Having a height of 324 meters, the Eiffel Tower is a huge attraction for couples and a true piece of art during the night. But it's illegal to take a photo of it during night time!
Being about 1950 years old, this ancient gladiator arena is an old piece of ancient Rome where they would let prisoners fight for their lives as gladiators in action packed battles between life and death as entertainment for their citizen. If a gladiator was victorious in battle, then he would be freed.
Austrian Castle from the 19th Century that holds a special kind of story from World War 2. In 1943, during World War 2, it was turned into a Nazi prison for french VIPs. On 4th May 1945, the U.S. Army, the Austrian Resistance, the German Wehrmacht, the prisoners themselves and a defected Waffen-SS officer fought side-by-side against the Waffen-SS in the 'Battle for Castle Itter' prior to the end of the war. The defense was led by U.S. Captain John C. 'Jack' Lee and Wehrmacht Major Josef 'Sepp' Gangl. Together the four groups made out of americans including 2 Sherman tanks, germans, austrians and french prisoners managed to repell forces of the Waffen-SS throughout the night. The battle continued throughout the morning of 5th May, with a strong force of about 150 Waffen-SS soldiers pressing the attack until reinforcements from the American 142nd Infantry Regiment arrived at around 4 PM that day. Even though they were victorious, at that day Wehrmacht Major Josef ‘Sepp’ Gangl had lost his life. He was shot by a sniper while helping a french prisoner get away from harm. After the war, the castle fell into disrepair until 1950 when Willi Woldrich acquired it and turned it into a luxury hotel. Unfortunately, the hotel encountered financial problems and it was acquired by a holding company before it was sold to a private owner called Dr. Ernst Bosin in 1985. Since then it is no longer open to the public.
One of the most iconic attractions in Germany. Constructions started in 1943 and were completed in 1944. The Führerbunker is known for some horrible events that took place a few days before the war ended. On 29th April 1945, Adolf Hitler doubted that the cyanide capsules would work properly and tested them on his dog Blondi to verify the capsule's contents. She died as a result. Due to that, Hitler became inconsolable and on 30th April 1945, he married Eva Braun and then they commited suicide right after that. Braun took a cyanide capsule and Hitler shot himself. On that same day Fritz Tornow, Hitler's dog handler and who was upset after he was forced to assist in the killing of Blondi, took and shot Blondi's pups, Eva Braun's two dogs, Gerda Christian's dogs and his own dachshund in the garden of the bunker which upset him even further. A few days later, Joseph Goebbels and his wife Magda Goebbels killed all of their six children and themselves. One of their children had indications of a fight between her and her attacker. On 2nd May 1945, the soviets took control of the bunker and only 5 people were alive: Fritz Tornow, Werner Haase, Erna Flegel, Lisolette Chervinska & Johannes Hentschel.
The catacombs of Paris were built in 1810 when the cemetries were overflowing and caused a shortage of space to bury the dead. Being about 20 meters deep in the ground, the catacombs hold the remains of about 6 million people and are stretching beneath the whole street system of Paris. The catacombs hold gruesome stories about explorers who lost themselves in the endless labyrinth with walls made out of human bones. 'The gates of hell are right beneath the city of love.'