Oia (Greek: Οία, pronounced [ˈi.a]) is a former community on the islands of Thira (Santorini) and Therasia, in the Cyclades, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Santorini, of which it is a municipal unit.[1]
It covers the whole island Therasia and the northwesternmost part of
Santorini, which it shares with the municipal unit of Santorini. The
population was 1,230 inhabitants at the 2001 census, and the land area
is 19.449 km2. The population and land area are distributed as follows: 962 persons on 10.150 km2 in Santorini, and 268 persons on 9.299 km2 in Therasia.
Tourism
Oia remains one of the foremost tourist attractions of the Aegean Sea.
The famous Oia sunset, considered by many as one of the most beautiful
in the world, keeps tourists flocking down to the castle, waiting for
the moment when the sun slips down on the calm sea of the caldera.
Tourists are often told that the fishing docks at Oia are the oldest
continually used docks in the world, supposedly being in service for
3000 years. While an interesting bit of tourist trivia, no evidence is
supplied to validate the claim.
The cliff line with the village of Oia and the habour Ammoudi
Valletta is the capital of Malta, colloquially known as Il-Belt (English: The City) in Maltese. It is located in the central-eastern portion of the island of Malta, and the historical city has a population of 6,966.[1]
Valletta contains buildings from the 16th century onwards, built
during the rule of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, also known as Knights Hospitaller. The city is essentially Baroque in character, with elements of Mannerist, Neo-Classical and Modern architecture in selected areas, though World War II left major scars on the city. The City of Valletta was officially recognised as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1980.[2]
The city is named for Jean Parisot de la Valette, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman invasion in 1565. The official name given by the Order of Saint John was Humilissima Civitas Valletta — The Most Humble City of Valletta, or Città Umilissima in Italian. The bastions, curtains and ravelins along with the beauty of its Baroque palaces, gardens and churches, led the ruling houses of Europe to give the city its nickname Superbissima — 'Most Proud'.
History
Valletta 3D
The city is on the island of Malta so it shares its early history with the island. Immediately after the end of the Siege of Malta in 1565, the Order decided to found a new city on the Xiberras
peninsula to fortify the Order's position in Malta and bind the Knights
to the island. The foundation stone of Valletta was laid by the
Grandmaster of the Order, Jean Parisot de la Valette on 28 March 1566. La Valette placed the first stone in Our Lady of Victories Church.
In his book Dell’Istoria della Sacra Religione et Illustrissima Militia di San Giovanni Gierosolimitano
(English: The History of the Sacred Religion and Illustrious Militia of
St John of Jerusalem), written between 1594 and 1602, Giacomo Bosio
writes that when the cornerstone of Valletta was placed, a group of Maltese elders said "Iegi zimen en fel wardia col sceber raba iesue uquie" (Which in modern Maltese reads, "Jiġi żmien li fil-Wardija [l-Għolja Sciberras] kull xiber raba’ jiswa uqija," and in English, "There will come a time when every piece of land on Sciberras Hill will be worth its weight in gold").[3]
Grand Master La Valette died on 21 August 1568 at age 74 and never
saw the completion of his city. Originally interred in the church of Our
Lady of the Victories, his remains now rest in St. John's Co-Cathedral among the tombs of other Grand Masters of the Knights of Malta.
Francesco Laparelli was the city's principal designer and his plan
departed from medieval Maltese architecture, which exhibited irregular
winding streets and alleys. He designed the new city on a rectangular
grid, and without any collacchio (an area restricted for important buildings). The streets were designed to be wide and straight, beginning centrally from the City Gate and ending at Fort Saint Elmo overlooking the Mediterranean; certain bastions were built 153 feet (47 m) tall. The Maltese architect Gerolamo Cassar was responsible for a number of the buildings.
After the Knights' departure and the brief French occupation,
building projects in Valletta resumed under British rule. These projects
included widening gates, demolishing and rebuilding structures,
widening newer houses over the years, and installing civic projects. Nazi and Fascist air raids throughout World War II caused much destruction. The Royal Opera House, constructed at the city entrance in the 19th century, was one of the buildings lost to the raids.
In 1980, the 24th Chess Olympiad took place in Valletta.
Ilhabela is an archipelago and a city situated 4 miles of the coast of Sao Paolo State in Brazil.
Mostly families of our crew members who live near the island especially from Sao Paolo come to visits
onboard and enjoy the tour around the ship and have a whole day treat.
Ilhabela is a popular sailing point[2][5]. Several regattas take place at the city's coast[5]. Also, it is popular for many other watersports, including scuba and free diving[5]. The waters around the archipelago are filled with more than 50 shipwrecks, six of them being opened for visiting via diving[6].There are many hiking trails with varying degrees of difficulty and 360 waterfalls[6]in the Atlantic jungle.
Salvador (Portuguese pronunciation: [sawvaˈdoʁ], Saviour; historic name: Cidade de São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos, in English: "City of the Holy Saviour of the Bay of all Saints"[2][3]) is the largest city on the northeast coast of Brazil and the capital of the NortheasternBrazilian state of Bahia. Salvador is also known as Brazil's capital of happiness due to its easygoing population and countless popular outdoor parties, including its street carnival. The first colonial capital of Brazil, the city is one of the oldest in the Americas. For a long time, it was simply known as Bahia, and appears under that name (or as Salvador da Bahia, Salvador of Bahia so as to differentiate it from other Brazilian cities of the same name) on many maps and books from before the mid-20th century. Salvador is the third most populous Brazilian city, after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The metropolitan area of the city, with 3.5 million of people, however, is the seventh most populous Brazilian urban agglomeration, after the urban areas of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Recife andFortaleza, and the third in Brazilian Northeast Region.
The city of Salvador is notable in Brazil for its cuisine, music and architecture, and itsmetropolitan area is the wealthiest in Brazil's Northeast. The African influence in many cultural aspects of the city makes it the center of Afro-Brazilian culture. This reflects a situation in which African-associated cultural practices are celebrated. The historical center of Salvador, frequently called the Pelourinho, is renowned for its Portuguesecolonial architecture with historical monuments dating from the 17th through the 19th centuries and was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985.
Salvador is located on a small, roughly triangular peninsula that separates Todos os Santos Bay from the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean. The bay, which gets its name from having been discovered on All Saints' Day forms a natural harbor. Salvador is a major export port, lying at the heart of the Recôncavo Baiano, a rich agricultural and industrial region encompassing the northern portion of coastal Bahia.
A particularly notable feature is the escarpment that divides Salvador into the Cidade Alta ("Upper Town" - rest of the city) and the Cidade Baixa ("Lower Town" - northwest region of the city), the former some 85 m (279 ft) above the latter,[4] with the city'scathedral and most administrative buildings standing on the higher ground. An elevator(the first installed in Brazil), known as Elevador Lacerda, has connected the two sections since 1873, having since undergone several upgrades.
