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Tchogha Zanbil
Chogha Zanbil is the remains of a sacred Elamite city surrounded by three massive concentric walls. Construction began around 1250 BC but was left unfinished after the invasion of Ashurbanipal, as evidenced by the thousands of unused bricks left on the site.
Susa
The site is located in southwestern Iran, in the lower Zagros Mountains, and includes a group of archaeological mounds on the eastern bank of the Savur River, and the palace of Ardashir on the other side of the river. Excavated architectural remains include administrative, residential and palace buildings. Susa contains multiple layers of continuous urban settlements that lasted from the late 5th century BC to the 13th century AD. The site is an outstanding testimony to Elamite, Persian and Parthian cultural traditions that have largely disappeared.
Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy
Nancy, the temporary residence of a king without a kingdom – Stanislas Leszczynski, later Duke of Lorraine – is paradoxically the oldest and most typical example of a modern capital, an enlightened monarch sensitive to the needs of the public. It is a carefully designed building, built between 1752 and 1756 by a talented team led by the architect Héré, that not only enhanced the monarch’s prestige, but was also extremely practical.