The riverbanks are preserved as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and it is a place where you could spend days just marveling at the Danube, …
Year: 2021
The Walls of Avila .. humanitarian heritage with Islamic traces – Culture & Art – 25/12/2021 – KUNA
… Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), registered the walls of Spanish city of Avila as a World’s heritage site in 1985 for being the …
Giant Statue of the Buddha To Be Inaugurated in Brazil
From youtube.com A giant statue of the Buddha—believed to be the largest in the Western world—is scheduled to be inaugurated in Brazil later this month with a formal Buddhist ceremony at Morro da Vargem Zen Monastery in Ibiraçu Municipality, in the…
Vinkeveense Plassen – The Netherlands’ Carved-up Lake
The Dutch province of Utrecht is home to a bizarre-looking lake that seems to have been carved up with a giant knife, which sounds preposterous, but is actually fairly accurate. Vinkeveense Plassen (Lakes of Vinkeveen) consists of a large body of water …
New Christ statue in Brazil’s Encantado to be taller than Rio’s
image copyrightGetty Images image captionThe head and arms were added a few days ago A new statue of Christ being built in Brazil will be taller than the famous Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro. Christ the Protector in the southern city of Encantado wi…