Architecture

Archaeologists discovered ancient roads in Petra. Ones for pedestrians, others for camels, and wheeled vehicles.

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

Before Edward III began to expand Windsor, it was already a very large building.

The creation of La Scala was decided by a fire at Milan’s existing opera theater, the Teatro Regio Ducale, in the 1770s.

Neuschwanstein Castle is one of the most famous monuments in Germany. It is located in southern Bavaria, near the town of Füssen, near the Austrian border.

The side naves are separated from the main nave by columns connected by a semicircular arch.

The temple was built on the initiative of Emperor Justinian I the Great. The first church on the site of the current Hagia Sophia was a church known as Magna Ecclesia - the Great Church (due to its size compared to the size of modern churches in the city).

An important event in the history of Hagia Sophia was the period of iconoclasm when the worship of images and pictures was opposed.

Over the centuries, the Colosseum was damaged many times as a result of fires and earthquakes.

A scaled-down replica of the Faros lighthouse is located in the city of Changsha, China.