Architecture

Adding or removing a penny changes the clock speed by 0.4 seconds per day. The clockkeeper and a team of watchmakers available 24 hours a day are responsible for the operation of the clock.

In the years 1280-1283, the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, Konrad von Feuchtwangen, began the ...

Between 1909 and 1982, the bridge was closed to pedestrian traffic because of the high number of suicide attempts.

Huge amounts of ash reached Egypt, Syria, and Rome.

During the four-year period of work, many apartments of princes and courtiers were liquidated - from ...

This complex includes a tomb with underground vaulted corridors and a spacious inner chamber containing the urn. In Byzantine times, that tomb was converted into a church.

Louis XIV visited the hunting lodge as a child. He liked staying there because he could freely enjoy ...

The festivals, including animal sacrifices, coincided with the winter and summer solstices. Since sa ...