The Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan built the Shalimar Gardens in 1637. Akin to all previous Mughal landscape architecture, I found this architectural marvel to also …
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Old city of Sana’a Sana’a is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.Sana’a is the capital of Yemen which is situated at …
Golden Temple of Dambulla?is a?World Heritage Site?located in?Sri Lanka?(near Colombo). It is the largest and most well-kept cave temple in Sri Lanka. It is surrounded …
Construction of the Pennsylvania State House, which came to be known as Independence Hall, began in 1732. It was a symbol of the nation to …
The coast of the Gulf of Porto is one of Corsica’s most famous landscapes, and rightly so – with its dramatic sculpted red rock and …
The?Forbidden City?was the Chinese imperial?palace?from the?Ming dynasty?to the end of the?Qing dynasty. It is located in the center of?Beijing, China, and now houses the?Palace Museum. …
The?Ruwenzori mountains?in southwestern?Uganda?are a high well watered massif rising above dry plains. Rwenzori Mountains National Park (0?06′ – 0?46’N and 29?47′- 30?11’E), a World Heritage …
Acropolis, Athens The Acropolis?was both the fortified citadel and state sanctuary of the?ancient city?of Athens. Although the great building programs of the 5th century B.C. …