Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha
Lumbinī is the place where, according to Buddhist tradition, Queen Mayadevi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama in 563 BCE. Gautama, who achieved…
Ancient City of Damascus
“Founded in the 3rd millennium B.C., Damascus is one of the oldest cities in the Middle East. In the Middle Ages, it…
Rock art in Val Camonica
“Valcamonica, situated in the Lombardy plain, has one of the world’s greatest collections of prehistoric petroglyphs – more than 140,000 symbols and…
Mount Kenya Natural Forest
“At 5,199 m, Mount Kenya is the second highest peak in Africa. It is an ancient extinct volcano, which during its period…
Via Dolorosa and Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem
“The Via Dolorosa is a street within the Old City of Jerusalem, held to be the path that Jesus of Nazareth walked…
Strasbourg – Grande île
“Surrounded by two arms of the River Ill, the Grande Ile (Big Island) is the historic centre of the Alsatian capital. It…
Parsagadae
“Pasargadae was the first dynastic capital of the Achaemenid Empire, founded by Cyrus II the Great, in Pars, homeland of the Persians,…
Pont Alexandre III
“The Beaux-Arts style bridge, with its exuberant Art Nouveau lamps, cherubs, nymphs and winged horses at either end, was built between 1896…
Huangshan Xidi Village
First built during the Huangyou era (1049–1053), the rise of the village was closely tied to the fortunes of the Hu family….