Turkey

Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), the officiall name is the Republic of Türkiye (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti [ˈtyɾcije dʒumˈhuːɾijeti]), is a country located at the juncture of Southeast Europe and West Asia.

Located primarily on the Anatolian Peninsula in West Asia, Turkey encompasses a smaller area known as East Thrace situated on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Its borders encompass diverse geographies, including the Black Sea to the north, Georgia to the northeast, and Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east. To the southeast lies Iraq, while the south is bordered by Syria and the Mediterranean Sea. To the west, Turkey is flanked by the Aegean Sea, with Greece and Bulgaria lying to the northwest. Off its southern coast sits the island of Cyprus.

Turkey

Travertine formations

The dazzling white terraces (travertine formations) were formed on the slope of a by the deposition of salts from calcium-saturated springs. Hot springs with a high iron and sulphur content formed the red Karakhait rocks. In the past, barefoot wal... read more

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Ruins of the Temple of Apollo in Didyma

From ancient times there was a sanctuary of Apollo on this site. Later the Ionic temple of Apollo was built. It was a grandiose construction, in its time not inferior in luxury to the temple of Artemis in Ephesus, and as famous as the sanctuary of... read more

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Turkey

Perge

The city of Perge was founded after the Trojan War and soon became a major port of of Pamphylia. Little information remains about the city until the arrival here of Alexander the of Macedon in 333 BC. The people of Perge opened the gates to him an... read more

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Ephesus

Ephesus was founded in the 2nd millennium BC in a convenient place for trade - at the crossroads of sea routes and caravan roads from the Asian hinterland. Ephesus reached its greatest Ephesus reached its greatest prosperity during the Roman... 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

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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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