The Ethnographic Museum of Porto Novo has a large collection of religious objects of the Yoruba people. You can also visit the ornate 18th-century Brazilian-style church (now a mosque) built by the Portuguese. The palm-leaf-covered fishing villages on stilts in the lagoon near Porto Novo, now in the 21st century, look like unnatural aliens from the past.
Khan-Al-Khalili is a large market in the Muslim neighbourhood of Cairo, one of the city's striking landmarks. The square that Khan-Al-Khalili occupies was originally the site of the Saffron Tomb mausoleum, the burial place of the Fatimid caliphs. Emir Al-Khalili ordered the destruction of the Fatimid cemetery in 1382 in order to build a large caravanserai. At that time, this was the central... read more
In the heart of Athens, northwest of the Acropolis, lie the ruins of the Ancient Agora. During the period of ancient Greece (from about the beginning of the 6th century BC) it was the political, financial, administrative, cultural and religious ce... read more
