7 αρχιτεκτονικά ΘΑΥΜΑΤΑ του κόσμου, που ΔΕΝ τα ΞΕΡΕΙ ΚΑΝΕΙΣ!! 

Όλοι έχουμε ακούσει για το Κολοσσαίο, έχουμε δει το Σινικό Τείχος σε άπειρες φωτογραφίες και ίσως να έχουμε επισκεφτεί το Ταζ Μαχάλ στην  Ινδία. Τα μνημεία αυτά, όμως, βρίσκονται ούτως ή άλλως ψηλά στη λίστα με τα πιο διάσημα τουριστικά αξιοθέατα του κόσμου.

Άλλα, ωστόσο, απέχουν πολύ από τις πρώτες θέσεις, πολύς κόσμος δεν τα γνωρίζει, παρ'όλ'αυτά διατηρούν τεράστια αρχιτεκτονική αξία και είναι εξίσου μεγαλόπρεπα με τα υπόλοιπα. Το bbc.com «ξεσκεπάζει» κάποια από αυτά τα... «κρυμμένα» αξιοθέατα και ήρθε η ώρα να σας τα παρουσιάσουμε.

Τέμενος Sheikh Lotfollah, Ιράν

Στην πόλη  Isfahan, στην πλατεία Naghsh-i Jahan συναντά κανείς ένας εκθαμβωτικό τέμενος, χτισμένο μεταξύ 1603 και 1619, κατά τη διάρκεια της βασιλείας του Shah Abbas. Πήρε την ονομασία του από τον... πεθερό του σάχη και η μοναδικότητά του έγκειται -μεταξύ άλλων- στο ότι δεν διαθέτει μιναρέδες ή αυλή. Αυτό πιθανόν οφείλεται στο ότι δεν προοριζόταν ποτέ ως δημόσιος χώρος προσευχής, αλλά μάλλον ως τόπος λατρείας των γυναικών του χαρεμιού του σάχη. Η διακόσμησή του είναι πολύ ξεχωριστή και τα πλακάκια που το απαρτίζουν αλλάζουν χρώμα μέσα στην ημέρα. Μέσα στο ιερό, μπορεί να θαυμάσει κάποιος την πολυπλοκότητα του μωσαϊκού και ο φωτισμός του του χαρίζει την ιδανική ατμόσφαιρα.

Παλάτι της Βουλής, Ρουμανία

Κάτι που σίγουρα δεν γνωρίζατε είναι ότι το παλάτι της Βουλής (ή του Λαού όπως ήταν παλιότερα γνωστό) είναι ένα από τα μεγαλύτερα και πιο ακριβά διοικητικά κτίρια του κόσμου. Βρίσκεται στο  Βουκουρέστι, χτίστηκε με εντολή του τότε κομμουνιστή προέδρου Νικολάε Τσαουσέσκου, με τις εργασίες να ξεκινούν το 1984 και να διαρκούν μέχρι το 1989, όπου εργάστηκαν ασταμάτητα 20.000 εργάτες και είναι τόσο μεγάλο που δυσκολεύει ακόμη και όσους θέλουν να το βγάλουν μια... φωτογραφία. Έχει 12 ορόφους (συν 8 ακόμη υπόγειους) και περίπου... 3 χιλιάδες δωμάτια που καλύπτουν 330 χιλιάδες τετραγωνικά μέτρα. Το κόστος του έφτασε τα 3,3 δισεκατομμύρια ευρώ και για να χτιστεί, χρειάστηκε να κατεδαφιστεί περίπου το 1/5 του κεντρικού Βουκουρεστίου.

Μεγάλο μουσουλμανικό τέμενος Djenne, Μάλι

Χτίστηκε το 1907 και είναι η μεγαλύτερη κατασκευή από λάσπη του κόσμου. Έχει κατασκευαστεί σχεδόν ολοκληρωτικά από άμμο, χωμάτινα τούβλα, πηλάσβεστο και γύψο και σήμερα, θεωρείται ένα από τα μεγαλύτερα επιτεύγματα αρχιτεκτονικής της περιοχής, ενώ ορίστηκε Μνημείο Παγκόσμιας Πολιτιστικής Κληρονομιάς το 1988.

Φρούριο Derawar, Πακιστάν

Ένα φρούριο μνημειωδών διαστάσεων, το Derawar διαθέτει 40 προμαχώνες που αναδύονται από την έρημο δημιουργώντας έναν εκπληκτικό τετράγωνο σχηματισμό. Οι τοίχοι του, μεγαλόπρεποι όπως και το υπόλοιπο οικοδόμημα, εκτείνονται στα 1500 μέτρα και το ύψος του φτάνει τα 30 μέτρα. Βρίσκεται στη μέση της ερήμου Κολιστάν και ακόμη και οι περισσότεροι Πακιστανοί αγνοούν την ύπαρξή του. Ένας από τους λόγους είναι ότι για να φτάσει κανείς εκεί, πρέπει να προσλάβει ξεναγό με το κατάλληλο όχημα προκειμένου να τον μεταφέρει από την πόλη Bahawalpur, μέσω της ερήμου, στο Derawar, όπου χρειάζεται ειδική άδεια για να μπει κανείς μέσα.

Chand Baori,  Ινδία

Άλλο ένα από τα σημαντικά μεν, «θαμμένα» δε αξιοθέατα του κόσμου βρίσκεται στο  Ρατζαστάν της  Ινδίας και είναι το Chand Baori, ένα θεαματικό, τετράγωνο πηγάδι, με βάθος που μετράει 13 ορόφους και τοίχους στους οποίους βρίσκονται διπλές σκάλες που κατεβαίνουν στα 30 μέτρα, όπου συναντά κανείς μια πηγή με σμαραγδένια νερά. Τα 3,5 χιλιάδες συμμετρικά σκαλοπάτια μοιάζουν σαν να σχηματίζουν ένα βαθύ μονοπάτι που δεν τελειώνει ποτέ, ένα από τα πιο βαθιά και μεγαλύτερα του κόσμου. Χτίστηκε από τον Βασιλιά Chanda της Δυναστείας Nikumbha Dynasty μεταξύ του 800 και του 900 μ.Χ. και είναι τόσο όμορφο, όσο και πρακτικό με τα νερά του να παραμένουν δροσερά στο βάθος του, σε αντίθεση με το άνυδρο και πολύ ζεστό κλίμα της περιοχής.

