Zhongshan Hall (Chinese: 中山堂; pinyin: zhōngshāntáng) is a historical building which originally functioned as the Taipei City Hall. It is located at 98 Yanping South Road in the Ximending neighborhood of the Zhongzheng District in downtown Taipei City, Taiwan. In 1992, it was recognized by the government as a historic site. As a tribute to […]
Detail InformationEdit Taiwan’s National Theater and National Concert Hall are two of the first major performing arts facilities to be established in Asia. Upon the death of Chiang Kai-shek in 1975, the Kuomintang government authorized the construction of a monument and cultural arts facilities on the grounds of a memorial plaza. The project cost TWD […]
Detail InformationEdit The National Revolutionary Martyrs’ Shrine is a shrine in Taipei City, Taiwan, dedicated to the war dead of the Republic of China. Built on Chingshan Mountain and overseeing the Keelung River in Taipei’s Zhongshan District in 1969, the Martyrs Shrine recalls the architecture of the Hall of Supreme Harmony in Beijing’s Forbidden City. […]
Detail InformationEdit The Monument of Liberty located in the neighborhood of Çağlayan in Şişli district of Istanbul, Turkey, is a memorial in honor of soldiers killed during the Radical Islamic attacks against the Ottoman Empire’s House of Parliament. The monument is situated on the highest hill (130 m (430 ft) above the sea level) in […]
Emirdağ is a town and district of Afyonkarahisar Province in Turkey, between the city of Afyon and Eskişehir. It covers an area of 2,009 km², and the population (2010) is 42,111 of which 19,991 live in the town of Emirdağ itself. The Emirdağ Mountains (Emir Mountains) rise steeply behind the town. The weather is very […]
Detail InformationEdit Ulus is a quarter in Ankara, Turkey and is located at the center of the capital city. It was once the heart of old Ankara. The name means “nation” in Turkish. It is now a predominately a commercial and touristic Area made up of banks, malls, shops, hotels, businesses, restaurants, and many historical […]
Detail InformationEdit The Monument of Liberty located in the neighborhood of Çağlayan in Şişli district of Istanbul, Turkey, is a memorial in honor of soldiers killed during the Radical Islamic attacks against the Ottoman Empire’s House of Parliament. The monument is situated on the highest hill (130 m (430 ft) above the sea level) in […]
Detail InformationEdit The Aviation Martyrs’ Monument located in Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey, is a memorial dedicated to the first soldiers of the Ottoman aviation squadrons to be killed in flight accidents. In Islam, one use of the term “martyrs” is as an honorific for Muslims who have died fighting defending their country. The monument […]
Detail InformationEdit Ferikoy Protestant Cemetery officially called Evangelicorum Commune Coemeterium is a Christian cemetery in Istanbul, Turkey. As the name of the cemetery indicates, it is the final resting place of Protestants residing in Istanbul. The cemetery is at Ferikoy neighborhood in Sisli district of Istanbul, nearly 3 km (1.9 mi) north of Taksim Square. […]
Detail InformationEdit The Kurunegala clock tower was built in 1922 as a tribute to the officers, who went from the Wayamba province and sacrificed their lives in the First World War. The tower memorial plaque has the following inscribed: “This Clock Tower was erected in memory of those who went from the North Western Province […]