Theme Week Turkey – Gaziantep in Southeastern Anatolia

23 November 2018 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage, Union for the Mediterranean Reading Time:  20 minutes

View from Gaziantep Castle © flickr.com - Natalie Sayin/cc-by-2.0

View from Gaziantep Castle © flickr.com – Natalie Sayin/cc-by-2.0

Gaziantep, previously and still informally Antep, is a city in the western part of Turkey‘s Southeastern Anatolia Region, some 185 kilometres (115 mi) east of Adana and 97 kilometres (60 mi) north of Aleppo, Syria. The city has two urban districts under its administration, Şahinbey and Şehitkamil. It is the sixth-most populous city in Turkey and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.   read more…

Chengdu, panda bear capital of the world and capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China

19 June 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Tianfu Square © Fangoufang/cc-by-sa-3.0

Tianfu Square © Fangoufang/cc-by-sa-3.0

Chengdu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. It holds sub-provincial administrative status. The urban area houses 14,047,625 inhabitants: 7,123,697 within the municipality’s nine districts and 6,730,749 in the surrounding region.   read more…

The Creative Cities Network

2 June 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  5 minutes

© UNESCO / Graz

© UNESCO / Graz

The Creative Cities Network is a project under the patronage of UNESCO. With the aim of celebrating and maintaining cultural diversity, the alliance formed by member cities share their experiences in promoting the local heritage, as well as discuss plans on how to cope with the influx of globalization. The Creative Cities Network aims to find and enrich a member city’s cultural identity in the midst of a growing trend towards internationalism.   read more…

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