The facades facing the Seine are striking, with magnificent natural stone decor in Art Nouveau echoing the Second Empire and Baron Haussmann
“Geological Wall“ (Mur géologique) is the title of the new attraction, which is almost finished near the village of Comblain-au-Pont about 30 km from Liège
An 80-meter-thick sedimentary helps scientists to understand the feedback mechanisms between land, atmosphere and ocean
Friedrich August I of Saxony, better known as Augustus the Strong, had purchased the masterpiece in 1728, but later it got forgotten
One of the challenges is finding new quarries or bringing decommissioned ones back into service to provide the large quantities needed
Over the last 40 million years, movements of the tectonic plates and glacial cycles gave birth to appearance and disappearance of archipelagos in today’s Caribbean Sea
Double water channels may have been used to maintain the system while enabling constant operation
Unlike other cathedrals of transportation, at Union Station, marble and other stone varieties only accentuate, show less opulence and wealth
The relief with circles and lines comes from the Finistère region in the far west of Brittany and could depict the territory of a ruler
The huge circular building with a diameter of 90 meters was once covered with marble and travertine, of which, however, nothing has been preserved
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