Hungary

Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Encompassing a sprawling 93,030 square kilometers (35,920 square miles) within the Carpathian Basin, its boundaries are defined by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west.

Hungary

Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest

The rich collection of the Museum of Fine Arts is based on the extensive collection of paintings by the Esterházy family. The Museum presents artworks from ancient times to the present day.

Hungary

Bathers

The Budapest baths were created thanks to the numerous springs with healing and thermal water flowing at the foot of the cave-cut Buda caves. The Budapest baths originated from the numerous springs with healing and thermal water flowing at the foo... read more

Hungary

Royal Palace in Budapest

The Royal Palace is one of the main sights of Budapest. The first fortifications on this site were built after the Tatar invasion, around 1247, under Béla IV. The complex of buildings, first mentioned in 1439, is called Frisch Palace. At th... read more

Hungary

Budapest Parliament

Seven years after the unification of Buda, Pest and Óbuda, in 1880. State Assembly decided to build a parliament building to emphasise the sovereignty of the Hungarian nation. A competition was announced, which was won by the architect Imre... read more

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Egypt

Khan Al-Khalili Market

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

Greece

Ancient Agora

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

Mali

Niono

The city of Niono is known as the "Venice of Mali" because of its system of canals and channels that criss-cross the entire city, and the local brick mosque is almost as famous as the famed Djenné Mosque.