VENICE : THE BUILDINGS & CHURCHES

Santa Maria della Salute (English: Saint Mary of Health), commonly known simply as the Salute, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located at Punta della Dogana in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the city of Venice, Italy.It stands on the narrow finger of Punta della Dogana, between the Grand Canal and the Giudecca Canal, at the Bacino di San Marco, making the church visible when entering the Piazza […]

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VENICE – DISCOVERING VENICE BY WALK !

Venice (Italian : Venezia, Venetian : Venesia or Venexia) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is situated on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges.The islands are located in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, an enclosed bay that lies between the mouths of the Po and the Piave rivers […]

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THE EIFFEL TOWER : FOREVER AN ICON

The Eiffel Tower (French: tour Eiffel) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel whose company designed and built the tower. Constructed from 1887 to 1889 as the entrance to the 1889 World’s Fair – it has become a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognisable structures […]

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