The massive green-tiled building is 85 metres long, with a transept 45 metres wide and a 22-metre-high arch. Photo © Tom RobertsonREPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: OVERVIEWCapital city: Brazzaville Surface area: 342,000 square kilometres | 1.1% of Africa Population: 4.7-million people | 0.4% of ...
(192-metre) stainless-steelGateway Arch(1965), designed by architectEero Saarinento commemorate St. Louis’s historic role as “Gateway to the West.” The site includes the Museum of Westward Expansion; the Old Cathedral (Basilica of St. Louis, King; 1831–34), which was granted a special...