Places Edited by philippe gonzalvez

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

From carts to cars, this leftover Roman bridge in France has managed to survive for centuries.

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.

Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.

An arresting arch punched straight through a mountain provides one of the most scenic spots, and challenging climbs, on the planet.

Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

Partially collapsed lava tube and cave system complete with concert hall, underground pond, and unique albino crabs.

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

Sculpture of a legendary French dragon.

Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.

Mausoleum and Holy Seat of Antiochus I of Commagene.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

According to the Guanches, the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands, the king of evil lives inside this volcano.