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Agrasen ki Baoli on Hailey Road, near Connaught Place, Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, India. One of the protected monument by the Archeological Survey of India. The word Baoli is use for step well including more words like - baoli, bavadi, vav, vavdi and vavadi. The legend says it was built by Maharaja Agrasen during the Mahabharat in epic era, almost more than 5000 year, but there is no any historical records to prove it. It was rebuilt by Agrawal community in the 14th century. This huge size step well is  a 60 meter long and 15 meter wide with ancient step, made up of a series of superimposed arches supported on piers or columns. The step well includes about 103 steps leading towards the base that once stored water and consists of five different levels, The red stone walls of the Baoli arranged with inventive designs with a series of arched structure are grim and desolate, but still beautif The Baoli had water till recent times, but now it has dried up and one can see the bottom o

Oradour-sur-Glane, a fully preserved, ruined village that was the site of the worst Nazi massacre of civilians carried out on French soil. Six hundred and 42 people, including 247 children, were shot or burnt alive on 10 June 1944 in an unexplained act of barbarity. A new village was built nearby after the war, but French president Charles de Gaulle ordered the original maintained as a permanent memorial and museum. The women and children were locked in the church. and the village was looted. The men were led to six barns and sheds, where machine guns were already in place. According to a survivor's account, the SS men then began shooting, aiming for their legs. When victims were unable to move, the Nazis covered them with fuel and set the barns on fire. Only six men managed to escape. One of them was later seen walking down a road and was shot dead. In all, 190 Frenchmen died. Several days later, the survivors were allowed to bury the dead. 642 inhabitants of Oradour-sur-Gla

The River Fleet is the largest of London's subterranean rivers. The two streams headwaters on Hampstead Heath, each of which was dammed into a series of ponds, the Hampstead Ponds and the Highgate Ponds, in the 18th century. At the southern edge of Hampstead Heath these descend underground as sewers and join in Camden Town. The waters flow 6 km from the ponds to the River Thames. The Fleet river arises on Hampstead Heath as two sources, which still flow on the surface as the Hampstead Ponds and the Highgate Ponds. Then they go underground, pass under Kentish Town, join in Camden Town and flow onwards to King's Cross. King's Cross was originally named Battle Bridge, referring to an ancient bridge over The Fleet where Boudica's army is said to have fought an important battle against the Romans. The river then flows down Farringdon Road and Farringdon Street, and joins the Thames beneath Blackfriars Bridge. In 1680 under the supervision of Robert Hooke, in the Nort

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A list of the richest and most influential cities in the world in 2010 was released by British real estate agent Knight Frank and Citibank of U.S. The ranking is based on the comprehensive analysis of four indexes: Economic vitality, political influence, research ability and living standard. New York, London and Paris occupy the top 3 positions. Beijing is listed in the ninth place. However, no city is the all-rounder. For instance, New York took the lead at the ranking of indexes of "economic vitality" and "research ability", but its political influence came in second place and living standard even No. 8! Meanwhile, some metropolises have had markedly progress, such as Beijing,whose political influence advanced to No. 4, and Berlin, which is the runner-up in the ranking of living standard.  1 New York 2 London 3 Paris 4 Tokyo 5 Los Angeles 6 Brussels 7 Singapore 8 Berlin 9 Beijing 10 Toronto

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