Architecture

Versailles, as a new city, was founded by the will of King Louis XIV and became the de facto capital of France.

There is a mysterious sculpture on the estate.

Neuschwanstein Castle is a symbol of romance known throughout the world.

On the facade of the building, in the window recess of the presbytery, there is an 8-meter-high statue of the Virgin Mary and Child.

Neuschwanstein was an symbolic medieval knight's castle. This project consumed a huge amount of money. During the king's lifetime, the cost of building the castle was 6.2 million marks (equivalent to 47 million euros in 2021).

Schönbrunn Park is home to a palm house dating back to 1880-the largest in Europe and one of the three largest in the world.

The treaty on the division of Czechoslovakia was signed at the Tugendhat villa.

When the Crusaders marched on Jerusalem, the castle was abandoned.

In designing the opera house, Garnier combined architectural elements of the French Renaissance, Palladian architecture, and the French Baroque, giving it coherence and harmony.

On the coast of Mont Saint-Michel the "moutons de pré-salé" (salt meadow lambs) are bred.