Palmyra
Palmyra was an ancient Arab city in Syria. In the age of antiquity, it was an important city of central Syria.
C.R. Cockerell
C.R. Cockerell was an English architect.
Grand-Bassam
Grand-Bassam is a city in Côte d'Ivoire. It was the French colonial capital city from 1893 until 1896, when the administration was transferred to Bingerville after a bout of yellow fever. The city remained a key seaport until the growth of Abidjan from the 1930s. Grand-Bassam is the chief city of Grand-Bassam Department. The city has the aura of a ghost town since large sections have been abandoned for decades.
Duino
Duino Castle is the castle where Rainer Maria Rilke wrote his Duino Elegies.
Carlo Scarpa
Carlo Scarpa was an Italian architect, influenced by the materials, landscape, and the history of Venetian culture, and Japan.
Giant ant colonies
Anthills can be fairly unassuming on the surface. When excavated, not so much.
Bam
Bam is a city in Iran. According to legend, this earthen architecture city owes its existence to a magic worm. It was destroyed in an earthquake in 2003, but is being restored.
Vank Cathedral
Vank Cathedral is a cathedral in Iran. The interior is covered with fine frescos and gilded carvings and includes a wainscot of rich tile work. The delicately blue and gold painted central dome depicts the Biblical story of the creation of the world and man's expulsion from Eden.
Duchess Anna Amalia Library
Duchess Anna Amalia Library possesses a total of one million units. Since its profile is dominated by the educational concept of the era around 1800 and its collections from the time between 1750 and 1850 are particularly extensive, the epoch from Enlightenment to Late Romanticism is the major focus of the library’s work.
Wendingen
Wendingen was an art magazine that appeared from 1918 to 1932. The magazine gained recognition not only through its content but also by its remarkable square format and the striking typography of architect El Lissitzky, Vilmos Huszar and others.