(Worldkings.org - Aseanrecords.world) - Tibiao, located in the province of Antique, in the Western Visayas of the Philippines, is famous for its hot kawa baths. The tubs are heated over fires of bamboo, where you sit in the water with fragrant leaves, flowers, and herbs.
(WorldKings.org – Aseanrecords.world) – The Sasanian dynasty of Iran ruled an area from the Euphrates River to Bactria from the third century A.D. until the Islamic conquest in the seventh century, controlling for much of that time the Silk Route from Byzantium to China. Dating from the fourth century A.D., this silver head of a Sasanian king is an exquisite example of Sasanian metalwork.
(WorldKings.org – Aseanrecords.world) – Red and White Plum Blossoms (shihonkinjichakushoku kōhakubaizu) is an early 18th-century painting on a pair of two-panel byōbu folding screens by Japanese artist Ogata Kōrin (1658–1716). The simple, stylized composition depicts a patterned flowing river with a white plum tree on the left and a red one on the right. The plum blossoms indicate the scene occurs in spring.
(Aseanrecords.world) - Lang Dulay (August 3, 1928 - April 30, 2015) was a Filipino traditional weaver who was a recipient of the National Living Treasures Award.
She is credited with preserving her people's tradition of weaving T'nalak, a dyed fabric made from refined abaca fibre.
(WorldKings.org – Aseanrecords.world) - The statue of Laocoön and His Sons, has been one of the most famous ancient sculptures ever since it was excavated in Rome in 1506 and placed on public display in the Vatican, where it remains. It is very likely the same statue praised in the highest terms by the main Roman writer on art, Pliny the Elder.
(WorldKings.org – Aseanrecords.world) - The Ambassadors (1533) is a painting by Hans Holbein the Younger. Also known as Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve, it was created in the Tudor period, in the same year Elizabeth I was born. As well as being a double portrait, the painting contains a still life of several meticulously rendered objects, the meaning of which is the cause of much debate. It also incorporates a much-cited example of anamorphosis in painting. It is part of the collection at the National Gallery in London.
(WorldKings.org – Aseanrecords.world) - Apollo and Daphne is a life-sized Baroque marble sculpture by Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, executed between 1622 and 1625. Housed in the Galleria Borghese in Rome, the work depicts the climax of the story of Daphne and Phoebus in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
(WorldKings.org – Aseanrecords.world) - The most famous section of the Sistine Chapel ceiling is Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam. This scene is located next to the Creation of Eve, which is the panel at the center of the room, and the Congregation of the Waters, which is closer to the altar.
(WorldKings.org – Aseanrecords.world) - The sculpture Non-Violence is also known as “the knotted gun”. It was originally created as a memorial tribute to the legendary singer and songwriter John Lennon, after he was shot and killed outside his home in New York City on December 8, 1980.
(Aseanrecords.world) - There are many towns in Laguna which have their own unique characteristic so you can take your pick which town you will be most comfortable in like like Liliw which is known to be the footwear capital of Laguna.
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