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Sokol Kula an Ancient castle in Konavle
During my research, I learned that Fort Sokol was built on an inaccessible cliff.
During my research, I learned that Fort Sokol was built on an inaccessible cliff.
The height of the castle is over twenty-five meters a natural fortress that controls the main road closest to us.
The main road leads from Konavle north into Herzegovina, and of the Balkan hinterland. It was the main reason for this town to be inhabited since the ancient times.
In August 1973 the name of the castle known as the Falcon Tower was discovered. The word Sokol from the Croatian language means falcon when translated into the English language.
After spending time reading, and paying attention to what the local people have on their minds, I discovered the town was found much earlier than mentioned.
A prehistoric structure as an ancient fortress from a medieval town came under the authority of Dubrovnik since the year 1423.
I was interested in the history of this old mysterious castle. My daily walks close to the castle get me thinking of the ancient times around this region.
The guards that stood there and the slaves who lived behind these castle walls still remains a mystery to me.
The role of the fortress just changed over the years. The religious function of the castle has more to offer.
The prehistoric fortress had also protected the inhabitants of the village and I live in this village at the moment the population is over a hundred and fifty people.
The whole of konavle has over eight thousand people and has an area of 80.79 sq miles you are looking (209.2 km²).
It includes Cavtat the small village of this region is a popular tourist destination. Ancient Roman and late antiquity Byzantine fortresses had to defend the region of Konavle from the external enemies and to fight off the barbarians.
During the Middle Ages Konavle was mainly under the authority of the neighbouring states this gave it a special political position.
The fort Sokol over time, no longer had to defend the neighbouring states or rulers, because they had already had their position in Konavle.
The feudal lords then enforced payments from their lands they demanded to be paid for their plots this was in Konavle from Sokol.
The arrival of people from Dubrovnik forty kilometres away changed everything. They oversaw Konavle and managed to take charge of the situation.
The revenues from the Rector's Court in Saint Martin another village called Pridvorje a not so far away village from us and Sokol took on a role of a similar to that Justinian’s castrum from the sixth century: as what the defence of territory acquired from external enemies.
Throughout the fifteenth century, the Republic of Dubrovnik had invested a considerable amount of financial resources to make Sokol stick out for its rich history.
The making of a fortress to be shown as powerful enough to defend Konavle and the southeastern borders of the republic showed lots of defences.
The problem with the trading republic there were far too many enemies.
Also, the rulers in the hinterland and the of the powerful Venetian Republic, which was seen as always lying in wait to conquer the city. A major new power on the European mainland was un-stoppable approaching the borders of the lovely Dubrovnik.
The Ottomans and Sokol played an important military role in the sixteenth and the seventeenth centuries.
Interestingly enough, after the Canadian War back in 1669, the Sokol fortress lost its significance and the Dubrovnik army was forced to abandon the castle in the year 1672.
I am amazed at how everything changed in this history of the Falcon Tower the old ruins remained for years before the changes were finally made to the beautiful fortress.
After the three centuries of ruins, dilapidation and oblivion followed. Finally, the association of Dubrovnik acquired the Sokol Kula (Falcon Tower).
This happened in 1966 when Dubrovnik took full control of the fortress only what was left of the huge remains.
The restoration had taken many years you are looking at least half a century to get to this final stage.
The Falcon Tower is currently open to the public and a free entrance to all citizens of Konavle. Others are charged a specific entrance fee.
After at least three hundred and fifty years, the Sokol Kula has regained its feature and is guarded by permanent garrison that watches over it.
The many treasures found were cleaned and set in the skilfully made museum.
I found this history to be fascinating knowing how the old remains of the castle stood there when I had first seen it. The recent changes are to reconstruct the ruins of it exactly the same feature from centuries ago.
Stone-built around and the castle and the view from this castle is one of the best of a countryside scenery.
Soon there will be a restaurant right on the roof level.
The major actions had shown great improvements.
The old building has a unique appearance and I enjoy the view from my home.
On my arrival to the old castle twelve years ago, it looked dull and dark grey in colour. I had captured fairly good photos. Unfortunately, I deleted the photos and now wish I had not done that.
The before and after photos would have been an ideal setting to have a good memory.
