Bryggen, Bergen (Norway)

Bryggen (that is on the UNESCO list for World Cultural Heritage sites) is a place with Hanseatic commercial buildings lining the eastern side of the fjord of Bergen, in Norway.
Throughout history, Bryggen has experienced many fires, since its houses were made from wood.

Beautiful Umayyad Mosque

Another picture of the beautiful Umayyad Mosque (Damascus, Syria).

It is beautiful, isn't it?

Palmyra

Palmyra, located in an oasis in the Syrian desert, was in the ancient times an important city of central Syria (vital for travellers crossing the desert along the caravan routes). Today, its magnificent ruins are visited by thousands of tourists.

Aleppo, Syria

Aleppo (Syria) is one of the oldest inhabited cities of the world, it knew human settlement since the eleventh millennium B.C. It was known to the Greeks as Beroea, and to the Turks as Halep. It occupies a strategic trading point between the Mediterranean Sea and the Euphrates River.

Umayyad Mosque, Damascus

The Umayyad Mosque is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. The mosque holds a shrine which is said to contain the head of John the Baptist, honored as a prophet by Muslims and Christians.

Carmona (Seville, Spain)

Carmona is an ancient town built on a ridge overlooking the central plain of Andalusia. The principal entrance to the town is an old Moorish gateway, called Puerta de Sevilla.

Maasai people in Amboseli, Kenya

The Maasai are an African ethnic group located in Kenya and Tanzania. Today, the traditional semi-nomadic Maasai way of life is increasingly threatened.