Architecture

Wood, limestone, tuff, ceramic tiles, cement, and mortar were used in its construction.

After the assassination attempt in 1858, Napoleon III decided to build a new opera house that could ...

He died in 1887, seven years before the work was completed.

The head is 3.5 meters high and the distance between the fingertips of the hands is 28 meters. The monument weighs over 600 tons.

In 1883 it was called the "New York and Brooklyn Bridge" because Brooklyn was not part of New York until 1898. The name "Brooklyn Bridge" was given in 1915.

The foundation stone was laid by the Prince of Wales, and later King of the United Kingdom - Edward ...

In the planning, the architects did not take into account that the terrain on which it was built was muddy and very unstable.

It is not excluded that the pyramidion could have been gilded. The view of the complete pyramid in the sunlight must have been breathtaking.