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Qutub Minar, Delhi

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Apr 262010
 

The (Qutab or Qutub) a tower in Delhi, India, is at 72.5 meters the world’s tallest brick minaret. Construction commenced in 1193 under the orders of India’s first Muslim individual Qutb-ud-din Aibak, and the topmost storey of the minaret was complete in 1386 by Firuz Shah Tughluq. The is notable for being digit of the earliest and most prominent examples of -.

Qutub Minar, Delhi

Qutub Minar


It is surrounded by several other ancient and nonmodern structures and ruins, collectively known as Qutb complex. The is listed as a UNESCO . It is digit of the most popular traveler destinations in Delhi, and was also India’s most visited monument in 2006, as it attracted 3.9 million visitors, even more than the , which drew about 2.5 million visitors.

Qutub Minar, Delhi GPS coordinates: 28° 31′ 27.68″ N, 77° 11′ 6.89″ E

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Tomb of Askia

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Jan 292010
 

The Tomb of , in Gao, Mali, is believed to be the of Askia Mohammad I, digit of ’s most prolific emperors. It was shapely at the end of the ordinal century and is designated as a UNESCO . UNESCO describes the spot as a dust like warning of the monumental mud-building traditions of the West African Sahel. The complex includes the pyramidal tomb, two , a cemetery and an assembly ground. At 17 metres in height it is the largest pre-colonial in the region. It is the prototypal warning of an Islamic architectural style that later spread throughout the region.

Tomb of Askia

Tomb of Askia


Relatively recent modifications to the place have included the expansion of the buildings in the 1960s and mid-1970s, and the 1999 construction of a surround around the site. It has also been regularly replastered throughout its history, a impact essential to the maintenance and repair of mud structures. Electricity was added in the early 2000s, allowing for , lights and a loud speaker mounted on top.
Askia is in regular use as a mosque and a publicly owned cultural for the city of Gao. The place and a pilot area around it are protected by both domestic and local laws.
GPS coordinates: 16° 17′ 23″ N, 0° 2′ 40″ W
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Saint Catherine’s Monastery, Egypt

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Sep 052009
 

’s Monastery lies next to the , next to the way out of an inaccessible gorge on the foot of featuring in urban arrived Egypt. The monastery is also is a UNESCO .

Saint Catherines Monastery, Egypt

Saint Catherine's Monastery


According on the way to the UNESCO information (60100 ha // Ref: 954) after that website hereunder, this monastery has been called the oldest working featuring in the world though the , situated diagonally the Red Sea in the desert south of Cairo, moreover holds ask for on the way to that designation. The monastery documents preserves the succeeding biggest pool of ahead of schedule codices along with manuscripts wearing the world, outnumbered only in the Vatican Library. Its potency mendacity wearing Greek, Coptic, Arabic, Armenian, Hebrew, Georgian, furthermore Syriac texts. The Codex Sinaiticus, at this point now the British Library, gone the monastery wearing the 19th century in place of Russia, during state of affairs that are at once unclear. advisor.

Saint Catherine’s Monastery, Egypt GPS coordinates: 28° 33′ 20″ N, 33° 58′ 34″ E

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Poblet Monastery, Spain

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May 302009
 

Poblet Monastery, Spain

Poblet Monastery


The Monastery of is a , founded in 1151, located in the comarca of de Barberà, in Catalonia (Spain). It was founded by from France. The main architect was Arnau Bargués. It was the of the kings of the Crown of since James I of . This monastery was abandoned in 1835 and was restored during the 1940s. This monastery was the first of three sister monasteries, known as the Cistercian triangle, that helped consolidate power in Catalonia in the 12th century. (The other two are Vallbona de les Monges and Santes Creus). It is a , since 1991. The altar (1527) was sculpted by Damián Forment. Nice Spain .
Spain GPS travel destinations: 41° 22′ 51″ N, 1° 4′ 57″ E

Poblet Monastery, Spain GPS coordinates: 41° 22′ 51″ N, 1° 4′ 57″ E

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Tikal, Guatemala

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Dec 082008
 

is the largest of the ancient of the . It is located in the El Petén department of Guatemala at Now part of Guatemala’s National Park, it is a Site and a popular .

Tikal, Guatemala

Tikal


The closest large towns are Flores and Santa Elena, approximately 64 kilometres (40 mi) by road to the southwest. Tikal was one of the major cultural and population centers of the . Though at the site dates to the 4th century BC, Tikal reached its apogee during the Classic Period, ca. 200 AD to 900 AD, during which time the site dominated the politically, economically, and militarily while interacting with areas throughout Mesoamerica, such as central Mexican center of Teotihuacan. There is also evidence that Tikal was even conquered by Teotihuacan in the 4th century A.D. Following the end of the Late Classic Period, no new major monuments were built at Tikal and there is evidence that elite palaces were burned. These events were coupled with a gradual population decline, culminating with the site’s abandonment by the end of the 10th century. .
GPS coordinates: 17° 13′ 19″ N, 89° 37′ 22″ W

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Chavin de Huantar, Lima

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Nov 242008
 

Chavin de Huantar is an archaeological site containing ruins and artifacts originally constructed by the Chavín, a pre-, around 900 B.C. The site is located 250 kilometers north of Lima, Peru at an elevation of 3150 meters, between the ranges of the and the . Chavin de Huantar has been designated a Site. Some of the Chavin reliefs from this archaeological site are on display in the in Lima. Findings at Chavin de Huantar indicate that social instability and upheaval began to occur between 500 and 300 B.C., at the same time that the larger began to decline. Large ceremonial sites were abandoned, some unfinished, and were replaced by villages and agricultural land. At Chavin de Huantar, no later than 500 B.C., a small village replaced the Circular Plaza. The plaza was occupied by a succession of groups, and and stone carvings were salvaged for use in house walls. Multiple occupation floors indicate the village was continuously occupied through the 1940’s. Lima travel attractions.
GPS travel destinations: 9° 35′ 33.99″ S, 77° 10′ 42.43″ W

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