Architecture

The wall separating the chapel of St. Anny had two small holes, which were associated with a legend.

Designers of contemporary castles included bathrooms and toilets but ultimately abandoned them as they were considered unnecessary.

There is no exact data regarding the construction of the White Tower, but in 1100 it already existed.

When, after the Battle of Grunwald, King Władysław Jagiełło and his Polish-Lithuanian troops besieged Malbork Castle, there was a traitor inside the castle who hung a red flag in the refectory window.

At the time of its commissioning, the Faros lighthouse was the tallest structure that was not a pyramid.

Throughout the 18th century, the castle fell more and more into decline, until in 1772, when the first partition of Poland took place, Malbork and its lands were taken over by Prussia of Frederick II, known as the Great.

The temple has been rediscovered in 1869 thanks to John Turtle Wood.

The most photographed place in the Alcázar is the Courtyard of the Virgins.

Under Justinian I the Great, the Byzantine Empire reached its greatest power.

The lighthouse of Pharos was ceremonially opened in 279 BC.