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After more than three years of construction the world's largest statue is on track for an October 2018 opening. The massive Statue of Unity in India is set to tower an extraordinary 600 feet (183 m), almost double the height of the Statue of Liberty.This massive engineering feat is set to exceed the current record for the world's tallest statue, held by the Spring Temple Buddha in China, which stands at just over 500 feet (153 m) – although, some do argue the Spring Buddha actually stands to a height of over 680 feet (208 m) if the multiple pedestals it stands on are included.The Statue of Unity is designed to be a large memorial for Vallabhbhai "Sardar" Patel, one of the primary figures of India's independence movement in the early 20th century, and often referred to as the "Iron Man of India."The remarkable project is being built in the Indian state of Gujarat, facing the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada River. The statue is constructed on a river island that will be connected to the mainland via a long bridge. Inside the statue will be a visitor centre and museum with a viewing deck built into the chest of the statue.This first phase of the project is expected to cost around US$460 million, with further phases planned to expand the entire footprint of the development, including a hotel and convention centre. The entire plan is on such a staggering scale that it is the kind of thing you can't believe is being built until you actually see that it's almost complete.From an engineering perspective this is also unimaginably massive. The multi-firm consortium managing the design and build includes Turner Construction, best known for project managing the construction of the Burj Khalifa. Over the last couple of the years the two concrete cores of the monument have been successfully built, around which structural steel scaffolding will be erected to support the bronze outer panels that give the statue its shape.The first bronze panel was recently installed ,bringing the statue into its final phase of construction that will see its true form emerge over the coming months.Another district in India is already aiming to steal the record of world's tallest from the Statue of Unity. The Shiv Smarak monument laid its foundation in 2016, with an estimated competition date set for 2021. This extraordinary statue dedicated to a 17th century warrior king is planned to be 690 feet (210 m) high, or a mind-blowing 885 feet (270 m) high if including its gigantic base.enjoy…

The “original” speakers of Hungarian language migrated to the Pannonian Basin in the second half of the 9th century. The starting point of their migration is still debated, but more and more evidence points to the eastern side of the Ural Mountains as their Urheimat. They first moved to the Volga basin in the western side of the Urals, lived there for quite a while with Turkic peoples, adopted nomadic pastoralism and became highly skilled in mounted archery. According to recent arheological results, they left the Volga basin around 830 AD and eventually reached the Pannonian Basin around 885 AD. There they subdued the locals, then launched plundering raids into Western European territories. In their new homeland, the Hungarians settled mostly in the lowlands, suitable for greezing, and retained a semi-nomadic lifestyle, practising transhumance: they would migrate along a river between winter and summer pastures, finding water for their livestock. Their defeat at Lechfeld against the united German army in 955 AD marked the end of the plundering raids. Due to changed economic circumstances, insufficient pasturage to support a nomad society and the impossibility of moving on, their semi-nomadic lifestyle began to change and the Hungarians adopted a settled life and turned to agriculture from the second half of the 10th century. The Hungarian tribal leaders and their clans established fortified centers in the Pannonian Basin, and a whole system of Hungarian villages started to develop. Grand Chieftain Géza (r: 972–997) abolished the old center of the nomadic state at Upper Tisza and sought new ones at Székesfehérvár and Esztergom. He invited Christian missionaries for the first time. His son, Vajk, converted to Christianism around 995 AD, and reformed the power structure by defeating the local semi-independent chieftains. Also, he forced his subjects to convert to Christianism. Vajk was crowned the first king of Hungary as Stephen I at Esztergom in 1000 AD. The king founded nine dioceses and at least one archbishopric. Counties, the basic units of administration, were districts organized around the fortresses of defeated local lords / chieftains and headed by royal officials known as ispáns, or counts. The Hungarian warriors of the defeated lords and chieftains became small landholders (várjobbágy or iobagio castri) obliged to provide military services to the ispán. They were superior in status to castle folk (várnép), peasants living in villages formed in the lands pertaining to the royal castle, who were obliged to provide well-specified services to the várjobbágyok. This highly centralized form of governance led to the spread of Hungarian language in the whole region as Hungarian-speaking warriors were present in all royal counties and daily interaction between the two social classes was inevitable. Eventually, many locals end up adopting the language of the elite. Due to the disintegration of the system of royal castle districts, many castle warriors became serfs (jobbágy) working on the lands of private landholders from the 13th and 14th centuries. This was crucial to the survival of Hungarian language among all social classes. However, Hungarian language only became widespread in those territories where large masses of Hungarians settled: in the lowlands. In the mountainous regions, it was only spoken in the close vicinity of royal castles.