Γέφυρα Stari Most, Βοσνία Ερζεγοβίνη

Η παλιά γέφυρα ή Stari Most όπως την αποκαλούν οι ντόπιοι, χτίστηκε το 1566 από τον Τούρκο αρχιτέκτονα Mimar Hajrudin και για την κατασκευή της χρειάστηκαν 456 κομμάτια τοπικής πέτρας. Βρίσκεται στην πόλη Μostar, την οποία διασχίζει ο ποταμός Neretva και αποτέλεσε τη ζωή της πόλης για 427 χρόνια. Είναι 4 μέτρα φαρδιά, 30 μέτρα μακριά και 24 μέτρα ψηλή, αποτελώντας ένα από τα πιο αναγνωρίσιμα αξιοθέατα της πόλης, παράδειγμα ισλαμικής αρχιτεκτονικής των Βαλκανίων. Το 1990 η γέφυρα καταστράφηκε κατά τη διάρκεια του πολέμου, η ανοικοδόμησή της, όμως, τέθηκε ως στόχος που ολοκληρώθηκε τον Ιούλιο του 2004, όταν η νέα «παλιά» γέφυρα άνοιξε και πάλι.

Τείχος Kumbhalgarh,  Ινδία

Εκτός από το Σινικό τείχος της Κίνας, υπάρχει και άλλο ένα μεγάλο τείχος, το Kumbhalgarh στην  Ινδία, το οποίο τόσα χρόνια επισκιάζεται από τον... ανατολικό αντίπαλό του. Είναι το 2ο μεγαλύτερο τείχος του κόσμου, βρίσκεται στο  Ρατζαστάν, είναι 4,5 παχύ σε κάποια σημεία του και εκτείνεται για 36 χιλιόμετρα, διαθέτοντας 7 πύλες. Κατασκευάστηκε τις ημέρες του Rana Kumbha, ο οποίος το ήθελε για να προστατέψει το φρούριό του. Τον 19ο αιώνα το τείχος μεγάλωσε και σήμερα προφυλάσσει περισσότερους από 360 ναούς, παραμένοντας πάντα ένας άγνωστος θησαυρός για τους περισσότερους.πηγή: clickatlife.gr

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Η γέννηση του «Τρίτου»

• 69 – Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus, the commander of the Danube armies, loyal to Vespasian, defeat the forces of Emperor Vitellius.
• 1260 – The Cathedral of Chartres is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France; the cathedral is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• 1260 – Saif ad-Din Qutuz, Mamluk sultan of Egypt, is assassinated by Baibars, who seizes power for himself.
• 1360 – The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War.
• 1590 – John White, the governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the "lost" colonists.
• 1641– Sir Phelim O'Neill the leader of the Irish Rebellion issues his Proclamation of Dungannon justifying the uprising and declaring continued loyalty to Charles I
• 1648 – The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War.
• 1795 – Partitions of Poland: The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth is completely divided among Austria, Prussia, and Russia.
• 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.
• 1851 – William Lassell, discovers the moons Umbriel, and Ariel, orbiting Uranus.
• 1857 – Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in Sheffield, England.
• 1861 – The First Transcontinental Telegraph line across the United States is completed, spelling the end for the 18-month-old Pony Express.
• 1901 – Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls, in a barrel.
• 1911 – Orville Wright, remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a Wright Glider, at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
• 1912 – First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory.
• 1917 – Battle of Caporetto; Italy suffers a catastrophic defeat by the forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany on the Austro-Italian front of World War I (lasts until 19 November - also called Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo).
• 1917 – Bolshevik Red Guards began takeover of buildings in Russia, among the first events associated with the October Revolution.
• 1926 – Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit.
• 1929 – "Black Thursday" stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange.
• 1930 – A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ousts Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa, the last President of the First Republic. Getúlio Vargas is then installed as "provisional president."
• 1931 – The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic.
• 1943 – The Provisional Government of Free India formally declares war on Britain and the United States of America.
• 1944 – World War II: The Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku and the battleship Japanese battleship Musashi are sunk by American aircraft in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
• 1945 – Founding of the United Nations.
• 1946 – A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
• 1947 – Famed animator Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.
• 1949 – The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid.
• 1954 – Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam.
• 1957 – The United States Air Force starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar program.
• 1960 – Nedelin catastrophe: An R-16 ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad at the Soviet Union's Baikonur Cosmodrome space facility, killing over 100. Among the dead is Field Marshal Mitrofan Nedelin, whose death is reported to have occurred in a plane crash.
• 1964 – Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes the Republic of Zambia (Southern Rhodesia remained a colony until the next year, with the Unilateral Declaration of Independence).
• 1973 – The Yom Kippur War ends.
• 1975 – In Iceland, 90% of women take part in a national strike, refusing to work in protest of gaps in gender equality.
• 1977 – Veterans Day is observed on the fourth Monday in October for the seventh and last time. (The holiday is once again observed on November 11 beginning the following year.)
• 1980 – The government of Poland legalizes the Solidarity trade union.
• 1986 – Nezar Hindawi is sentenced to 45 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a British court, for the attempted bombing on an El Al flight at Heathrow. After the verdict, the United Kingdom breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, claiming that Hindawi is helped by Syrian officials.
• 1990 – Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of Gladio, the Italian "stay-behind" clandestine paramilitary NATO army, which was implicated in false flag terrorist attacks implicating communists and anarchists as part of the strategy of tension from the late 1960s to early 1980s.
• 1992 – The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series.
• 1998 – Launch of Deep Space 1 comet/asteroid mission.
• 2002 – Police arrest spree killers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, ending the Beltway sniper attacks in the area around Washington, D.C.
• 2003 – Concorde makes its last commercial flight.
• 2004 – Arsenal Football Club loses to Manchester United, ending a row of unbeaten matches at 49 matches, which is the record in the Premier League.
• 2005 – Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida resulting in 35 direct 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage.
• 2007 – Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
• 2008 – "Bloody Friday" saw many of the world's stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices.
• 2014 – The China National Space Administration launches an experimental lunar mission, Chang'e 5-T1, which will loop behind the Moon and return to Earth.

