Architecture

During the French Revolution, the island was renamed Mont-Michel and Mont-Libre.

The Royal Chamber is entirely covered with granite.

Today, the towers of the bridge house a museum that tells the story of the bridge over the years.

In 1678, a vegetable garden was established in Versailles.

At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the Germans carried out very extensive regothisation works in the castle.

The site for the Opéra Garnier was chosen by Georges-Eugene Haussmann, prefect of the French department of the Seine and considered the urban planner of Paris.

After the fall of Napoleon, thanks to the efforts of Ernst von Pfuel, who was the commander of the Prussian sector in captured Paris, the quadriga figure was packed and sent back to Berlin.

Gaudi did not complete the temple, as he died on June 10, 1926, from injuries sustained three days earlier when a streetcar hit him.

The stairs consist of 135 steps (some claim 136, but they count drainage platform as a step).

Its construction began with cornerstone installation at noon on 13th October 1792.