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Roman Agora
Athens, Greece
For 500 years from 100 BC to 400 AD this was the commercial heart of Athens. The market place buzzed with the sale of salt, oil and wheat along with a number of other merchants selling their products. Its most outstanding feature is the Gate of Athena, Archegetis, funded by Julius Caesar and Augustus as the inscription says. The Tower of the Winds located here is well preserved. This tower f...
Hanuman Dhoka
Kathmandu, Nepal
A small area within Dunbar Square, this place serves as the inner palace complex that was originally founded during the Licchavi period (4th to 8th centuries AD). The structure that stands today was constructed by King Pratap Malla in the 17th century. There are now ten chowks (courtyards) to explore here; cameras are allowed here but not within the buildings of the complex. The Hanuman Statue mar...
Museu Nacional do Azulejo (National Tile Museum)
Lisbon, Portugal
If you must see only one museum in Lisbon make it this one. Housed in a 16th century convent, this place pays homage to one of Portugal’s most famous exports the azulejo (tile). The exhibits cover everything, from the azulejo’s beginnings in the Ottoman empire to the present. Star attractions include a 36m panel depicting a pre-earthquake Lisbon and a gold-bedecked baroque chapel. The cafe also ge...
Pigeon Towers
Isfahan, Iran
Address: along the Atashgah Avenue Rearing pigeons has been a favorite pastime for the locals since centuries. Kept domestically in cages built onto roofs of houses, you will often see, on a summer evening, people releasing and calling out to pigeons from their rooftops, sprinkling grains onto sidewalks for the birds, and putting out dishes of water at large monuments for the birds to drink fro...