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سعودی علاقہ حمیٰ یونیسکو کے عالمی ثقافتی ورثے کے فہرست میں شامل

سعودی علاقہ حمیٰ یونیسکو کے عالمی ثقافتی ورثے کے فہرست میں شامل

سعودی علاقہ حمیٰ یونیسکو کے عالمی ثقافتی ورثے کے فہرست میں شامل ریاض،25جولائی(آئی این ایس انڈیا) سعودی عرب کے ایک اور مقام کو یونیسکو کے عالمی ثقافتی ورثے کے فہرست میں شامل کر لیا گیا ہے اور یوں اب اس ملک میں ایسے مقامات کی تعداد چھ ہو گئی ہے۔ ہفتے کے روز یونیسکو کی جانب سے اعلان کیا گیا کہ سعودی عرب کے جنوب مغرب میں واقع علاقے حمیٰ کو اس فہرست میں شامل کیا جا رہا ہے۔ حمیٰ میں قدیم زمانے کے پتھر…

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Sintra, Castle of the Moors The Castle of the Moors is a hilltop medieval castle located in the central Portuguese civil district of Santa Maria and São Miguel, in the municipality of Sintra, about 25km northwest of Lisbon. Built by the Moors in the 8th and 9th centuries, it was an important strategic point during the "Reconquista", and was taken by Christian forces after the fall of Lisbon in 1147. It is classified as a National Monument, part of the Sintra Cultural Landscape, and is an UNESCO World Heritage Site. The restored castle has retained the charm of an old ruin, surrounded by dense forests and crumbling ramparts that offer spectacular views of the Sintra region. Sintra, il castello dei Mori Il castello dei Mori è un castello medievale in cima a una collina che si trova nella distretto portoghese di Santa Maria e São Miguel, nel comune di Sintra, a circa 25 km a nord-ovest di Lisbona. Costruito dai Mori nei secoli VIII e IX, fu un importante punto strategico durante la "Reconquista" ed è stato preso dalle forze cristiane dopo la caduta di Lisbona nel 1147. È classificato come un monumento nazionale, parte del paesaggio culturale di Sintra, e patrimonio mondiale dell'UNESCO. Il castello restaurato ha mantenuto il fascino di una vecchia rovina, circondata da fitti boschi e foreste che offrono una vista spettacolare della regione di Sintra. #sintra #portugal 🇵🇹 #portogallo #CastleofMoors #medieval #castle #World_Heritage_Site #hoboh @hoboh #hoboh_pt @hoboh_pt @visitportugal #visitportugal  @super_europe_channel #igersportugal  #super_portugal #ig_portugal #topportugalphoto  #holiday #tourist  #instatraveling  #Portugalagramas #Portugal_a_gramas @Portugal_a_gramas #portugalalive (presso Moorish Castle)

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Ensemble of Historical Sassanian Cities in Fars Province (Bishabpur, Firozabad, Sarvestan) The Sassanid archeological landscape is a UNESCO world heritage, located in Fars province and inscribed very recently, in 2018. It contains 3 main castles and other monuments around them: Bishapur palace, Sarvestan palace, and Firozabad palace. The first time of construction is estimated to be around the 5th century. #history #historical_building #house #trip #hotel #hostel #tourguide #architecture #tours #beautifulplaces #travel_to_Iran #tour_to_iran #World_Heritage #World_Heritage_sites #Historical #Sarvestan #Bishabpur #legendoflostland #legend_of_lost_land (at Sarvestan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8gANZ7ILCi/?igshid=i1lejhk7tki0

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Ensemble of Historical Sassanian Cities in Fars Province (Bishabpur, Firozabad, Sarvestan) The Sassanid archeological landscape is a UNESCO world heritage, located in Fars province and inscribed very recently, in 2018. It contains 3 main castles and other monuments around them: Bishapur palace, Sarvestan palace, and Firozabad palace. The first time of construction is estimated to be around the 5th century. #history #historical_building #house #trip #hotel #hostel #tourguide #architecture #tours #beautifulplaces #travel_to_Iran #tour_to_iran #World_Heritage #World_Heritage_sites #Historical #Sarvestan #Bishabpur #legendoflostland #legend_of_lost_land (at Sarvestan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8gAIM_AGlK/?igshid=1b61eayxluhmq

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Backpacking Information and facts on Sri Lanka

