Very informative posting sir
Gopalakrishnan
On Tuesday, 17 October, 2023 at 12:34:03 am IST, venkat giri
<[email protected]> wrote:
RespectedSir/s,
FORBIDDEN PLACES AROUND THE WORLD ONE can’tvisit:
It's hard to BELIEVE that there are a lot of
places around the worldthat people are prohibited from visiting. Unless one is
a researcher,scientist, or military officer, some of these places are strictly
forbidden for thegeneral public, which adds anotherlayer of mystery to them.
There arehistorical sites that are so fragile they can be easily damaged by
humans, andalso some seriously dangerous places many of us would be terrified
to visit. Dueto the increasing use of technology, it feelsquite impossible to
know that some parts of our planet are still unexplored andcovered in
mysteries. The lesser one knows about thesedestinations, the more one craves
for it. Chances are that one would have neverset foot in these places
Thisis exactly the feeling that one will have after reading about these most
forbidden places in the world
Froman island infested with snakes to a vault holding special secrets, check
outthese extremely fascinating and forbidden places.
1.North Sentinel Island, India
TheSentinelese tribe have lived on the island for over50,000 years under the
protection of the Indian Government. North Sentinel Island is a small landmass
in the Bay of Bengal.Its indigenous population, known as the Sentinelese,
rejects any contact withthe outside world and remains one of the few peoples
that remain untouched by our civilization.How do they keep outsiders away from
their island?They simply shoot arrows at them. For this reason, it's impossible
to approachthe island and survive the encounter. This region is strictly
prohibited forvisitors of any kind and is one of the most dangerous and
forbidden places inthe world.
2. BhangarhFort, Rajasthan, India
Technically,the Bhangarh Fort isn't completely banned to access, because
tourists can visit it in the daylight and see this marvellousexample of
Rajasthaniarchitecture..However, from sunset to sunrise, there is a strictban
to enter this place. Generally regarded as the "most hauntedplace in India",
this 16th-century fort is full of legends about ghostsand curses. Hearing some
of them willcertainly send shivers down your spine.
3. Vatican Secret Archive,Vatican,Rome,ITALY
TheVatican Secret Archive, known as the Vatican Apostolic Archive since 2019
serveas a storage space for numerous documents relating to the Catholic Church.
Someof these documents date as far back as the 8th century. Among others, there
issaid to be papal account books, a letter from Michelangelo to Pope Julius II,
aletter from Mary Queen of Scots written before her execution, and Martin
Luther'sexcommunication document.
Mostof the archive is located underground, and it has 85 kilometres of shelves.
It's forbidden to enter itfor anyone, except for researchers with special
permits to access. But even forthem, there are multiple limitations to what
documents they can view.
4. LascauxCaves, France
LascauxCaves in France, which feature invaluable cave art thought to date back
17,000years ago, have been banned to enter since 1963; that is because they
werethreatened by a series of fungal invasions due to a large number of
visitors.This occasion revealed that any human presence is destructive to the
caves. Soto preserve 900 examples of prehistoric art dating back to the
Palaeolithicera, tourists can't come in there anymore, but replicas have been
put in placefor public viewing.
5.Ilha Da Queimada Grande, Brazil
Better known as SNAKE ISLAND, Ilhada Queimada Grande is home to a
huge population of snakes. According to someestimates, there's one snake in
each square meter of the island. And theyaren't just some harmless grass snakes
that only frighten with their look but can't cause any damage. The snakes
living in this islandare world's most dangerous species. Among them is the
golden lance head viper whose venom meltsflesh around the bite.
So it's logical why the Braziliangovernment closed the island for
visitors. Only qualified researchers from orauthorized by ICMBio (Chico Mendes
Institute of Biodiversity Conservation), whoknow how to deal with snakes, and
can only enter under the condition that theyhave a doctor in their team.
6.Pravcicka Brana, Czech Republic
The Pravčická brána (in English also Pravčice Gate, PravčickáGate or Pravcicka
Gate; German: Prebischtor) is a narrow rock formation in BohemianSwitzerland in
the Czech Republic, approx. 3 km northeast of Hřensko. With aspan of 26.5
metres, an inside height of 16 metres, 8 metre maximum width and 3metre arch,
it is the largest natural sandstone arch in Europe, and one ofthe most striking
nature monuments in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. Itis protected as a national
nature monument. The reason of the ban is simple: themore visitors come to the
area, the more likely it is to collapse one day. Soto reduce erosion of this
beautiful landmark, tourists can now see it fromafar, but not climb onto it.
Unfortunately,the erosion process continues even without the visitors and,
according togeologists, the arch can still collapse in the future. But at least
the bandecelerates the process and gives us more time to admire it.
7. MorganIsland (Monkey Island), South Carolina, USA
A colony of approximately 4 thousandrhesus monkeys lives on Morgan
Island, South Carolina, due to which it wasnicknamed as Monkey Island. But,
despite what one might think, the populationof primates isn't native to the
island. They were relocated there from PuertoRico due to the spreading of
herpes virus B infection. Before ithappened, the island was uninhabited.
These days, people are prohibited by law to visit the island fortheir own
safety, as well as for the safety of the monkeys. Only a handful ofresearchers
from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases(NIAID) can go
there.
8.Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Norway
Sometimesreferred to as "the Doomsday Vault", theGlobal Seed Vault
in Norway is actually a very important place for all of us. It stores
100million seeds from all over the world to restore the plant kingdom in
casesomething really, really bad happens to our planet's vegetation. Opened in
2008, the vault was built to last about 200years and it can withstand
explosions and earthquakes. Besides, since it wasplaced on the side of a
mountain, it will still be above sea level, even if allice on the planet melts.
It'sinteresting that the vault knows no politics: even North Korea has given
itsseeds for storage there.
9. Mezhgorye,Russia
Being thelargest country in the world, Russia is certainly full of
surprises. It has alot of mysterious sites, ghost towns, and other special
places. Like, forexample, Mezhgorya in the Republic of Bashkortostan. It's a
closed town hiddensomewhere in the Southern Ural Mountains. To keep off anyone
who wants topenetrate into the town or even come close to it, it's encircled by
twobattalions.
It's not 100%clear that this area is and why it's surrounded by
this kind of secrecy.According the most believable reports, it's a nuclear
missile site thatallegedly has automatic missiles that can be controlled
remotely. But, sincegovernment officials don't comment anything on it, we still
can't be sure whatMezhgorya is.
10. GrandShrine of Ise, Japan
The GrandShrine of Ise in Japan is a very important place for the Shinto
religion,because it was built to honour Amaterasu, a goddess ofthe sun and the
universe. Interestingly, theInner Shrine, Naiku, was constructed without a
single nail. Evenmore interestingly, this temple is rebuilt every 20 years,
according to theShinto idea of death and rebirth (most recently, it took place
in 2013). Andevery time they reconstruct the shrine anew, they keep on using
the woodjoining technique and never utilize nails.
To keep the place holy, only priests and members of the imperialfamily of Japan
can go there. Everyone elsecan gaze at the temple from the outside, through
wooden fences.
Regards
V.Sridharan
Trichy
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