Architecture

Tuesday, 5 May 2026
29 facts about Palace of Versailles
29 facts about Palace of Versailles
Former residence of the kings of France
The Palace of Versailles is one of the largest palace complexes in Europe. It is part of the historical and cultural heritage of France, as a symbol o ...

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Spanish Steps
Scalinata Trinita dei Monti - called the Spanish Steps are one of the most famous in Rome.
They owe their name to the Mondaleschi palace, the seat of the Spanish embassy to the Holy See. Spai ...
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, whose construction was entrusted to Frank O. Gehry, was chosen as the new symbol - an icon - of the city.
Frank Owen Gehry (actually Ephraim Goldberg) is an American architect and industrial form designer f ...
White house
It is the official residence and workplace of the President of the US.
It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.The White House has been the residence ...
Villa Tugendhat
The building was constructed in 1929-1930 as one of the pioneering prototypes of modern architecture in Europe.
It was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (commonly known as Mies), a German modernist architect a ...
Neuschwanstein Castle
Neuschwanstein was an symbolic medieval knight's castle. This project consumed a huge amount of money. During the king's lifetime, the cost of building the castle was 6.2 million marks (equivalent to 47 million euros in 2021).
The initial estimate of 3.2 million marks was almost doubled. At first, the king financed the constr ...
Göbekli Tepe
Professor Klaus Schmidt was sure that Gobekli Tepe was a temple where ritual ceremonies took place.
The Italian astrophysicist Giulio Magliego claims that the temple practiced worship of Sirius, the b ...
Malbork Castle
When the decision was made to move the seat of the Grand Master of the Order from Venice to Malbork, it became necessary to expand the castle.
In 1309, Malbork became the capital of the Teutonic State. Together with the Grand Master, a large n ...
Temple of Artemis
The second temple was made with Ionic order and had 117 columns.
Columns, frieze and tympanum were ornately sculpted. Famous ancient sculptors such as Phidias, Polykleitos and Kresilas worked on constructing and completing the temple.
Leaning Tower of Pisa
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is the most typical Italian campanile, whose origin many scholars associate with Islamic building influences.
Just as the muezzins from the tops of minarets call the faithful to prayer, the sound of bells from ...
Notre-Dame
The cathedral has ten bells, or more precisely, on its towers.
Several smaller ones were still on the spire, which collapsed during the 2019 fire. Until 2012, the ...