In the highlands of Ethiopia, in the city of Gondar, rises a sight that astonishes almost everyone who sees it: a complex of stone castles and palaces that would not
On the edge of the Sahara, where the great Atlas Mountains give way to the desert, rises one of the most extraordinary and beautiful fortified villages in the world: Aït
Rising on a rocky spur beneath the Mokattam hills, dominating the skyline of Cairo, stands one of the great medieval Islamic fortresses of the world: the Citadel of Cairo, the
Deep in the interior of southern Africa rise the magnificent stone ruins of Great Zimbabwe, the remains of one of the greatest cities of medieval Africa. Its massive walls, built
A short boat ride from the city of Dakar, off the coast of Senegal, lies a small and beautiful island whose name has become synonymous with one of the greatest