The city of Canakkale lies at the narrow, 1,200 meter entrance to the Canakkale Strait that connects the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean. To honor the 500,000 soldiers who lost their lives at Gelibolu (Gallipoli), the peninsula was made into Gelibou Historical National Park.
New Delhi is the planned central district of India’s capital, laid out with broad avenues, formal gardens, government buildings, and prominent public landmarks. Designed around ceremonial spaces and tree-lined roads, it contrasts with the dense lanes and historic neighborhoods of Old Delhi. Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament, India Gate, and Kartavya Path form some of the district’s defining landmarks.
Bellevue is a city on the eastern shore of Lake Washington, directly across the lake from Seattle and framed by the Cascade Mountains to the east. It combines a dense, modern downtown with residential neighborhoods, wooded parks, wetlands, and waterfront areas.
Lake Powell, stretching across the Utah-Arizona border, is one of the largest manmade reservoirs in the United States. Formed by the flooding of Glen Canyon after the completion of the Glen Canyon Dam in 1963, it covers over 180 miles in length and contains nearly 2,000 miles of shoreline, more than the entire West Coast of the U.S. Despite its modern origins, the area has long been home to the Ancestral Puebloans and later Navajo communities.
The third largest city in Turkey, a cosmopolitan and lively city all year round, during the International Arts Festival (June/July) and the international Fair (August/September), Izmir bursts with an added vibrancy.