Uluru • Ayers Rock – The spectacular ancient monolith in Mutitjulu
One of Australia’s most recognizable natural landmarks and has been a popular destination for tourists…
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Portland Vase – The Roman cameo glass vessel is being exhibited in London
A vase or a small amphora, which is dated to between 15 BC – AD…
Apelles Painting Campaspe – The great art gallery painting is being exhibited in The Hague
This is one of only three surviving paintings by Willem van Haecht depicting the interior…
Giuseppe Verdi – The birth house of the famous opera composer in Le Roncole
Italian composer, was born on October 10, 1813, to a provincial family of moderate means,…
Flooded Belfry – A landmark towering above the water in Kalyazin
A Neoclassical campanile rising to a height of 75 meters over the waters of the…
Stabroek Market – The Victorian market with a prominent clock tower in Georgetown
Construction of the iron and steel structure was completed in 1881 by the Edgemoor Iron…
Watkin’s Tower – The English Competitor of the Eiffel Tower in Wembley
A partially completed iron lattice tower. Its construction was an ambitious project to create a…
Castillo de San Marcos – The old masonry fort in St. Augustine
Built to defend Florida and the Atlantic trade route, Castillo de San Marcos National Monument…
Pyramid of the Sun – The great enigmatic pyramid-shaped structure in Teotihuacán
The large building is believed to have been constructed about 100 AD in the heart…
King Aegeus – The tragic father of Theseus leapt to his death off the cliff in Sounion
Τhe story begins when Androgeus, a son of King Minos of Crete, was murdered in…
Roskilde Cathedral – Scandinavia’s first Gothic cathedral in Roskilde
Cathedral reflects the changing European architectural history across 800 years and is an early Scandinavian…
The Holy Right – The fist of St. Stephen resides in Budapest
King Saint Stephen, was the last Grand Prince of the Hungarians, and the first King…
Bridge of the Slovak National Uprising – The UFO Bridge in Bratislava
The bridge was built between 1967 and 1972 by architects J.Lacko, L.Kušnír, I.Slameň and engineers…
Eiffel Tower – One of the world’s most recognisable structures in Paris
A wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars. It is named after the engineer…
The Alcântara Launch Center – The satellite launching facility of the Brazilian Space Agency in Alcântara
Located on Brazil’s northern Atlantic coast, in the state of Maranhão. It is operated by…
Marconi National Historic Site – The point of the first official transatlantic wireless communications in Glace Bay
The historic site commemorate the efforts of Guglielmo Marconi to transmit transatlantic radio signals between…
Telstar – The world’s first commercial communications satellite is being exhibited in Washington D.C.
The first two Telstar satellites were experimental and nearly identical. Telstar 1 launched on…
Gran Telescopio Canarias – One of the world’s largest optical reflecting telescope in La Palma
A 10.4 meters telescope, began with the leadership of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias…