Detail InformationEdit Chinkultic, sometimes Chincultic, is a moderate-size archeological ruin in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, some 56 km from Comitán, the nearest city. It is part of the Lagunas de Montebello National Park. The site has some step-pyramids and some 200 smaller buildings, most in undisturbed ruin. Chinkultic has carved stone stelae depicting the […]
Ixtapan de la Sal is a town and municipality located in the State of Mexico, Mexico. It is 60 km south of Toluca, the state capital. The word Ixtapan comes from Nahuatl. There are two theories as to the origin of the name. The first one states that it is composed of iztal, which means […]
Detail InformationEdit Mazatlán is a city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipio, known as the Mazatlán Municipality. Mazatlán is a Nahuatl word meaning “place of deer”. The city was founded in 1531 by an army of Spaniards and Indian settlers. By the mid-19th century […]
Detail InformationEdit La Venta is a pre-Columbian archaeological site of the Olmec civilization located in the present-day Mexican state of Tabasco. Some of the artifacts have been moved to the museum “Parque – Museo de La Venta”, which is in Villahermosa, the capital of Tabasco.The Olmec was one of the earliest civilizations to develop in […]
Detail InformationEdit This museum features numerous exhibits showing the evolution of clothing in Spain throughout history. An exquisite selection of clothing items from times gone by is combined with traditional dress from every region of Spain, as well as examples of contemporary fashion design. Designers like Fortuny, Balenciaga, Pertegaz, Hannibal Laguna, Ailante and Torretta, among […]
India /Tamil Nadu /Namakkal /Namakkal Namakkal is one of the major tourist destinations in Southern India. An often visited temple town, Namakkal is frequented by patrons and devotees alike, with plenty of tourists thrown in the mix too. The temple town of Namakkal has a lot to offer to tourists, given its ancient and age […]
Bure is a town in western Ethiopia. Located in the Mirab Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region with an elevation of 2091 meters above sea level. Bure enjoys a flourishing small business and connection point of businesses between Wolega, Gondar and Shewa. An agricultural training college and Bure Baguna, a mineral water factory, are the […]
India /Madhya Pradesh /Shivpuri /Shivpuri Shivpuri, in north, was once the summer capital of the Scindias. The impassable forests of this historic town were the hunting grounds of the Mughal emperors. Shivpuri, though bears a modern look, the glimpses of its royal heritage hangs all around the city. Remnants of ancient mansions, magnificient palaces, hunting […]
Soatá is a town and municipality in Boyacá Department, Colombia. Soatá is located on the western slopes of the Cordillera Oriental mountain range, at the northeast end of the Department of Boyacá. It is the capital the subregion of the Northern Boyacá Province. The Soatá term in Chibcha language means farming of the sun. Its […]
India /Orissa /Sundargarh /Rourkela The steel city of Rourkela in Orissa, is located in the midst of scenic hills and enclosed by many lakes. The city gained prominence after the establishment of the first three steel plants of India in 1955. This industrial town derives it name from the amalgam of two words – ‘Rour’ […]