Architecture

Thursday, 9 July 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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Malbork Castle
The castle in Malbork covers an area of 18 hectares and is the largest medieval castle in Europe.
The fortress was built of over 30 million bricks.
Schönbrunn Palace
Between 1638 and 1643, a palace was built as the residence of Eleonora Gonzaga.
Eleonora Gonzaga was the second wife of Emperor Ferdinand II. After his death, she became the owner ...
Pompeii
The city was covered with a nearly 6 m (20 ft) layer of volcanic ash.
On the city fell glowing stones (lapilli), causing fires. The clouds of poisonous gases killed all who remained in Pompeii. The so-called burning cloud had a temperature of up to 600 °C (1112 °F).
Zwinger
The complex was built in several stages from 1709 to 1732, on land outside the perimeter of Dresden’s medieval inner fortifications.
Augustus II the Strong was fascinated by King Louis XIV of France and his architectural doings. Upon ...
Neuschwanstein Castle
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).
The initial estimate of 3.2 million marks was almost doubled. At first, the king financed the constr ...
Empire State Building
Construction began on March 17, 1930 and 3400 workers were involved.
Five workers were killed during the construction.
La Sagrada Familia
Gaudi repeatedly changed the temple's design, which over time became more and more visionary, both in innovative technological and architectural solutions and the associated symbolism.
Both the architecture and ornamentation of the facades and interior of the Sagrada Familia are satur ...
Great Wall of China
The Wall was not an impregnable structure.
In the 13th century, Mongol tribes under Genghis Khan managed to defeat the fortification and take control of northern and central China for nearly 100 years.
Palais Garnier
Palais Garnier, also known as Opéra Garnier, is an opera house located in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.
It is one of the two (along with Opera Bastille) Parisian opera houses that fall under the state-run ...
White house
L’Enfant’s plan was only partially executed due to the shortage of materials and labor.
The finished construction had only two main stories, instead of the planned three. The porous sandst ...