Latvia

Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east, Belarus to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia encompasses a landmass measuring 64,589 square kilometers (24,938 square miles).

Latvia

Arcadia Park

Arkadija Park is one of the most beautiful and oldest landscape gardens in Riga. It is located in the neighbourhood called Tornakalns. Back in 1808, there was a small private garden on the site of the present park, which was later bought, expanded... read more

Latvia

Victory Park in Riga

Victory Park is located across Oyar Vatsietis Street from Arkadia Park. The park has an area of 36.7 hectares. The park was founded in 1909. Works on the creation of the park continued for a year, and in 1910 it was opened. At that time it was cal... read more

Latvia

Verman Garden

The oldest park in Riga is the Vērmana Garden, which was inaugurated in 1817. Originally its territory was 0.8 hectares, now its area is about 5 hectares. Vērmana Park was built on the money of Anna's widow Gertrude Vērmana.

Latvia

Botanical Garden in Riga

The Botanical Garden of the University of Latvia is located in the capital of Latvia. It was founded in 1922, and since then it has been continuously enlarged. Now, on the territory of 15 hectares there are collections consisting of 5400 different... 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.