Births[edit]

• 51 – Domitian, Roman emperor (d. 96)
• 1378 – David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (d. 1402)
• 1503 – Isabella of Portugal (d. 1539)
• 1561 – Anthony Babington, English leader of the Babington Plot (d. 1586)
• 1632 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch biologist and microbiologist (d. 1723)
• 1675 – Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (d. 1749)
• 1713 – Marie Fel, French soprano (d. 1794)
• 1739 – Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (d. 1807)
• 1763 – Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator (d. 1839)
• 1788 – Sarah Josepha Hale, American author and poet (d. 1879)
• 1804 – Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic (d. 1891)
• 1811 – Ferdinand Hiller, German composer and conductor (d. 1885)
• 1830 – Marianne North, English biologist and painter (d. 1890)
• 1838 – Annie Edson Taylor, American stuntwoman and educator (d. 1921)
• 1840 – Eliza Pollock, American archer (d. 1919)
• 1854 – Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (d. 1907)
• 1855 – James S. Sherman, American lawyer and politician, 27th Vice President of the United States (d. 1912)
• 1857 – Ned Williamson, American baseball player (d. 1894)
• 1868 – Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and author (d. 1969)
• 1872 – Peter O'Connor, Irish long jumper (d. 1957)
• 1875 – Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter (d. 1958)
• 1876 – Saya San, Burmese patriotic rebel against British (d. 1931)
• 1879 – B. A. Rolfe, American bandleader and producer (d. 1956)
• 1882 – Sybil Thorndike, English actress and singer (d. 1976)
• 1884 – Emil Fjellström, Swedish actor (d. 1944)
• 1885 – Rachel Katznelson-Shazar, Belarusian-Israeli wife of Zalman Shazar (d. 1975)
• 1887 – Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (d. 1969)
• 1887 – Octave Lapize, French cyclist and pilot (d. 1917)
• 1891 – Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic (d. 1961)
• 1891 – Brenda Ueland, American journalist, author, and educator (d. 1985)
• 1894 – Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1987)
• 1895 – Jack Warner, English actor and singer (d. 1981)
• 1896 – Marjorie Joyner, American businesswoman (d. 1994)
• 1901 – Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1959)
• 1901 – Hjalmar Mäe, Estonian politician (d. 1978)
• 1903 – Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent (d. 1960)
• 1904 – Moss Hart, American director and playwright (d. 1961)
• 1904 – A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi activist (d. 1932)
• 1905 – Fran Zwitter, Slovenian historian and academic (d. 1988)
• 1906 – Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician and cryptographer (d. 1968)
• 1908 – John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geologist and geophysicist (d. 1993)
• 1909 – Bill Carr, American runner (d. 1966)
• 1910 – Stella Brooks, American singer (d. 2002)
• 1910 – Joe L. Evins, American lawyer and politician (d. 1984)
• 1910 – Gunter d'Alquen, German journalist and SS officer (d. 1998)
• 1910 – James K. Woolnough, American general (d. 1996)
• 1910 – Yoel Zussman, Polish-Israeli lawyer and judge (d. 1982)
• 1911 – Paul Grégoire, Canadian cardinal (d. 1993)
• 1911 – Sonny Terry, American singer and harmonica player (d. 1986)
• 1913 – Tito Gobbi, Italian actor and singer (d. 1984)
• 1914 – Charles Craig Cannon, American colonel (d. 1992)
• 1914 – František Čapek, Czech canoe racer (d. 2008)
• 1914 – Claude B. Duval, American lawyer and politician (d. 1986)
• 1914 – Samuel Karnarvon Asbell, Canadian politician (d. 1965)
• 1914 – Ernesto Segura, Argentinian bishop (d. 1972)
• 1915 – Bob Kane, American author and illustrator (d. 1998)
• 1915 – Marghanita Laski, English journalist and author (d. 1988)
• 1915 – Roger Milliken, American businessman (d. 2010)
• 1916 – Anne Sharp, Scottish soprano (d. 2011)
• 1917 – Marie Foster, American activist (d. 2003)
• 1918 – Doreen Tovey, English author (d. 2008)
• 1919 – Frank Piasecki, American engineer and pilot (d. 2008)
• 1920 – Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician and academic (d. 1996)
• 1921 – Ted Ditchburn, English footballer and manager (d. 2005)
• 1921 – R. K. Laxman, Indian illustrator (d. 2015)
• 1922 – George Miller, American educator and politician, Mayor of Tucson (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Robin Day, English lieutenant and journalist (d. 2000)
• 1923 – Denise Levertov, English-American poet and critic (d. 1997)
• 1924 – Mary Lee, American actress and singer (d. 1996)
• 1924 – John Brereton Barlow, South African cardiologist and physician (d. 2008)
• 1924 – Fuat Sezgin, Turkish Islamic scholar
• 1925 – Bob Azzam, Egyptian-Monacan singer (d. 2004)
• 1925 – Luciano Berio, Italian composer and educator (d. 2003)
• 1925 – Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (d. 2014)
• 1925 – Willie Mabon, American-French singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1985)
• 1925 – Ieng Sary, Vietnamese-Cambodian politician co-founded the Khmer Rouge (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Paul Vaughan, English journalist and radio host (d. 2014)
• 1926 – Rafael Azcona, Spanish author and screenwriter (d. 2008)
• 1926 – Kidar Nath Sahani, Indian politician (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Y. A. Tittle, American football player
• 1927 – Gilbert Bécaud, French singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2001)
• 1927 – Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor and singer (d. 1992)
• 1927 – Barbara Robinson, American author and poet (d. 2013)
• 1928 – George Bullard, American baseball player (d. 2002)
• 1929 – Hubert Aquin, Canadian activist, author, and director (d. 1977)
• 1929 – Jim Brosnan, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2014)
• 1929 – George Crumb, American composer and educator
• 1929 – Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre, English wife of William Douglas-Home (d. 2012)
• 1929 – Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (d. 2004)
• 1929 – Gustav Ranis, American economist and academic (d. 2013)
• 1929 – Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Jack Angel, American voice actor
• 1930 – The Big Bopper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959)
• 1930 – Elaine Feinstein, English poet, author, and playwright
• 1930 – Johan Galtung, Norwegian sociologist and mathematician
• 1930 – Ahmad Shah of Pahang
• 1931 – Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian-German composer
• 1931 – Ken Utsui, Japanese actor (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Stephen Covey, American author and educator (d. 2012)
• 1932 – Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
• 1932 – Adrian Mitchell, English journalist, author, poet, and playwright (d. 2008)
• 1932 – Robert Mundell, Canadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1933 – Reginald Kray, English gangster (d. 2000)
• 1933 – Ronald Kray, English gangster (d. 1995)
• 1933 – Norman Rush, American author and educator
• 1934 – Peter Behn, American voice actor
• 1934 – John G. Cramer, American physicist and author
