The Cenaba Ahmed Pasha Mosque is located in Ankara on Ulucanlar Street. It was built, according to the inscription above the entrance, during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent in 1566 in honour of the Anatolian and Rumelian beglarbek Ahmed Pasha. Inside mosque is the tomb of Ahmed Pasha, which has an octagonal shape. Beglarbek in Turkish means prince of princes.
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
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.
read moreIn 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
