Architecture

Wednesday, 1 July 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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Alcázar of Seville
The gallery from the first half of the 16th century, from the time of Charles V, is full of Azulejo tiles.
Golden Gate Bridge
The bridge is frequently partially covered by fog, called Karl the Fog.
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 ...
Petra
Among Petra's monuments, there are Nabatean tombs, temples, theaters, waterworks.
The Petra Basin covers almost 100 km² (38.6 sq mi). It is full of limestone mounds, undulating sandstone hills, cut by narrow valleys and broad plains.
Balmoral Castle
The estate includes forests, farmlands and heathlands inhabited by black grouse, grouse and capercaillie.
Deer breeding, as well as Highland cattle and ponies, is also developed there. You can fish there fo ...
Alcázar of Seville
After retaking the city from the Moors in the 13th century, Saint Ferdinand III rebuilt the palace in the Gothic style.
In the 14th century, Pedro I the Cruel decided to rebuild the palace in the Mudejar style, thanks to which refers to the Arab heritage. Many Arabic inscriptions praising Allah remain on the walls.
Balmoral Castle
There is a mysterious sculpture on the estate.
It is a monument to Queen Victoria's beloved collie dog, whose name was Noble.
Krak des Chevaliers
When the Crusaders marched on Jerusalem, the castle was abandoned.
It was captured again in 1110 by Tancred, the nephew of one of the leaders of the First Crusade, the ...
White house
The British set fire to the White House in 1814, during the War of 1812.
The war was fought by the United States, along with its indigenous allies against Great Britain. The ...
La Sagrada Familia
Gaudi began work on the Sagrada Familia when he was thirty-one years old.
For the next forty years, he worked intensively on the temple's construction, devoting the last fifteen years of his life entirely to it. He even took up residence on the construction site.