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Abuna Yemata Guh
-this is a church in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia located in the northern part of the country
-maybe one of the most inaccessible churches in the world located 2500feet above sea level
-has been around since the 5th century
-some priests have not been down the mountain for about 40 to 50 years http://i.imgur.com/UBdRyv7.jpg
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I think City Data is lacking such a kind of thread and i think it wouldn't hurt if someone showcased its own country with a pic a day each. The choice of only one pic per post and one pic per day is to not get the thread too cluttered.
Some explainations about the place where the pic is taken is advised.
I'll start with Craco - Basilicata:
This place is literally a ghost town, it had to be evacuated in 1963 after yet another earthquake struck the town who then had to be completely abandoned because the terrain it was built on is at risk of landsliding.
The town dates to the low middle age and it's fascinating for his history as much as for how people actually you can still see that life was suddenly blocked when people got evacuated. There are still desks in school for example. The place can be visited only with a local guide which shouldn't be hard to get.
A modern town to host the old inhabitans of Craco was built, it's totally unremarkable and sits just at the foothill of the old town
Reminds me of Poorvo which we visited about ten years ago. Lovely place
Yes, you're quite right. Porvoo was the other candidate for UNESCO, but Rauma was chosen due to the fact that the street plan in Porvoo had been partly altered.
Portmeirion in North Wales. A "folly" built in an Italianate style by architect Sir Williams Clough Ellis, which came to prominence in the 60s as the setting for iconic, influential and downright weird TV series "The Prisoner" starring Patrick McGoohan. These days it is a hotel, and there is an alt-rock/pop music festival there every September (usually a pretty good line-up) named after McGoohan's character - "Festival No 6".
Despite this lake being in the Sila range in one of Italy's southernmost regions, it isn't hard to see this lake being mostly frozen over. It sits at 1280 meters, it's actually an artificial lake which was built by the Fascist regime between 1927 and 1931 blocking the course of the Arvo river from which the lake takes its name.
The lake and the surrounding area are actually in the midst of a cold microclimate which makes the area ideal for skiing, there's a resort on the shores of the lake but this is not only Southern Italy but the middle of Calabria so nobody ever bothered to invest here despite skiing being possible for five months a year. The lake is also described as an ideal place for canoeing and fishing.
Stunning place, i admire Italianate and all the revival styles. The area between the late 19th century and the early 20th century was a brilliant period for architecture due to the blend of old and modern elements. It's the moment when the perfect balance between cost and functionality was probably reached.
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Wow it looks so creepy.
It is, a shame that it can't be visited at night because it would be even creepier then. It was also interesting to see how nature was slowly trying to reclaim the place when i visited.
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Somewhere nice in the Pacific
Porvoo was the other candidate for UNESCO, but Rauma was chosen due to the fact that the street plan in Porvoo had been partly altered.