• 1934 – Ray Drake, English footballer (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Glen Glenn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1934 – Jean-Baptiste Gourion, Algerian-French bishop (d. 2005)
• 1934 – Sammy Petrillo, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1934 – Sanger D. Shafer, American singer-songwriter
• 1935 – Malcolm Bilson, American pianist, musicologist, and educator
• 1935 – Antonino Calderone, Italian mobster (d. 2013)
• 1935 – Mark Tully, Indian-English journalist and author
• 1936 – Jüri Arrak, Estonian artist
• 1936 – Jimmy Dawkins, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
• 1936 – David Nelson, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2011)
• 1936 – Bill Wyman, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (The Rolling Stones and Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings)
• 1937 – Miguel Ángel Coria, Spanish composer
• 1937 – Barry Davies, English journalist and sportscaster
• 1937 – John Goetz, American baseball player (d. 2008)
• 1937 – Heribert Offermanns, German chemist and academic
• 1937 – Rosaria Piomelli, Italian-American architect and educator
• 1937 – Petar Stipetić, Croatian general
• 1938 – Michael Graydon, English air marshal
• 1938 – Odean Pope, American saxophonist (Catalyst)
• 1938 – Stephen Resnick, American economist and academic (d. 2013)
• 1939 – John Adye, English intelligence officer
• 1939 – F. Murray Abraham, American actor
• 1940 – Martin Campbell, New Zealand director and producer
• 1940 – Rafał Piszcz, Polish canoe racer (d. 2012)
• 1940 – David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville, English businessman and academic
• 1941 – William H. Dobelle, American medical researcher (d. 2004)
• 1941 – Peter Takeo Okada, Japanese priest, 11th Archbishop of Tokyo
• 1942 – Ruthann Aron, American politician
• 1942 – Stephen R. Bloom, British Professor of Medicine at Imperial College London
• 1942 – Maggie Blye, American actress
• 1942 – Ian Collins, Australian footballer and coach
• 1942 – Frank Delaney, Irish journalist and author
• 1942 – Don Francis, American epidemiologist and virologist
• 1942 – Don Gant, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Neon Philharmonic) (d. 1987)
• 1942 – Judy Manning, American politician
• 1942 – Rafael Cordero Santiago, Puerto Rician politician, 132nd Mayor of Ponce (d. 2004)
• 1942 – Fernando Vallejo, Colombian biologist and author
• 1943 – Bill Dundee, Scottish-American wrestler and manager
• 1943 – Corky Siegel, American singer-songwriter and pianist (Siegel–Schwall Band)
• 1944 – Ray Downs, American singer and author
• 1944 – Viktor Prokopenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2007)
• 1944 – Bettye Swann, American singer-songwriter
• 1944 – Ted Templeman, American singer, guitarist, and producer (Harpers Bizarre)
• 1945 – Gérald Larose, Canadian educator and union leader
• 1946 – Keti Chomata, Greek singer and actor (d. 2010)
• 1946 – Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (Steppenwolf and The Sparrows) (d. 1993)
• 1947 – Kevin Kline, American actor and singer
• 1948 – Phil Bennett, Welsh rugby player
• 1948 – Barry Ryan, English singer-songwriter
• 1948 – Paul Ryan, English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1992)
• 1948 – Kweisi Mfume, American politician
• 1949 – Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix, Mexican drug lord (d. 2013)
• 1949 – Chester Marcol, American football player
• 1949 – John Markoff, American journalist and author
• 1949 – Robert Pickton, Canadian serial killer
• 1949 – Keith Rowley, Trinidadian politician
• 1949 – Stan White, American football player and sportscaster
• 1950 – Iggy Arroyo, Filipino politician (d. 2012)
• 1950 – Karen Austin, American actress
• 1950 – Pablove Black, Jamaican singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1950 – Rawly Eastwick, American baseball player
• 1950 – Steven Greenberg, American singer-songwriter and producer (Lipps Inc.)
• 1950 – Tom Myers, American football player
• 1950 – Miguel Ángel Pichetto, Argentinian lawyer and politician
• 1950 – Miroslav Sládek, Czech politician
• 1950 – Gabriella Sica, Italian poet
• 1950 – Maria Teschler-Nicola, Austrian biologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist
• 1951 – George Tsontakis, American composer and conductor
• 1952 – Keith Bain, Canadian politician
• 1952 – Francesco Camaldo, Italian priest
• 1952 – Jane Fancher, American author and illustrator
• 1952 – Mark Gray, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Exile)
• 1952 – Omar Moreno, Panamanian baseball player
• 1952 – Ney Rosauro, Brazilian drummer and composer
• 1952 – Peter Smagorinsky, American theorist and educator
• 1952 – Ángel Torres, Dominican baseball player
• 1952 – Reggie Walton, American baseball player
• 1952 – David Weber, American author
• 1953 – John Barton, English footballer and manager
• 1953 – Charles Colbourn, Canadian computer scientist and mathematician
• 1953 – Christoph Daum, German footballer and manager
• 1953 – Steven Hatfill, American physician and virologist
• 1953 – Mindy Newell, American nurse and author
• 1953 – Mike Papantonio, American lawyer and radio host
• 1953 – Jim Pettie, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1953 – Shih Szu, Taiwanese actress
• 1953 – Andrew Turner, English academic and politician
• 1953 – David Wright, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
• 1954 – Doug Davidson, American actor
• 1954 – Thomas Mulcair, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1954 – Jožo Ráž, Slovak singer-songwriter and bass player (Elán)
• 1954 – Mike Rounds, American politician, 31st Governor of South Dakota
• 1954 – Brad Sherman, American accountant, lawyer, and politician
• 1954 – Malcolm Turnbull, Australian journalist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Australia
• 1955 – Katherine Knight, Australian murderer
• 1955 – Cheryl Studer, American soprano
• 1956 – Dale Maharidge, American journalist and author
• 1956 – Jeff Merkley, American politician
• 1956 – David Stergakos, American-Greek basketball player
• 1957 – Ron Gardenhire, German-American baseball player and manager
• 1957 – John Kassir, American actor
• 1958 – Vincent K. Brooks, American general
• 1958 – Chip Hooper, American tennis player and coach
• 1959 – Dominique Baert, French politician
• 1959 – Gunnar Bakke, Norwegian banker and politician, 65th Mayor of Bergen
• 1959 – Mike Brewer, American baseball player
• 1959 – Chihiro Fujioka, Japanese director and composer
• 1959 – Michelle Lujan Grisham, American lawyer and politician
• 1959 – Rowland S. Howard, Australian guitarist and songwriter (The Birthday Party and These Immortal Souls) (d. 2009)
• 1959 – Brad Johnson, American actor
• 1959 – Dave Meltzer, American journalist and historian
• 1959 – Shawn Moody, American businessman and politician
• 1959 – Ruth Perednik, English-Israeli psychologist and academic
• 1959 – Denis Troch, French footballer and manager
• 1959 – Annette Vilhelmsen, Danish educator and politician
• 1959 – Anthony Waller, Lebanese-English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 – Dennis Anderson, American monster truck driver
• 1960 – Ian Baker-Finch, Australian golfer and sportscaster
