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peterdiethelm96

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Small Cannon of the Palais Royal

This small, ingenious cannon once helped regulate Parisian life.

Sarah Vanheel CosmopoliClan

Added by Sarah Vanheel CosmopoliClan

Statue Le Rhinoceros

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

Monsieur Mictlan

Added by Monsieur Mictlan

'Bouquet of Tulips'

One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.

Fred Cherrygarden

Added by Fred Cherrygarden

Pont de la Concorde

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

Allison

Added by Allison

Statue of Liberty at Pont de Grenelle

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

Added by e23rutland

Centre Pompidou

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

lewblank

Added by lewblank

The Stravinsky Fountain

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

Added by kelseyv64

Execution Site of Jacques de Molay

The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.

SEANETTA

Added by SEANETTA

Monnaie de Paris (Paris Mint)

The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.

Fred Cherrygarden

Added by Fred Cherrygarden

Paris Padlocks of Love

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

amyfreeborn

Added by amyfreeborn

I Love You Wall

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

serflac

Added by serflac

Roman Polanski's Neptune

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

atimian

Added by atimian

Palazzo San Giorgio

Once home to one of the oldest banks in the world, this building is also where Marco Polo's famous travelogue was written.

Fred Cherrygarden

Added by Fred Cherrygarden

Genoa Cathedral

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

tgiorno1

Added by tgiorno1

Tremosine, Italy

Strada della Forra

This winding road through an Italian canyon may be the most scenic drive in the world.

Added by inuyasha7475

Salzburg, Austria

Zwerglgarten (Dwarf Garden)

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

michelle

Added by michelle

Salzburg, Austria

The Catacombs of St. Peter's Abbey

These 12th-century catacombs carved into a mountainside were a place of mysticism and Christian hermitages.

Added by yaz999

Carezza Rainbow Lake

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

Added by diseasefire

Rinoceronte di Piazza Vittoria

This sculpture of a rhinoceros suspended above a city square is meant to evoke the weight of the human condition.

Added by marhilary

Medieval Village

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

Annalisa

Added by Annalisa

Fetta di Polenta

When this funny little building went up in the 19th century, most people thought it would simply fall over.

Added by maquid

The Dome of San Lorenzo

The intricate geometry inside this Baroque-style dome was designed to create "terror of the human soul."

StepYoshi

Added by StepYoshi

Bosco Verticale

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

oriana

Added by oriana

Lichtenstein, Germany

Lichtenstein Castle

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

Added by TheJaice