History
Farewell to ‘Washington’s Tourist Hotel’
The Hotel Harrington opened on March 1, 1914. Woodrow Wilson was President. The country was on the cusp of World War I. The hotel, which was near the White House …
Frauenkirche, Nuremberg
The Frauenkirche (“Church of Our Lady”) is a church in Nuremberg, Germany. It stands on the eastern side of the main market. An example of brick Gothic architecture, it was …
Moulin Rouge, Paris
Moulin Rouge is a cabaret in Paris, on Boulevard de Clichy, at Place Blanche, the intersection of, and terminus of Rue Blanche. In 1889, the Moulin Rouge was co-founded by …
Nazi Party Rally Grounds in Nuremberg
Nazi Germany held huge party rallies in Nuremberg between 1933 and 1938. The former Nazi Party Rally Grounds in Nuremberg are the Federal Republic of Germany’s largest surviving assemblage of …
La Grande Arche de la Défense
La Grande Arche de la Défense (“The Great Arch of the Defense”), originally called La Grande Arche de la Fraternité, is a monument and building in the business district of …
CDG Terminal 1: ‘The Camembert’
Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport (CDG) opened on March 13, 1974. It has three terminals. Terminal 1 (shown above) is the oldest terminal. It was inaugurated on March 8, 1974 by …
Nuremberg War Crimes Trial Recordings Available Online
The complete recordings of the Nuremberg War Crimes trials are online. The International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, the custodian of the original materials, arranged the digitization of its archive, collaborating with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial …
La Comédie-Française
The Comédie-Française is the oldest active theater company in the world. It was founded on August 8, 1680 by a decree of Louis XIV (1643-1715), merging the only two Parisian …