plaza was named "Plaza de Mayo 25" because of the meeting held here on May 25, 1810, which declared the deposition of the Spanish colonial governor and the establishment of the Argentine Revolutionary Government.
From the Plaza de Mayo to the Plaza de Congreso, the city's most spectacular street, Calle 9 de Julio, runs west.
This street, built to commemorate the independence of Argentina on July 9, 1816, is 140 meters wide and has a 1.6 kilometer long green belt in the center. The street is lined with some of the most luxurious skyscrapers in the city.
The 72-meter-high Independence Monument on the north side of the street is a symbol of the city.
With more than 40 universities, many museums, libraries, academies of science and cultural and sports facilities, Buenos Aires is an important cultural center in South America. It has a mild climate and four distinct seasons, and the city stays green all year round. When it is already the golden fall season in our country, spring is in full swing here.
Machine-shaped new capital - Brasilia Brasilia is the Brazilian Federal **** and the country's newly built capital in 1960. Who would have thought that this modern city of 350,000 people was built in just three years. Before 1957, it was a vast wilderness.
Brasilia sits on a small plain in the middle of the plateau, with plenty of water and a pleasant climate.
It was built according to blueprints designed by Lucio Acosta, a nationally rated and famous city designer.
The whole city is like an airplane flying to the east: the nose of the airplane is the "three power square", that is, the parliament, the presidential palace and the seat of the Supreme Court; the front of the cabin is the "ministries plaza", the plaza on both sides of the government ministries of the office buildings; the back of the cabin is the conference hall, cultural and educational areas, sports city, television tower, public **** automobile center, etc.; the tail of the airplane is pollution-free industrial areas serving the capital and the printing and publishing area; the long north-south and south-south areas, the city's industrial zone and the printing and publishing area; the long north-south and south-south areas, the city's industrial zone and the printing and publishing area. printing and publishing area; the long north and south wings are apartment areas, and in the two wings linked with the nacelle are commercial, banking and hotel areas, etc.
The two artificial lakes in the north and south, as if embracing half of the city with open arms, are lined with private residences and foreign embassies.
Brasilia does not have any monuments, but it has a lot of new style, beautiful and practical buildings. For example, the parliamentary office building is two buildings connected by a footbridge in the center, in the shape of a capital H, which means "all for the sake of people". The House of Representatives Building is like a giant bowl facing the sky, indicating that it is open. The most beautiful building in Xindu is the Aurora Palace. The columns of this building break the stereotype of round or square shape, some of them look like diamond corners that are long at the top and short at the bottom, and some of them look like geese with their wings spreading. Even the shape of the bridge over the artificial lake is very elaborate, some like a thin ribbon of vegetation floating down on the water.
The residential area of Xindu consists of a few to 11 apartment buildings that form "square streets". Inside and around each "square street" are nurseries, elementary schools, stadiums, movie theaters and clinics, as well as bakeries, food stores, pharmacies and laundromats. The highways are one-way, three-dimensional intersections, making them safer to drive on.
Though Xindu is located on a plateau, the land is red sandy loam, and the winds are strong during the dry season, there is no dust to be seen. This is mainly because all open spaces, from squares to every courtyard, are covered with green grass, green areas have accounted for 60 percent of the city's area, and great attention is paid to maintenance and management . Meadows, woods and artificial lakes play a role in purifying the air and regulating the climate.
There are now eight satellite towns near the new city, which together with Brasilia has a population of 1.2 million. Rents are cheaper than in Brasilia, and prices are lower, so people want to live there.
Panama City, a city of two oceans and two continents, is located on the Isthmus of Panama in the middle of the American continent.
A long time ago, this is the north coast of the Pacific Ocean in the Gulf of a fishing village, the village inhabited by local Indians. 1519 Spanish colonists began to establish a city here. 17 century 70 s, the old city was burned down by pirates, in the original site of the west of the re-establishment of a new city. 1903, Panama's independence from Colombia, the city has become the capital of the Panama*** and the country. capital.
