Architecture

In the first half of the 13th century, the severe troubles in which the city was involved prevented the building's completion.

Upon the 800th anniversary of the cathedral's construction, its facade was cleaned. André Malraux, France's Minister of Culture, ordered a thorough restoration of the walls, which had turned black from dirt and soot over the past centuries.

Schönbrunn Palace is one of the most beautiful Baroque buildings in Europe.

In 1994, French archaeologists discovered the remains of a lighthouse at the bottom of an estuary from Alexandria's port.

In former times two roads led down from the church along the hillside, steep and muddy, inaccessible to carriages.

Pompeians were unaware that Vesuvius was a volcano.

The gladiatorial school, Ludus Magnus (Great Gladiatorial Training School), was situated directly east of the Colosseum.

An interesting element of the villa’s construction is a freestanding wall made of precious onyx marble (so-called “false onyx”).

During the Hundred Years’ War, the English repeatedly attempted to conquer the island, without success.

The trilithon structure was 13.7 meters wide, and its open end faced the northeast.