Architecture

The treaty on the division of Czechoslovakia was signed at the Tugendhat villa.

The previous gate on which the Brandenburg Gate was built was built in 1734.

In 1820, George IV came to the throne of Great Britain.

The Teutonic Order built the castle in several stages, from 1278 to 1457.

In the 1930s, they were painted black to hide the effects of air pollution. The original colors were restored during conservation works in 2017-2021. The Victorian glass was also removed and replaced with a faithful reproduction made in Germany by glassmakers Glasfabrik Lamberts.

The Tower of London is the oldest preserved palace and defense building in London, built in 1078 for William the Conqueror.

On August 7, 1919, the French pilot Charles Godefroy flew his biplane under the Arc de Triomphe.

Since March 2020, Queen Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip, have been sheltering in place at Windsor Castle during the COVID-19 pandemic.

At the time of the king's death, the palace was far from complete. Only about 1/3 of Neuschwanstein was finished.

The design proposed by Louis Le Vau was accepted by Louis XIV in the summer of 1668.