Tuesday, 5 February 2019
Saturday, 2 February 2019
TURKEY
PAKISTAN
Friday, 1 February 2019
BRAZIL
Monday, 28 January 2019
KYRGYZSTAN
The Burana Tower is a large minaret in the Chuy Valley. The tower, along with grave markers, some earthworks and the remnants of a castle and three mausoleums, is all that remains of the ancient city of Balasagun. The Burana Tower is included on the silk road of Chang'an-Tanshan Corridor, inscribed as an UNESCo site since 2009. This property is a 5,000 km section of the extensive Silk Roads network, stretching from Chang’an/Luoyang, the central capital of China in the Han and Tang dynasties, to the Zhetysu region of Central Asia. It took shape between the 2nd century BC and 1st century AD and remained in use until the 16th century, linking multiple civilizations and facilitating far-reaching exchanges of activities in trade, religious beliefs, scientific knowledge, technological innovation, cultural practices and the arts. The thirty-three components included in the routes network include capital cities and palace complexes of various empires and Khan kingdoms, trading settlements, Buddhist cave temples, ancient paths, posthouses, passes, beacon towers, sections of The Great Wall, fortifications, tombs and religious buildings. La Valletta, the capital of Malta was ruled successively by the Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs and the Order of the Knights of St. John's. Valletta's 320 monuments, all within an area of 55 há, make it one of the most concentrated historic áreas in the world.
Saturday, 19 January 2019
TURKEY
SERBIA
MALAYSIA
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