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It’s a Bloody Long Walk…
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It doesn’t look it here, but it’s a long, steep climb up to Deir Mar Musa from the car park at the bottom of the hill.

Deir Mar Musa el-Habashi is a Christian monastery located in the Anti-Lebanon Mountains to the north of Damascus. It was founded in the 6th century by St Moses (no, not *that* Moses) on the site of earlier Roman fortifications, before falling into disuse in the 1830s. An Italian priest, Father Paolo Dall’Oglio, visited the ruins in the 1980s, fell in love with them, and soon set to work to put them back into use.

Typically for Syrian Christians, the monastery takes great pains to build bridges with the local Islamic community. However, unusually for Syrian Christian institutions, Mar Musa is ecumenical (there are both Catholic and Orthodox inhabitants) and mixed (the monastery houses monks and nuns).

It’s a special, lovely place, and well worth a visit if you’ve a spare half-day in Damascus. I like how you can hardly see the monastery buildings in this shot – they just blend in with the rocks. Many visitors think there’s quite a Tibetan feel to Mar Musa – but having never been to Tibet, I wouldn’t know one way or the other…

The Path to St. Andrews (Explored #354)
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The Saint Andrew’s Church (Ukrainian: ????i?????? ??????; Russian: ??????????? ???????) is a major Baroque church located in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. The church was constructed in 1747–1754, to a design by the Imperial Russian architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli.

The Saint Andrew’s Church overlooks the historic Podil neighborhood, situated on a steep hill to which the church gave its current name Andriyivska Hill.

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Home of the Stylite
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After a recovery of sorts from her stomach bug, Emma and I decided to go out to the ruins of St Simeon, a church cum basilica cum fortress complex which sprung up around the column originally inhabited by St Simeon the Stylite.

Unfortunately, Emma took a turn for the worse en route to St Simeon’s, and didn’t explore the site – she was only capable of sitting under a pine tree whilst I went off to play.

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Denmark_0063 – Nyhavn Canal
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Image by archer10 (Dennis) SLOW
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This is the Nyhavn Canal area of Copenhagen. On the left in the red building is where Hans Christian Anderdson lived in May 1835 after publishing his first adventure booklet. The third boat down on the left is the Lightship XVII.

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Since 1986 the United Nations Committee on Decolonization has included New Caledonia on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories. New Caledonia will decide whether to remain within the French Republic or become an independent state in a referendum sometime after 2014. Grande Terre Melanesia southwest Pacific Nouméa Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its largest city in both population and area,with 732100 residents in an area of 125.1 square kilometres (48.3 sq mi) if disputed East Jerusalem is included. Located in the Judean Mountains, between the Mediterranean Sea and the northern tip of the Dead Sea, modern Jerusalem has grown up outside the Old City. The city has a history that goes back to the 4th millennium BCE, making it one of the oldest cities in the world. Jerusalem has been the holiest city in Judaism and the spiritual center of the Jewish people since the 10th century BCE, contains a number of significant ancient Christian sites, and is considered the third-holiest city in Islam.Despite having an area of only 0.9 square kilometer (0.35 square mile), the Old City is home to sites of key religious importance, among them the Temple Mount, the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque. The old walled city, a World Heritage site, has been traditionally divided into four quarters, although the names used today — the Armenian, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Quarters — were introduced in the early 19th …

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Columnal Architecture
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This kind of looks like a (fake) tilt-shift despite not being so. There’s just something about the angle, the light and the focus that makes me think that way.

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From Wikipedia: The Colosseum or Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre, is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. It is one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and engineering.

Occupying a site just east of the Roman Forum, its construction started between 70 and 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus, with further modifications being made during Domitian’s reign (81–96). The name "Amphitheatrum Flavium" derives from both Vespasian’s and Titus’s family name (Flavius, from the gens Flavia).

Originally capable of seating around 50,000 spectators, the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles. It remained in use for nearly 500 years with the last recorded games being held there as late as the 6th century. As well as the traditional gladiatorial games, many other public spectacles were held there, such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology. The building eventually ceased to be used for entertainment in the early medieval era. It was later reused for such varied purposes as housing, workshops, quarters for a religious order, a fortress, a quarry and a Christian shrine.

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Inside the Colosseum II
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After posting a photo yesterday of the Colosseum that looked like a (fake) tilt-shift despite not being so, I kind of see the same with this one. It probably has to do with the composition and how all the elements fall together.

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From Wikipedia: The Colosseum or Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre, is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. It is one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and engineering.

Occupying a site just east of the Roman Forum, its construction started between 70 and 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus, with further modifications being made during Domitian’s reign (81–96). The name "Amphitheatrum Flavium" derives from both Vespasian’s and Titus’s family name (Flavius, from the gens Flavia).

Originally capable of seating around 50,000 spectators, the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles. It remained in use for nearly 500 years with the last recorded games being held there as late as the 6th century. As well as the traditional gladiatorial games, many other public spectacles were held there, such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology. The building eventually ceased to be used for entertainment in the early medieval era. It was later reused for such varied purposes as housing, workshops, quarters for a religious order, a fortress, a quarry and a Christian shrine.

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Hagia Irene over the Ruins of Byzantium
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Hagia Irene is a former Eastern Orthodox church located in the outer courtyard of Topkap? Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. The building reputedly stands on the site of a pre-Christian temple. It ranks, in fact, as the first church built in Constantinople. Roman emperor Constantine I commissioned the first Hagia Eirene church in the 4th century. In 381 the First Council of Constantinople took place in the church. It served as the church of the Patriarchate before Hagia Sophia was completed in 537 … More

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La Mezquita (the Mosque)
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Cordoba, Spain
December 2008

We took a train from Sevilla to Cordoba for a day.

