Architecture

The Petra Basin covers almost 100 km² (38.6 sq mi). It is full of limestone mounds, undulating sandstone hills, cut by narrow valleys and broad plains.

These included raisins, dates, lemons, and anise candies (particularly favorites of the monks). At t ...

During its construction, 60 thousand tons of steel, 5663 m³ of limestone and granite, 740 tons of stainless steel and aluminum, 10 million bricks were used.

Several smaller ones were still on the spire, which collapsed during the 2019 fire. Until 2012, the ...

In the village of Ballater (in Aberdeenshire, on the River Dee), 60 stones were laid, one for each y ...

Rione are the administrative units into which central Rome's area is divided.

It was rebuilt and elevated. A cross was placed inside, which was later replaced by an image of Christ. Another earthquake in 989 also brought down the church's dome, which was rebuilt in 991.

It was also the place of his death in 1916, at the age of 86. After the fall of the Habsburg monarch ...

Herostratus was a local shoemaker who wished to immortalize his name by burning down the Temple of A ...