Built off a cliff is such a powerful idea.
The feature of the fortress presently tells the story through all the buried treasures which were found at the time of digging around the castle.
There are safety railings along the stairs and is much easier also, it feels safer to climb to the top.
My experiences around the village have been a wonderful challenge. The castle is an addition to the value of our property.
The many advantages of this old fortress have brought light to my life. I am pleased to live that close to a historical site it's enormous.
The mountainous region behind the castle shows the real outlook of the castle, called Sokul Kula (The Falcon Tower).
The surroundings are beautiful with many Cyprus trees, olive trees, Laurel trees, Fig plants, and the many wild herbs in the wild has to offer is also close to the mysterious castle.
It is indeed a mystery as much more is kept a secret about the slaves who were not allowed to leave the fortress centuries ago.
A valuable and most interesting history of the castle that fascinates many tourists.
My daily walks have shown me more appreciation of the history this castle has to offer and is such a natural feature.
The opening day was extravagant the traditional events were very entertaining.
The men and women were dressed in traditional clothing and performed their acts gracefully.
I enjoyed every bit of a new culture and felt part of something different.
A walk to the fortress makes me happy and fun-filled it gives me an opportunity to be more active when climbing the stairs.
The fortress is next to a cemetery and an Old Catholic church.
I don't like passing through the graveyard it just not for me, I prefer walking the long path.
I like the appearance of the professionally built stone walls and homes.
The homes are built of stone and with the red roofs.
The original style of the building, though some people are changing the older style homes to modern styles.
I am not in favour of that idea. It spoils the image.
My home is built of stone and I so admire the natural outlook.
When the style is changed, it does not suit the traditional buildings.
Stone built houses and red roofs are the actual way of building in Croatia.
The maintenance is simple to keep up with in all weather conditions.
The many changes in my life have allowed me to appreciate my new life. The castle has one of my best views and I enjoy the countryside life.
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He is famous for his pop up restaurants around the world, particularly for those he prepared in Thailand, South East Asia.
During his Thai adventure and having to work with incredibly simple kitchens and very limited food supplies, it occurred to him for the first time the amount of food waste he had witnessed in “first world” kitchens during his career.
Mario is now based in the UK and has conceived a concept for his next pop up restaurant.
He will prepare a seven-course Michelin Star standard dinner, using only the waste food surplus from local restaurants in the surrounding area – all with their participation, blessing and agreement.
The hope is to highlight the amount of food that we waste as a society by creating this incredible meal, but also at the same time to spotlight homelessness in our communities; with a percentage of any profit being donated to the teenage homeless charity – Centrepoint.
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Travis Benjamin - one of the better smaller streamers on YouTube
Travis Benjamin is also one small YouTube streamer that currently has 3.6K subscribers on YouTube.
The reason why he is one of the better smaller streamers on YouTube is because he interacts with people in the chat.
Travis Benjamin says: "I'm just trying to put positive environment for people to come and play a game with me, dealing with the negativity in the world, especially during this pandemic."
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When President Muhammadu Buhari who campaigned vigorously using the anti-corruption fight as a strategy came to power in 2015, he promised to "kill corruption" completely, one of the most pressing problems facing Nigeria. He quickly launched an anti-corruption campaign, arresting, prosecuting, and persecuting some selected high-profile individuals, mostly members of the opposition party, and allegedly recovering billions of dollars in stolen funds yet to be accounted for.
However, eight years down the line, there is little or no evidence that Buhari's war on corruption has had any real impact. Corruption remains very rampant indices in Nigeria's political history. Some critics argue that Buhari in himself is fantastically corrupt and does not have the political will to fight corruption. they point to the fact that he has not been willing to prosecute some of his allies who have been accused of corruption.
Barely 5 months after the earlier renovation of Aso Rock Presidential Villa in 2014/15, President Buhari upon inception of office Budgeted 3.5B for the renovation of the aforementioned project. Before the election of President Buhari in 2015, he promised to make his assets declaration public but breached the promise he publicly made to the Nigerian people.
