
Month: March 2020


Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque in Bandar Seri Begawan
The Islamic mosque is one of the most beautiful mosques in the Asia Pacific. It

The Creation of Adam in the Vatican City
The fresco is part of a complex iconographic scheme and is chronologically the fourth in

The rock carvings and petroglyphs in Qobustan
More than 4,000 pictures of animals, humans, natural life experiences, hunting, and dancing were carved

The founder of the Republic of Armenia, died in Yerevan
Armenian revolutionary, statesman, and a leading member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation party. He is

The Mendenhall Ice Caves in Juneau
The Mendenhall Glacier is a 20km long glacier in the Mendenhall Valley. Inside the glacier

The medieval castle in Bojnice
Romanesque castle with some original Gothic and Renaissance elements built in the 12th century. Bojnice

The Fuggerei in Augsburg
The world’s oldest social housing complex still in use. It is a walled enclave within

Christopher Columbus – The final resting place in Seville
Italian explorer was born before 31 October 1451 in the territory of the Republic of

The Castle of Krujë
The castle is the center of Skanderbeg’s rebellion against the Ottoman Empire. Inside the castle

Ilinden memorial in Kruševo
The building has a rounded shape with protruding oval windows. The upper windows are made

The original Lunar Rock displayed in Speyer
The moon rock was chipped off from a basalt boulder in the Hadley-Apennine landing site

The Rickenbacker Electro A-22 is being exhibited in Vermillion
George Beauchamp created the “Frying Pan” in 1931, and it was subsequently manufactured by Rickenbacker

Futuro – The round prefabricated house in Espoo
The house designed by Matti Suuronen, of which fewer than 100 were built during

The San Andres Xecul Church in Totonicapán
The founding date of the Church seems to be unknown, but a cross on the

Maracanã Stadium – The opening in Rio de Janeiro
The construction of Maracanã was criticized for the expense and for the chosen location of

The Putra Mosque in Putrajaya
Construction of the mosque began in 1997 and was completed two years later. The pink-domed

The Christ at El Picacho in Tegucigalpa
The massive Christ rises on the west side of Cerro El Picacho, and can be

The first automatic electronic digital computer in Ames
The Atanasoff–Berry computer was conceived in 1937, the machine was built by Iowa State College

The Motherland Calls in Volgograd
The work of sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich and engineer Nikolai Nikitin is an 85-meter figure of

The Bluesmobile falls apart in Chicago
The Dodge Monaco sedan 1974 that was prominently featured in the 1980 Universal Pictures film

The birthplace of Iron Maiden in London
Steve Harris joined a band, initially known as Influence and later Gypsy’s Kiss. After a

PSB – The heart starts missing a beat in Rajec
Written by Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant, “Heart” was the fourth and final single from

Christ of the Abyss in San Fruttuoso
The submerged bronze statue of Jesus Christ by Guido Galletti, the original cast of which