Historical Sites

The Temple of Olympian Zeus, also known as the Olympieion or Columns of the Olympian Zeus, is a colossal ruined temple in the center of the Greek capi… Read the rest

The oldest area of Montreal is known, not surprisingly,as Old Montreal or Vieux-Montreal in French.This historic center was once walled and still boas… Read the rest

Montreal’s landmark city hall is known in French as Hotel de Ville de Montreal and is a National Historic Site. The city hall was designed by the arch… Read the rest

<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Brandenburger Tor also known as the Brandenburg Gate is one of Berlin’s most visited… Read the rest

Checkpoint Charlie is the most famous crossing point at the Berlin’s Wall from East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War.

Golden Tower is a legacy of the Almohades, a Moorish dynasty that controlled much of Southern Spain until the reconquest of the area by the Christians… Read the rest

Besieged by Hannibal, then ruled by Rome, Salamanca was defined, in the early 13th century, by the founding of its great university. It’s now a… Read the rest

The sprawling city of Mysore is a delight to explore thanks to its eclectic mix of fine old colonial architecture; regal Indian palaces; and lush, wel… Read the rest

Built by the Almohads, the unfinished Hassan Tower was the work of ruler Yacoub al-Mansour and would have been the minaret for his grand vision of a m… Read the rest

Pompey’s Pillar rises from the ruins of the ancient and famous Serapeion (Temple of Serapis), which was once used to store the overflow of manus… Read the rest