The andenería, or terraced landscape of Laraos, is believed to date to the pre-Inca period and is a defining feature of the steep slopes of the Peruvian Andes.
In the late 18th century, Jamaica's House of Assembly passed an act commissioning the construction of a much-needed bridge between Kingston and Spanish Town in St. Catherine.
Over more than 700 years, nine bridges were built in succession at a single spot along Europe's Neckar River, where the waterway weaves through the German city of Heidelberg.