Introduction: the architect's dream
The Parthenon, Athens: in which a virgin is ruined
The Basilica of San Marco, Venice: in which a prince steals four horses and an empire
Ayasofya, Istanbul: in which a sultan casts a spell and moves the center of the world
The Santa Casa of Loreto: the wondrous flitting of the Holy House
Gloucester Cathedral: in which a dead body brings a building to life
The Alhambra, Granada: in which two cousins marry each other
The Tempio Malatestiano, Rimini: in which a scholar translates a temple
Sans Souci, Potsdam : in which nothing happens at all
Notre Dame de Paris: in which the temple of reason is restored
The Hulme Crescents, Manchester: in which the prophecies of the future are fulfilled
The Berlin Wall: in which history comes to an end
The Venetian, Las Vegas: in which history is so, like, over
The Western Wall, Jerusalem: in which nothing, and everything, has changed.
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