Architecture

On the 50th anniversary, the number of tourists visiting the Golden Gate Bridge, estimated at 750,000 to 1,000,000, lowered the bridge by over 2 meters.

Another initiator of the fountain reconstruction was Pope Clement XIII, who in 1732 announced a competition for a new fountain design.

You can reach the monument by taking a cable car, from the station of which you have to climb 222 steps to the observation point at the foot of the monument.

The southern rosette also suffered much damage - only some of the stained glass originates back to the Middle Ages. French architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc restored the rest in 1861.

The Forbidden City is a masterpiece of Chinese architecture. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.

L’Enfant’s plan was only partially executed due to the shortage of materials and labor.

Although there is a superstition that one should not eat on these stairs because it brings bad luck, it was a place where tourists loved to eat.

According to legend, in 709 CE the Archangel Michael appeared to the Bishop of Avranches, St. Aubert, asking him to build a shrine on a rock.

Andrea Bocelli, Elton John, and Ray Charles, among others, played their concerts in the Colosseum arena.

The first unveiling of the monument took place on October 12, 1931, by lighting designer Guglielmo Marconi.