#Cultural Heritage site

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Upper Mustang Trekking and Tour in Nepal

Upper Mustang, a region in Nepal, has become an increasingly popular destination for travelers seeking unique experiences. Here are some key points for Upper Mustang Trekking and tour that make you to go:

Stunning Landscapes: The dramatic landscapes, including rugged mountains, deep valleys, and unique geological formations, create breathtaking views.

Rich Cultural Heritage: Upper Mustang is home to the ancient kingdom of Lo, with its distinct Tibetan culture, traditional monasteries, and festivals that reflect a unique way of life.

Historical Significance: The region has a rich history, with ancient caves and archaeological sites that date back centuries, offering insights into the area's past.

Trekking Adventures: With a variety of trekking routes, Upper Mustang appeals to adventure enthusiasts. The popular Annapurna Circuit and the Mustang Circuit provide challenging yet rewarding experiences.

Restricted Area Experience: Being a restricted region, Upper Mustang offers an exclusive feel, attracting those looking to explore off-the-beaten-path destinations.

Friendly Locals: The warm hospitality of the local people adds to the charm of the region, allowing visitors to engage with the community and learn about their customs.

Unique Flora and Fauna: The diverse ecosystems support various plant and animal species, including rare wildlife, making it a great destination for nature lovers.

Spiritual and Meditation Retreats: The serene environment and numerous monasteries make it an ideal place for spiritual seekers and those looking for meditation retreats.

Photography Opportunities: The unique landscapes and vibrant culture provide endless opportunities for stunning photography.

Authentic Tibetan Cuisine: Travelers can savor local dishes that reflect the Tibetan influence, adding a culinary adventure to their experience.

Upper Mustang offers a blend of adventure, culture, and natural beauty, making it a compelling destination for various types of travelers.

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In the weeks since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip have killed more than 15,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza's health ministry, and destroyed thousands of homes in the territory.

And there have also been tremendous losses to the region's ancient and globally significant cultural heritage. The region was a hub for commerce and culture under Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Byzantine rule. It remained influential for centuries thereafter.

A recent survey by the group Heritage for Peace details the damage done so far to more than 100 of these landmarks in Gaza since the start of the present conflict.

The casualties include the Great Omari Mosque, one of the most important and ancient mosques in historical Palestine; the Church of Saint Porphyrius, thought to be the third oldest church in the entire world; a 2,000-year-old Roman cemetery in northern Gaza excavated only last year; and the Rafah Museum, a space in southern Gaza which was dedicated to teaching about the territory's long and multi-layered heritage — until it was hammered by airstrikes early on in the conflict. (...)

"If this heritage be no more in Gaza, it will be a big loss of the identity of the people in Gaza," said Isber Sabrine, president of Heritage for Peace, in an interview with NPR. (...)

"The people in Gaza, they have the right to keep and to save this heritage, to tell the history, the importance of this land," he said.

The 1954 Hague Convention, agreed to by Palestinians and Israelis, is supposed to safeguard landmarks from the ravages of war. But landmarks in Gaza have been destroyed by Israeli strikes in earlier rounds of fighting. Dozens of sites, including the now-obliterated Great Omari Mosque, suffered damage in 2014. A report by UNESCO, the United Nations body that designates and protects World Heritage sites, cites further destruction to cultural and historic sites in Gaza in 2021. (...)

Destruction of historical sites and other cultural sites is part of genocide, it's the destruction of the proof of a people's relationship to the land and a horrible emotional blow at the community. UNESCO must act immediately against Israel's destruction of Palestinian heritage, and every country and international organism must expel Israel and impose sanctions to make the genocide and apartheid end.

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Hadrian's Wall

Hadrian's Wall is an impressive masterpiece of military engineering built along steep ups and downs that cross space and history between England and Scotland.

The old wall, sculpted for almost 2000 years by wind and rain, climbs over hills, immerses itself in a moor to suddenly resurface among the blades of light of a wood, a karst presence that seems to absorb the energy of landscape to challenge its gravity and logic in a rollercoaster of harsh ups and downs that cross space and history.

Hadrian's Wall is no longer England but it is not yet Scotland, even if the land to the north seems wilder.

But perhaps it is just a state of mind of those who look at it, subtly altered by the emotion of treading the same stones on which the Roman legionaries walked.

In reality, unlike what many believe, the Wall is within English territory, even if it has helped define the borders of the two countries since the emperor from whom it takes its name ordered its construction in 122 AD to "separate the Romans from the barbarians," the hostile tribes of the Picts who populated today's Scotland, a tough nut to crack even for the Roman legions.

To build it in just six years, about fifteen thousand men were employed, three legions that faced the challenges of a terrain carefully chosen to exploit its advantages.

The result is an impressive masterpiece of military engineering, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987, stretching from one coast of England to the other for eighty Roman miles, about one hundred and seventeen kilometers from Solway Firth to the west and Wallsend to the east.

It is one of the many place names linked to its existence and then extending southwards with ports and coastal fortifications.

For nearly three centuries, Hadrian's Wall was northernmost and most fortified boundary of the Roman limes, a gigantic defensive system that stretched for over five thousand kilometres — from the Atlantic coast of Great Britain to the Black Sea across Europe — then continuing through present-day Middle East to Red Sea and from there cutting across North Africa to the Atlantic.

The 117km long (80 Roman miles) Hadrian's Wall was punctuated by 14 main forts, 80 minor ones and 2 watchtowers every third of a mile.