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SRI LANKA

Population: 19.four million (UN, 2005) Funds: Colombo (professional), Sri Jayawardenepura (administrative) Area: sixty five,610 sq km (25,332 sq miles) Significant languages: Sinhala, Tamil, English Important religions: Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity Life expectancy: seventy one yrs (males), 77 decades (gals) (UN) Financial device: Sri Lankan rupee

The teardrop-shaped island of Sri Lanka is oddly labelled because of the Chinese as being the "land with out sorrow". The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is actually a little nation is one of one of the most ideal countries for travel from the South Asia region. And though the fright on the civil war or perhaps the 2004 tsunami is not great publicity with the tourism market, Serendib, as Persians named it and whence English will take "serendipity" from, is severely serene and serene in more techniques than 1, inland and around the seas.

After the disastrous and destructive Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004 where 31,229 fatalities ended up reported and all-around one million still left homeless, Sri Lanka's sweet and gradual recovery accolades it since the "small wonder." Europeans while in the early times of environment exploration thought they had discovered the "Garden of Eden", but what is becoming of this Pearl with the Indian Ocean will be the crown jewel on the spice trade. Over the within, the once-called Ceylon is peaceful and care-free, but close to it, wars ended up waged by terrific empires inside of a quest to covet the loaded island.

GEOGRAPHY & CLIMATE

Sri Lanka is usually a sixty five,610 km2 territory of mainly flat and rolling plains even though mountainous while in the central part to the south. Quite low that the island wonder has a highest altitude, the Pidurutalagala of 2,524 metres above the Indian Ocean, its lowest point, and as such, located at 7 00 N, 81 00 E and south of India, the country basks inside a warm tropical monsoon climate moderated by ocean winds and moisture. The three corresponding seasons are southwest monsoons from June to October, wet northeast monsoon from December through March, and hot season from April to May. January has the coldest of days in the year, though April is extremely unbearable as the Sri Lankan sun glares like no other. There is no ideal time to be in Sri Lanka. It is all about the place you are when you're there. If a person finds the urban jungle too hot to the liking and the air too dim and thin for breathing, heed the call of the countryside for better climate and air.

PEOPLE & CULTURE

In all methods, these factors work for that good of local and vacation existence, for the people in Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankans, are a peaceful and simple unit of people, unit while in the sense of being a nation amidst ethnic and religious disparity. Sri Lanka is constituted by a majority of Sinhalese, from Ceylonese of almost three-quarters in the inhabitants, followed by Sri Lankan Moors, Indian and Sri Lankan Tamil consecutively, and other immigrants.

The constitution of Sri Lanka attests to freedom of religion, but, while in the main, the republic is usually a Buddhist country with almost 70% from the inhabitants following, mainly Sinhalese, but with a wonderful proportion of Hindus (mostly Tamils), Muslims, and Christians. The language in the state is SINHALA used for that most part by all with the Sinhalese populace and far more, that is 75% with the Sri Lanka, although TAMIL is also a national language. ENGLISH is definitely the de facto language for government and business affairs, and is spoken competently by a sizable 10% of Sri Lanka.

FOOD & ATTRACTION

Nowhere else can a traveller see great ethnic and religious proportion than from the cash itself, Colombo basically because it's got anything and everything. Although Colombo is the biggest and the busiest place 1 can go to in their island adventure, there are other relaxing options like a lazy trek to the ancient cities, a cool surf while in the heat in the sun, a scuba dive, a snorkel, or a serene waterfront show with the sunset, all at the moment if preferred, in which it is truly tranquil and no cost to explore. It will be the ideal place to start and end a traveller's Sri Lankan journey.

But should the equatorial sun, add the smothering diesel fogged air of Colombo slowly deteriorate your vacation zest, delve into the world-class attractions countryside like rice valleys, mountain springs, forever falls, tea terraces, virgin rain forests, golden coastlines, the Elephant Rock, the Sigiriya Rock Fortress (Lion's Rock), lost cities, stone temples, forest monasteries, and, really, the list goes on. These are but revelations to what the "small island, big trip" this enigmatic place is.

Then again, no journey can be perfection with no a taste on the Sri Lankan cuisine. In these parts on the globe, food is so fantastic everything stops as if nothing bad can happen. Sri Lankan cuisine- and people think Indian cuisine. The food here is like the motherland itself in variety and heat. In truth, Sri Lankan food has an identity of its own, exceptionally magnificent visually and all otherwise, bar none. Rice, the staple, is the blank canvas to the art of colours and flavours effervescent on your typical Sri Lankan plate. Although spices used here are similar to south Indian cuisine, spices are used in whole and are turned to paste, instead of ground spices, that gives it that distinctive velvety marriage of spices to the food.