Czechia /ˈtʃɛki.ə/ (Česko /ˈtʃɛskɔ/ in Czech) is a landlocked country in Central Europe, consisting of three historical lands, Bohemia (Čechy), Moravia (Morava) and Czech Silesia (Slezsko). The country is bordered by Germany to the west and northwest, Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east and Austria to the south. Czechia is the official English short-form and geographical name of the Czech Republic. The name was registered by the United Nations and included in the UNGEGN World Geographical Names on July 5, 2016.Every year millions of tourists from all over the world visit Czechia. Many people regard Prague as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe and worldwide. But Czechia is much more than only Prague. There are 12 UNESCO World Heritage sites, many medieval towns and picturesque landscapes. This website presents the most amazing places in Czechia, the very heart of Europe.The basic roots of Czech statehood are not historically fully confirmed, but the unification of the main Czech tribes can be attributed through indirect historical evidence between the 7th and early 8th century. The coming of Slavic tribes to Central Europe is dated between the 5th and 6th century.* Great Moravian Empire (830–907) – incl. Moravia, Bohemia,western Slovakia, Silesia, Pannonia, Lower Austria (with origins of Christianity in 863 bringing by Byzantine Christian theologians and missionaries, brothers Saints Cyril and Methodius) was the first Czech principality. Its role was taken over after the Empire's breakup at the turn of 9th and 10th century by* the Přemyslid State (885–1306) (Czech dynasty of Přemyslid), first* Principality of Bohemia - incl. Bohemia, Moravia and a part of Silesia. During the 10th and 11th centuries the principality was consolidated, incorporating Moravia and some other neighboring territories, later* Kingdom of Bohemia, when the gradual rise in political, economic and cultural importance of the medieval Czech state resulted in its declaration as a kingdom in 13th century and reached its peak during the reign of Charles IV (1346–1378) from* the Luxemburg dynasty (1306–1437) - Charles the IV, the emperor of The Holy Roman Empire, reigning (1346–1378) after his father John of Luxemburg (also called John of Bohemia), king of Bohemia, formed the* Lands of The Crown of Bohemia (the official political name was frequently referred to as "The Czech State"), or "the Bohemian Crown lands". This state (1348–1918) was a kind of “confederation” of(1)The Kingdom of Bohemia and "adjacent lands“ as political units:(2)The Moravian Margraviate – from the 10th century until 1918(3)The Principality of Silesia – from the 14th century until 1742, in 1742 only the smaller part of this territory has remained a part of the Czech state as „Czech Silesia“(4)Upper and Lower Lusatia – from the 14th century until 1635, since 1635 part of Germany (Saxony).Lands of Bohemian Crown came through following periods:* Interregnum(1439 – 1453)* George from Poděbrady(1453 - 1471)* Jagellonian dynasty(1471 - 1526)* Hapsburg dynasty(1526 - 1648)* Bohemian Crown lands as a part of the Hapsburg dynasty's Austrian empire (from 1648) and (from 1867) Austrian-Hungarian Empire until 1918* Czechoslovakia - Czechia, Slovakia, Sub-Carpatian Ruthenia (1918 -1938)* Czecho-Slovakia without border territories (30th September 1938 - 14th March 1939); the so called 'Second Republic' after the Munich "Agreement" (euphemistically and historically), in exact terms the Dictate of Germany, Italy, confirmed by the U.K. and France* Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (1939 - 1945) - German occupation; division of Czecho-Slovakia into Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia as a „part“of Nazi Germany. Meanwhile, the Slovaks proclaimed their „independent“ Slovak State, which was under „patronage“ of Nazi Germany* Czechoslovak Republic (Czechoslovakia), (1945 - 1992), from 1960 until 1989 with the attribute "socialist". In 1945 the loss of Sub-Carpatian Ruthenia (incorporated into Soviet Union/Ukraine), 1948 – the Communist party won and has got complete political sovereignty, the communist regime ruling until 1989.