Harvard University was established on September 8, 1636 as a Harvard College (then in Newtown, now Cambridge, which is part of the so-called metropolitan. Great Boston) as the first university in the British colonies in North America (Massachusetts Bay Cologne).
Named after the names of the Puritan clergyman, the Reverend John Harvard, who was the first donor to the university, which is the college.
Harvard laid his to keep the school from its inception until his death. In his will, wrote the library and half his estate.
Harvard University is made up of schools (faculties), in which learning takes place in college ('undergraduate', which graduates receive a bachelor's degree: BA / BSc) or in one of the schools with a master's or doctoral (graduate and professional schools).
Please note that each school degree at Harvard requires candidates to win the title prior BA / BSc or its equivalent from any school (does not have to be a Harvard College).
30/08/2012
Lake Ohrid in Macedonia.
Autor:
Demigod
The Ohrid Lake is said to be the oldest reservoir of its kind in Europe and the deepest lake in the Balkan Peninsula. It is on the field is the line of demarcation between Macedonia and Albania, and the more often we can also see that this is one of the most beautiful lakes in the continent.
If we doubt, it is advisable that we went on a trip to Macedonia in the country, located directly on the lake is in fact a beautiful city Ohrid. Extremely attractive tourist resort delights monuments remembering the Middle Ages, and it's an excellent point from which we can begin to explore the lake.
If we doubt, it is advisable that we went on a trip to Macedonia in the country, located directly on the lake is in fact a beautiful city Ohrid. Extremely attractive tourist resort delights monuments remembering the Middle Ages, and it's an excellent point from which we can begin to explore the lake.
Titicaca Lake - breathtaking lake in South America.
Autor:
Demigod
Lake Titicaca is the second largest lake in South America, located in the Altiplano basin (specifically in the northern part), between the stripes of the Andes.
Titicaca is the highest navigable lake, where you can enjoy the large sailing ships. Interestingly the water level in the lake varies from time to time up to five meters. It is tectonic lake, formerly a much larger, but the intense geological processes and reduced the size of the evaporation from the sea to the lake. Reservoir has more than 25 tributaries and on the surface is more than 81 islands, some of which are populated. This place is an interesting tourist attraction and it is certainly a challenge for fans of sailing.
Titicaca is the highest navigable lake, where you can enjoy the large sailing ships. Interestingly the water level in the lake varies from time to time up to five meters. It is tectonic lake, formerly a much larger, but the intense geological processes and reduced the size of the evaporation from the sea to the lake. Reservoir has more than 25 tributaries and on the surface is more than 81 islands, some of which are populated. This place is an interesting tourist attraction and it is certainly a challenge for fans of sailing.


