Piazza San Marco in Venice

Since ancient times, when Greek and Roman architects designed the agora and the forum as places where citizens could gather for public meetings, the main square has been seen as the heart of a city. For centuries, Venice's Piazza San Marco has witnessed state ceremonies, processions and carnivals. Napoleon referred to this place as the 'finest drawing room in all Europe.' Surrounded by collonades and watched over by St Mark's Basilica, tourists today come from all over the world to saunter around and enjoy the strains of piano music drifting out of the pavement cafes.

Rečnik :

• Ancient times - drevnih vremena 
• Gather - okupiti
• Square - trg
• Witnessed - svedočili, prisustvovali
• Surrounded - okružen
• Collonades - serije kolona
• Saunter - šetati, gegati
• Pavement - trotoar, pločnik

Najnovija britanska kraljevska destinacija

Move over Buckingham Palace, there's a new royal destination in town – a car park in Leicester, about 100 miles north of London.
A small rectangle of tarmac in the centre of a former manufacturing city might not fit in with the normal template of regal attractions. But since early February, when Leicester University researchers announced that they had found the skeleton of King Richard III during an archaeological dig, Leicester has been besieged with visitors hoping to get a glimpse of the royal bones.

Foto: University of Leicester

Rečnik :

•  Move over -  premestiti se sa jedna lokacije na drugu
•  Car park - parkiralište 
•  Tarmac - asfalt
•  Regal - nešto što pripada ili priliči kralju ( Royal )
•  Announced - najavili
•  During - tokom
•  Besieged - pod opsadom

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