Architecture

Thursday, 10 September 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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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao took four years to build.
The building is seamlessly integrated into the urban landscape. It was built on a 32.500-square-mete ...
Taj Mahal
The emperor and empress are buried in a plain crypt.
According to Islamic tradition, graves cannot be decorated.
White house
The White House is protected by the Secret Service and the police.
Since 2005, NASAMS (surface-to-air missile system) units have been used to protect the President and the entire space around the White House.
Malbork Castle
After the Swedish Deluge, the castle was still the seat of the starosta and local administration, but it lost its military importance.
The Swedes destroyed, plundered, and looted the castle.
Mont Saint-Michel
In 966 monks from Saint-Wandrille came to the island and founded a new Benedictine abbey there - the Abbey of SaintWandrille de Fontenelle.
In 1256 and 1264, King Louis IX of France made pilgrimages to the abbey. Numerous pilgrims also came there, and in order to take proper care of them, a town was built at the foot of the sanctuary.
Petra
The conquest and occupation of the city by Saladin destroyed Petra, which fell into ruin.
Petra never recovered from the Egyptian occupation, and subsequent earthquakes sealed its fate.
Temple of Artemis
It has been completed in ten years.
Construction work finished around 560 BC. It was made with marble and Lebanon cedar. Temple's walls and columns were ornamented with bas-reliefs and precious metals like gold and silver.
Windsor Castle
The site for the construction of the fortress, which was later transformed into Windsor Castle, was chosen on a steep, limestone hill, where the first wooden building existed as early as 1070.
Windsor Castle was strategically important due to its proximity to both the Thames, a key medieval r ...
La Scala
The creation of La Scala was decided by a fire at Milan’s existing opera theater, the Teatro Regio Ducale, in the 1770s.
The Teatro Regio Ducale (“Royal Ducal Theater”), which was a wing of the Palazzo Reale (Royal Palace ...
Palais Garnier
The opera house had a special room backstage for dancers-the Foyer de la Dance.
In this room, dancers warmed up before a performance, adjusted their costumes, etc. It soon became c ...