Mosul's emblematic leaning minaret – known as the Al-Hadba or "hunchback" – has been rebuilt brick by brick, symbolising the rescue of the Iraqi city's priceless heritage after it was ...

Tourists are drawn to these historical sites. The House of Leaves showcases the country's recent communist past, while the Great Mosque of Tirana and the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania ...

These historical sites attract tourists. The House of Leaves offers a glimpse into the country's recent communist past, while the Great Mosque of Tirana and the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of ...

In recent years, Albania has become famed as a great destination dupe for the Maldives, which can be a rather expensive holiday, especially if travelling with family or at peak times. The ...

Tirana is becoming an unlikely hotspot for offbeat architecture as politicians court high-profile foreign architects to ...

Now it is a country with energy and ambition, working towards great economic improvements ... while a building called Puzzle Tirana throws together abstract shapes and greenery as a way ...

A map of Albania, the face of the country's national hero and a house-covered facade are among the defining features of these eight skyscrapers currently under development in Tirana. Tirana is ...

The minaret and mosque are the latest landmarks in Mosul to be restored by United Nations heritage body UNESCO, whose teams ...

It was inspired by the design of the Great Mosque of Xi'an, one of the oldest mosques in China, originally built in 742 AD. Unlike other mosques, it does not have a dome. The mosque was built around ...

Queen Toda approached Córdoba’s great ruler, the caliph ’Abd ... the 13th-century Divrigi Hospital was built alongside a mosque, and the two are a UNESCO World Heritage site.

And of course as the great restorer and tenacious trailblazer of Orthodoxy in Albania. We bow to this greatness of a unique personality because the Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and ... established ...

The buildings contain offices, a restaurant, gallery, hotel and conference center. The Great Mosque of Djenne is the world’s largest mud structure and the third one built on the same site. The first ...