Turkmenistan Part 2: • Inside the Most SECRET...
Thank you so much for watching! My brother and I traveled across Central Asia in October 2019. Read about locations and trip details below:
Location: Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Stop #1: Happiness Palace (Wedding Palace) -- "The eleven-story building holds seven banquet rooms, 36 shops, and two cafes, providing all the necessary items of wedding services, including dress shops, decorations, beauty salons and a 22-room hotel. The third and fourth floors hold administrative offices and a library."
Stop #2: Old Nisa -- "One of the Parthian Empire’s earliest capitals. Its Parthian name was Mithradatkirt, or fortress of Mithradates (171-138 BC), after the king who turned Parthia into a powerful empire and one of Ancient Rome’s greatest rivals.The Parthian Empire was the most powerful force on the Iranian plateau, intermittently controlling Mesopotamia between 190 BC and AD 224. At one point, its empire occupied all of modern Iran, Iraq and Armenia, parts of Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. It also briefly held territories in Pakistan, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine."
Stop #3: Türkmenbaşy Ruhy Mosque -- "The mosque, constructed by the French company Bouygues, was built in the hometown of President Saparmurat Niyazov. It opened on October 22, 2004 and was built by Niyazov with a mausoleum in preparation for his death. Niyazov died two years later, and was buried in the mausoleum on December 24, 2006."
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MUSIC:
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2. Wriss Parker - Right Away - thmatc.co/?l=4DC435DD
5 янв 2021
