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Ancient Places: St Hilarion Castle - Cyprus
Posted by: ThomoTheLost on Sunday, December 21, 2003 - 08:50 PM
History
| Cyprus unfortunately is divided. However, being a foreigner, I am able to travel on either side of the island with little problem. The kids and I had decided that we would have a look at the Turkish side of Cyprus, seeing as I had worked for about four months on the Greek Cypriot side of the island and never crossed the green line. We got our gear together for the day (passport and cameras basically) and headed down to the Ledra Palace area in Lefkosia. Here there is a crossing point, allowing you to go over the green line and into the Turkish Cypriot side. After being warned about not supporting the economy on the other side of the island ("don't buy anything, not even water, you cannot drink even the bottled water there") we (me, Jenny and the Beaver) set out across the green-line to see some of the historical sites on the other side of the island.
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Korea: Korean War Memorial Museum
Posted by: ThomoTheLost on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 02:07 AM
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| The Korean War Memorial Museum notes about it's raison d'être that "since the end of the Korean War many important war records have been disappearing and that generation [that fought in that war] has also been disappearing". Korea was established through a number of struggles and the War Memorial Museum was proposed and built to pull all this information together.
So, the purpose of the Korean War Memorial Museum was for the collection, preservation and exhibition of historical relics for all the wars that Koreans fought in. At the front of the museum, there is also a plaza area that is there to serve as a reminder of the past sacrifices in war. It should also be noted that the museum was built to "commemorate loyal martyrs and their services to the nation." There are, as a result, a couple of areas that most westerners would consider a little "heroic" in their appearance and what is displayed.
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