Rice with curry is most common dish which can be in vegetable or meat sorts served with scores of sides that create varieties of flavours in every bite. This modern Sri Lankan personality in food is among tradition and fusion from the West (British, Dutch, and Portuguese) and the East (Moors, Malays, Arabs and Indians). Desserts here range from native cakes of coconut to a class that exudes western influences like creme caramel. I say desserts lay the sturdy groundwork for a fantastic Sri Lankan food adventure. Sri Lankan gastronome is just so different from India, so different from what 1 expects.

To see Sri Lanka is to be in Sri Lanka even if it means riding along the same tracks the 2004 tsunami devoured. But given that the train cuts right along the sea past areas and villages, montages flash like in an old 50's film creating some distance from the everyday everyday living that you see for a moment and is gone. Until you get off the train, then you would realise the reality in the previous scenes. Succinctly put, Sri Lanka's main attraction will be the people, the ones you meet here picking tea within the rain, fishing on poles Sri Lankan style, or cooking curry crab.

References World Heritage Site https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Site

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eight Things To Love About Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka is a land of exotic islands and calming Buddhist spirituality. It is not an exceptionally major nation and yet it has 8 Unesco World Heritage Sites. Truly a traveler's paradise, the attractive coast and shorelines could entice even the most jaded travelers as well as the plenty of actions that the state has to offer to its visitors make it essential visit spot. Right here are top 8 things to see and to do in Sri Lanka:

1.) Buddhism

Sri Lanka is the oldest frequently Buddhist place as being the religion was introduced in the 2nd Century BC because of the son of India's Ashoka Emperor, the Venerable Mahinda.. The ancient Cave Temples of Dambulla, about 3 hours North from Galle, offer some of the oldest paintings and Buddha statues.

two.) Elephants Safe Haven

Elephants are actually hunted near to extinction for your value of their ivory tusks. Sri Lanka offers a truly stunning wildlife sanctuary for them near to Galle where it is possible to volunteer also. Veterinarians caring for all those majestic animals overlook the Elephant Welfare Project and supply a rich opportunity to learn from their knowledge as well as realize important work with the world's ecosystem.

3.) Tree of Enlightenment

In the third century BC, the founder of Buddhist nuns, Sanghamitta, brought a department from Buddha's Fig tree -aka The Tree of Enlightenment - to Anuradhapura. For 1,three hundred years, this city was the Ceylonese funds but it really was abandoned suddenly in 993 immediately after remaining invaded. This attractive World Heritage Site sits in the middle of dense tropical forests that were impenetrable for many years. Today, its historic palaces, monasteries and monuments surround the sacred Bodhi tree that has developed out of that initial branch and folks are free to visit this sacred piece of land.

four.) Colombo

The money of Sri Lanka is where most travelers come through because it houses the greatest airport. Established in the 5th Century, Colombo was the gateway for trade in between Asia as well as West. Times can certainly be spent on the beach front of Mount Lavinia or visiting some city landmarks such as Gangaramaya Vihara; one of the most stunning Buddhist temple in the region thanks to its brass work and stone carvings. The metropolis also houses Pettah, one of the oldest districts in the metropolis that has now been transformed into a marketplace

five.) Dining

Sri Lankans try to eat with their right hand, never their left, and use both bread or small portions of rice for a 'utensil'. By emptying their plate, one indicates that they are still hungry. so leaving a little quantity of foodstuff in your plate states that one is total. Most residents are vegetarians. However, meat dishes are very easily discovered in most restaurants. Albeit a little nation, every region of the country includes a unique foodstuff lifestyle. Spice levels range from spicy to mild and flavor profiles vary even if a dish sports the same name.

6.) Rural life

In Negombo, a city just north of Colombo, the spirit of living on the water still remains. It is transpierced by canals snaking on for 100 km which locals navigate the same way they do in Southeast Asia. The fishermen living on the lagoon still reside in thatch palm villages and carve out their own canoes on which their livelihood depends. The lagoon also houses the Muthurajawela Marsh Land; a fourteen,826 acre protected mangroves park dwellar to over a hundred ninety species of wildlife.

