Architecture

In designing the opera house, Garnier combined architectural elements of the French Renaissance, Palladian architecture, and the French Baroque, giving it coherence and harmony.

The estate includes forests, farmlands and heathlands inhabited by black grouse, grouse and capercaillie.

The Wall of China is about 2,700 years old.

Salvi did not live to see the fountain's completion. He died in 1751.

The Alcázar gardens are astonishing (60.000 square meters) and have many plants (over 170 species).

The English named the Great Wall of China in the 19th century.

Among Petra's monuments, there are Nabatean tombs, temples, theaters, waterworks.

The cost of the 1250-square-meter house was huge.

The temple has been rediscovered in 1869 thanks to John Turtle Wood.

The collections of the Palace Museum are based on the imperial collection of the Qing Dynasty. They include paintings, ceramics, seals, steles, sculptures, inscribed ware, bronze ware, enamel ware, etc.