Architecture

Thursday, 21 May 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
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.
It was made of artificial stone and covered with a Venetian glass mosaic. The statue, along with the ...
Petra
There was a well-developed network of aqueducts in Petra.
Aqueducts network provided water even to the homes of individual citizens.
Malbork Castle
In 1961, the Castle Museum in Malbork was established and the reconstruction of the castle began.
The systematic reconstruction of the castle began, based on scientific research. Currently, the castle largely resembles the seat of the great monastic masters and Polish kings.
Tower of London
During the civil war called the Wars of the Roses in the years 1377 - 1485, when England was divided into two houses of Lancaster and York and their supporters, the character of the Tower changed.
It became a prison where King Henry VI, who threatened the new ruler Edward IV, was imprisoned and l ...
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 ...
Temple of Artemis
The original Artemis statue has been made of gold, silver, ebony and black stone.
She was depicted as a woman with many breasts, in a high and pointed headgear, dressed in a garment covering her hips and legs. Garment was covered with reliefs of wild animals and bees.
La Sagrada Familia
After 136 years of construction of the temple, it was revealed that it was being built without a formal permit.
Maybe not entirely true, as Gaudi had obtained the appropriate permit from the municipal authorities ...
Colosseum
The gladiatorial school, Ludus Magnus (Great Gladiatorial Training School), was situated directly east of the Colosseum.
It was connected with the Colosseum via underground corridors that were used to transport gladiators into the arena.
Colosseum
It could host up to 50,000 people, although, according to the Chronograph of 354—the first illustrated codex, created by Roman scribe and stone engraver Furius Dionysius Filocalus in 354 AD—it could actually host up to 87,000 viewers.
Villa Tugendhat
In the 1960s, Brno’s cultural circles began to try to restore the villa as a monument and open it to the public.
After the war, the Czech authorities turned the abandoned villa into an orthopedic ward of the neigh ...