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Sunday, 14 June 2026
13 facts about Palais Garnier
13 facts about Palais Garnier
Académie Nationale de Musique
The Opéra Garnier, officially known as the Palais Garnier, is an outstanding architectural work and symbolizes the golden age of opera and ballet in t ...

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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.
Leaning Tower of Pisa
The architects tried to save the situation and changed the plans during construction, extending the columns on one side.
However, this did not make the situation any better. Construction was halted at this stage, but in 1198 some bells were temporarily placed on the tower.
Leaning Tower of Pisa
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is known throughout the world, and for Italians, who hold it particularly dear, it is one of the country's symbols.
Lighthouse of Alexandria
The tower may have been about 120 meters high and was topped by a statue of Poseidon about 7 meters high.
Palais Garnier
Opéra Garnier has a separate entrance for the Emperor.
After the assassination attempt in 1858, Napoleon III decided to build a new opera house that could ...
Stonehenge
Stonehenge 3 VI was the last phase of the construction, carried out around 1600 BC. During that stage, the last two circles of holes in the ground were hollowed out - the Y and the Z Ring.
The outer ring (Y) comprised 30 holes, approximately 1.7 x 1.14 meters in diameter, tapering to a ba ...
Göbekli Tepe
In the center of the circles are two monolithic columns, five meters high, covered with mysterious reliefs depicting animal silhouettes.
It is believed that they had a symbolic role as guardians. The reliefs depict scorpions, charging bo ...
Notre-Dame
The cathedral has ten bells, or more precisely, on its towers.
Several smaller ones were still on the spire, which collapsed during the 2019 fire. Until 2012, the ...
Forbidden City
The Forbidden City is surrounded by imperial gardens on three sides.
To the north is Jingshan Park, also known as Prospect Hill, an artificial hill formed from soil dug ...
Schönbrunn Palace
Between 1638 and 1643, a palace was built as the residence of Eleonora Gonzaga.
Eleonora Gonzaga was the second wife of Emperor Ferdinand II. After his death, she became the owner ...