Before being elected to power in 2015 President Buhari called the subsidy regime a fraud, few weeks after his inauguration, he acknowledge that there is a subsidy and has since then borrowed to pay the subsidy, very recently Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed announced that the Federal Executive Council received $800M from the world bank to share to 50Millon Nigerians as palliative before petrol subsidy is removed in June 2023, she went further also to state that in 2023 alone the federal government has budgeted #3.36 trillion naira to take care of petrol subsidy till mid-2023, what a fantastically corrupt regime?
Sunday Darie the sports minister on the other hand announced that a total of 21 billion naira will be needed to renovate the national stadium in Lagos. As if that was all, the Aviation Minister announced that he had commissioned 10 firefighting trucks for the airports at the cost of 12 billion Naira, which translate to 1.2 billion per truck. This is unbelievable and it happened and still happening under the watch of whom many Abinitio believed that he has come to fight corruption.
In 2015, the government of President Muhammadu Buhari took a $2.1 billion loan from China Exim Bank to finance railway projects, only God knows where these projects were.
In 2016, the government obtained a $1 billion Eurobond from the international capital market to fund its budget deficit, which practically meant borrowing Money to share or basically for consumption.
In 2017, the government secured a $3 billion loan from the World Bank to finance infrastructure projects, which are nowhere.
In 2018, the government took another $2.8 billion loan from China Exim Bank to fund the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan railway project, which is yet to be completed.
In 2019, the government borrowed $2.5 billion from the World Bank to finance various development projects, and Nigerians are yet looking out to find where these projects were situated. In 2020, the government secured a $1.5 billion loan from the World Bank to support the country's economic recovery efforts amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2021, the Nigerian government received approval from the World Bank for a $1.5 billion loan to support the country's economic recovery efforts amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
In August 2021, the Nigerian government received approval from the National Assembly to borrow $4 billion from external sources to fund infrastructural projects in the country.
It is important to note that some of these loans were taken for specific projects, and the Nigerian government has never been transparent in its borrowing and loan repayment processes which is an aberration to some constitutional provisions and the monies borrowed so far can't be juxtaposed side by side with the number of projects on the ground.
Our National Budget under GMB was padded, stolen, and missing, and no details since after the passage in 2016, the ICT Ministry budgeted 1Billion for office furniture presented by Buhari to the National Assembly, till date no one is facing trial for this monumental fraud, however, perpetrators are rewarded with either juicy position or more contracts.
Under the watch of "Saint Buhari", An Ex-Governor stole over N70B from a failed monorail project, and GMB rewarded him with a Ministerial post and almost allowed the same Individual to succeed him, what a country.
In all, there are several reasons why Buhari's anti-corruption campaign has failed.
First, the campaign has been characterized by a lack of accountability and openness. There have been claims of corruption inside the anti-corruption agency itself, and Buhari has refused to disclose information about the sums that have been recovered.
The campaign has also been picky. Buhari has concentrated his attention on his political rivals while disregarding corruption allegations implicating his allies. Additionally, inside his political sphere, President Buhari oversaw the worst election ever held in Nigeria, which was overseen by Professor Mahmud and INEC.
Third, the campaign has been ineffective. Many of the high-profile officials who have been arrested have been acquitted or have had their cases dismissed. And even when convictions have been secured, the sentences have been light.
As a result of these failures, Buhari's anti-corruption campaign has lost public trust. A recent poll found that only 15% of Nigerians believe that Buhari is doing a good job of fighting corruption, whereas the rest believe otherwise.
The failure of Buhari's anti-corruption campaign is a major setback for Nigeria. Corruption is a major obstacle to development, and it is one of the main reasons why Nigeria remains the world's poverty capital with over 133 million Nigerians living below the poverty line.
corruption is a major problem in Nigeria today, it hurts the economy, the government, and society as a whole. Aside from President Buhari's weak dispositions, several factors contribute to corruption in Nigeria including weak institutions, lack of transparency, a culture of impunity, poverty, etc.
If Nigeria is to break the cycle of corruption, it needs to build a strong and independent anti-corruption agency that is free from political interference. It also needs to create a culture of transparency and accountability, and it needs to ensure that all Nigerians are treated equally under the law.
Until these things are done, Buhari's war on corruption will continue to fail even as he has less than a week to go.
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