On Świętojańska Street is the oldest church in Warsaw - St. John's Cathedral, built at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. In 1339, a papal court settled a dispute here. between Poland and the Teutonic Order. Here were crowned Stanisław Leszczynski and Stanislaw August Poniatowski. Beneath the floor of the church lie the ashes of Mazovian princes, and noble citizens of Mazovia. Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz is also buried here. The temple didn't survived, but was restored in 1963.
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
