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Italian globetrotter based in #Tunis
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My 80th visited country— the one I had the opportunity to visit while attending #UNCCDCOP17 in Ulaanbaatar (called UB by locals).

A few fun facts about this Mongolia:

🐎 More horses than people. An old Mongolian saying goes: "A Mongol without a horse is like a bird without wings."

🥶 Home to the world's coldest capital. Ulaanbaatar experiences long, harsh winters and holds the title of the coldest national capital.

🌍 The world's most sparsely populated independent country. With only about 2 people per square kilometre, Mongolia offers an incredible sense of space.

☀️ The Land of the Eternal Blue Sky. With more than 250 sunny days each year, blue skies are one of the country's defining features.

⚔️ Birthplace of the Mongol Empire. Founded by Genghis Khan in 1206, it became the largest contiguous land empire in human history.

🛖 The ger — wrongly called a “yurt”. Mongolia’s traditional circular home is properly called a ger. A ger can be assembled in about 30 minutes, making it perfectly adapted to the country’s nomadic way of life.

🇲🇳 Mongolia was a meaningful host for Land COP17. Nearly 77% of the country's land is affected by desertification and land degradation, bringing the conference discussions into sharp focus. by @sonia_borrini

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#soniastabene by @sonia_borrini

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6 months ago

Thank you to everyone who helped in making this possible 🤍🤍🤍
@515creativeshop Maddalena superstar and Alessandro
@luly979
@sonia_borrini

Thank you to all the guests who came with curiosity and interest in discovering more about Sejnane and the magic art of doing pottery by Marowa Farida Hanene Zohra Najed Mufida Neziha Habiba
Stay tuned! by @sonia_borrini

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Port Prince est un site magnifique du Cap Bon, avec une plage magnifique, de bons parcours de randonnées et son petit « château » abandonné,
Le chateau de Wassila Bourguiba à Port au Prince entre El Haouareya et Korbous.. "c 'est le chalet du colon . robera situe a Takelsa connu sous le nom de .. château de Wassila qui ne l'a visitée que deux fois ....tandis que son frère mondher y passait des weekends parfois." Wassila Bourguiba (arabe : وسيلة بورقيبة), née Wassila Ben Ammar le 22 avril 1912 à Béja et morte le 22 juin 1999 à La Marsa, est la deuxième épouse du président tunisien Habib Bourguiba et la Première dame de ce pays de 1962 à 1986. Elle est alors connue sous le titre de Majda (الماجدة soit « Vénérable ») #tunisie taken in Port de prince - مرسى الأمراء by @sonia_borrini

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6 years ago

Ghar El Melh, signifiant « grotte du sel » (du fait de la proximité de salines) et anciennement appelé Porto Farina, est une ville côtière du nord-est de la Tunisie.

De nos jours, Ghar El Melh accueille un vieux port turc ainsi que trois forts.
Ghar el Melh figure parmi les villes du monde ayant reçu le « Label ville des zones humides », accrédité par la convention internationale Ramsar régissant la protection des zones humides à l’échelle internationale.

#tunisie🇹🇳 taken in Ghar el Melah by @sonia_borrini

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Le #Mali dispose d’un fantastique potentiel dans le secteur des énergies renouvelables et s’avère l’un des marchés les plus prometteurs en Afrique de l’Ouest.

En effet, le potentiel de l’énergie solaire y représente à lui seul 5 à 7 kWh/m2/jour, de quoi offrir à la population 7 à 10 heures d’éclairage chaque jour. Or seuls 5 % de ce potentiel de production d’énergie #renouvelable est exploité aujourd’hui dans le pays. Et 65 % de sa population seulement a accès à l’électricité.

On était à #Bamako pour la première édition de la semaine des énergies renouvelables #SemR

https://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/investir-durablement-dans-lavenir-energetique-du-mali-19026/ taken in Bamako, Mali by @sonia_borrini

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8 years ago

NESSUNO FERMA LE STELLE - Ape sans frontières.

@pietro.nessunofermalestelle in #Assinie, #CIV

UN VIAGGIO LENTO (a meno di 55km all'ora!) VERSO IL TOGO: 10000 CHILOMETRI, 9 PAESI, 3 RUOTE SU TERRA!
Un percorso polveroso e traballante a bordo di un'ape cat P3 del 1987 verso la @maisonsansfrontieres nel villaggio Kuma Tsame Totsi in Togo.
http://www.nessunofermalestelle.org taken in Assinie by @sonia_borrini

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The Hassan II Mosque or Grande Mosquée Hassan II (colloquially the "Casablanca Hajj") is the largest #mosque in #Africa, and the 5th largest in the world. Its #minaret is the world's tallest minaret at 210 metres.
The building was commissioned by King Hassan II to be the most ambitious structure ever built in Morocco. Completed in 1993, it was designed by Michel Pinseau and built by Bouygues. The mosque has capacity to accommodate 25,000 devotees for prayers in the main hall and another 80,000 in the plaza squares around it.
The building dimensions are 200 metres in length and 100 metres in width.
All of the granite, plaster, #marble, wood and other materials used in the construction, were extracted from around #Morocco, with the exception of some #Italian white granite columns and 56 glass chandeliers. Six thousand traditional Moroccan artisans worked for five years to create the abundant and beautiful mosaics, stone and marble floors and columns, sculpted plaster moldings, and carved and painted wood ceilings. The construction work involved engagement of 35,000 workers and working of over 50 million hours.
Construction costs, estimated to be about 585 million euro, were an issue of debate in Morocco, a lower mid-income country. While Hassan wished to build a mosque which would be second in size only to the mosque at Mecca, the government lacked funds for such a grand project. Much of the financing was by public subscription. taken in Casablanca, Morocco by @sonia_borrini

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8 years ago

Bye bye #Poland.
8 facts about this country:

1. With a population of approximately 38.5 million people, Poland is the sixth most populous member state of the European Union.

2. In winter, polar-continental fronts often dominate, bringing #cold, frosty weather with temperatures far below zero an sometimes heavy #snowfall.
The ground is often covered with #snow from December to mid-March

3. Poland has an impressive 16 World Heritage Sites.

4. Poland is home to one of Europe’s great lake districts, counting more than 2000 lakes.
5. It's Europe's most religious country. #Krakow is also called "Little Rome" due to the impressive number of 138 churches.

6. It was ruled by a woman: Beata Szydło, prime minister in November 2015.

7. Poland is populated by the world's sixth biggest per capita #beer drinkers.

8. Burning #coal is a part of daily life in Poland. As a result the country has some of the most polluted air in the European Union, and 33 of its 50 dirtiest cities.
The Polish government hopes its Clean Air programme will contribute to a significant reduction in energy use and CO2 emissions. At the #COP24 #Climate Summit in Katowice (southern Poland), financing was announced for building thermomodernisation from Jan. 2019. taken in Kleszczów, Krakow, Poland by @sonia_borrini

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#Poland #COP24 “To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.” Aristotle

My first #snow since 2004...❄️❄️❄️☃️☃️ taken in Katowice, Poland by @sonia_borrini

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"#Manhattan, one of the most moneyed spots on the planet, also has one of the greated concentrations of people in its #skyscrapers. It's also, of course, the place where every architect wants to build his #tower." Norman Foster

#nyc #newyork #usa #empirestatebuilding #rockefellercenter taken in New York, New York by @sonia_borrini

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Simply love #Mediterranean and its colors! "#Color is a power which directly influences the soul." W. Kandinsky

#Filicudi #Italy #Sicilia taken in Filicudi by @sonia_borrini

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