Russia

Russia, officially the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area (1,265,267 square kilometres (488,522 sq mi)) extending across eleven time zones. Russia shares land borders with Norway and Finland to the northwest; Estonia, Latvia, Belarus and Ukraine to the west, as well as Lithuania and Poland (with Kaliningrad Oblast); Georgia and Azerbaijan to the southwest; Kazakhstan and Mongolia to the south; China and North Korea to the southeast — as well as sharing maritime boundaries with Japan and the United States. Russia also shares borders with South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Russia

Ruins of the Scythian Naples

In the spring of 1827, not far from Simferopol, in the village of Kermenchik, locals accidentally found a limestone slab with a convex relief image of a young man accidentally found a limestone slab with a convex, relief image of a young man on a... read more

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Russia

Kebir Jami Mosque

Kebir-Jami Mosque is an outstanding architectural monument of Simferopol, the oldest building of the city. The inscription at the entrance indicates that the mosque was built in 1508. After a fire in 1740 the mosque was restored and subsequen... read more

Russia

Vorontsov House

Park "Salgirka" was founded in the 19th century by the academician, the famous geographer P.S.Pallas. In 1827 a house was built here for Prince Mikhail Semenovich Vorontsov. Here the prince stopped on the way to his Alupkinsky palace.read more

Russia

Simferopol Art Museum

Simferopol Art Museum - the museum's expositions are constantly updated updated. The collections begin in 1922, when an art department appeared as part of the Central Museum of Tavrida an art department appeared.

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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

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Israel

Church of the Visitation

The Catholic Church of the Visitation in the Jerusalem suburb of Ein Karem is named after one of the most beautiful Gospel episodes - Mary's visit to Elizabeth.

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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

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