• 1960 – Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist, lawyer, and activist (d. 1999)
• 1960 – Wolfgang Güllich, German rock climber (d. 1992)
• 1960 – Joachim Winkelhock, German race car driver
• 1960 – BD Wong, American actor and singer
• 1961 – Mary Bono, American politician
• 1961 – Bruce Castor, American lawyer and politician
• 1962 – Yves Bertucci, French footballer and manager
• 1962 – Dave Blaney, American race car driver
• 1962 – Jonathan Davies, Welsh rugby player and television host
• 1962 – Ian Dalziel, English footballer and manager
• 1962 – Ted Dekker, Indonesian-American author
• 1962 – Debbie Googe, English bass player and songwriter (My Bloody Valentine, Primal Scream, and Snowpony)
• 1962 – Kristen Hall, American singer-songwriter (Sugarland)
• 1962 – Andrea Horwath, Canadian politician
• 1962 – Roland Königshofer, Austrian cyclist
• 1962 – Gene Larkin, American baseball player and coach
• 1962 – Gibby Mbasela, Zambian footballer (d. 2000)
• 1962 – Mark Miller, American motorcycle racer
• 1962 – Mark Morettini, American actor
• 1962 – Jay Novacek, American football player and coach
• 1963 – Mark Grant, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1963 – John Hendrie, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1963 – Giselle Laronde, Trinidadian model, Miss World 1986
• 1963 – Arvind Raghunathan, Indian businessman
• 1964 – Rosana Arbelo, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1964 – Linda Ballantyne, Canadian actress
• 1964 – Paul Bonwick, Canadian businessman and politician
• 1964 – Ray LeBlanc, American ice hockey player
• 1964 – Doug Lee, American basketball player
• 1964 – Dmitri Gorkov, Russian footballer and manager
• 1964 – Janele Hyer-Spencer, American lawyer and politician
• 1964 – Paul Vigay, English computer programmer (d. 2009)
• 1965 – Kyriakos Velopoulos, German-Greek journalist and politician
• 1966 – Roman Abramovich, Russian businessman and politician
• 1966 – Simon Danczuk, English academic and politician
• 1967 – Ian Bishop, Trinidadian cricketer and sportscaster
• 1967 – Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian actress
• 1967 – Esther McVey, English television host and politician
• 1968 – Mark Walton, American voice actor and illustrator
• 1968 – Robert Wilonsky, American journalist and critic
• 1969 – Adela Noriega, Mexican actress
• 1970 – Rob Leslie-Carter, English field hockey player and engineer
• 1970 – Jeff Mangum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Neutral Milk Hotel, The Olivia Tremor Control, and Major Organ and the Adding Machine)
• 1970 – Zensa Raggi, Moroccan-German porn actor and director
• 1970 – Natassa Theodoridou, Greek singer
• 1971 – Caprice Bourret, American model and actress
• 1971 – Antony Hegarty, English singer, composer and visual artist
• 1971 – Dervla Kirwan, Irish actress
• 1972 – Raelee Hill, Australian actress
• 1972 – Kim Ji-soo, South Korean actress
• 1972 – Scott Peterson, American murderer
• 1972 – Pat Williams, American football player
• 1972 – Jeremy Wright, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
• 1973 – Madlib, American rapper and producer (Madvillain, Quasimoto, and Lootpack)
• 1973 – Meelis Friedenthal, Estonian author and academic
• 1973 – Levi Leipheimer, American cyclist
• 1973 – Jackie McNamara, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1973 – Laura Veirs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1973 – Jeff Wilson, New Zealand rugby player, cricketer, and radio host
• 1973 – Pia Guanio, Filipino host and actress
• 1974 – Gábor Babos, Hungarian footballer
• 1974 – Corey Dillon, American football player
• 1974 – Wilton Guerrero, Dominican baseball player
• 1974 – Jamal Mayers, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 – Juan Pablo Ángel, Colombian footballer
• 1975 – Frank Seator, Liberian footballer (d. 2013)
• 1976 – Matteo Mazzantini, Italian rugby player
• 1976 – Joakim Nätterqvist, Swedish actor
• 1976 – Petar Stoychev, Bulgarian swimmer
• 1977 – Iván Kaviedes, Ecuadoran footballer
• 1978 – Carlos Edwards, Trinidadian footballer
• 1978 – James Hopes, Australian cricketer
• 1979 – Ben Gillies, Australian drummer and songwriter (Silverchair and Tambalane)
• 1979 – Marijonas Petravičius, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1980 – Matthew Amoah, Ghanaian footballer
• 1980 – Aiko Itō, Japanese actress
• 1980 – John D. Kobs, American businessman, founded Apartment List
• 1980 – Monica, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1980 – Zac Posen, American fashion designer
• 1980 – Christian Vander, German footballer
• 1980 – Casey Wilson, American actress and screenwriter
• 1981 – Alfred Vargas, Filipino actor and politician
• 1981 – Sebastián Bueno, Argentinian footballer
• 1981 – Jemima Rooper, English actress
• 1981 – Tila Tequila, Singaporean-American model, actress, and singer
• 1981 – Fredrik Mikkelsen, Norwegian guitarist
• 1981 – Kemal Aslan, Turkish professional footballer
• 1982 – Fairuz Fauzy, Malaysian race car driver
• 1982 – Macay McBride, American baseball player
• 1983 – Adrienne Bailon, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (3LW and The Cheetah Girls)
• 1983 – V V Brown, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1983 – Chris Colabello, Major League Baseball player
• 1983 – Hernán Garin, Argentinian footballer
• 1983 – Katie McGrath, Irish actress and model
• 1983 – Brian Vickers, American race car driver
• 1984 – Felicia Chin, Singaporean actress
• 1984 – Jonas Gustavsson, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1984 – Kaela Kimura, Japanese singer-songwriter (Sadistic Mika Band)
• 1984 – Lougee Basabas, Filipino singer and host (MOJOFLY)
• 1985 – Robert Cornthwaite, English-Australian footballer
• 1985 – Matthew Robinson, Australian snowboarder (d. 2014)
• 1985 – Wayne Rooney, English footballer
• 1985 – Oscar Wendt, Swedish footballer
• 1986 – Drake, Canadian rapper and actor (Young Money)
• 1986 – Nobuhiko Okamoto, Japanese voice actor and singer
• 1986 – John Ruddy, English footballer
• 1987 – Lincoln Lewis, Australian actor
• 1987 – Anthony Vanden Borre, Belgian footballer
• 1987 – Charlie White, American figure skater
• 1988 – Mitch Inman, Australian rugby player
• 1988 – Christopher Linke, German race walker
• 1988 – Demont Mitchell, Bahamian footballer
• 1989 – PewDiePie, Swedish YouTube commentator
• 1989 – Anderson Conceição, Brazilian footballer
• 1989 – Shenae Grimes, Canadian actress
• 1989 – Eric Hosmer, American baseball player
• 1989 – Richard Kolitsch, German footballer (d. 2014)
• 1989 – Eliza Taylor, Australian actress
• 1990 – LaMarcus Tinker, American actor, director, and producer
• 1990 – Kirby Bliss Blanton, American actress
• 1991 – Torstein Andersen Aase, Norwegian footballer
• 1991 – Marek Bednar, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1991 – Bojan Dubljević, Montenegrin basketball player
• 1992 – Marrion Gopez, Filipino actor
• 1993 – Nabil Jeffri, Malaysian race car driver
• 1994 – Krystal, American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (f(x) and SM the Ballad)
• 1994 – Tereza Martincová, Czech tennis player
• 1996 – Kyla Ross, American gymnast
• 1997 – Claudia Fragapane, English gymnast
• 1997 – Raúl Chávez Sarmiento, Peruvian mathematician

