Explore Zeytinlik
Zeytinlik's roofs carry a trace of the hazelnut trade: ships taking hazelnuts to Europe brought building materials back, including Marseille tiles. Photograph a roof detail from a pu…
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Read Düsseldorf’s city story in bronze
Düsseldorf received its town rights in 1288 after the Battle of Worringen. Bert Gerresheim’s Stadterhebungsmonument, made for the 700th anniversary in 1988, brings the battle and the…
Read the story ↗Discover Pan Bon’s migration story in Old Bank
In Old Bank on Bastimentos Island, the sweet fruit bread Pan Bon carries a link to Jamaicans who came to work on banana plantations. Ask about Pan Bon at a local bakery or restaurant…
Read the story ↗Learn about stone-tool-using monkeys in Santa Catalina
Some white-faced capuchin groups on Jicarón and Coiba islands in Coiba National Park use stones as tools to open tough foods. In Santa Catalina, a gateway to the park, ask a nature g…
Read the story ↗Discover the mud behind La Pintada’s hat patterns
In La Pintada’s sombrero pintao tradition, some plant fibers are first dyed reddish with chisná leaves, then darkened to black in swamp mud. The black fibers become patterns in the h…
Read the story ↗Notice Akören’s dry-stone terraces
Look for stone farming terraces around Akören’s church remains. The field report describes walls built without mortar that also shelter other species. Photograph a terrace during you…
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