The Montmartre Cemetery is known for housing bright and well-known creatives. Edgar Degas, a French artist famous for his drawings, paintings, prints, and sculptures is buried here. The gravesite of Degas, labeled “Famille de Gas” is a…

An all-female religious order in the late 17th century, the Ladies of the Assumption (Dames de l’Assomption), were the first occupants of the building, which was constructed between 1670-76. It continued to be used by wealthy women as a sort of…

The story of the Luxor Obelisk begins in Egypt in 1392 BC, when the Pharoah Amenhotep III began building the Luxor Temple. It was completed during the reign of the Pharoah Tutankhamun or, as he is better known, King Tut. The Luxor Temple stands tall…

Built just in time for the Exposition Universelle of 1900, Pont Alexandre III was put in place to commemorate the Franco-Russian alliance that took place in 1892 when the two countries formed an alliance for economic and military purposes. The…

The church began as a humble oratory in the sixth century then morphed into a chapel and later a basilica. Nothing remains of the eleventh century structure after it was attacked by Vikings and was rebuilt in the thirteenth century. Three quarters…