Beautiful Place in Spain: MERIDA

In 25 BC, Publio Carisio, working under orders from Caesar Octavio Augusto, created the city of Mérida, then known as Emérita Augusta, as a retirement colony for veterans of the successful Cántabras wars (Spanish Campaign). The location for this walled city was chosen due to its position in the heart of the Roman dominated Lusitania region, at the convergence of two major shipping routes on the Guadiana and Alberregas rivers.

According to the United Nations, Mérida "is an excellent example of a provincial Roman capital during the Empire and in the years following." (UNESCO website, Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida).

IMPORTANT SIGHTS TO SEE:

• El Teatro Romano (The Roman Theater).
• El Museo Nacional De Arte Romano (The National Museum of Roman Art).
• El Anfitreo (The Amphitheater).
• PUENTE SOBRE EL RIO GUADIANA (The bridge over the River Guadiana)
• Templo De Diana: (Diana's Temple)

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Visit The LOUVRE

The Louvre (French: Musée du Louvre) in Paris, France, is one of the most famous and most visited art museums. The collection contains nearly 35,000 pieces displayed over the structure's 60,000 square metres (650,000 sq ft). The museum is on the Right Bank, in the neighborhood referred to as the 1st arrondissement which lies between the Seine River and the Rue de Rivoli.

The structure originated as the palace during the Capetian dynasty under the reign of Philip II and was gradually augmented over time to become the large structure known today. The building holds some of the world's most famous works of art, such as Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, The Virgin and Child with St. Anne, and Madonna of the Rocks; Jacques Louis David's Oath of the Horatii; Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People; and Alexandros of Antioch's Venus de Milo. The equestrian statue of Louis XIV constitutes the starting point of the "axe historique", but the palace is not aligned on this axis.

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