The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China is a series of  fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China in part to protect the Chinese Empire or its prototypical states against intrusions by various nomadic groups or military incursions by various war like peoples or forces. Several walls were being built as early as the 7th century these, later joined together and made bigger, stronger, and unified are now collectively referred to as the Great Wall. Especially famous is the wall built between 220–206 BC by the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang. Little of that wall remains. Since then, the Great Wall has on and off been rebuilt, maintained, and enhanced; the majority of the existing wall was reconstructed during the Ming Dynasty.

12 Breathtaking Photos taken at Islands of Croatia by Petar Botteri

Petar Botteri is a photographer from Croatia. He won the FIRST PLACE on the biggest Internet photo contest in the world, Pixoto, in the category “City, street & park”, in 2012 and 2013. He is the first of 9478 photographers in 2012 and  of 13581 photographers in 2013, in category “City, street & park”, from around the world. He is born in Stari Grad, city on the island Hvar in Croatia. Island Hvar and all Croatian islands are very beautiful. The city Stari Grad, as the name translated in english is Old Town, is the oldest city in Croatia. It was built in 384 B.C. It’s old stone streets are especially beautiful.