Even before our era, special flat areas began to be prepared for sports competitions. The first stadium (mid-VI century BC) has been preserved on the outskirts of Olympia, where the founder of the modern Olympic movement, Pierre de Coubertin, is buried.
Indian motifs are often found in the stories of Arthur Conan Doyle about Sherlock Holmes, so borrowing the title of one of these stories should not be considered an encroachment on the classics.
The Church of the Resurrection of Christ, which is not yet quite correctly called the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, contains Kuvuklia under the dome of the rotunda, where, according to established opinion, the body of Christ was located and where every year a huge number of believers meet the descen...
In front of the Acropolis with the Parthenon crowning it, a modest-looking rock has been preserved, the significance of the processes taking place on which exceeded the value of the Acropolis itself in the times of Ancient Greece (BC).
The Chand Baori well near the temple of the Goddess of Fortune in the town of Abaneri near Jaipur is an example of structures that are found only in India. According to various sources, its depth is from 19 to 30 meters, probably in the first case they indicate the depth to the surface of the water,...
The medieval Temple of the Goddess of Happiness Harshita Mata is not at all associated with Happiness, it was built presumably in the 8th century on a massive stone foundation and is currently in a dilapidated state.
Jaigarh Fort was built in the 18th century, its task is to cover the Amber Fort located below. There is much in common in their appearance, it is difficult to find something different from the buildings of the Amber Fort.