Architecture

The city was discovered by Western civilization in 1812 thanks to the Swiss traveler Johann Ludwig Burckhardt.

In 1678, a vegetable garden was established in Versailles.

Facing the main square of the Notre-Dame is the zero kilometer - the point from which distances are measured on maps and signposts.

Among the oldest trees on the grounds surrounding the White House are magnolias (Magnolia grandiflora) planted by Andrew Jackson.

More than 25.000 tons of concrete were used to build the museum.

The bridge used to be lifted by a steam engine weighing 2,000 tons.

The La Scala theater building was built on the site of the deconsecrated, demolished former church of Santa Maria della Scala, from which the theater took its name.

After 1814, Louis XVIII again wanted to make Versailles a royal residence.

The image of the lighthouse was preserved on coins dating back to the period of its existence.

By the 1940s, a large part of the office building's space did not find tenants.