Architecture

Archaeologists discovered ancient roads in Petra. Ones for pedestrians, others for camels, and wheeled vehicles.

Before the Crusades began, there was a Muslim castle here, built in 1031 for the Emir of Aleppo.

Pompeii was bombed during World War II.

In the 4th century, when Christianity appeared in Armorica, a chapel dedicated to St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, was erected on the island.

Under the arch is the Unknown Soldier's tomb, where the symbolic flame of remembrance is lit every evening.

In the southern part of Spanish Square, opposite the Spanish Embassy, rises the column of the Immaculate Conception from the 19th century, which combines antiquity (Corinthian column) with modern times (statue of the Virgin Mary on the top).

Two mounds were built on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 2012.

The monument was designed by a French sculptor of Polish origin, Paul Landowski, the son of a January Uprising insurgent.

The pyramid has been described many times by ancient historians.

The cathedral's pipe organ was built in 1403 but has not survived to the present day. Only 12 pipes and a small part of the wooden structure remain. The creator of the original pipe organs was Frédéric Schambantz.