The Isthmus of Panama is high at the east and west ends, and gradually decreases from both ends to the center, with an elevation of only 84 meters in the middle. It is the use of this favorable terrain, from 1881, in Panama City, near the north and south of the isthmus through the excavation of the Panama Canal. The canal digging project was contracted by a French company at the beginning.
After the bankruptcy of the French company, in 1903, the United States, through the Panama Canal Treaty, acquired the right to excavate the canal and the "permanent lease". Later, due to the opposition of the Panamanian government and people, it was changed to 1999, when Panama recovered all rights and interests in the canal.
The Panama Canal was completed on August 15, 1914, and opened to traffic in 1920. Canal 81.3 km long, 150-304 meters wide, 12.5 meters deep, can pass 4-4.5 million tons of huge ships. It connects the Pacific Ocean in the south and the Caribbean Sea in the north, becoming an important international shipping route between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, shortening the voyage between the two oceans by 5 to 10 trillion meters. In Panama City, west of the canal, erected a "Bridge of the Americas", from South America across the bridge is North America.
After the opening of the Panama Canal, the city of Panama City developed rapidly, and engaging in canal transportation and serving canal workers was the city's main economic source.
The largest city in the United States - New York in the United States on the cover of many books and magazines, you can often see a head wearing a crown of flowers, the right hand holding a torch, the left hand holding the Declaration of Independence of the goddess statue, which is located in New York's Liberty Island, the Statue of Liberty. She is the symbol of America.
New York is located at the mouth of the Hudson River in the northeastern U.S., bordering the Atlantic Ocean. 1609, the representative of the Dutch West India Company, the American Henry Hudson was the first to look at this place.
In 1626, the Dutch bought Manhattan Island from the local Indians at a low price, and in 1664 the British occupied Manhattan and renamed it "New York", which means "New York" in English, because of the original "Yorkshire" in England.
New York is the largest city and port in the United States. It consists of five relatively independent boroughs, including Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Richmond, and covers an area of 830 square kilometers. 7 million inhabitants are mostly immigrants and descendants of immigrants from all over the world, including the Dutch, the English, the Irish, the Italians, the Jews, the Arabs, the Chinese, and the blacks, etc. The famous Chinatown is home to a large number of immigrants and descendants. The famous Chinatown is home to 150,000 Chinese; there are more Italians here than in Venice; an average of five out of eight pedestrians walking the noisy streets are foreigners or descendants of foreigners; and people's skin color ranges from white to deep black.
The Manhattan district in the center of the city is the industrial and commercial center of New York and the busiest area.
The financial center of the world, Wall Street, is located at its southern end. Wall Street is a street only 540 meters long and 11 meters wide, but the skyscrapers on both sides of the street, covering the street all year round, walk into the street as into the canyon. U.S. monopolies and major banks have their central strongholds here, and all major stock exchanges conduct large transactions here. Manhattan's East River waterfront is also a piece of "international territory" that does not belong to any country, which is where the United Nations headquarters is located. 1951 in this land on the United Nations City, the main body of the 39-storey United Nations Secretariat Building, the building on the north side of the United Nations General Assembly, the Security Council, and other conference buildings.
New York City is home to many universities, museums, libraries, scientific research institutes and art centers, and it is also the world's largest press and publishing center. The city has about 90 kinds of daily newspapers, more than 700 kinds of weekly magazines, has the country's two largest news agencies (Associated Press, United Press International), published books accounted for the country's total number of books 3 / 4. three major U.S. broadcasting networks are headquartered in New York. The city is full of high-rise buildings and the streets are lined with cars.
Canberra, the capital city of Australia, is a young and beautiful city. It's young because it was only built in the 1920s; in 1927, when the capital moved here from Melbourne, it had just 5,000 people. It is beautiful because it is a world-famous garden city, with 85% of the total area of the city covered by green space, and the city is beautifully decorated with side-by-side trees, carpeted lawns, and a variety of flowerbeds and flowerbeds. The Canberra City Council has also made it a rule that no organization can build a wall without approval, earning Canberra the title of "the unwalled capital city".
