Architecture

The building required deep, solid foundations, which were laid on reinforced concrete pillars embedd ...

This effect was achieved by inserting forty windows around the base of the original structure. Inserting the windows into the dome structure further reduced its weight.

The horseshoe made of trilithons was a symmetrical structure. Each of the stones weighed about 50 tons and was linked using fanciful techniques.

One of Prince Vladimir I the Great of Kyiv envoys, after visiting the Church of the Divine Wisdom, Hagia Sophia said: "We did not know where we were, on heaven or on earth..."

For lazy people there is of course the possibility to use an elevator.

However, the biggest problem is lightning, which damages the monument (in 2014, lightning broke off the end of one of the figures' fingers).

The Palace of Versailles still serves political functions. Heads of state are received in the Hall o ...

July 28, 1945 was a really foggy day. To determine the plane's location pilot lowered the ceiling ju ...