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Templo Mayor
Mexico City, Mexico
The site for an ancient temple built by the Aztecs at Tenochtitlan, and destroyed subsequently by the invading Spanish armies, who then built a cathedral at the site. The buried temple chambers were discovered by accident in 1978, and the site was soon reclaimed as a heritage site. Now you can actually see the layers of Aztec construction as you walk down the excavated site. A modern museum, the M...
Château de Vincennes
Paris, France
Today the suburb of Vincennes is one of the most densely populated cities in Europe, but back in the twelfth century, it was nothing more than a forest outside Paris. Much like its more famous cousin in Versailles, the Palace at Vincennes started off as a hunting manor. It was built by Louis VII sometime in the mid-twelfth century. There are only a few scattered archaeological ...
Grant Museum of Zoology
London, United Kingdom
Robert Edmond Grant was the first Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy in Britain. Upon arrival at University College in London, he discovered that there were no specimens to aid his teaching. He began to assemble a collection and the museum was started in 1827. Grant went on to become one of the founders of modern zoology and had a heavy influence on Charles Darwin. The muse...
Hauptwache Plaza
Frankfurt, Germany
This plaza in the heart of the city is a major stop for subway lines, an entrance to the Zeil shopping district and a busy gathering point for Frankfurters. The baroque Hauptwache building was once a prison but has also been used as a police station and is now in its current incarnation as a café. ...