Canberra is now a modern city with an innovative layout. All the city's streets radiate outwards, and the city's buildings are varied - round, curved, triangular and hexagonal - with the majority of them being two-storey buildings or bungalows.
The east and west direction of the city has a city designer named Lake Griffin, 11 kilometers long, the entire city is divided into two areas, the lake stands on the banks of the Parliament Building, the Federal Mint, the National University, the Federal Academy of Sciences and other buildings. In the center of the lake there is an artificial fountain with a water column of 137 meters. The city center is a little farther away from the lake, where all the buildings are hexagonal, is the citizens of the cultural and entertainment centers.
World Tourist Attractions--Geneva Geneva in southwestern Switzerland, the south end of the beautiful Lake Geneva, the exit of the Rhone River, turquoise water, snow-capped peaks, known for its beautiful scenery, is the world's tourists fascinated by the place.
Geneva covers an area of about 161 square kilometers, with the characteristics of a classical European city .
The Rhone, a river that runs through the city, divides the city into two: the old town on the left bank and the new town on the right.
The Church of St. Peter, built on top of a hill, is the center of the old town. It is a 12th-century monument that was partially remodeled in the late Middle Ages. The buildings around the church are crowded and the cobbled streets are very narrow, with antique stores, watchmakers and craftsmen's stores along the streets, basically keeping the old look of 500 years ago. At the foot of the Old Town, at the foot of the Mont Blanc Bridge, there is a world-famous flower clock. The clock is a very chic one, with the mechanism installed underground and only the hour and minute hands showing above ground. Everything on the face of the clock, such as scales, Arabic characters, frames, etc., is made of flowers, and there is also a musical chime.
Crossing the Mont Blanc Bridge from the Old Town is the New Town. The streets of the new town are wide and neat, filled with modern high-rise buildings and parks with flowers of all kinds. There are many new stores and supermarkets along the streets. The Palais des Nations, the European headquarters of the United Nations, is located in Ariana Park in the northeast of the new town. It was originally a peacock garden, and peacocks are still kept here.
Walk along the Rhone River into Geneva's northeastern suburbs to the desirable Lake Geneva.
Lake Geneva, also known as Lake Leman, is the largest lake in the Alps. It is 72 kilometers long, 8 kilometers wide and covers an area of 580 square kilometers, slightly shaped like a crescent moon. The southern shore of the snow-capped peaks, parks along the lake are densely packed, a peculiar shape of the villa is covered in the middle.
Lake Geneva average depth of 80 meters, the deepest 310 meters. The water color is blue, like emerald paved.
There is a 130-meter-high artificial fountain in the lake. The lake is also a paradise for waterfowl. Groups of pigeons wandering around the lake, more than 5,000 swans and seagulls, ducks chasing and playing in the lake, showing a peaceful and quiet atmosphere. These water "residents" are well protected by the people of Geneva, but also fully enjoy the happiness of peace. Whenever the swan spawning season, lakeside residents sent them hay, cotton, sponges, plastic, for them to build a maternity ward; if the "baby" in the early spring, the public sent them bread, cakes, milk and other nutrients; if the swan got sick, people will take them into their arms and send them to the hospital.
Geneva is also an international city, with 1/3 of the city's population of more than 300,000 being foreigners. Many international conferences are held in Geneva, many treaties are signed here, and many international organizations are based in Geneva. Geneva, the world's tourist resort, is also an important international stage.
The Venice of the North--Stockholm Sweden's capital, Stockholm, is located in the eastern part of Sweden's Lake M?laren into the mouth of the Baltic Sea, by the scattered between the lake and the sea of the 22 islands and part of the land, an area of 186 square kilometers . City waterways, dozens of bridges across the sea, the lake, the islands and the land connected together. Inside the city, the old medieval buildings and the modern high-rise buildings lined up in the city, the azure sea and the narrow winding undulating streets blend together. The whole city is like an oil painting full of water town atmosphere.
The city has earned the name "Venice of the North" because of its location in northern Europe, north of Italy.
