Architecture

The British set fire to the White House in 1814, during the War of 1812.

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

It had a sewerage system running along the streets.

No written sources about everyday life in Petra have survived.

The trilithon structure was 13.7 meters wide, and its open end faced the northeast.

The excavated area comprises a cluster of stone circles, each surrounded by a high wall intersected by pillars.

The Royal Chamber is entirely covered with granite.

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.

At the feet of Lady Liberty are broken shackles, symbolizing the abolition of slavery in the United States.

The Zwinger was not residential, but only of a representative nature, and served as a gallery for storing valuable royal collections and for holding lavish court ceremonies.