Architecture

For this reason, Louis XIV decided to thoroughly rebuild the palace.

In 1983, it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

An interesting element of the villa’s construction is a freestanding wall made of precious onyx marble (so-called “false onyx”).

According to legend, inside the lighthouse Ptolemy II locked 72 scholars to independently translate the Old Testament.

The creation of La Scala was decided by a fire at Milan’s existing opera theater, the Teatro Regio Ducale, in the 1770s.

The fourth stage of construction, Stonehenge 3 II, lasted from 2600 to 2400 BC. During that phase, 30 sarsen stones - glacial sandstones - were set.

Hagia Sophia combines the features of a basilica - an elongated building founded on a rectangular or Latin cross plan - and a central building - based on a circular plan.

After Victoria's death, the royal family continued to use Balmoral for their annual autumn visits.

The cost of the construction is estimated at $35 million in the 1930s, which today is over $1,5 billion.

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, whose construction was entrusted to Frank O. Gehry, was chosen as the new symbol - an icon - of the city.