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Manaslu Mountain  Manaslu (Nepali: , also known as Kutang) is the eighth highest mountain in the world at 8,163 metres (26,781 ft) above sea level. It is located in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas, in the west-central part of Nepal. Its name, which means " mountain of the spirit ", comes from the Sanskrit word manasa, meaning " intellect " or "soul". Manaslu was first climbed on May 9, 1956 by Toshio Imanishi and Gyalzen Norbu, members of a Japanese expedition. It is said that "just as the British consider Everest their mountain, Manaslu has always been a Japanese mountain". Manaslu Peak Manaslu is the highest peak in the Gorkha District and is located about 64 km ( 40 mi ) east of Annapurna. The mountain's long ridges and valley glaciers offer feasible approaches from all directions, and culminate in a peak that towers steeply above its surrounding landscape, and is a dominant feature when viewed from afa...

Cumalikizik Village in Bursa - Turkey CUMALIKIZIK : One of the most priceless civil masterpieces of countryside, Cumalıkızık was built as a foundation village in piedmont of Uludag , Bursa during the reign of Ottoman Sultan Orhan Gazi ( 1326 - 1360 ). Absolutely, that splendid structure which includes total 270 homes ( 60 of them are still livable today), reflects Ottoman Style and it has protected its historical tissue since in the past . FEATURES : However the words fail to define Cumalıkızık , it can be said that several main features describe the fascinating historic space. There was turned out a church belonging to the East Rome ( Byzantine Era ) in the southeast of the Cumalıkızık settlement in 1969 .  At the present, the ruins of that chapel are kept in Bursa Archaeology Museum .  Situated on approximately the area of ten hectares , the magnigicent location was called as ‘’ Kızık ’’ because it was foun...