Architecture

In 2020, First Lady Melania Trump designed and established the Rose Garden.

The original concept of the Space Needle was sketched by Edward E. Carlson on a napkin.

In the southern part of Spanish Square, opposite the Spanish Embassy, rises the column of the Immaculate Conception from the 19th century, which combines antiquity (Corinthian column) with modern times (statue of the Virgin Mary on the top).

Tower Bridge used to be a popular place for people to commit suicide.

It was originally painted white and called the Peace Gate.

Gobekli Tepe was built during the Neolithic period. Megalithic structures there are the oldest known to archeology.

It has four stories, each of which is built in different architectural orders.

Gustave Eiffel had a small apartment on the third floor of the tower where he invited his friends.

It took 130 years from the time of construction to the first maintenance work to clean the facade.

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