Architecture

Queen Victoria's granddaughter Victoria Eugenia, who later became queen of Spain when she married King Alfonso XIII in 1906, was born at Balmoral Castle.

In 1923, the palaces of King Ludwig II, including Neuschwanstein, were transferred to state ownership.

Windsor Castle became the main royal residence for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, although early in her reign Victoria complained that the castle was boring and tiring, resembling a prison.

The project to build a religious sculpture in Rio de Janeiro had existed since 1850.

King Louis XIV had his morning rituals.

The first spire was erected between 1220 and 1230, resting on the transept structure and rising 78 meters from the floor.

The most famous monument in Petra is Al-Khazneh, called by the Bedouins "Treasury of the Pharaoh."

Lady Liberty's right foot is raised.

In February 1952, Elizabeth II came to the throne. After her coronation, she lived in Buckingham Palace, but she never liked this palace, preferring Windsor Castle.

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