Believe it or not, but the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world counts its existence for 11,000 years as of today. The town, Damascus, is the Syrian capital city, and astonishingly enough, not much has changed behind this ancient city's walls. However, not many towns keep the same faces for such a long time, often changing and evolving. Sometimes the city development makes it even more beautiful, but as it is in a more often case, the alluring greenery and historical houses have to make way for skyscrapers in the ever-changing city skyline.
Right near the top of our bucket lists is visiting Japan someday (hopefully soon). It’s a fascinating country that sometimes seems more at home in a fairytale book than on Planet Earth. There’s a sense of excitement, modernity, and love for its people present there that’s almost unparalleled anywhere else in the world. It’s far from just about anime, manga, samurai, and Sony—concentrating just on those would do the culture a disservice.
Хендрик Гольциус,(Hendrick Goltzius) 1558-1617. Графика. GOLTZIUS, Hendrick Portrait of Frederick de Vries.1597 Автопортрет Henricus Goltius Pictor et Sculptor Хендрик Гольциус (нидерл. Hendrick Goltzius, январь или февраль 1558, Брюгген под Фенло, Лимбург — 29 декабря 1616 или 1 января 1617,…
