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Rajasthan, a state of India, popularly known to many as the Land of the Kings, is a beautiful example of India's age-old opulence and grandeur, traces of which still linger in the air of this state. One of the most colourful and vibrant states in the country, with a strong blend of culture, history, music, cuisine and people welcoming you with smiling faces, falling in...

A favorite day trip for visitors to Bogotà is the city of Zipaquirà (pop. 112,000). About 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Bogotá, Zipaquirá is known for its Catedral de Sal—a cathedral built in a salt mine. Zipaquirá is named for the the Zipa, the Muisca leader of the Bacatá confederation. The Muisca settlement was very close to the mines,...

Mea She'arim is a very old venerable corner of Jerusalem, Israel. The name Mea She'arim (Hebrew: מאה שערים‬, lit. "hundred gates"; contextually "a hundred fold") is derived from a verse from Genesis, which happened to be part of the weekly Torah portion that was read the week the settlement was founded: "Isaac sowed in that land, and in that year he reaped a hun...