Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Wat Chedi Luang
Chiang Mai, or New City, was the crossroads of the Lanna people and the Burmese. Later, part of the Siam kingdom. The construction of this Buddhist temple started in the 14th century.
18.78686,98.986132
Monday, March 25, 2013
Phra Borom Maha Ratcha Wang
In the heart of Bankgok lies the Grand Palace, or Phra Borom Maha Ratcha Wang.
The Ubosoth (chapel) of the Emerald Buddha faces the east, as all Buddhist edifices must face either the east or a body of water.
13.751161, 100.492316
Thursday, November 1, 2012
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
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
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)
Saturday, September 22, 2012
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
Thursday, May 24, 2012
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
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
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
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