Another Sunrise in the Desert

Another Sunrise in the Desert

Taken at 6.39 in the morning.

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Uploaded on May 12, 2011

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A little point in the desert

A little point in the desert

Merzouga - Morocco

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Uploaded on May 7, 2011

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City of Fes

City of Fes

Fes o Fez (in francese Fès, arabo: فاس, Fās), città santa del Marocco, a 350 m s.l.m., nel fondo di una fertile vallata. È capoluogo di provincia. La città vecchia è, per i suoi edifici, i suoi mercati e le sue moschee, uno dei centri più attraenti di tutto il mondo islamico.
Per popolazione è la terza città del Marocco e la più antica città imperiale e deve questo prestigio alla sua prevalenza politica secolare e all'importanza della sua antica università sulla cultura e sull'arte del Nordafrica musulmano.

Fes or Fez (Arabic: فاس‎ Fās, French: Fès) is the second largest city of Morocco, following Casablanca, with a population of approximately 1 million (2010). It is the capital of the Fès-Boulemane region.
Fes, the former capital, is one of the country's four "imperial cities," the others being Rabat, Marrakech and Meknes. It comprises three distinct parts, Fes el Bali (the old, walled city), Fes-Jdid (new Fes, home of the Mellah) and the Ville Nouvelle (the French-created, newest section of Fes).
Fes el Bali is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its medina, the larger of the two medinas of Fes, is believed to be the world's largest contiguous car-free urban area. The University of Al-Karaouine, founded in AD 859, is the oldest continuously functioning university in the world. It has been called the "Mecca of the West" and the "Athens of Africa".[2]

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Meknes Street

Meknes Street

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Uploaded on May 4, 2011

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San Pietro

San Pietro

La basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano è una basilica cattolica della Città del Vaticano, cui fa da coronamento la monumentale Piazza San Pietro.
È la più grande delle basiliche papali di Roma[1], spesso descritta come la più grande chiesa del mondo[2] e centro del cattolicesimo. Non è tuttavia la chiesa cattedrale della diocesi romana poiché tale titolo spetta alla basilica papale di San Giovanni in Laterano che è anche la prima per dignità essendo Madre e Capo di tutte le Chiese dell'Urbe e del Mondo.
In quanto Cappella Pontificia, posta in adiacenza del Palazzo Apostolico, la basilica di San Pietro è la sede delle principali manifestazioni del culto cattolico ed è perciò in solenne funzione in occasione delle celebrazioni per il Natale, la Pasqua ed i riti della Settimana Santa, la proclamazione dei nuovi papi e le esequie di quelli defunti, l'apertura e la chiusura dei giubilei e le canonizzazioni dei nuovi Santi. Sotto il pontificato di Pio IX ospitò le sedute del Concilio Vaticano I e sotto papa Giovanni XXIII e Paolo VI quelle del Concilio Vaticano II.

The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri), officially known in Italian as the Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano and commonly known as St. Peter's Basilica, is a Late Renaissance church located within the Vatican City. St. Peter's Basilica has the largest interior of any Christian church in the world.[1] It is regarded as one of the holiest Catholic sites. It has been described as "holding a unique position in the Christian world"[2] and as "the greatest of all churches of Christendom".[3]
In Catholic tradition, the basilica is the burial site of its namesake Saint Peter, who was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus and, according to tradition, first Bishop of Rome and therefore first in the line of the papal succession. Tradition and some historical evidence hold that Saint Peter's tomb is directly below the altar of the basilica. For this reason, many Popes have been interred at St Peter's since the Early Christian period. There has been a church on this site since the 4th century. Construction of the present basilica, over the old Constantinian basilica, began on April 18, 1506 and was completed on November 18, 1626.[4]
St. Peter's is famous as a place of pilgrimage, for its liturgical functions and for its historical associations. It is associated with the papacy, with the Counter-reformation and with numerous artists, most significantly Michelangelo. As a work of architecture, it is regarded as the greatest building of its age.[5] Contrary to popular misconception, Saint Peter's is not a cathedral, as it is not the seat of a bishop. It is properly termed a papal basilica. The Basilica of St. John Lateran is the cathedral church of Rome.

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