Italy is a European country that has achieved world wide fame for its great arts. It is believed that half of the world’s artistic treasure has emerged from Italy. People from far away places visit here to have a glance of these antique art galleries. Rome, Venice, Naples, Milan, Florence and many other cities of Italy has always been the center of attraction for its unique art and architecture. Renowned painters and artists of all the era, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Botticelli, Correggio have originated from Italy and gifted their legacies to the world. Their legendary paintings and statues are still preserved in beautiful glass cases in many museums of Italy. With snowcapped mountains and white sand beaches, Italy is also a country of exotic scenic beauties. You will find around 23 national parks and 500 natural reserves where you can go for adventurous trip. Italian recipes and dishes are famous all over the world. Your trip to Italy will be the most amazing experience of your life.

The Parthenon is a temple of the Greek goddess Athena. It was built in the 5th century BC on the Athenian Acropolis. It is the considered to be the most important surviving building of Classical Greece. Its decorative sculptures are considered one of the high points of Greek art in Greek history. The Parthenon is regarded as an enduring symbol and icon of ancient Greece and of Athenian democracy, and is seen as one of the world’s greatest cultural monuments. The Greek Ministry of Culture is currently carrying out a program of restoration and reconstruction of the Parthenon.

The Parthenon actually replaced an older temple of Athena, called the Pre-Parthenon. Like most Greek temples, the Parthenon was used as a treasury of the Delian League, which later became the Athenian Empire. In the 6th century AD, the Parthenon was converted into a Christian church which was dedicated to the Virgin. In 1806, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin removed some of the surviving sculptures which remained after a blast, with Ottoman permission. These sculptures were then sold in 1816 to the British Museum in London, where they are now displayed. The Greek government is committed to the return of the sculptures to Greece and so far has failed in the quest.

The Colosseum or Coliseum is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy. It is considered to be one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and Roman engineering. Its construction started between 70 and 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and it was completed in 80 AD under Titus. The name “Amphitheatrum Flavium” derives from both Vespasian’s and Titus’s family name and is the first name of Colosseum.

It was capable of seating around 50,000 spectators. The Colosseum was in past used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles. It remained in use for such activities for nearly 500 years with the last recorded games being held there in the 6th century. Other games like mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on classical mythology were also conducted there. It is in a ruined condition now due to damage caused by earthquakes and stone-robbers. The Colosseum is seen as an iconic symbol of Imperial Rome and is one of modern Rome’s most popular tourist attractions.

The Alhambra means “The red fortress” and is a world heritage site listed by UNESCO. It is a palace and fortress complex of the Moorish rulers of Granada in southern Spain and was known as Al-Andalus when the fortress was constructed. It occupies a hilly terrace on the south-eastern border of the city of Granada and the terrace or plateau where the Alhambra sits measures about 740m in length by 205m at its greatest width.

It was the residence of the Muslim rulers of Granada and their court in the past. The Alhambra is now one of Spain’s major tourist attractions exhibiting the country’s most famous Islamic architecture, together with Christian 16th century architecture and later interventions in buildings and gardens that marked its image as it can be seen today. The Palace of Charles V was erected by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in 1527, within the Alhambra.