The beautiful island of Stasi (City Island) is home to the Old Town. There is a well-preserved complex of medieval buildings. The Royal Palace in the north of the city was built in the 18th century, with many fine bas-reliefs on the four walls of the opulent inner rooms. To this day, the Palace Guard performs a grand changing of the guard ceremony for visitors at noon every day, according to an ancient tradition.
North of the Old Town is the center of the city, Sergelplatz. In the center of the square is a huge fountain.
In the middle of the fountain stands a 40-meter-high column made of more than 80,000 pieces of glass, which emits strange colors in the sunlight and light. The square is surrounded by King Street, Queen Street and Svea Street, the city's busiest commercial district. The modern atmosphere of this area contrasts with the quaintness of the old city. Underneath the square, there is a huge underground shopping mall and an underground railroad central station, which is known as "the world's longest underground art gallery". Unlike Venice, where boats are used as a means of transportation, Stockholm's underground railroad runs under the sea and is the main means of transportation in the city. The central station is divided into three floors, each of which can accommodate passengers at the same time.
Southwest of the city center, at the eastern end of King's Island, is the city hall. The three golden crowns atop the 105-meter-high spire of the city hall are the symbol of Stockholm. Near the palace are the China Palace and the North Sea Cottage. North Sea Cao Tang is a Chinese garden, which was built by Kang Youwei, the leader of the reformist faction of China, when he went into exile after the failure of the Hundred Days' Reform.
Stockholm is also a famous tourist destination. In addition to attractions such as the Old Town, there is also an open-air museum in Skansen Park on Zoo Island
. The museum is a collection of farmhouses, churches, windmills and other buildings and tools from different periods and styles throughout Sweden. When you enter a farmhouse, you will be greeted in the traditional way by a "hostess" dressed in a variety of national costumes, who will show you how to weave and knit, and introduce you to interesting customs and traditions.
Leipzig is one of the ten largest cities in Germany, 165 kilometers north of Berlin. It covers an area of 141 square kilometers and has a population of about 600,000 people.
Leipzig is located in the central European traffic, as early as in the Middle Ages is the center of trade between the East and the West.
In 1170, a commercial market began to appear, which is the predecessor of the Leipzig Fair, and in the 15th century, the Leipzig Fair had become the center of the exchange of goods between European countries. During World War II, most of the fair's facilities were destroyed, and the exchange of goods came to a halt. After the war, it was resumed in 1946. Leipzig Fair exhibition room area *** up to 350,000 square meters, held twice a year: the spring fair in March, to industrial products and comprehensive products; September's autumn fair, focusing on light industrial products and a variety of consumer goods.
Leipzig's book publishing and printing industry is very developed, is also a famous "book city". As early as the beginning of the 15th century, it was already the center of publishing and printing in the German-speaking region. At present, Leipzig has more than 100 well-equipped printing presses, the quality of printing is world-renowned. Of the city's 600,000 inhabitants, more than 23,000 are employed in the printing industry. There are more than 30 publishing houses in Leipzig***, and the city publishes more than 1,400 books and more than 20 million copies every year. Since 1914, Leipzig has regularly held an international book fair every year. The International Book Fair is held in the city center's exhibition building, where booksellers and publishers from many countries around the world gather to participate in the exhibition.
Leipzig's inhabitants have a passion for music, and almost all of them play the violin and other instruments. It is the birthplace of German concerts.
The word "Leipzig" means "place of the linden tree" in Old Slavonic. Leipzig is a city of linden trees, and the city's suburbs are full of them. When the flowers are in full bloom, the city is filled with the scent of flowers. In addition to the International Fair, the city also has attractions such as the old Royal Palace, Lenin's former residence, the Dimitrov Museum and the Leipzig Zoo.
The birthplace of the Prime Meridian - Greenwich in the United Kingdom southeast of London on the south bank of the Thames, there is a tourist attraction - Greenwich. It is the birthplace of the Earth's meridian.
