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Ahlat Seljuk Cemetery in Ahlat, Turkey

November 7, 2024

Ahlat Selçuklu Mezarlığı is, as the locals will proudly tell you, the largest Islamic cemetery in Turkey and the fourth-largest in the world. Sandwiched between Lake Van to the south, Mount Suphan to the east, and Mount Nemrut towering to the west, the setting is stunning. But the decorated gravestones are the real attraction; standing an average of six feet (two meters) tall and carved from red basalt, they have a small protrusion at the top unknown in Western...

'Vertebración y Desvertebración' in El Médano, Spain

November 7, 2024

The Canary Islands are a popular whale-watching destination, with primarily pilot whales being seen in their waters. In the past this was different and the locals would hunt these creatures. In El Médano, a replica whale spine commemorates this history. Vertebración y Desvertebración (Vertebration and Desvertebration) is a sandstone sculpture made by Guillermo Batista, which can be found on the easternmost tip of the town. It is a set of two sandstone replicas of whale bones. In one, seven...

TARDIS Bus Shelter in Narrogin, Australia

November 7, 2024

On a rural road in Western Australia, tucked back next to a driveway, there is a traditional London police call box. If you watched the television series Doctor Who, you might suspect that it’s bigger on the inside. This a full-size replica of the TARDIS, the time and space travel machine hidden inside a call box. This one is electrified, with lights and a working control panel. Be careful of the button labeled, “Don’t press this.” The replica TARDIS...

Bârsana Monastery in Bârsana, Romania

November 7, 2024

The Convent of the Holy Apostles, the largest and most impressive in northwest Romania, stands on a plateau looking down on the Iza River. It was rebuilt starting in 1993 on the site of an old monastery abandoned during the 1790s and is now home to an Orthodox community of nuns. The church, designed by the architect Dorel Cordoș and built by a team of local carpenters (Ioan Știopei Buga, Petru Boris, Vasile Rus, Toader Bârsan, Ioan Bârsan, and...

Ghantaghar in Kathmandu, Nepal

November 7, 2024

Watching over the city of Kathmandu, and the university students who daily pace back and forth beneath this belfry, the Ghantaghar clock tower has withstood the test of time. The name translates literally to “hour house,” and it has dominated Kathmandu’s skyline since it was built in 1894 by Premier Bir Shumsher of the prominent Rana family. This 100-foot-tall edifice housed Shumsher’s library in addition to the British-made clock until 1901 when the Premier died. The original structure sadly...

Can Metrics from Other Industries Bring Value...

November 7, 2024

Question for Our Revenue Management Expert Panel: Is there value to be had in introducing metrics from other industries into hospitality? Do you think they have a place in Hotel Revenue Management? (Question by Pablo Torres) Our Revenue Management Expert Panel Pablo Torres – Hotel Consultant Dr. Betsy The post Can Metrics from Other Industries Bring Value to Hospitality? appeared first on Revfine.com.

Integrating Sustainability Practices into Hotel Marketing Strategies

November 7, 2024

Question for Our Hotel Marketing Expert Panel How can sustainability practices be integrated into hotel marketing strategies to appeal to the growing eco-conscious consumer base? What are the common challenges? (Question by Michael J. Goldrich) Our Marketing Expert Panel Michael J. Goldrich – Founder & Chief Advisor, Vivander The post Integrating Sustainability Practices into Hotel Marketing Strategies appeared first on Revfine.com.

This Book Contains a Century of Historical...

November 6, 2024

Since 2021, Barry Enderwick has charmed the Internet with his unfiltered reviews of “olden tymee” sandwiches. There’s the 1936 banana, cheese, pickle sandwich (“I thought it was going to be weird, but it’s not bad actually”) and the 1926 Crisco sandwich, made with creamed vegetable shortening on white bread “like some evil frosting,” he says. “You could hork it down.” Sandwiches of History may have started on a whim, but Enderwick’s followers have mushroomed to well over 600,000 between...

‘Homesick Hachiko’ in Odate, Japan

November 6, 2024

Hachi, also known as Hachiko, is arguably one of the best-known dogs—or historical figures, even—in Japan. He famously waited for his master outside Shibuya Station for a decade after his death, becoming a symbol of loyalty. Now a statue of Hachiko stands on the spot, an iconic meet-up spot in Tokyo. Unbeknownst to most, there’s another Hachiko statue in the city of Ōdate in Akita Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region up north. The connection? This is his birthplace, the...

Hargeysa Cultural Center's Tape Wall in Hargeisa,...

November 6, 2024

For the vast majority of Somali history, a massive body of cultural heritage was preserved only orally. It was not that Somali society had never developed writing; archeological work has uncovered ancient stone inscriptions spanning thousands of years. The written word was just not a popular invention, seemingly ill-suited for a historically nomadic people. Thus countless thousands of stories, songs, and poems were passed down orally across centuries, often verbatim, and never written down. Poetry was especially culturally important....

Loughcrew Cairns in Ballineale, Ireland

November 6, 2024

While Newgrange may be the most famous Neolithic passage tomb in Ireland, Loughcrew is one of the most fabled. Around 3300-2900 BC, rock cairns were piled high atop four hills that sit side-by-side in modern-day County Meath. These hills are known as Slieve na Calliagh, or “Mountains of the Witch.” Legend says that a giant witch hopped from hill to hill, dropping rocks from her apron as she went, thereby creating Loughcrew Cairns. On her last leap, she fell...

'Embracing Peace' in Civitavecchia, Italy

November 6, 2024

This imposing 25-foot-tall statue is one of a number by the artist Seward Johnson. Originally displayed in Florida under the name Unconditional Surrender, it is now called Embracing Peace, a name that has been in use since around 2015. The statue depicts a kiss between a sailor (George Mendosa) and a dental assistant (Grete Zimmer Friedman) on the declaration of the end of the war with Japan in 1945. It’s based on photographic images, taken in Times Square and...

Tree of Remembrance in Manchester, England

November 6, 2024

Piccadilly Gardens is one of the relatively few green areas within Manchester’s city center. However, the area not only contains green lawns and trees but also a major bus interchange, tram tracks (including two nearby bus stops), multiple statues, a fountain (which is only sometimes operational), a varying number of food stalls, and a playground. Given that the area functions as a travel interchange, that many restaurants and other shops are located in the buildings adjacent to the gardens,...

Dostoevsky's Desk in Semey, Kazakhstan

November 6, 2024

In the final scene of Crime and Punishment, the antihero Raskolnikov and his ostensible redeemer, Sonya, sit pensively reflecting on the vast Eurasian steppe and the freedom it had to offer. The scene was no doubt influenced by the years that Fyodor Dostoevsky spent in Siberian exile (1854-1859), where he once wrote to a Kazakh friend (possibly on the very desk displayed in the Dostoevsky Museum), “Isn’t it a great challenge for you, isn’t it your sacred cause—to be the...

Why Did the Spider Cross the Road?

November 6, 2024

Parched earth crunches under our boots as we walk across the eastern Colorado plains. It’s a late September day, and a vast expanse of cracked dirt—dappled with an occasional green spike of yucca and a scattering of yellow-flowering rabbitbrush—stretches out ahead of us. “Found one!” calls out entomologist Jackie Billotte, eagerly beckoning to her colleagues as she pokes at a quarter-sized hole in the dirt with a twig. She’s hoping to lure out the female Aphonopelma hentzi, commonly known...

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