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Some defensive structures are basically walled military compounds on a limited area, like fortresses. Others include entire towns. The fortresses...
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Defensive Structures (1) The huge ones
There are some historically significant and physically huge defensive structures around the world. They built them to protect entire countries...
Religious Buildings (12) After death – Special memorials, with no identified dead persons
What happens to a person after death? For some there are special memorials, with no identified dead persons. Military and political authorities have...
Religious Buildings (11) After death – Taking care of human remains
In this serious about religious buildings we have come to what happens after death, when it comes to taking care of human remains. Mummification...
Religious Buildings (10) After death – Burial sites as World Heritage Sites
What happens after death? Some burial sites are also World Heritage Sites. Rich people, like kings, emperors and nobles have for thousands of years...
Religious Buildings (9) After death – Cemeteries as final resting places
What happens after death? We will have a look at cemeteries as final resting places. All religions and cultures have rites in dealing with death and...
Religious Buildings (8) Houses for the deity or its premier representative on Earth
What do we mean by houses for the deity or its premier representative on Earth? This chapter in the series about religious buildings is a rather...
Religious Buildings (7) Monasteries and educational institutions
In this serious of religious buildings we have to come to monasteries and educational institutions. They belong to different religions. In most...
Religious Buildings (6) Places of worship for extinct religions
Around the world we find several places of worship for extinct religions. This article is based it on my own photographed visits. There is a host of...
Religious Buildings (5) Other contemporary places of worship
This chapter finishes the presentation of contemporary religions with a look at Shinto, Tao, Hindu and Jewish places of worship. Shintoism Shintoism...
Religious Buildings (4) Buddhist places of worship
Buddhist places of worship: Buddhism spread out of India from around the 4th to 6th century BC based on the thoughts and principles of the awakened...
Religious Buildings (3) Muslim places of worship
Muslim places of worship: Some Muslim mosques are more important than others. The most important ones in Mecca and Medina are out of reach for...
Religious Buildings (2) Christian places of worship
Christian places of worship: Christianity is a religious faith that has triggered the building of some of the world's largest and most magnificent...
Religious Buildings (1) Introduction
This is an introduction to a series of articles presenting religious buildings in a wide definition of the term. They are based on my own visits....
Iron Wheels (2) Special rails
There are many varieties of rail transport; metro, cable car, cog track and tram to mention some. There are actually a lot more than you think of,...
Iron Wheels (1) Exciting train journeys
This is an introduction to exciting train journeys. I have registered my travels on a world map and the distance travelled on trains has been...
