Architecture

Thursday, 4 December 2025
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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Eiffel tower
There are 20,000 light bulbs that light up the tower every night.
Brooklyn Bridge
The supplier of the suspension cables cheated the builders on the quality of the products supplied.
When the truth came out it was too late to replace the defective ropes, so the builders significantly increased the required amount of ropes for the bridge to function.
Tower Bridge
The bridge used to be lifted by a steam engine weighing 2,000 tons.
Nowadays, the bridge is lifted by electric devices.
Neuschwanstein Castle
The castle is one of the main locations of the computer game Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within.
The game was released in 1995 by Sierra / Activision.
Great Pyramid of Giza
Total mass of the pyramid is approximately 6 million tons.
The side walls of the pyramid are inclined at an angle of 51° 52′.
Big Ben
The clock tower was placed on a square concrete slab with sides 15,2 m and 3 m thick.
Its height is 96,3 m, and each of the four clock faces is 7 m in diameter. A spiral staircase of 334 ...
Palace of Versailles
The Palace of Versailles, one of the most exquisite buildings of the Classical Baroque, is located in Versailles, on the outskirts of Paris.
Versailles is located in the Ile-de-France region in the Yvelines department. It is located in the w ...
Tower Bridge
It is a bascule bridge, allowing the passage of ocean-going ships up to about 40.5 meters high.
In the early days of the bridge, ships with tall masts passed under it. In its first month of operat ...
Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle is the largest inhabited castle in the world and the longest-used castle in Europe.
In 2006, approximately 500 people lived and worked in the castle.Queen Elizabeth increasingly used t ...
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
More than 25.000 tons of concrete were used to build the museum.
The building required deep, solid foundations, which were laid on reinforced concrete pillars embedd ...