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The world-renowned wildlife island of Komodo is the desolate domain of a fierce and very rare species of reptile that bears the looks of a prehistoric dinosaur and is appropriately called a Komodo Dragon. A clear indication of Komodo National Park’s biological importance is its ranking with UNESCO as both a World Heritage Site and a Man and Biosphere Reserve. Click here to read more
Visitors to the Vatican are often awestruck by the immensity of the Catholic spiritual center, but it is actually a visit to Cambodia’s Angkor Wat that will take you to the largest religious building in the world. With an area of almost 2 square miles, this massive temple and surrounding complex have served as a spiritual beacon for Hindus and Buddhists for nearly 900 years.
Angkor Wat was built in honor of the Hindu god Vishnu by Khmer king Suryavarman II in the early 1100’s to serve as his temple and capital city. Located in Angkor, Cambodia, the name is directly translated as “Angkor School” (though the term wat is used to refer to most Southeast Asian monasteries) as there is no inscription or record of its original name. While it was a Hindu temple for over 200 years, it was converted to Theravada Buddhism with the entire empire when King Srindravarman deposed his father-in-law after spending 10 years in Sri Lanka becoming ordained as a Buddhist monk.
Situated in the far south of the Dalmatia region, this Croatian port was thought to have been settled in the 7th century CE, however, recent evidence points to an even earlier founding. No matter its age, this city is as rich with history as its famed walls are thick.
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