Monday, December 20, 2010

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Cueva de las Manos

The rock paintings of the "Cueva de las Manos (Cave of Hands) include zu den bekanntesten Sehenswürdigkeiten Argentiniens. Die Höhle in der Schlucht des Rio Pinturas liegt etwa 150 km südlich der Ortschaft Perito Moreno in der Provinz Santa Cruz im Südwesten Argentiniens. Bei einigen Touren, die ab Perito Morena zur Cueva de las Manos angeboten werden, wird die letzte Wegstrecke zur Höhle in einem zweistündigem Fußmarsch zurückgelegt, bei dem man einen atemberaubenden Ausblick über das Tal des Rio Pinturas und die umgebende Canyon-Landschaft genießen kann.



Die Höhlenmalereien sind zwischen 9.000 und 13.000 Jahre alt und wurden erst im letzten Jahrhundert von einem Mönch entdeckt. 1999 wurde die Cueva de las Manos von der UNESCO zum World Heritage Site. The Stone Age paintings are divided into three groups according to age and style. The first group represents images of hunted animals, hunting scenes, the second group and third group of hieroglyphic paintings. To date, the importance of positive and negative images of hands, after which the cave has received its name not known. The paintings are painted in black, ocher yellow, bright red and purple and are made of gypsum and iron.

Monday, December 13, 2010

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Hadrianswall

in 1987, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site of Hadrian's Wall is a defensive wall consisting of solid stone, the beginning of the 2nd Century was built to the limit of time to the whole of Europe extending Roman Empire mark and secure. The name of the border fortifications is the principal of the building - the Roman emperor Hadrian - owe.



Hadrian's Wall was not only from the above-mentioned stone wall, but also in 14 major defense installations, which together with natural - and in that time practically insurmountable - obstacles such as rivers and mountain ranges, the best defense of the northernmost should guarantee limit of the Roman Empire. The ruins of this Auxilliäranlagen are still good and will allow the Visitors so nachwievor accurate information about the locations of mandatory for the efficient defense barracks and watchtowers.



The 130-kilometer-long wall system is in what is now northern England between Newcastle and Solway Firth, near the border with Scotland and is also thanks to the many attractions in the immediate vicinity of the biggest tourist attraction in the region.