The Rum Orphanage was designed by the prolific architect Alexandre Vallaury (1850-1921) as a luxury hotel and casino for the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits.
For over a century, the historic Haydarpaşa Railway Station has stood as an iconic image on Istanbul's skyline and as the symbolic gateway to the city.
Tthe Old Town of Testour was established in the early seventeenth century by Jewish and Muslim communities fleeing the Spanish Inquisition on the Iberian Peninsula.
Spanning 35 acres and elevated 100 feet above the surrounding landscape, the ancient settlement of Ulug Depe is an impressive site of earthen archaeological remains.
Located on coastal dunes 10 kilometers south of Gaza City, the archaeological remains of Tell Umm el-‘Amr span more than four centuries, from the late Roman Empire to the Umayyad period.
The botanical garden of Lisbon was established by the former Escola Politécnica de Lisboa to complement teaching and research at the school, and was laid out between 1873 and 78.
The late-sixteenth-century Greek Catholic Church of St. Paraskewa is constructed of hewn logs laid horizontally, clad with wooden shingles, and capped with a steeply pitched roof.