Architecture

Hohenschwangau Palace was the boyhood residence of King Ludwig II of Bavaria.

Between the columns of the building’s front façade are gilded galvanoplastic bronze busts.

The elevator ride takes approximately 43 seconds.

There is a controversy regarding the “father” of the engineering marvel.

It is 184.5 meters high with a top floor at 158 meters.

The period of Versailles' splendor ended with the French Revolution, which broke out in 1789.

The China Wall is visited by 50 million tourists a year.

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.

After the Battle of Grunwald and as a result of previous military operations in the years 1409-1411, the Teutonic treasury, until then the most powerful and richest in Europe, began to run empty.

The design of the Big Ben clock was selected in a competition.