3.7K views · 254 reactions | The view from Lewis & Clark Overlook at Rainbow Dam east of Great Falls. Native tribes knew these falls existed and told early day explorers about them. It took the Corps of Discovery a month to portage the series of waterfalls. #centralmontana #history #greatfallsmt #scenicview | Central Montana | Facebook

Beijing boasts a history of more than 3,000 years as a city and has an over-700-year-old #CentralAxis. The axis worked as a backbone in the city’s planning and construction in ancient times. Chinese architect and architectural historian Liang Sicheng (1901–1972) said, “#Beijing’s Central Axis is the world’s longest north–south urban axis. In ancient times, it crossed the entire urban area of the city. Beijing’s well-aligned spatial layout is built on the axis.” The axis helped the old urban area

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