Architecture

In 1642, the English Civil War broke out, dividing the country between supporters of the Royalists of Charles I and the Parliamentarians.

On April 15, 2019, Notre-Dame de Paris went up in flames. The fire lasted fifteen hours.

The Forbidden City was not open to everyone.

The first floor was probably completed just a few months after construction began.

In 2018, Gobekli Tepe was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The tower's main bell is its largest bell and part of the Great Clock of Westminster.

The castle was also used to hold French prisoners taken after the Battle of Poitiers in 1357.

At the foot of the Spanish Steps begins the Via Condotti - it is named after the canal or canals that carried water to the Baths of Agrippa.

When, after the Battle of Grunwald, King Władysław Jagiełło and his Polish-Lithuanian troops besieged Malbork Castle, there was a traitor inside the castle who hung a red flag in the refectory window.

In the 1930s, they were painted black to hide the effects of air pollution. The original colors were restored during conservation works in 2017-2021. The Victorian glass was also removed and replaced with a faithful reproduction made in Germany by glassmakers Glasfabrik Lamberts.