Detail InformationEdit Didyma was an ancient Ionian sanctuary, the modern Didim, Turkey, containing a temple and oracle of Apollo, the Didymaion. In Greek didyma means “twin”, but the Greeks who sought a “twin” at Didyma ignored the Carian origin of the name. Next to Delphi, Didyma was the most renowned oracle of the Hellenic World, […]

Brookwood is a village in Surrey, located about 5 km west of Woking, in a semi-rural location. It lies on the western border of the Woking Borough (with a small part of the village in Guildford Borough). Across the railway to the south is the village of Pirbright and Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut is a […]

Detail InformationEdit The Piazza del Duomo (“Cathedral Square”) is a wide, walled area at the heart of the city of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, recognized as one of the main centers for medieval art in the World. Partly paved and partly grassed, it is dominated by four great religious edifices: the Duomo (cathedral), the Campanile (the […]

Detail InformationEdit Sacul is an archaeological site of the Maya civilization located in the upper drainage of the Mopan River, in the Petén department of Guatemala. The city occupied an important trade route through the Maya Mountains. The main period of occupation dates to the Late Classic Period. In the late 8th century AD through […]

Jaral del Progreso is a Mexican city and municipality located in the Bajío (lowlands) of the state of Guanajuato. With an area of 174.37 square kilometres, Jaral del Progreso accounts for 0.57% of the surface of the state. It is bordered to the north by Salamanca, to the northeast by Cortazar to the southeast by […]

Villagrán is a Mexican city (and municipality) located in the state of Guanajuato. With an area of 125.4 square kilometres, Villagrán accounts for 0.41% of the surface of the state. It is bordered to the north by Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas, to the east by Celaya, to the south by Cortazar, and to the […]

Santiago Maravatío is a Mexican city located in the Bajío (lowlands) of the state of Guanajuato. With an area of 91.760 square kilometres, Santiago Maravatío accounts for less than 1% of the surface of the state. It is bordered to the north, east and southeast by Salvatierra and to the west by Yuriria. Santiago Maravatío […]

Parás is a rural municipal town in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico, founded on February 17, 1851. It lies about 45 minutes southwest of the Falcón Reservoir in Tamaulipas. It was once “Rancho Huizachal de los Canales”. The name Parás is derived from Jose María Parás y Ballesteros, the first constitutional governor of Nuevo […]

The municipality and town of Totatiche is located in the northern extreme of the state of Jalisco, Mexico between 21°48’30” and 22°06’00” latitude north and 103°20’00” and 103°34’00” longitude east at a height of 1,751 meters (5,745 ft) above sea level. The municipality is bordered on the north and southeast by the state of Zacatecas. […]

Detail InformationEdit Milpillas de Allende is a town in the southern portion of the Mexican state of Zacatecas, at around 21°19’31” N, 103°36’50” W, in the municipality of Teúl de González Ortega. People of this singular town grow corn and blue agave in peculiar red soil, and also engage in cattle ranching. The most important […]