Detail InformationEdit Patallacta, also known as Q’entimarka, is a combinations of two Quechua words—pronounced “pahta-yakta”. Hiram Bingham, discoverer of Machu Picchu and many other Incan sites, states that “llacta” means “town” and “pata” means “a height”. On his way to discover Machu Picchu Bingham passed Patallacta, sometimes given the name of Llactapata as evidenced by […]

Detail InformationEdit San Juan de Lurigancho (SJL) is a district in Lima, Peru, located in the area known as Cono Este. It is the Peru’s most populous district, with a current population that may have exceed one million people. On the north, it is bordered by the districts of Carabayllo and San Antonio, which is […]

Detail InformationEdit In December 2000, UNESCO declared the historical center of Arequipa a World Heritage Site, stating the following: The historical center of Arequipa is an example of ornamented architecture, represents a masterpiece of the creative coalition of European and native characteristics. A colonial town challenged by the conditions of nature, the indigenous influences, the […]

Detail InformationEdit Masjid Al-Istiqamah, or Al-Istiqamah Mosque , is a mosque in Singapore which was completed in 1999. It is the only mosque in Singapore to have land allocated for it before the appointment of its Mosque Building Committee by the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore, MUIS. Masjid Al Istiqamah is the second mosque to […]

Blija is a village in the municipality Ferwerderadeel in the Dutch province of Friesland. Op 1 januari 2009 telde Blija 873 inwoners. On 1 January 2009, Blija 873 inhabitants. Volgens de volkstelling van 1744 telde Blija 472 inwoners. Van der Aa komt rond 1840 op 990, en de Ensyklopedy fan Fryslan (1958) noemt 1250. According […]

Sexbierum (West Frisian: Seisbierrum) is a village in the municipality of Franekeradeel, in the central north of the Netherlands. The village is famous for its contraction of the words “Sex”, “Bier” (the Dutch word for beer) and “Rum”. Because of this, the traffic sign of the village is subject to street sign theft.Sexbierum is located […]

Thimphu, situated at an altitude of 2400m, is the centre of government, religion and commerce. The capital has an interesting combination of tradition and modernity, and includes some of the most advanced and remotest parts of the kingdom. It is home to the Kings and the Royal family members, civil servants, expatriates, politicians, business persons […]

Detail InformationEdit Putoransky State Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in the northern part of Central Siberia, located about 100km north of the Arctic Circle in Krasnoyarsk Krai. It was established in 1987. Comprising a vast area of 1,887,251 ha, the park is located in the centre of the Putorana Plateau in the northern part […]

Detail InformationEdit The Motherland Calls, also called Mother Motherland, Mother Motherland Is Calling, simply The Motherland, or The Mamayev Monument, is a statue in Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, Russia commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad. It was designed by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich and structural engineer Nikolai Nikitin. Declared the largest statue in the World in 1967, […]