Architecture

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

It is built of white marble, has eight floors. Its weight is estimated at 14 thousand tons.

Maybe not entirely true, as Gaudi had obtained the appropriate permit from the municipal authorities ...

The collection consists of more than 1,000 pieces. Among the exhibits are those made in China as well as those from abroad, including Great Britain, France, Switzerland, the United States and Japan.

For the next forty years, he worked intensively on the temple's construction, devoting the last fifteen years of his life entirely to it. He even took up residence on the construction site.

The column is called the "column of weeping," the "column of wishing," or the "column of sweat." Leg ...

In 1788, the king first fell ill while dining at Windsor Castle. He was diagnosed with a mental illness. After several relapses, in 1810 the king was confined to the royal chambers.

It became a prison where King Henry VI, who threatened the new ruler Edward IV, was imprisoned and l ...

It took 20 months to restore the fountain to its former glory. It was the most extensive of any rest ...

Its reconstruction began later that year and lasted until 1963.