Karakum desert in Central Asia, the capital of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat emerged. This is a big city with buildings completely made of marble.
Located at the edge of the Karakum desert, Ashgabat is a modern city shines with a strange glare.Photos often see here is the marble building with wide boulevards area, covered in yellow roof has unusual architecture with gardens are cared for, fountains, monuments are lit up. On appearance, the city no less than Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the Middle East.
1948, a major earthquake destroyed almost completely the city Ashgabat , causing 110,000 deaths. The government then has to rebuild Ashgabat Soviet architecture. When the Soviet Union disintegrated in 1991, Saparmurat Niyazov became the first president of the new Turkmenistan government and undertook major construction plans in order to bring the country into the "golden age of Turkmenistan", create more housing and monuments such as Arches Neutrality and Independence Park, which completely changed the face of the city.
Ashgabat has entered the Guinness Book in 2013 because many buildings are built of marble in the world. Although the town square 22km wide, it has to be built 543 buildings with 4.5 million cubic meters of imported Italian marble. Photo above is the Entertainment Centre Alem, who is the largest enclosed ferris wheel in the world was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records in 2012. The government of Turkmenistan has lost more than 315 million manat (or about 90 million US dollars) to build.
At night, the white building in the city of Ashgabat are lit by colored lights and lots of well lit boulevards. Pictured is stiffer ceremony, every minute in the evening, this place always changes color from red to green to blue.
Ashgabat city also has many laws and customs are strange President Niyazov apply. He did not forbid men to have long hair and beard, banned opera, chase the dog out of the city and naming months of the year under the name of his family members. Guests are not allowed to photograph the presidential palace and other government buildings.
In 1995, the government of Turkmenistan has declared permanent neutrality and its foreign policy has been the UN Security Council approved the UN. To celebrate this day, the president gave up Neutrality Monument, a tour allows visitors a panoramic 360 degree view of the city. The government of Turkmenistan has called 2015 the year of Neutrality and Peace for the 20th anniversary of the holiday.
As part of its development plan, President Niyazov also restore cultural place Turkmenistan as a top priority. Niyazov's book Ruhnama is put into teaching in the field to lead the people by religious ideals and his ethics. At Independence Park, a large monument shaped book Ruhnama was erected, surrounded by a lot of statues of heroes and great poets of Turkmenistan.
Like many places in Central Asia, the market is an important part of the culture of Turkmenistan.One of the largest and oldest market in this country is fair Gulistan. Situated in the city center, Gulistan is an ideal place to chat with people and taste the national dish. Many spices are sold in heaps, traditional bread freshly baked naan is placed on the counter, and there are many food stalls selling noodles Laghman. Besides, people can buy electronics, clothes and souvenirs here.
Situated in the old town of Ashgabar, Ertugrul Ghazi chapel is an adapted version of the Green Chapel in Istanbul. Named after his father King Osman I, who established the Ottoman Empire, this chapel represents the friendship between Turkey and Turkmenistan. Inside the chapel there are many motifs carved details and hand-woven rugs, like the Green Chapel in Istanbul.
Turkmenistan has been the country with less people visiting ranks seventh in the world with 7,000 visitors a year, according to statistics from the World Tourism Organization. However, since President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow came to power in 2007 he changed currency values of the country and has invested $ 1.5 billion into the construction of a tourist resort on the Caspian Sea.
About 70% of the territory of Turkmenistan is a desert, but in the sands gas reserves are the fourth largest in the world. This resource allows the economic development of Turkmenistan. One of the most special places in Turkmenistan the Darvaza Crater, also called "Hell Gate", located 260 km from the capital, Ashgabat. 70m wide and 50m deep holes were created when the Soviet scientists are exploring the area to find the source of gas. To avoid poisonous gas spread to the nearby village, the scientists were burning methane here and think that just a few days the fire will burn off toxic gases. Four decades later, the fire continued to burn and this hole can be seen from hundreds of kilometers that way.
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