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Azraq Wetlands Reserve
Amman, Jordan
The Azraq Wetlands Reserve is part of what little remains of Azraq's wetlands. The wetlands originally covered more than 12,000 square km, larger than the entire country of Lebanon. In the 1960s, Jordan began channeling water from here to use in the cities of Amman and Irbid. By 1990 the wetlands had completely dried up. In 1994, Jordan's Water Authority and the United Natio...
The Conservatoire de Musique
Geneva, Switzerland
The Conservatory of Music is a relic from the Byzantine Empire. Decorated with muses of civilizations long gone by, the Conservatory hosts a modern academy of music consisting of several classrooms, in addition to a spacious hall for concerts and performances. Location: Place Neuve Telephone: 022 311 7633 ...
High Line Elevated Park
New York, United States
When it opened in 1934, the High Line was a major infrastructure project. It was built for freight trains coming into New York, and got rid of hazardous at-grade intersections at a cost of $2 billion in today’s dollars. The tracks actually were built through warehouses and factories so that trains could be directly unloaded into their destination. In the 1950s, however, rail traffic began to de...
Chandni Chowk
New Delhi, India
The bazaars that surround Chandni Chowk, in Old Delhi, offer a colourful, heaving and pungent slice of Delhi life, with shops and stalls displaying a spectacular array of goods, from fish and poultry to second-hand goods, gemstones and gold, garlands, turbans, tinsel and spare car parts. They are an unmissable part of any visit to the city. The covered Gadodial Market is the wholesale spice marke...