A beautiful and attractive painting of Mona Lisa is kept in Louvre museum of Paris. Separate room is built, humidity and temperature is maintained so that the painting is not spoiled and this painting is placed behind the bullet proof glass. Leonardo da Vinci Born in 1452 in vinci town Tuscany. Leonardo was the illegitimate son of his father that's why his name was Leonardo da Vinci. He started working in Verrocchio studio at age of 14. His teacher Verrocchio trained him and he started making paintings. He was a nature lover as his paintings contains nature's depiction and illustrations. Vinci used to say that science and art is complementary, he used to show the science behind his art. Vinci was such an amazing visionary that he merged to different departments together. The Mona Lisa or La gioconda is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Vinci that has been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung a...
Elephant caves, Maharashtra Located near to the Mumbai City, at only 7 km away on an island can only be reached by ferry rides. There are seven Rock cut caves, have been finally carved and designed by ancient artisians. Dates back to 6th century A.D. The fo due to the erosion of the limestone deposits by The chitravathi River. Belum caves have a length of 3229 and deepest point of 120 feet below the entry level. Belum caves, Andhra Pradesh Second largest natural cave in India. Situated in the belum village of kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh. These are formed due to the erosion of the limestone deposits by the chitravati River. Belum caves have a length of 3229 and deepest point of 120 feet below the entry level. Bhimbetka caves, Madhya Pradesh Situated inside ratapani wildlife sanctuary in madhya Pradesh. It is also a UNESCO world heritage site as it preserves some of the earliest artworks of man-made. It is believed to be the shelter of pandavas of Mahabharata during their time of ex...
Lonar lake also known as lonar crater, is a notified National Geo-heritage monument located in Buldhana district, Maharashtra. It was created by an asteroid collision with earth impact during the pleistocene E-poch. The water in the lake is both saline and alkaline. The lake was first mentioned in ancient scriptures such as the skanda purana and the Padma purana. The Ain-i-akbari, a document written about 1600 CE. The first European to visit the lake was a British officer, J.E. Alexander in 1823. Lonar lake has a mean diameter of 1.2 millimeters. The lake is a heaven for a wide range of plants and animal life. Resident and migrator birds such as black-winged stilts, brahminy ducks, grebes, shelducks(European migrant), swallows, etc. are found on the lake. Among reptiles, the monitor lizard is reported to be prominent. Lonar crater become a geo-heritage site in 1979. The area of 3.83 square kilometre was declared as lonar wildlife sanctuary by the government on 20 November 2015. In case...
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