Hollókő is the most beautiful pearl in the diadem of the gently rolling Cserhát Hills. This gem of Palócland, a tiny village in Central Europe which is kept in the most authentic original form, and represents the style of the traditional folk architecture, has been registered as a World heritage site for twenty years. In […]

Often described as the “Little Paris of Middle Europe”, Budapest is famous not only for the monuments reflecting its own 1,000-year-old culture, but also for the relics of others who settled here. Remains from both Roman occupation and much later ruled by the Turks can still be seen in the city. After the Ottoman Empire […]

Detail InformationEdit The NEC Super Tower (NEC Sūpātawā), headquarters of NEC Corporation, is a 180 metre (590 foot) tall skyscraper in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It was completed in 1990 and was designed by Nikken Sekkei. Its primary use is offices. 43 stories high and five underground, it was constructed at a cost of some 60 […]

Detail InformationEdit The Okinawa Prefectural Museum (Okinawa kenritsu hakubutsukan bijutsukan) is a museum complex in the Omoro-machi area of Naha, the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. It opened in November 2007, and includes art, history, and natural history museums focusing specifically on Okinawan topics. The museum building, constructed largely of local Okinawan limestone, […]

Detail InformationEdit Statue Square is a public pedestrian square in Central, Hong Kong. Built entirely on reclaimed land at the end of the 19th century, Statue Square consists of two parts separated by Chater Road into a northern and a southern sections. It is bordered by Connaught Road Central in the north and by Des […]

Detail InformationEdit The Hong Kong Polytechnic University specialises in professional education in Hong Kong. The Universitys teaching units are grouped under six faculties and two schools; the Faculty of Applied Science and Textiles, Faculty of Business, Faculty of Construction and Environment, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, alongside with […]

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 […]

Detail InformationEdit Zaculeu or Saqulew is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site in the highlands of western Guatemala, about 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) outside of the modern city of Huehuetenango. Occupation at the site dates back as far as the Early Classic period (AD 250–600) of Mesoamerican history. Zaculeu was the capital of the Postclassic Mam […]

Detail InformationEdit Zapote Bobal is the modern name for a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site located south of the San Pedro Martir river in the Petén department of Guatemala. The site languished in archaeological obscurity until 2003, when epigrapher David Stuart connected the archaeological site of Zapote Bobal with a name repeatedly mentioned in the inscriptions […]

Detail InformationEdit Holtun, originally named La Maquina, is a Maya archaeological site located in the Petén Department of northern Guatemala on the road to Melchor de Mencos from Flores. The city had a long period of occupation that lasted from the Middle Preclassic through to the Late Classic periods. The site was discovered in the […]