Architecture

By the time of Vespasian's death in 79 AD, three stories of the construction were completed. The who ...

In the planning, the architects did not take into account that the terrain on which it was built was muddy and very unstable.

The maximum vehicle speed is 20 mph (32 km/h) and the maximum weight is 18 tons.

Antipater was a Greek poet. He lived in the second half of 2nd century BC. Cicero mentioned that he ...

The building complex consists, besides the bell tower (campanile), of: Duomo - Santa Maria Assunta ...

In 1883 it was called the "New York and Brooklyn Bridge" because Brooklyn was not part of New York until 1898. The name "Brooklyn Bridge" was given in 1915.

Here, on 15th December 1805, the Treaty of Schönbrunn was signed between Prussia and France, and on ...

The palace was designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, who created the main façade; the rest of the buildi ...

This was the standard of cleanliness at that time, which did not include washing the body itself, bu ...

Pisa was then at war with Genoa, Florence and Lucca to defend the Republic's independence.