Deaths[edit]

• 996 – Hugh Capet, French king (b. 938)
• 1260 – Qutuz, Egyptian sultan
• 1375 – Valdemar IV of Denmark (b. 1320)
• 1537 – Jane Seymour, English wife of Henry VIII of England (b. 1508)
• 1572 – Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (b. 1508)
• 1601 – Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and alchemist (b. 1546)
• 1633 – Jean Titelouze, French organist and composer (b. 1562/3)
• 1655 – Pierre Gassendi, French priest, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1592)
• 1669 – William Prynne, English lawyer and author (b. 1600)
• 1672 – John Webb, English architect and scholar (b. 1611)
• 1725 – Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (b. 1660)
• 1799 – Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1739)
• 1821 – Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (b. 1740)
• 1852 – Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (b. 1782)
• 1875 – Raffaello Carboni, Italian-Australian author and poet (b. 1817)
• 1898 – Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (b. 1824)
• 1915 – Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (b. 1828)
• 1917 – James Carroll Beckwith, American painter (b. 1852)
• 1922 – George Cadbury, English businessman (b. 1839)
• 1935 – Dutch Schultz, American mobster (b. 1902)
• 1937 – Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
• 1938 – Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (b. 1870)
• 1943 – Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (b. 1912)
• 1944 – Louis Renault, French businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (b. 1877)
• 1945 – Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (b. 1887)
• 1948 – Franz Lehár, Slovak composer (b. 1870)
• 1948 – Frederic L. Paxson, American historian and author (b. 1877)
• 1958 – G. E. Moore, English philosopher and educator (b. 1873)
• 1960 – Yevgeny Ostashev, Russian pilot and engineer (b. 1924)
• 1964 – Toni Kinshofer, German mountaineer (b. 1931)
• 1966 – Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian (b. 1896)
• 1969 – Behçet Kemal Çağlar, Turkish poet and Member of Parliament (b. 1908)
• 1970 – Richard Hofstadter, American historian and author (b. 1916)
• 1971 – Carl Ruggles, American composer (b. 1876)
• 1971 – Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver (b. 1936)
• 1972 – Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1919)
• 1972 – Claire Windsor, American actress (b. 1897)
• 1974 – David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1908)
• 1975 – Zdzisław Żygulski, Sr., Polish historian, author, and educator (b. 1888)
• 1975 – İsmail Erez, Turkish diplomat (b. 1919)
• 1983 – Jiang Wen-Ye, Taiwanese composer (b. 1910)
• 1985 – Richie Evans, American race car driver (b. 1941)
• 1985 – Maurice Roy, Canadian cardinal (b. 1905)
• 1989 – Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish mountaineer (b. 1948)
• 1991 – Gene Roddenberry, American captain, screenwriter, and producer, created Star Trek (b. 1921)
• 1991 – Ismat Chughtai, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 1993 – Heinz Kubsch, German footballer (b. 1930)
• 1994 – Yannis Hotzeas, Greek theoretician (b. 1930)
• 1994 – Raúl Juliá, Puerto Rican-American actor and singer (b. 1940)
• 1997 – Don Messick, American voice actor and singer (b. 1926)
• 1999 – Berthe Qvistgaard, Danish actress (b. 1910)
• 2001 – Kathleen Ankers, American set designer (b. 1919)
• 2001 – Wolf Rüdiger Hess, German author (b. 1937)
• 2001 – Jaromil Jireš, Czechoslovak filmmaker (b. 1935)
• 2002 – Winton M. Blount, American soldier and politician, 59th United States Postmaster General (b. 1921)
• 2002 – Hernán Gaviria, Colombian footballer (b. 1969)
• 2002 – Harry Hay, English-American activist, co-founded the Mattachine Society and Radical Faeries (b. 1912)
• 2002 – Peggy Moran, American actress (b. 1918)
• 2004 – Randy Dorton, American engineer (b. 1954)
• 2004 – Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver (b. 1980)
• 2004 – James Aloysius Hickey, American cardinal (b. 1920)
• 2004 – Maaja Ranniku, Estonian chess player (b. 1941)
• 2005 – Joy Clements, American soprano (b. 1932)
• 2005 – José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran politician, President of Honduras (b. 1926)
• 2005 – Mokarrameh Ghanbari, Iranian painter (b. 1928)
• 2005 – Immanuel C. Y. Hsu, Chinese sinologist and scholar (b. 1923)
• 2005 – Rosa Parks, American activist (b. 1913)
• 2005 – Robert Sloman, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 2006 – Enolia McMillan, American educator and activist (b. 1904)
• 2006 – William Montgomery Watt, Scottish historian and scholar (b. 1909)
• 2007 – Petr Eben, Czech organist and composer (b. 1929)
• 2007 – Ian Middleton, New Zealand author (b. 1928)
• 2007 – Alisher Saipov, Kyrgyzstan journalist (b. 1981)
• 2007 – Anne Weale, English journalist and author (b. 1929)
• 2008 – Moshe Cotel, American pianist and composer (b. 1943)
• 2010 – Keti Chomata, Greek singer and actor (b. 1946)
• 2010 – Mike Esposito, American author and illustrator (b. 1927)
• 2010 – Lamont Johnson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1922)
• 2010 – Joseph Stein, American author and playwright (b. 1912)
• 2011 – Sansan Chien, Taiwanese composer (b. 1967)
• 2012 – Peggy Ahern, American actress (b. 1917)
• 2012 – Anita Björk, Swedish actress (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Jeff Blatnick, American wrestler and sportscaster (b. 1957)
• 2012 – Bill Dees, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)
• 2012 – Margaret Osborne duPont, American tennis player (b. 1918)
• 2013 – Antonia Bird, English director and producer (b. 1951)
• 2013 – Manna Dey, Indian singer (b. 1919)
• 2013 – Manolo Escobar, Spanish singer and actor (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Brooke Greenberg, American girl with a rare genetic disorder (b. 1993)
• 2013 – Ana Bertha Lepe, Mexican model and actress (b. 1934)
• 2013 – Lew Mayne, American football player and coach (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Frank Perconte American soldier b. 1917)
• 2014 – Kim Anderzon, Swedish actress (b. 1943)
• 2014 – Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African runner (b. 1980)
• 2014 – S. S. Rajendran, Indian actor (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer (b. 1948)
• 2014 – Alvin Wiederspahn, American lawyer and politician (b. 1949)