In addition to the actual wall, mainly made of stone, about 5m high and up to 3m thick, becoming six metres thick in the earthen sections, the Wall was reinforced by a ditch bristling with pointed stakes, a military road that connected the forts and allowed any point to be reached quickly and by a deep embankment, the Vallum.

The forts, rectangular in plan, varied in size according to the importance of the garrison, a pattern repeated with slight differences along the entire limes that protected the borders of the empire.

A moat and a wall punctuated by towers protected the perimeter and each side had a gate protected by two massive towers.

Inside were the headquarters — the praetorium where the praefectus castrorum reside; barracks; a hospital; warehouses and latrines, generally under the walls, while the bathrooms were outside the fortifications.

In granary, food supplies were stored to face the harsh winters or possible sieges.

In the Vicus, the civilian settlement, lived the families of the soldiers, often auxiliaries who officially could not marry.

In these villages that grew spontaneously around the forts, merchants, artisans and prostitutes also lived, attracted by the soldiers' wages.

There were also temples dedicated to Roman, local and even oriental deities that reflected the different religions of soldiers from all over the empire because Romans were very tolerant as long as the social order and the emperor were not questioned.

🎥: © pindropandhop via IG

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Palestinian cultural monuments that have been destroyed by the zionist entity:

The Grand Omari Mosque (the largest and oldest mosque in Gaza):

Hammam al-Sammara (a public bath), Old Gaza city:

Al-Saqqa House (built in 1661 AD):

The Church of Saint Porphyrius, Al-Zaytoun:

St. Hilarion Monastery -Tel Umm Amer:

Byzantine Church, Jabalia:

Qasr El-Basha, an archaeological museum:

Qaalat Barquq, Khan Younis:

Qaisariya Market- Gaza's old archeological gold market:

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Hill of Crosses

Lithuania

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MINERVA's Head: Roman copy of a Greek original 1 - 2 AD Greek medium-grained white marble Found at the Brixia Forum area From Brixia Capitolium "..discovered in the area during the 19th century excavations.. would originally have had helmet[s] [perhaps in bronze].. not survived." [txt ©BAP]

Brixia Archaeological Park in Brescia | BAP

Web: https://www.bresciamusei.com/en/museums-and-venues/brixia-roman-archaeological-area

IG, X : @ BresciaMusei

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BAP | Michael Svetbird phs©msp | 04|05|24 6300X4200 600 [II.] The photographed object is collection item of BAP, photos are copyrighted [Non-commercial fair use | No AI | Author rights apply | Sorry for the watermarks]

📸 Part of the "HEADS.Sculpture" MSP Online Photo-gallery:

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there is a parliamentary petition to fully fund trove. trove are one of the most valuable resources for historians, archaeologists, heritage workers and anybody interested in australian history, a veritable treasure trove (sorry) of newspapers, historic maps, images, and sounds, all available for free - but it is currently going to run out of funding in july. trove needs funding from the federal government to continue functioning, let alone continue in its mission of digitisation. if you're australian, please sign the petition and encourage the government to keep the servers running at the national library

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Lupin III p2e26 “A Rose and a Pistol/Shot Through the Heart” has everything:

“I call ’em ‘Zeni-GOTCHAs!’”

Bisexual lighting, appropriate for:

Jigen's terrible taste in women + live Lupin reaction

LupGoe intricate rituals

LupGoe mutually not immune to Fujiko

“You told me there would be a Japanese restaurant in Barcelona 😤”

A finale Cowboy Bebop 100% cribbed from (JigLup intricate rituals)

Sick rose petal/muleta match cut

LoopZoop intricate rituals

So much music from Carmen

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Mare de Déu de la Roca hermitage in Mont-roig del Camp (Camp de Tarragona, Catalonia).

According to the belief, the hermitage was built in the place where a shepherd had found a statue of the Virgin Mary under a palm tree. The earliest written document that testifies there was a shrine on this site dates from 1230, next to a feudal castle that has not survived the passage of time. However, almost all the building that is still standing nowadays was built between the 1500s and the 1700s. The hermitage has been attacked in various wars, most brutally by the French army in the Napoleonic invasion of 1811, and needed to be partially rebuilt after that. The hermitage's library, as well as the wooden statue of the Virgin Mary that was worshipped here (probably made in the 1700s), were burned down in 1936, during the Spanish Civil War.

Photos from Turisme Mont-roig del Camp and fer55/Wikimedia Commons. Info: Diputació de Tarragona.

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Council of Europe Demands Reparations from Russia for Cultural Heritage Damage in Ukraine

Council of Europe Calls for Reparations from Russia for Cultural Heritage Damage in Ukraine The Council of Europe, the continent’s oldest intergovernmental organization dedicated to upholding the rule of law, has issued a significant declaration demanding that the Russian Federation pay reparations to Ukraine. This follows a statement released on Wednesday, in which the Council expressed its…

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Literally undermining Al Aqsa & now blocking Muslims from accessing the mosque during Ramadan, refusing Christians and Catholics access to church for Palm Sunday (and likely Easter as well) and no one makes a peep. The smallest of the 3 religions that hold Jerusalem sacred are in control by military force and no one sees a problem? I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone sometimes.

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The first Swiss Federal Council was elected on November 6, 1848.

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Locations: Machu Picchu

Few romances can ever surpass that of the granite citadel on top of the beetling precipices of Machu Picchu, the crown of Inca Land.

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Male football fans are like if those men who go to war-torn countries just to kill the locals and rape women were afraid of bullets

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Capitalism is wrong because it encourages bad gamers to post videos of them playing games they dont like or care about + actively refuse to play correctly