The Cordoban Caliphate ruled Southern Spain – the Iberian Peninsula from the city of Cordoba in 929 to 1031. La Mezquita, or the Great Mosque, is one of the most famous remaining icons of this Islamic Empire.
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La Mezquita de Cordoba
Posted in Cordoba, Spain, UNESCO World Heritage on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Glaciar Perito Merino
Posted in Argentina, Patagonia, UNESCO World Heritage on June 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A short bus ride from El Calafate brought us to the Perito Merino Glacier. In a nutshell, this glacier is one of the most impressive natural wonders I have ever seen in my life. It’s big. Really big. To get an idea of scale the glacier you see in the panoramic photo above is about [...]
Krakow, Poland, Auschwitz
Posted in Poland, UNESCO World Heritage on June 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I visited the Auschwitz concentration camp on a weekend trip to Krakow back in Winter 2008. The camp is located near the town of Oświęcim which is roughly an hour’s bus from Krakow. The words on the gates read “Work will make you free”. A few days ago in my library I came across a [...]
Morocco (1) – Marrakech مراكش
Posted in Marrakech, Morocco, UNESCO World Heritage on December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Marrakech, Morocco. Its crazy, its red, and its raw. My first day in this country was spent meandering around the souks (markets) of the Medina old town. This one of the busiest squares in the world filled with the likes of food stalls, merchants, snake handlers and fortune tellers. Did I say this place is [...]