χριστουγεννιάτικοι προορισμοί 

Ρώμη,  Παρίσι ή  Λονδίνο; Είναι μόνο μερικές από τις πιο δημοφιλείς πρωτεύουσες της  Ευρώπης για τους Έλληνες ταξιδιώτες, και στη λίστα με τους πιο δημοφιλείς προορισμούς για τα Χριστούγεννα και την Πρωτοχρονιά. Έχεις ακόμα λίγο χρόνο για να οργανώσεις ένα λαμπερό ταξίδι στην  Ευρώπη. Παρακάτω θα βρεις τις προτάσεις μου για παραμυθένιες γιορτές σε αγαπημένους προορισμούς.

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Ρώμη

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Η Αιώνια πόλη όμορφη κάθε εποχή, ντύνεται με ένα λαμπερό μανδύα και σε καλεί να ζήσεις τη γοητεία της σε συνδυασμό με τη μαγεία των Χριστουγέννων. Διάβασε τη  λίστα με τα καλύτερα και οικονομικότερα ξενοδοχεία της  Ρώμης για να εξασφαλίσεις πολυτελή διαμονή σε λογικές τιμές. Η διαμονή σου για Χριστούγεννα στη  Ρώμηαπέχει μόνο ένα κλικ εδώ και μόλις κλείσεις... Buon Natale!

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Παρίσι

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Ποιος δεν θα ήθελε να βρεθεί στην πόλη του Φωτός κατά την διάρκεια των Χριστουγέννων; Για σένα που είσαι ρομαντική ψυχή, που θέλεις να ζήσεις τον έρωτα με το έτερον ήμισυ ή τον έρωτα σε μια πόλη διάλεξε το Παρίσι και Joyeux Noël! Για τη διαμονή σου σου προτείνουμε να κάνεις κλικ εδώ και να βρεις όλα τα διαθέσιμα ξενοδοχεία κοντά στο κέντρο του Παρισιού!

