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The Idanre Hill, or Oke Idanre is located in Idanre town in Ondo State of southwestern Nigeria. Views from the Idanre Hills. The Idanre hill is well-known. Idanre Hill is a beautiful hill with 682 steps from the ground. It's not an easy climb, but it's totally worth the Journey. There are about 5 huts on the way up ... The  Idanre  hill is well-known for its landscape. Its wide variety on cultural sites as 'Owa's Palace', shrines, The Old Court, Belfry, Agbooogun footprint, thunder water (Omi Apaara) and burial grounds have since brought the location fame and the nation's nomination for the  UNESCO World Heritage Site  shortlist. It resides 3000 ft (914.4meters) above sea level and houses a unique ecosystem upon which the cultural landscape has Integrated. Idanre Hills is located on a Precambrian igneous batholith that is about 500 Million years old, and is cut by several large fracture that form deep valleys withi

Erin Ijesha Waterfall is one of the popular waterfalls in Nigeria. Erin Ijesha is a seven-step waterfall located in the heart of Osun State. Erin-Ijesha Waterfalls is located in Erin-Ijesha. It is a tourist attraction located in Oriade local government area, Osun State, Nigeria.  Erin-Ijesha Waterfalls is located in Erin-Ijesha. It is a tourist attraction located in Oriade local government area, Osun State, Nigeria. The waterfalls were discovered in 1140 AD by one of the daughters of Oduduwa. However, according to The Nation,"Olumirin waterfall was discovered by hunters in 1140 AD". Another source has it that the tourist site was discovered by a woman called Akinla, founder of Erin-Ijesha town and a granddaughter of Oduduwa, during the migration of Ife people to Erin- Ijesa. The fall features seven levels, on top of which the village Abake is located. The Erin Ijesha Waterfalls is a popular excursion point for schools around the neighbourho

At Shuwarin, one of the largest date markets in Jigawa State, commuters are attracted with different varieties. Situated along the Kano-Maiduguri highway in Kiyawa Local Government Area, the market is home to hundreds of youths, who rely on the business to eke out a living. Kano/Jigawa Chronicle observed that most of the young date sellers stylishly arrange a variety of the commodity as samples on their tables to attract the travellers’ attention, while those with little capital hawk it inside a tray in the market and other parts of the highway.

Bini Esan War During the 16th century, the Uzea War occurred which is called the Bini Esan War. This war was between the Uromi Kingdom and the Benin Kingdom. The war lasted for many years, as a result from a refusal of friendship from Oba Ozolua of Benin by Onojie Agba N'Ojie of Uromi. Oba Ozolua moved with his warriors to Esanland and beheaded the Onojie of Uzea during the war. The war ended at the town of Uzea, when Oba Ozolua was beheaded during the War in Esanland and while king Agba N'Ojie of Uromi on the other hand, never died immediately, rather vanished into Ahojie bush and was never seen till date and the people of Esan deified him as a God of WAR and is being worshipped today under a tall Kapok tree that is evergreen throughout the year.  Note it was after that war that the original coinage of Esan Gbe Edo originated, Meaning Esans has defeated the Binis in War. At that time, it was even used as a name among Esans as well. The Bini warriors went back home

Certainly one of the most popular paintings in the world by Italian artist  Leonardo da Vinci , between 1503 to 1506, is the Mona Lisa, a priceless work of art.  Despite her known features like her gaze. Lisa del Giocondo  June 15, 1479 – July 15, 1542). Lisa del Giocondo was an Italian noblewoman and member of the  Gherardini family  of  Florence  and  Tuscany . Her name was given to the  Mona Lisa , her  portrait  commissioned by her husband and painted by  Leonardo da Vinci  during the  Italian Renaissance . Little is known about Lisa's life. Born in Florence and married in her teens to a cloth and silk merchant and shoemaker who later became a local official, she was a mother to five children and led what is thought to have been a comfortable and ordinary middle-class life. Lisa outlived her husband, who was considerably her senior. In the centuries after Lisa's death, the  Mona Lisa  became the world's most famous painting. In 2005, Lisa was definitively id