{"id":5607,"date":"2017-06-18T12:28:07","date_gmt":"2017-06-18T09:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourism.plus4d.com\/2017\/06\/18\/city-of-muharraq-appointed-capital-of-islamic-culture-2018\/"},"modified":"2017-06-18T12:28:07","modified_gmt":"2017-06-18T09:28:07","slug":"city-of-muharraq-appointed-capital-of-islamic-culture-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/?p=5607","title":{"rendered":"City of Muharraq appointed \u2018Capital of Islamic Culture 2018\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"s1\">Muhurraq, the second largest city in Bahrain, has been awarded the accolade of \u2018Islamic Capital of Culture 2018\u2019.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px 1.25em; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.938em; line-height: 1.5; color: #222222;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The appointment reflects Bahrain\u2019s significant contribution to the preservation of Arab and Islamic culture.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px 1.25em; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.938em; line-height: 1.5; color: #222222;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The conservation projects being carried out across the city, particularly that of Bahrain\u2019s famous Pearling Trail, demonstrates these ongoing efforts.&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px 1.25em; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.938em; line-height: 1.5; color: #222222;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The trail, which earned UNESCO World Heritage status four years ago encompasses 17 listed buildings, including a fortress and a mosque.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px 1.25em; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.938em; line-height: 1.5; color: #222222;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Restoration work on the listed buildings has been progressing over the last four years and the trail is scheduled to be completed in line with Muhurraq being named the Capital of Islamic Culture 2018.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muhurraq, the second largest city in Bahrain, has been awarded the accolade of \u2018Islamic Capital of Culture 2018\u2019. The appointment reflects Bahrain\u2019s significant contribution to the preservation of Arab and Islamic culture. The conservation projects being carried out across the city, particularly that of Bahrain\u2019s famous Pearling Trail, demonstrates these ongoing efforts.&nbsp; The trail, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category---tourist-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5607\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tourismworld-seyaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}