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Λονδίνο

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Κατά τη διάρκεια των Χριστουγέννων το  Λονδίνο σε δελεάζει να το επισκεφτείς περισσότερο από κάθε άλλη εποχή. Κάθε δρόμος της πόλης είναι στολισμένος, οι βιτρίνες των καταστημάτων πιο εντυπωσιακές από ποτέ. Τα στολίδια και τα λαμπιόνια καταλαμβάνουν τα πάντα: τα μαγαζιά, τα εμπορικά κέντρα, τις pub, το μετρό! Είναι τόσο όμορφα και παραμυθένια όλα, που θα έλεγες ότι είναι μια διαφορετική πόλη. Το μόνο σίγουρο είναι ότι το  Λονδίνο των Χριστουγέννων θα κερδίσει το θαυμασμό σου και δε θα θέλεις να τελειώσει αυτό το ταξίδι. Βρες ξενοδοχείο στο μαγικό χριστουγεννιάτικο  Λονδίνο εδώ και Merry Christmas!

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Κωνσταντινούπολη

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Όχι μια οποιαδήποτε πόλη, αλλά η Πόλη. Το μέρος που κλέβει την καρδιά κάθε Έλληνα που την επισκέπτεται, με την πολίτικη γοητεία και την κουλτούρα μιας άλλης εποχής, με διαφορετικές μυρωδιές και μνήμες. Αν την επισκεφτείς θα νιώσεις σίγουρα νοσταλγία αλλά και οικειότητα. Ειδικά αυτήν την περίοδο του χρόνου η επίσκεψη στην Αγία Σοφία έχει μια διαφορετική αίσθηση και δυναμική. Η αρχόντισσα στολίζεται και σε περιμένει για ένα μοναδικό ταξίδι κατά τη διάρκεια των εορτών. Για διαμονή αστέρων και Mutlu Noellerκάνετε κλικ εδώ!

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Αθήνα

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Έχουμε εξηγήσει τους λόγους για τους οποίους η  Αθήνα είναι ιδανική για να ζήσεις το πνεύμα των εορτών. Δεν είναι τα στολίδια, οι εκδηλώσεις, τα θέατρα, ή οι άπειρες επιλογές για διασκέδαση· είναι που αυτή η πόλη κρύβει τόσες πλευρές, τόσο ιδιαίτερη γοητεία από περιοχή σε περιοχή, από εποχή σε εποχή που θέλεις να γνωρίσεις κάθε της πρόσωπο. Ειδικά την περίοδο των εορτών η ενέργεια και η ζωή είναι διάχυτη στον αέρα της πόλης. Βρες προτάσεις για ξεχωριστά Χριστούγεννα στην  Αθήνα, μερικά από τα καλύτερα deals για διαμονή κατά τη διάρκεια των εορτών και τα top hotels για πολυτελή διαμονή εδώ.
Καλά Χριστούγεννα!

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Μπάνσκο

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Πάρτε τα βουνά, διασκεδάστε με χειμερινές δραστηριότητες και απολαύστε χαλάρωση κι αδρεναλίνη σε ένα από τους πιο δημοφιλείς χειμερινούς προορισμούς κατά την διάρκεια των εορτών. Κι αν δεν είναι το ατού σου τα σπορ, στο  Μπάνσκο θα βρεις εξαιρετικά σπα για να εξασκήσεις αυτού του είδους τα hobby! Εδώ η πολυτέλεια είναι προσιτή στον καθένα. Έχεις περιέργεια; Τότε μπες εδώ και Весела Коледа!

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Πράγα

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Αγαπάς τα Χριστούγεννα γιατί σε κάνουν να νιώθεις παιδί; Γιατί μπαίνεις ασυναίσθητα σε ένα άλλο ρυθμό, πιο παραμυθένιο; Δοκίμασε να ταξιδέψεις στην  Πράγα. Η πρωτεύουσα της Τσεχίας θα σε μεταφέρει σε έναν άλλο κόσμο, όπου σε κάθε γωνιά της θα ζεις ένα διαφορετικό παραμύθι. Ψάχνεις να βρεις πού θα μείνεις στην πόλη με τη μεσαιωνική γοητεία και την ιδιαίτερη ομορφιά των Χριστουγέννων; Ζήσε τη διαφορετική χριστουγεννιάτικη λάμψη κάνοντας κλικ εδώ! Veselé Vánoce!

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Βιέννη

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Η  Βιέννη είναι μια από τις Ευρωπαϊκές πόλεις που πραγματικά αξίζει να επισκεφτείς την περίοδο των εορτών. Κάθε μια από τις 23 συνοικίες της συμμετέχει στις χριστουγεννιάτικες αγορές. Η ιστορική πλατεία Rathausplatz μετατρέπεται σε μία ζωντανή Χώρα των θαυμάτων ενώ στις πλατείες Maria-Theresien και Karlsplatz θα βρεις χριστουγεννιάτικα χωριά που φαντάζουν βγαλμένα από παραμύθι. Κάθε είδους χριστουγεννιάτικες εκδηλώσεις λαμβάνουν χώρα στους δρόμους και στις πλατείες της  Βιέννης. Κλείσε τη διαμονή σου στην πόλη που αλλάζει ρυθμούς και υποδέχεται τους επισκέπτες σε ένα απόλυτα γιορτινό κλίμα, εδώ. Frohe Weihnachten!

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Βουδαπέστη

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Σαν μια όμορφη γυναίκα η  Βουδαπέστη παραμένει υπέροχη κάθε εποχή του χρόνου, με φώτα και στολίδια ή χωρίς, μα όταν επιλέγει να τραβήξει τα βλέμματα και να κερδίζει τις εντυπώσεις το κάνει με απόλυτη επιτυχία. Τα χριστουγεννιάτικα φώτα πλημμυρίζουν τις πλατείες, τις γέφυρες, ακόμα και τα τραμ γεμίζοντας με περισσότερο χρώμα και λάμψη την πόλη. Μην παραλείψεις τη χριστουγεννιάτικη κρουαζιέρα στο Δούναβη με ζωντανή μουσική, είναι μια ξεχωριστή εμπειρία. Αυτά τα Χριστούγεννα πες «Boldog Karácsonyt» από την Ουγγαρία και κλείσε το ξενοδοχείο σου εδώ!