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Saturday, 31 October 2026
29 facts about Palace of Versailles
29 facts about Palace of Versailles
Former residence of the kings of France
The Palace of Versailles is one of the largest palace complexes in Europe. It is part of the historical and cultural heritage of France, as a symbol o ...

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Empire State Building
The Empire State Building height is 381 meters to the roof and 443 meters with the antenna.
ESB is so high that it allows observing territory of 5 states from the observation deck.
Tower of London
The Tower, as we know it today, was started by King Richard the Lionheart, who began its reconstruction into a fortress in the years 1189-1199.
His successor, King John, was the first to bring exotic animals (lions, tigers) to the Tower. This tradition lasted for 600 years.
Schönbrunn Palace
In the Schönbrunn palace gardens is the Glorieta, which is the largest and probably the most famous of all the Glorietas.
It is a decorative architecture structure built in 1775 to a design by Johann Ferdinand Hetzendorf v ...
Golden Gate Bridge
Since the chief engineer was concerned with the well-being of his crew, a safety net was installed underneath the bridge.
It saved the life of 19 workers.
Palace of Versailles
Such a number of people at the same time, even in a large palace, without adequate sanitary facilities, often resulted in an unpleasant smell in the living rooms.
The palace was built on the site of former wetlands, and the lack of sanitary facilities and proper ...
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
In the 1990s, a decision was made to revitalize the city based on the construction of an architectural icon.
A turning point for the city became the construction of the Guggenheim Museum. The success of this p ...
Krak des Chevaliers
The outer walls are connected to their inner zone by a sloping stone ramp in the form of a corridor, and numerous openings provide ventilation and natural lighting.
There was a deep moat in the Zwinger (an open area between two defensive walls), which is now filled in and only partially filled with water.
White house
The first president, who resided in the White House, was John Adams.
He moved in on 1st November 1800. Soon after, he wrote a letter to his wife Abigail, a fragment of w ...
Mont Saint-Michel
Mont Saint-Michel (Saint-Michel Hill) is a granite rocky tidal islet with a circumference of about 960 meters, in the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel.
It is a piece of land whose connection to the mainland is only exposed at low tide (the regularly re ...
Big Ben
There is a lantern above the bell tower - Aryton Light.
This feature was added in 1873 by Acton Smee Aryton, then First Commissioner of Public Works and Bui ...