Musée d'Art et d'Histoire in Geneva

You're standing in front of the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, the largest museum in Geneva and one of the most important in Switzerland. First, take in the shape of it. It's a big square block, each side sixty metres long, wrapped around an inner courtyard. Architect Marc Camoletti designed it in the grand Beaux-Arts style, and it went up between 1903 and 1910. The spot itself is special too: this is where the old ring of city fortifications used to run.