The Wissekerke Castle is situated in the village of Bazel of Kruibeke municipality in the East Flanders province of Belgium. Although a castle stood at this site since 10th century, the present castle was largely built in the 15th century with lake, park and a suspension bridge. The suspension bridge by the castle is one of the oldest surviving wrought iron suspension bridges in Europe and was designed in 1824 by Jean-Baptiste Vifquain, an engineer from Brussels[1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wissekerke_Castle
Tata Somba Tata Somba are unique habitats only found in the Northwest of Benin. The home are traditional and are built like fortresses to protect the habitants from wild animals or intruders. Th…
La 44e session du comité du Patrimoine mondial de l'Unesco qui se tient en Chine a inscrit "Nice, la ville de la villégiature d'hiver de Riviera" sur la liste du patrimoine mondial. Retrouvez en images les 33 nouveaux sit...
1. This staircase from the Eiffel Tower is for Sale It’s not every day that a chunk of one of the world’s most famous monuments goes on sale. But on November 27, Paris auction house Artcurial will be selling off a 24-step piece of original staircase from the Eiffel Tower, removed in 1983 to hel
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Le 7 juillet 2008, douze sites français de Vauban ont été classés par l'Unesco au Patrimoine de l'humanité. Une récompense qui intervient trois siècles et un an après la mort de l'architecte.
De tous les châteaux cathares, Montségur n’est pas le plus spectaculaire, mais le plus émouvant. Apprenez-en plus sur cette forteresse !
Located close to the border, Elvas fought to maintain the independence of Portugal and its history. By doing so, it became an example for all mankind. Upon our arrival in the city, we are greeted by a magnificent Aqueduct extending a distance of 7 km and consisting of 843 arches, constructed by the same man who built the Tower of Belém, in Lisbon, architect Francisco de Arruda. It size and numbers are as impressive as what we will discover ahead of us. We have, in fact, just entered the largest bulwarked fortification in the world, with its defensive structures in the shape of a star that enclose a perimeter of nearly 10 km, which are a unique testimony to the development of military strategy up to the 19th century.
