VILLENEUVE-L»S-AVIGNON rises up a rocky escarpment above the west bank of the RhÙne, looking down upon its older neighbour from behind far more convincing fortifications. Historically, Villeneuve operated largely as a suburb to Avignon, with...
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Rajasthan's ruling caste, the twice-born Rajputs, trace their mythological origins back to a powerful fire ceremony, or yagna agnikund , conducted by the sage Vashista after the fall of the Gupta empire in the eighth century AD. The...
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Sprawling at the heart of New Mexico, where the main east-west road and rail routes cross both the Rio Grande and the old road south to Mexico, ALBUQUERQUE is, with half a million people, the state's only major metropolis. Though many tourists...
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