has been around for over a thousand years. There are many legends and stories surrounding it, but one that has remained constant is about the “perspiring” column that is perpetually wet, no matter how hot the weather. For centuries people have touched the hole at the base of...
The Gateway Arch in St. Louis was built in 1965 to commemorate Thomas Jefferson’s initiative in expanding the west through the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. St. Louis is also called as the “Gateway to the West” and “Home of the Blues.” It is also the home of the largest beer produc...
10 largest cities (2023):Kansas City, 522,580; St. Louis, 296,262; Springfield, 172,080; Columbia, 131,579; Independence, 124,865; Lee's Summit, 104,030; O'Fallon, 94,913; Saint Charles, 71,903; St. Joseph, 71,180; Blue Springs, 60,412 Race/Ethnicity:White alone, not Hispanic...
The Basilica of Saint Anne in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, is a Catholic church built in the 1940s using a mix of European and African design styles. The massive green-tiled building is 85 metres long, with a transept 45 metres wide and a 22-metre-high arch...
Scottish literature includes such names as Sir Walter Scott, Robert Burns, Lord Byron, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and J.K. Rowling. Famous Scottish actors include Sean Connery, Gerard Butler and Ewan McGregor. At least 6 US Presidents were of Scottish descent : Thomas Jeffer...
Museum Paris: the Jardin des Plantes, its museum of natural history: dinosaurs, giant cristals, precious stones Ile Saint Louis: the 18th century island near Notre Dame Ile de la Cité: this island is the heart of the city since the Middle Ages with Notre-Dame, La Conciergerie and Sainte...
Its nave, forming a Greek cross, is surmounted by a hemispherical dome covered with a rich mosaic dating from the 9th to the 10th century. The church of Áyios Dimítrios, the city’s patron saint, is early 5th-century; it was entirely reconstructed in 1926–48. The Panaghia Chalkeon ...
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The origin of the affair between Lancelot and Guinevere Chrétien de Troyes composed ‘Le Chevalier de la Charrette’ at the request of the Countess Marie de Champagne, daughter of Louis VII of France and Eleanor of Aquitaine, then later the wife of Henry II of England. It was apparently ...
Paris, FranceThe Seine River flows past the Île Saint-Louis in Paris, France. The three main parts of historical Paris are defined by the Seine. At its centre is the Île de la Cité, which is the seat of religious and temporal authority (the wordcitéconnotes the nucleus of the an...