The Fountain in Trocadero, Paris

If you want to see the Palais de Chaillot, you need to go to the Trocadero area. It is located across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower. In front of this building, you can see a beautiful fountain. Place du Trocadero derives its name from a Spanish fortress which the French conquered in 1823.

the beautiful fountains in Trocadero. This was taken during my second visit in Paris last August 2010.

The hill of the Trocadéro is the hill of Chaillot, a former village.

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The Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy

Let's go travel in Europe again! How would you love to visit Rome and see one of the famous fountains in the world? The Trevi Fountain, called in Italian as Fontana de Trevi was created by Bernini in 1641 and was continued by architect Salvi in 1735 under Pope Clement XII.

There is a legend about this fountain that says, whoever drinks its water or throws a coin in it will surely return to Rome. That is also the reason why I threw a coin during our visit last August 11-14, 2010. The Trevi Fountain is also known for its excellent water. It is also the largest baroque fountain in Rome.

Here are some images I took during our visit last August 2010.

a detail of the Fountain.

The Trevi Fountain is said to measure 25.9 meters (85 feet) high and 19.8 meters (65 feet) wide.

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The Fountain in Trafalgar Square, London, England

I am here again to give you an update about my Europe Travel and Adventure. Sometimes I am thinking what to share and feature here. Finally, I decided to share about one of the famous squares in United Kingdom which is Trafalgar Square. I thought I can only see this place on travel catalogues but I was there last 2008. During our visit here, it was raining so hard that we could hardly take a good picture of this square. It was autumn in October 2008 when a friend accompanied and toured me here in London. I also read that Trafalgar Square ranks as the fourth most popular tourist attraction on Earth with more than fifteen million visitors a year. I therefore concluded that I am one of those lucky and happy tourists who had seen personally this famous attraction not only in United Kingdom but in the whole world as well.

Here is a picture I took during my visit. More images to come next time!

The Fountain in Trafalgar Square England..This was taken during my three weeks vacation in England.

The name commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), a British naval victory of the Napoleonic Wars. The original name was to have been "King William the Fourth's Square", but George Ledwell Taylor suggested the name "Trafalgar Square".

The northern area of the square had been the site of the King's Mews since the time of Edward I, while the southern end was the original Charing Cross, where the Strand from the City met Whitehall, coming north from Westminster. As the midpoint between these twin cities, Charing Cross is to this day considered the heart of London, from which all distances are measured.

In the 1820s the Prince Regent engaged the landscape architect John Nash to redevelop the area. Nash cleared the square as part of his Charing Cross Improvement Scheme. The present architecture of the square is due to Sir Charles Barry and was completed in 1845. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalgar_Square

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