7.) Orphanages

Often referred to as Children's Homes, Sri Lanka is household to many orphans that love the opportunity to interact with various people. These youngsters are keen to learn and also a joy to work amongst. Unfortunately, many youngsters are abandoned by parents who are simply unable to properly take care of them. A spike in orphans also occurred after the 2004 Tsunami, specially in the kid's homes of Galle and every other coastal town. In this country, many think that sharing is caring which mindset is plainly reflected by working with little ones and seeing for oneself how much they give again in their own ways.

eight.) Beach locations

Unawatuna, Bentota and Induruwa, Arugam Bay and Mirissa are a few of the popular shorelines in Sri Lanka which are popular among travelers. The shorelines are islands in microcosm coupled with colonial townscapes, stilt fishermen, superb wildlife parks and Buddhist shrines and temples. The luxurious hotels and colonial era villas are a delight to stay in also.

References World Heritage Site https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Site

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2019 August 19

Lenticular Clouds over Mount Etna Image Credit & Copyright: Dario Giannobile

Explanation: What's happening above that volcano? Although Mount Etna is seen erupting, the clouds are not related to the eruption. They are lenticular clouds formed when moist air is forced upwards near a mountain or volcano. The surreal scene was captured by chance late last month when the astrophotographer went to Mount Etna, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Sicily, Italy, to photograph the conjunction between the Moon and the star Aldebaran. The Moon appears in a bright crescent phase, illuminating an edge of the lower lenticular cloud. Red hot lava flows on the right. Besides some breathtaking stills, a companion time-lapse video of the scene shows the lenticular clouds forming and wavering as stars trail far in the distance.

∞ Source: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190819.html

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World Heritage Nomination 2022-2023

The Hoysala temples have recently been nominated by the Union Ministry of Culture for consideration as a World Heritage site for the period of 2022-2023 #upsc #architecture #world_heritage_site #hoayasala #temples

The Hoysala temples have recently been nominated by the Union Ministry of Culture for consideration as a World Heritage site for the period of 2022-2023 Context World Heritage Nomination The Hoysala temples have recently been nominated by the Union Ministry of Culture for consideration as a World Heritage site for the period of 2022-2023.The three Karnataka sites of Belur, Halebid, and…

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A beautiful architecture of Kumbh shyam Temple 😎😎😎 #chittorgarh_fort #rajasthan_diaries #rajasthan #rajasthan_tourism #hindu_temple #wandering_black_panther #wanderer #travel_blogger #travleger #blogger #indian_photographer #mobile_photography #photographer #indian #indian_photography #travel_photography #photography #historical_place #world_heritages_ #world_heritage_site #heritage_site (at Meera Temple) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8bWtUkgiMH/?igshid=byoj6loqoje2

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Golestan Palace is a monument that remained from Safavid and Qajar dynasty. Karim khan Zand restored it later after its construction in the Safavid era. It is located exactly in the heart of Tehran, near the grand bazaar of Tehran and was inscribed as a world heritage in 2013. It became the loyal place of Qajar kings when Agha Mohamad Khan chose Tehran as the capital city. Later Pahlavi dynasty constructed a new palace for themselves in Niavaran, but still, the important political ceremonies are held in Golestan Palace. #Travelagency #Iran #tour #travel #traditional_places #Touroperator #history #historical_building #house #trip #tourguide #architecture #Qajar #tours #beautifulplaces #travel_to_Iran #tour_to_iran #World_Heritage #World_Heritage_sites #Golestan_Palace #legendoflostland #legend_of_lost_land (at Golestan Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8dykhrofUB/?igshid=1wei1mj8po8jh

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Golestan Palace is a monument that remained from Safavid and Qajar dynasty. Karim khan Zand restored it later after its construction in the Safavid era. It is located exactly in the heart of Tehran, near the grand bazaar of Tehran and was inscribed as a world heritage in 2013. It became the loyal place of Qajar kings when Agha Mohamad Khan chose Tehran as the capital city. Later Pahlavi dynasty constructed a new palace for themselves in Niavaran, but still, the important political ceremonies are held in Golestan Palace. #Travelagency #Iran #tour #travel #traditional_places #Touroperator #history #historical_building #house #trip #tourguide #architecture #Qajar #tours #beautifulplaces #travel_to_Iran #tour_to_iran #World_Heritage #World_Heritage_sites #Golestan_Palace #legendoflostland #legend_of_lost_land (at Golestan Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8dpuNDg5IF/?igshid=fo26ak5u48px