The San Juan Bautista convent was built on the site of a 12th-century Tolteca-Chichimeca foundation to support the religious conversion of indigenous populations shortly after the Spanish Conquest.
The Helsinki-Malmi Airport was one of the most modern aerodromes of its time, but today plans are in motion to turn the site into a housing development.
Oscar Niemeyer’s design for the International Fairground was intended to serve as a showcase for Lebanon and signal the modern vision for the country’s development.
Surrounded and sometimes nearly engulfed by the shifting dunes of the western Sahara, Chinguetti was established in the thirteenth century and is considered one of Islam's seven holy cities.
Commissioned by Viceroy Fernando de Abascal and built between 1805 and 1808 on the outskirts of Lima, the Presbítero Maestro was the first municipal cemetery in Latin America.