Architecture

Saturday, 11 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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La Scala
On the first floor of the building, there are special boxes called “artists boxes.”
These are small, shaded rooms from which artists can watch performances or rehearsals by other artists.
Tower Bridge
Tower Bridge is one of five London bridges owned and maintained by Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust overseen by the City of London Corporation.
Neuschwanstein Castle
A huge amount of building materials were used for the construction
List includes 465 tons of Salzburg marble, 1550 tons of sandstone, 400,000 bricks and 2050 cubic meters of wood for scaffolding.
Temple of Artemis
The second temple was made with Ionic order and had 117 columns.
Columns, frieze and tympanum were ornately sculpted. Famous ancient sculptors such as Phidias, Polykleitos and Kresilas worked on constructing and completing the temple.
Golden Gate Bridge
It spans 2,7 kilometers.
Palace of Versailles
Inside the palace, in eleven chambers, there is a Historical Museum.
It presents the era of Louis XIII and Louis XIV. From the Museum you go to the Opera House, which wa ...
Golden Gate Bridge
Its name derives from the entrance to the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean.
It is called the Golden Gate Strait.
Malbork Castle
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.
From then on, Malbork was part of various forms of the German state until the times of the Third Reich.
Pompeii
Excavation began in 1748 and continues to this day.
Little more than half of the town has been unearthed so far.
La Sagrada Familia
Gaudi began work on the Sagrada Familia when he was thirty-one years old.
For the next forty years, he worked intensively on the temple's construction, devoting the last fifteen years of his life entirely to it. He even took up residence on the construction site.