Friday, June 26, 2009
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
2/7 Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
(Been there on the 10th of June 2009)
The Temple of Artemis, also known less precisely as Temple of Diana, was a Greek temple dedicated to Artemis completed— in its most famous phase— around 550 BC at Ephesus (in present-day Turkey) under the Achaemenid dynasty of the Persian Empire. Nothing remains of the temple, which was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. There were previous temples on its site, where evidence of a sanctuary dates as early as the Bronze Age.The old temple antedated the Ionic immigration by many years. Callimachus, in his Hymn to Artemis, attributed the origin of the temenos at Ephesus to the Amazons, whose worship he imagines already centered upon an image (bretas). In the seventh century the old temple was destroyed by a flood. Around 550 BC, they started to build the "new" temple, known as one of the wonders of the ancient world. It was a 120-year project, initially designed and constructed by the Cretan architect Chersiphron and his son Metagenes, at the expense of Croesus of Lydia. It was described by Antipater of Sidon, who compiled the list of the Seven Wonders:I have set eyes on the wall of lofty Babylon on which is a road for chariots, and the statue of Zeus by the Alpheus, and the hanging gardens, and the colossus of the Sun, and the huge labour of the high pyramids, and the vast tomb of Mausolus; but when I saw the house of Artemis that mounted to the clouds, those other marvels lost their brilliancy, and I said, "Lo, apart from Olympus, the Sun never looked on aught so grand".
(Been there on the 10th of June 2009)
The Temple of Artemis, also known less precisely as Temple of Diana, was a Greek temple dedicated to Artemis completed— in its most famous phase— around 550 BC at Ephesus (in present-day Turkey) under the Achaemenid dynasty of the Persian Empire. Nothing remains of the temple, which was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. There were previous temples on its site, where evidence of a sanctuary dates as early as the Bronze Age.The old temple antedated the Ionic immigration by many years. Callimachus, in his Hymn to Artemis, attributed the origin of the temenos at Ephesus to the Amazons, whose worship he imagines already centered upon an image (bretas). In the seventh century the old temple was destroyed by a flood. Around 550 BC, they started to build the "new" temple, known as one of the wonders of the ancient world. It was a 120-year project, initially designed and constructed by the Cretan architect Chersiphron and his son Metagenes, at the expense of Croesus of Lydia. It was described by Antipater of Sidon, who compiled the list of the Seven Wonders:I have set eyes on the wall of lofty Babylon on which is a road for chariots, and the statue of Zeus by the Alpheus, and the hanging gardens, and the colossus of the Sun, and the huge labour of the high pyramids, and the vast tomb of Mausolus; but when I saw the house of Artemis that mounted to the clouds, those other marvels lost their brilliancy, and I said, "Lo, apart from Olympus, the Sun never looked on aught so grand".
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
1/7 Tomb of Mausolus, Mausoleum of Mausolus or Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
(Been there on the 8th of June 2009)
The Tomb of Mausolus, Mausoleum of Mausolus or Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, was a tomb built between 353 and 350 BC at Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey) for Mausolus, a satrap in the Persian Empire, and Artemisia II of Caria, his wife and sister. The structure was designed by the Greek architects Satyros and Pythis.It stood approximately 45 metres in height, and each of the four sides was adorned with sculptural reliefs created by each one of four Greek sculptors — Leochares, Bryaxis, Scopas of Paros and Timotheus.The finished structure was considered to be such an aesthetic triumph that Antipater of Sidon identified it as one of his Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The word mausoleum has since come to be used generically for any grand tomb, though "Mausol – eion" originally meant "[building] dedicated to Mausolus".
(Been there on the 8th of June 2009)
The Tomb of Mausolus, Mausoleum of Mausolus or Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, was a tomb built between 353 and 350 BC at Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey) for Mausolus, a satrap in the Persian Empire, and Artemisia II of Caria, his wife and sister. The structure was designed by the Greek architects Satyros and Pythis.It stood approximately 45 metres in height, and each of the four sides was adorned with sculptural reliefs created by each one of four Greek sculptors — Leochares, Bryaxis, Scopas of Paros and Timotheus.The finished structure was considered to be such an aesthetic triumph that Antipater of Sidon identified it as one of his Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The word mausoleum has since come to be used generically for any grand tomb, though "Mausol – eion" originally meant "[building] dedicated to Mausolus".
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Movimento pró-topless
Movimento pró-topless nas piscinas públicas da Suécia 
Quase cinco décadas depois de as mulheres europeias terem queimado os soutiens num arrebatamento de carácter feminista, está a decorrer na Suécia uma campanha para que seja permitido o topless nas piscinas públicas do país.
O movimento 'Bara Bröst' (algo como 'Peitos à Mostra') já contagiou as dinamarquesas e norueguesas - também proibidas de tirar a parte superior dos biquinis nos recintos públicos - que pretendem iniciar uma campanha semelhante nos seus países. ...
http://aeiou.expresso.pt/gen.pl?p=stories&op=view&fokey=ex.stories/225418
Quase cinco décadas depois de as mulheres europeias terem queimado os soutiens num arrebatamento de carácter feminista, está a decorrer na Suécia uma campanha para que seja permitido o topless nas piscinas públicas do país.
O movimento 'Bara Bröst' (algo como 'Peitos à Mostra') já contagiou as dinamarquesas e norueguesas - também proibidas de tirar a parte superior dos biquinis nos recintos públicos - que pretendem iniciar uma campanha semelhante nos seus países. ...
http://aeiou.expresso.pt/gen.pl?p=stories&op=view&fokey=ex.stories/225418
Eu estou 100% de acordo!!!
Ferias em Gumbet Turquia
Gumbet
O Hotel
O Hotel
Gumbet a vila e a comida
Passeio a Ephesus e Pamukkale
Pamukkale
Banho Turco muito antigo
O que resta do Templo de Artemis (Uma das 7 Maravilhas do mundo antigo) em Ephesus
Ephesus 
Tapetes voadores ...
O que resta do Mausoleum de Mausolus (Uma das 7 Maravilhas do mundo antigo) na antiga cidade de Halicarnassus, hoje conhecida como Bodrum
Bodum
Myndos Gate em Bodrum
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