The Church of St Katharina was built in 1720 in the Baroque style. Its interior is decorated with numerous wall and ceiling paintings. Particularly interesting is the wall painting behind the main altar - "St Catherine before the Alexandrian philosophers" by Christoph Jelovšek. In the Chapel of St Ignatius Loyola there is a sculpture of this saint by master Francesco Robb.
Khan-Al-Khalili is a large market in the Muslim neighbourhood of Cairo, one of the city's striking landmarks. The square that Khan-Al-Khalili occupies was originally the site of the Saffron Tomb mausoleum, the burial place of the Fatimid caliphs. Emir Al-Khalili ordered the destruction of the Fatimid cemetery in 1382 in order to build a large caravanserai. At that time, this was the central... read more
In the heart of Athens, northwest of the Acropolis, lie the ruins of the Ancient Agora. During the period of ancient Greece (from about the beginning of the 6th century BC) it was the political, financial, administrative, cultural and religious ce... read more
