BAMIYAN RESTAURANT

Bamiyan is a city in Afghanistan located in the Hindukush Mountain Range, altitude of 2,500m. It is surrounded by mountains. It lays approximately 240km north-west of Kabul. Bamiyan is the site of an early Buddhist monastery. Many statues of Buddha are carved into the sides of cliffs facing the city. The two most prominent of these statues were standing Buddha's, now known as the Buddha's statues of Bamiyan. Measuring 55 and 37 meters high, they were considered as the largest standing Buddha carvings in the world. They were probably erected in the 4th or 5th century AD. They were cultural landmarks for many years and are listed as one of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites... In March 2001 the Taliban regime ordered them to be destroyed. One of the world's greatest and tallest cultural treasures was decimated with artillery and explosives. After the destruction of the Buddha's, 50 caves were revealed. In 12 of the caves, several wall and ceiling paintings were discovered. It is believed..