The Royal Greenwich Observatory was founded in 1675, and in 1884, international astronomers made a decision at the International Conference on Longitude in Washington, D.C., to take the meridian that passes through Greenwich as the prime meridian, and to take Greenwich Mean Time as the international standard time. Since then, Greenwich has become famous all over the world. After the Second World War, the observatory's work was affected by the increased intensity of the lights in London and the turbid air. Since 1948, the original observatory has been relocated to Herstmonceux, Sussex, south-east London, but it is still visited by a steady stream of admirers.
The site of the original Greenwich Observatory is now Greenwich Park. The site of the observatory is on high ground in the center of the park and is now part of the National Maritime Museum.
Walking into the park, you can see an elegant courtyard to the left of the path, which is the observatory. On the wall to the right of the main entrance to the courtyard is a large clock on a silver platter. The clock was installed in 1851, and is surrounded by Roman numerals that indicate 24 hours, with a small disk on the upper left that indicates the number of seconds. The time displayed on the clock is International Standard Time (GMT).
In the Meridian Hall, the most striking feature is a straight copper line set on the marble floor, which is the world-famous Prime Meridian. On both sides of the line, the words "East Meridian" and "West Meridian"
are marked. Visitors to the city like to step on the copper line and take a photo of the two hemispheres with their feet on each side. One end of the prime meridian extends to the foot of the wall of an old two-story building. A line is also engraved in the center of a bronze plaque set into the wall, which reads, "The Prime Meridian of the World, latitude 51 degrees, 28 minutes, 38 seconds, 2 north, longitude zero degrees, zero minutes, zero seconds."
In many of the world's most famous cities, the French capital, Paris, with its deep culture and unique style,
enjoys the reputation of the "flower capital".
Paris is located in the center of the French Basin, the urban area across the beautiful Seine River. It began as a boat-shaped island, the ?le de la Cité, and has a history of more than 2,000 years. At the center of the ?le de la Cité stands the magnificent Notre Dame de Paris, built in the 12th century and the oldest and tallest Catholic church in Paris.
If Notre Dame is the symbol of old Paris, then the
Eiffel Tower, standing on the left bank of the Seine, is the symbol of modern Paris. The tower, named after Eiffel, a French engineer and the founder of the world's copper-iron-concrete
architecture, was built in 1889 and is the ancestor of the modern tower. At 320 meters tall, the tower is the equivalent of an 80-story building, and from the top you can see all of Paris.
In addition to Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower, Paris is also home to the Place de la Bastille, the Place de la Concorde, the
Arc de Triomphe, the élysée Palace, the Chateau de Versailles, and other historical monuments and artistic buildings. The Arc de Triomphe is located in the center of Paris
Center Charles de Gaulle Square, opposite the Place de la Concorde. It was
ordered by Napoleon to show off his victory. Construction began in 1806 and took 30 years to complete. The Arc de Triomphe is 49.54 meters high,
44.82 meters wide and 22.21 meters thick, with doors on all four sides, and its inner and outer walls covered with bas-reliefs and giant statues, of which
the immortal masterpiece of Romantic master sculptor Fran?ois Ruud's Marseillaise is the most famous.
The Elysee Palace, on the street in front of the Arc de Triomphe, is also a famous French building. Inside the splendid palace
the walls are hung with famous oil paintings and expensive tapestries, and the rooms are furnished with antique gilded furniture,
as well as a variety of exquisite clocks, just like a museum. Since 1873, the Elysee Palace has been
the residence of the President of France.
Paris has more than 60 museums, 70 libraries, 60 theaters, 200 cinemas, and
15 concert halls. The Louvre is the most prestigious of the museums. It was once the king of the French dynasties
Palace, has now become the French Museum of Fine Arts. The museum has a collection of 400,000 items, including famous paintings and statues such as The Goddess of Victory and The Virgin of the Rocks. Paris also has an enduring "street art" scene. There are open-air galleries, which are known around the world, and street concerts, which are popular with the crowds. Many young students and
citizens, often with their own instruments, take to the streets to perform a variety of programs.