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There is probably no such person who has not heard of such miracles of light, like the Egyptian pyramids with the Sphinx near them, the Great The Wall of China is finally more or less known to the people of the Coliseum, Taj Mahal … However, in a world of such majestic, partly there are much more mysterious buildings, but sometimes they don’t even know about them avid travelers.
It is about such amazing sights of the world, very remarkable and at the same time little-known, told his readers Quora magazine, and he selected these rare wonders of our planet on based on a survey of the most experienced connoisseurs of world tourism.
Mali: Jennen Cathedral Mosque
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In the Malian city of Jenna, you can endlessly admire and marvel at the clay building that is itself a large and amazing building of this type. Not by chance The Jennen Mosque is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. However, for tourists this unique structure has long been closed. Such a strange decision at first glance, the Government of Mali made in 1996 after the walls of this religious building ball too open a photo shoot for Vogue magazine.
India: Chand Baori Well
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The oldest and also the deepest Indian stepped the well is considered the construction of Chand Baori. This is unusual The architectural complex is located in the small village of Abaneri. A giant structure in the form of an inverted pyramid, which is 3,500 steps with perfect symmetry of all their structures goes to thirty meters deep, meets tourists below a small pond with muddy green water. It is still unknown when this mysterious complex. Some scholars attribute its appearance to IX — XI centuries AD, while others claim that the well was built around the 7th century BC.
Romania: Palace of Parliament
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Bucharest boasts the magnificent Palace Building Parliament, which was built in the days when Romania was socialist state. It is the largest in the world. administrative civil building. Its height is 86 meters, and the remaining dimensions – 270 by 240 meters. In addition, the building have a no less grand underground part that goes deep by 92 meters. Bucharest Parliament Palace – 12-story building from 1100 rooms. Moreover, its halls are so magnificent that the title of the palace this building deserves without any reservations.
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Old Bridge
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Unfortunately, the Old Pedestrian Bridge across the Neretva River, which the inhabitants of Mostar have been proud of for centuries, destroyed in 1993 by Croatian fighters. Therefore, today its copy is called somewhat bizarre – the new Old Bridge, sort of like in Russia – old New Year. And this unique bridge that is the object UNESCO World Heritage is primarily famous for the fact that here for several centuries traditionally arranged jumping in Neretva’s water from the highest point of this arc-shaped structure, that is, from its middle. The height of the jump varies from 24 to 30 meters – depending on the water level in the river.
India: Fort Kumbalgarh
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It turns out that India has its own great wall. And although she significantly inferior in length to the Chinese (total 36 kilometers), but continuously stretches along the perimeter of Fort Kumbalgarh, for many centuries protecting him from the enemy. In individual in places the width of this wall reaches eight meters, and all this It was done, as they say, for conscience and for centuries (more hundred years).
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In the entire history of the invaders’ reflection, the Great Wall of India has never did not let the enemies into the fort and was not destroyed. Call her yet “guardians of death” and “through the eyes of Mewar.” Despite the fact that the Chinese the great wall is much larger than the Indian in length, “guard death “confidently in this regard ranks second in the world, but her fortifications throughout are homogeneous and impregnable. By the way let’s say that the Great Wall of China is basically earthen rampart, and her, unlike the “eyes of Mevar”, the enemies overcame and destroyed quite often and easily …
Iran: Sheikh Lutfulla Mosque
In Persia, Sheikh Lutfulla Mosque is considered an outstanding monument antiquity, relating to the unique architecture of the Sefenid era. It was built in 1602-1619, and is considered not just magnificent in its beauty, but also unusual for a number of reasons. First, she is without a single minaret, she does not have a courtyard, but to the entrance steps lead to the portal, which is also not characteristic of the classic buildings of cult Islamic architecture.
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But the casket, as they say, opens simply: this mosque is not intended for mass use of it, it was built as a place for religious needs by women harem shah. IN this is the whole uniqueness of this building. Although look how beautiful and elegant it is in an oriental way …
Pakistan: Derawar Fortress
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Unusual square structure with many bastion towers – This is the Deravar fortress, erected in Pakistan in 1733. Total there are 40 such bastions in it, which seem to have independently grown from sand of harsh Pakistani desert. The perimeter of the fortress is one and a half kilometers, and the height of the walls reaches in some parts Deravara thirty meters. This fort is pretty secret. the object for tourists, even in Pakistan itself, not every resident knows about the existence of this fortress.
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