Chiapa de Corzo

Astonishing example of the synthesis of three cultures in Mexico: Indigenous, Spaniard and Arab.

The Fountain, the first built in the state of Chiapas (finished in 1562 after the design by Fray Rodrigo de León) is made of bricks, and it comprises Gothic and Mudejar (al-Andalus Arabs) influences.

16.707679,-93.016952

Montebello

Exactly in the imaginary line that divides Mexico from Guatemala.

16.073872,-91.682996  (Not the exact location bur for some reason Google Maps won't allow to pin point the area)

New Plymouth

What is now one of the premier botanical gardens in New Zealand began life as a treeless, swampy valley in 1876. The park was named Pukekura in 1907, the name taken from the stream that runs through it.

-39.065298,174.078936

Kofuku-ji, Nara

In Nara, once the capital of Japan, Maruca enjoys the smell of the sewage at the Kofuku-ji temple, built in 669.

34.682523, 135.834183

Ginkaku-ji Temple, Kyoto

Ginkaku-ji Temple, Kyoto

Part of the retirement villa of Ashikaga Yoshimasa, the eighth Shogun of the Muromachi Period, who began the construction in 1482.

35.026551, 135.798047

Kinkaku-ji, Kyoto

The Pavilion, covered with gold leaf, was originally a Zen temple.

35.039167, 135.728956

Flamme d'Or

The Asahi Beer Hall, or Flamme d'Or, designed by Philippe Starck. East bank of the Sumida river, Tokyio.


35.710660, 139.798438