House of Sirince village, in Izmir province.

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Sirince, a village in western Turkey. Believers in the Mayan calendar’s doomsday prediction for December 21, 2012, are flocking to Sirince, a small village in Turkey's Izmir province, which some believe is the only safe haven from the impending apocalypse because the Virgin Mary is said to have risen to heaven from there.

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Size: 4256px × 2837px
Location: sirince,izmir,Turkey
Photo credit: © Hulya Ozkok / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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