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Cape Town is the second largest city in South Africa and is the capital of the Western Cape Province . It is located in the south-west corner of the country near the Cape of Good Hope, and is the most southern city in Africa. It is a stone's throw from South Africa's world-famous Cape Winelands around Stellenbosch, Paarl and Franschhoek. The Cape Town metropolitan area covers a large area, from Durbanville and Somerset West in the east to Cape Point in the south and Atlantis in the north. The city centre is located at the shore of Table Bay. Cape Town has some of the worlds best wine producing vineyards and arguably the worlds most scenically stunning on it's doorstep. The city is famous for its harbour , for its natural setting in the Cape Floristic Region , and for such well-known landmarks as Table Mountain and Cape Point. It is one of the most multicultural cities in the world, reflecting its role as a major destination for immigrants and expatriates to South Afri...

Morocco cuisine is one of the best-loved cuisines on the planet, Moroccan cooking is revered for creative flavour combinations, aromatic spices and exotic ingredients. It is influenced by Morocco's interactions and exchanges with other cultures and nations over the centuries. From the heady aromas of cinnamon, allspice and ginger emanating from a freshly baked pigeon bestila, to sardines dusted with cumin and coriander, and the richness of smoky, zesty chicken tagine, every mealtime in Morocco is an opportunity to  delve a little deeper into the country’s rich cultural heritage. With its long Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts, Morocco boasts a rich array of fish dishes. Sardines, anchovies, mackerel and prawns are just some of the offerings you’ll find at the fish markets, where locals eat the catch of the day fried at the market as the boats come in. It also produces a large range of Mediterranean fruits and vegetables and even some tropical ones. Commo...

The Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore is the main church of Florence, Italy. It began in 1296 in the Gothic style with the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi. The exterior of the basilica is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink bordered by white and has an elaborate 19th-century Gothic Revival façade by Emilio De Fabris. It is the third largest cathedral in the world. The cathedral complex, located in Piazza del Duomo, includes the Baptistery and Giotto's Campanile. These three buildings are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site covering the historic centre of Florence and are a major attraction to tourists visiting Tuscany. In the age when designers almost never got to see their work completed since it took many years to build anything, Brunelleschi finished his project and was able to see his amazing work and the reactions of the people. The dome was ...

The  Ancient Kano City Walls    were ancient  defensive walls  built to protect the inhabitants of the ancient city of Kano.  Built in the 11th and 12th centuries    and completed in the middle of the 14th century. The Ancient Kano City Walls were described as "'the most impressive monument in West Africa. they are also  among of the most interesting examples of ancient fortifications in Africa. Because of the earthen building materials used and the lack of a conservation movement until very recently, the walls of Kano are not nearly as intact as most of the other examples on this list. However, sections are still well preserved, and the walls have been submitted to UNESCO as an important natural and cultural heritage site, the first step in becoming a World Heritage Site. Kano was, and still is, a major stop along the trans-Saharan trade route. The Kurmi Market, first established in the 1400s and still used today, is a living example of...

The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty(1420 to 1912). Located in heart of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. It served as the home of emperors and their households as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government for almost 500 years.Constructed from 1406 to 1420. The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. Ancient Chinese people displayed their very considerable skills in building it. Take the grand red city wall for example. It has an 8.6 meters wide base reducing to 6.66 meters wide at the top. The angular shape of the wall totally frustrates attempts to climb it. The bricks were made from white lime and glutinous rice while the cement is made from glutinous rice and egg whites. These incredible materials make the wall extraordinarily strong. Since yellow is ...

The Blue Mosque is a historic mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. The mosque is known as the Blue Mosque because of blue tiles surrounding the walls of interior design. The Blue Mosque continues to function as a mosque today; men still kneel in prayer on the mosque's lush red carpet after the call to prayer. Also known as The Sultan Ahmed Mosque, was constructed between 1609 and 1616 during the rule of Ahmed I. It contains Ahmed's tomb, a madrasah and a hospice. Hand-painted blue tiles adorn the mosque’s interior walls, and at night the mosque is bathed in blue as lights frame the mosque’s five main domes, six minarets and eight secondary domes. It sits next to the Hagia Sophia, another popular tourist site. The Sultan Ahmed Mosque has also become a popular tourist attraction in Istanbul. Following the Peace of Zsitvatorok and the crushing loss in the 1603–1618 war with Persia, Sultan Ahmet I, decided to build a large mosque in Istanbul to reassert Ottoman power. It wou...

The Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza pyramid complex bordering what is now El Giza, Egypt. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact. Originally, the Great Pyramid was covered by casing stones that formed a smooth outer surface; what is seen today is the underlying core structure. Some of the casing stones that once covered the structure can still be seen around the base. There have been varying scientific and alternative theories about the Great Pyramid's construction techniques. Most accepted construction hypotheses are based on the idea that it was built by moving huge stones from a quarry and dragging and lifting them into place. There are three known chambers inside the Great Pyramid. The lowest chamber is cut into the bedrock upon which the pyramid was built and was unfinished. The so-called Queen's Chamber and King's Chamber are higher up withi...

Mole National Park is located  in northwest Ghana  and it is the largest  most frequently visited  wildlife refuge in Ghana. It is  situated in the heart of the pristine Guinea Savannah Woodland ecosystem with low hills and escarpments.  This area of Ghana receives over 1000 mm per year of  rainfall . A long-term study has been done on Mole National Park to understand the impact of human hunters on the animals in the preserve.  The park's lands were set aside as a wildlife refuge in 1958. In 1971 the small human population of the area was relocated and the lands were designated a national park. The park is an important water catchment area with smaller water streams and other rivers with smaller water streams and other rivers pouring their water in the White Volta. Kparia and polzen are among popular rivers in the park which have developed into a spectacular waterfall downstream. There is an estimate of about 742 species of plants and...