* The Federation of Czech Socialist Republic (Czechia) and Slovak Socialist Republic (Slovakia) – the one of the positive outcomes of the of Prague Spring in 1968 which was defeated in August 1968 by the Soviet occupation (1968–1990)* Czech and Slovak Federal Republic – federation of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic (1990–1992)* Czech Republic (Czechia) - since 1st January 1993, after the split of Czechoslovakia into two independent states: Czechia and Slovakia.Czech musicians, composers, architects, artists, and writers have made enduring contributions to their fields. Most visitors to the country head for the capital, Prague with its extraordinarily rich heritage of historic buildings and virtually intact medieval city center. But it would be a mistake to assume that Prague s the only interesting place in the whole country. Czechia, with its rich architectural and cultural heritage, has a lot more to offer.Besides the romantic countryside, tourists visit friendly mountains, with thousands of extraordinary photo opportunities, world-famous spas, offering regeneration, relaxation and cures to various illnesses as a bonus to "the nineteenth century elegant, opulent lifestyle, modernized by the twentieth century liberalism", thousands of castles, palaces, churches, monasteries, historic cities, unique food with surprising tastes, "best beers in the world", to the excellent, modestly priced wines, known only to a few.One of the features of wine-growing areas is that sampling the product becomes a bit of a ritual; here it's made more interesting by the distinctive small household wine cellars, or vinne sklipky. Some are partially underground, some are more like huts, some constitute virtually a "wine village".Czechia has a rich cultural heritage. Prague was a major European musical center in the 18th century, represented by classical composers such as Josef Mysliveček (1737-81). 19th century Czech music was created by Bedřich Smetana, who, using folk sources and his own inspiration, almost single-handedly created a modern Czech musical style and Antonin Dvořák, whose work combined cosmopolitanism with nationalism, emerged as one of the most renowned composers of his day. Leos Janacek, whose creative period came after 1900, had a unique style based on the speech patterns of his native district of Moravia. Also in the romantic nationalist tradition were Zdeněk Fibich (1850-1900) and, somewhat later, Josef Suk and Vitězslav Novak(1870-1949).During the 1920s and 1930s many Czech composers, notably the atonalist Alois Hába (1893-1973), were attracted to avant-garde music. A more conservative figure from this period was the French-influenced cosmopolitan Bohuslav Martinů.Czech architecture, particularly spectacular Baroque and the Art Nouveau is world famous, but only the informed few know that Czech architecture flourished since the Pre-Romanesque. The Church of Virgin Mary, 882-884, was the oldest stone building in Prague.The Prague Castle (Pražský Hrad) is the largest ancient castle in the world. Founded in the 9th century, the complex of buildings now occupies 18 acres.Czech cuisine (Czech: česká kuchyně) has both influenced and been influenced by the cuisines of surrounding countries. Many of the cakes and pastries that are popular in Central Europe originated within Czechia. Contemporary Czech cuisine is more meat-based than in previous periods; the current abundance of farmable meat has enriched its presence in regional cuisine. Traditionally, meat has been reserved for once-weekly consumption, typically on weekends. The body of Czech meals typically consists of two or more courses; the first course is traditionally soup, the second course is the main dish, and the third course can include supplementary courses, such as dessert or compote (kompot). In the Czech cuisine, thick soups and many kinds of sauces, both based on stewed or cooked vegetables and meats, often with cream, as well as baked meats with natural sauces (gravies), are popular dishes.What foreigner tourists say about Czechia :Best beers in the worldExcellent hiking and cycling pathsAffordable spasInteresting folklore, excellent food and beers, good wines.Magnificent castles and interesting old towns.Call our country Czechia, please. Our country has more than 1200 years old history and only very small part of it is the history of republican system. Leave that cold and clumsy formal name Czech Republic for politics. Czechia is a geographical name, which is independent on time and state-political changes in the country, thus, it can be used for our country both in historical and contemporary context.