These pillars were repeated hundreds of times and natural light filled the area - which was huge. There is now a Catholic basilica in the middle of this in the expected extravagant over the top style.
Dubai - architecture and history of the future? June 13th 2013 Dubai is a total contrast to everything else we have seen. Up to now we have looked at history and marvelled at how the Moors/Arabs and the Christians could build such wonderful monuments to both their religions and their leaders. Most of those lovely places are pretty old. Some of us were very surprised some years ago when we found that a stately castle we were inspecting in darkest Romania was b ... read more
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