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The Shanghai Museum People’s Square metro station can get fearsomely busy but fortunately as you head west onto Renmin Dadao the crowds thin out dramatically. On the south side of this giant boulevard, Renmin Square is a pleasant plaza with a fountain where you might catch a few skateboarders, and tourists feeding the pigeons. At [...]
Fengshine Plaza to the Friendship Exhibition Hall Starting from Renmin Square and heading west, first stop for most visitors is Fenshine Plaza on the north side of the street at 580 Nanjing Xi Lu (daily 9am–8pm), where you can gauge China’s true level of commitment to protecting intellectual property. The entire mall, all three storeys, [...]
Renmin Park Just east of the Art Museum is the north gate to lovely Renmin Park-Rénmín Guǎngchǎng (open 24hr; free). It’s surprisingly quiet, with rocky paths winding between shady groves and alongside ponds – the only sign that you are in the heart of a modern city is the skyscrapers looming above the treetops. In [...]
BALIKESIR Balıkesir, is an important part of the Anatolian peninsula, at the north-west ,near the Sea of Marmara, a city located in the Aegean region.It is at the South of Manisa and Izmir,and the Aegean Sea and, east of Kütahya and Bursa, also the North part is surrounded by the Marmara Sea.
HIDDEN TRASURE ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE This Riverside Church is second largest in the world carillon. It has seventy four bells that strike every hour daily. Its tower offers the spellbound view of the city. It has incredible stained glass windows. And it is made after the High xiii century Cathedral Norte-Dame de Chartre. [...]
Jinmao Tower and around Shanghai’s most attractive modern building, the Jinmao Tower, is an elegantly tapering postmodern take on Art Deco, built by the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. All the proportions are based on the lucky number eight – the 88 floors are divided into sixteen segments, each of which is one-eighth [...]
AYDIN Aydın is based on an ancient city. Aegean region has the most important cities of ancient times.The arts of architect and sculptor could be seen in Aydın.Also Antemiyus, Thales, Anaximandros, Anaximenes, Hekotaios, Hippodamos, İsodor the famous persons for the history was being educated in Aydın. DISTRICTS Bozdoğan: 76 km away from Aydın. And it [...]
BURSA Bursa is a city of works about religions.Some Works about Islam, Christianity and Judaism is still standing, and protected in Bursa. Especially A.D, Christians gathered 17 times starting from 324 to 1563, and 8 of these important meetings of council was held in our country, of which 1st and 7th were made in Iznik. [...]
(Moda Coastal Road of Kadikoy, Istanbul, Turkey) (Intense Cloud Clusters and the Sunset Over Istanbul Skies) (Seems like an intense storm is coming up ah? No no, there was not storm after this really, it was only a drizzling rain back then.) (Leaving Kadikoy by Ferry…) (Haydarpasa Railroad Terminal, Istanbul) (Moda Coast of Kadikoy, Istanbul)