The highlight of Cordoba is La Mezquita, or The Great Mosque of Cordoba. On this site, there’s been a Roman temple, Christian Visigoth church (600 AD), Islamic mosque, and a Roman Catholic cathedral of early Baroque style.

Learn more about this architectural gem and world heritage site: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mosque_of_Cordoba

Cordoba (Cordova) was medieval Europe’s center of learning and culture, and rivaled Baghdad and Constantinople in population. (~ 950 AD)

La Mezquita (the Mosque)
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Cordoba, Spain
December 2008

We took a train from Sevilla to Cordoba for a day.

The highlight of Cordoba is La Mezquita, or The Great Mosque of Cordoba. On this site, there’s been a Roman temple, Christian Visigoth church (600 AD), Islamic mosque, and a Roman Catholic cathedral of early Baroque style.

Learn more about this architectural gem and world heritage site: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mosque_of_Cordoba

Cordoba (Cordova) was medieval Europe’s center of learning and culture, and rivaled Baghdad and Constantinople in population. (~ 950 AD)

Understand the concept of the travel and tourism sector

Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who “travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for more than twenty-four (24) hours and not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited.”[1] Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity. In 2008, there were over 922 million international tourist arrivals, with a growth of 1.9% as compared to 2007. International tourism receipts grew to US4 billion (euro 642 billion) in 2008, corresponding to an increase in real terms of 1.8%.[2] As a result of the late-2000s recession, international travel demand suffered a strong slowdown beginning in June 2008, with growth in international tourism arrivals worldwide falling to 2% during the boreal summer months.

Thanks to the terrorist who tried to blow up Noethwest-Delta Flight 253 in Detroit on Christmas Day, air travel will become even more hellish than it already is. But what choice do we have? Everyone knows we also have to be on the lookout for those awful Christian and Jewish terrorists. Limiting our observation and searches to Muslims would be profiling and we can’t have that, can we?
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La Mezquita (the Mosque)
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Image by Narisa
Cordoba, Spain
December 2008

We took a train from Sevilla to Cordoba for a day.

The highlight of Cordoba is La Mezquita, or The Great Mosque of Cordoba. On this site, there’s been a Roman temple, Christian Visigoth church (600 AD), Islamic mosque, and a Roman Catholic cathedral of early Baroque style.

Learn more about this architectural gem and world heritage site: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mosque_of_Cordoba

Cordoba (Cordova) was medieval Europe’s center of learning and culture, and rivaled Baghdad and Constantinople in population. (~ 950 AD)

La Mezquita (the Mosque)
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Image by Narisa
Cordoba, Spain
December 2008

We took a train from Sevilla to Cordoba for a day.

The highlight of Cordoba is La Mezquita, or The Great Mosque of Cordoba. On this site, there’s been a Roman temple, Christian Visigoth church (600 AD), Islamic mosque, and a Roman Catholic cathedral of early Baroque style.

Learn more about this architectural gem and world heritage site: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mosque_of_Cordoba

Cordoba (Cordova) was medieval Europe’s center of learning and culture, and rivaled Baghdad and Constantinople in population. (~ 950 AD)

mezquita arches
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The Mezquita is a 10th century Moorish Islamic house of prayer. The site is older than the building, having been host to a Roman pagan temple, the cathedral church of St Vincent of Saragossa built by the Catholic bishops under Visigothic rule, and finally the Mezquita itself. It was the most magnificent of the more than 1,000 mosques in the city, and was at one time the second largest mosque in the Muslim world. Within is a Renaissance cathedral, built by the Christian conquerors in the early 13th century. Cordoba, Spain.

You can watch this great documentary:
When the Moors Ruled in Spain
for the architecture and cultural history of the Moors, the Alhambra in Granada, and the ancient cities of Toledo and Cordoba.

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La Mezquita (the Mosque)
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Image by Narisa
Cordoba, Spain
December 2008

We took a train from Sevilla to Cordoba for a day.

The highlight of Cordoba is La Mezquita, or The Great Mosque of Cordoba. On this site, there’s been a Roman temple, Christian Visigoth church (600 AD), Islamic mosque, and a Roman Catholic cathedral of early Baroque style.

Learn more about this architectural gem and world heritage site: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mosque_of_Cordoba

Cordoba (Cordova) was medieval Europe’s center of learning and culture, and rivaled Baghdad and Constantinople in population. (~ 950 AD)

La Mezquita (the Mosque)
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Image by Narisa
Cordoba, Spain
December 2008

We took a train from Sevilla to Cordoba for a day.

The highlight of Cordoba is La Mezquita, or The Great Mosque of Cordoba. On this site, there’s been a Roman temple, Christian Visigoth church (600 AD), Islamic mosque, and a Roman Catholic cathedral of early Baroque style.

Learn more about this architectural gem and world heritage site: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mosque_of_Cordoba

Cordoba (Cordova) was medieval Europe’s center of learning and culture, and rivaled Baghdad and Constantinople in population. (~ 950 AD)

La Mezquita (the Mosque)
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Image by Narisa
Cordoba, Spain
December 2008

We took a train from Sevilla to Cordoba for a day.

The highlight of Cordoba is La Mezquita, or The Great Mosque of Cordoba. On this site, there’s been a Roman temple, Christian Visigoth church (600 AD), Islamic mosque, and a Roman Catholic cathedral of early Baroque style.

Learn more about this architectural gem and world heritage site: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mosque_of_Cordoba

Cordoba (Cordova) was medieval Europe’s center of learning and culture, and rivaled Baghdad and Constantinople in population. (~ 950 AD)

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