Architecture

It also has a religious site - the 15th century Chapel of St. Michael.

It was considered a risky operation since it was the time of the Great Depression.

The granite rock on which the abbey was built rises 92 meters above sea level. Together with the statue of St. Michael, it reaches 170 meters.

The Queen did not like gas lighting, she preferred candles. At the end of her reign, electric lighti ...

The foundations and main residence were built mainly by slaves, free Afro-American workers, and Euro ...

Bartholdi was inspired by Eugene Delacroix's painting, Liberty Leading the People. The face of the Statue of Liberty has the features of Bartholdi's mother and, reportedly, the body of his mistress.

Despite legal protection by the state, in some sections, the wall was dismantled by local residents, who built houses and outbuildings out of the material they obtained.

This is the largest acquisition of any administration. First Lady Pat Nixon renovated the Green Room ...

Between 1909 and 1982, the bridge was closed to pedestrian traffic because of the high number of suicide attempts.