Ankara

The Ankara Atakule Tower looks out over the capitol of the Turkish Republic.This area has been inhabited since the Bronze Age: first the Hattis, and then the Hittites. After them the Phrygians, Lydians, and Persians came into power. Then the Galatians, after which it fell to the Romans, then the Byzantines, and then the Seljuks. After that, the Ottomans came in and controlled the area until the first World War. That's a lot of civilizations coming and going!Kugulu Park
It's a well-planned city, with parks and greenspace. The area enjoys hot and dry summers and cold, snowy winters.Segmenler Park
Ankara was a major stop for caravans traveling the trade routes. The word Ankara comes from the ancient Greek word for Anchor. This modern city has proved to have the holding power of an anchor.
Kocatepe Mosque

White Cliffs of Dover

According to the www.dover.gov.uk website, "The first recorded description of Dover describes the scene that Julius Caesar saw in 55 BC when, with two legions of soldiers, he arrived off Dover looking for a suitable landing place and 'saw the enemy's forces, armed, in position on all the hills there. At that point steep cliffs came down close to the sea in such a way that it is possible to hurl weapons from them right down to the shore. It seemed to me that the place was altogether unsuitable for landing.' (Caesar's Commentaries, Book IV.)"The chalk cliffs are quite a sight, rising out of the water nearly 300 feet in some places. UK's National Trust claims it is "one of this country's most spectacular natural features."

Rock SamphireIn Shakespeare's King Lear, it was the location of Act IV, Scene I where the Earl of Gloucester says "There is a cliff, whose high and bending head / looks fearfully in the confined deep." As he looks over the edge of the cliff, he sees "half way down / Hangs one that gathers samphire: dreadful trade!" Samphire is a plant native to the area which, according to some sources, tastes like asparagus. It was gathered by people who would lower themselves by a rope to the cliff face where it grew.From "Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold (1867):
The sea is calm tonight
The tide is ful, the moon lies fair
Upon the straits: - on the French coast, the light
Gleams, and is gone: the cliffs of England stand,
Glimering and vast, out on the tranquil bay.