Folger Shakespeare Library
Henry Clay Folger (1857-1930) and his wife, Emily Jordan Folger (1858-1936), established the Folger Shakespeare Library as a gift to the American people, after decades of assembling the world’s largest …
Architecture
Solothurn, Switzerland
Solothurn (pop. 16,777) is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is located in the northwest of Switzerland on the banks of …
Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection, Paris
The Bourse de commerce (Commodities Exchange) is a building in Paris, originally used as a place to negotiate the trade of grain and other commodities, and used to provide services …
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 …
American Red Cross National Headquarters
The American Red Cross National Headquarters in Washington, D.C was built between 1915 and 1917. It serves both as a memorial to women who served in the American Civil War …
Hôtel de la Marine, Paris
The hôtel de la Marine (also known as the hôtel du Garde-Meuble) is an historic building located on Place de la Concorde in Paris, to the east of rue Royale. It was …
Sainte-Chapelle, Paris
The Sainte-Chapelle is the finest royal chapel to be built in France. The chapel is filled with 1,113 stained glass windows illustrating the Bible. Construction of the chapel began sometime …