Architecture

Wednesday, 27 May 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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Leaning Tower of Pisa
In 1284 the building work was again interrupted.
At that time, Pisa suffered a humiliating defeat in a naval battle with Genoa.
Petra
The Royal Tombs compose a great complex of over a dozen of large tombs that may have been built for the rulers.
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.
Stonehenge
The avenue that led to the sanctuary was about 3 kilometers long and 11 meters wide.
It was surrounded by earth ramparts on both sides and used on the shortest and longest day of the ye ...
Krak des Chevaliers
The fortress was captured in 1099 by the troops of Raymond, Count of Toulouse, a very religious man who always wanted to die in the Holy Land.
When the pope called for a crusade, he was the first to accept the call and, at the head of a large ...
Pompeii
The gigantic cemetery was considered a cursed place.
It was not until 1711 that a villager digging a well accidentally discovered the buried city.
Trevi Fountain
The fountain's central figure is a titan from Greek mythology - Okeanos.
Okeanos is accompanied by two Tritons, one of who is calm and the other in a rage. Okeanos is trying to tame the disobedient Triton.
Windsor Castle
Under Edward VII, who took the throne in 1901, the castle was also modernized.
In addition to renovating and clearing unnecessary equipment from existing rooms, electric lighting ...
Christ The Redeemer
The project to build a religious sculpture in Rio de Janeiro had existed since 1850.
Father Pedro Maria Boss came up with this idea and even asked Queen Elizabeth for funds, but ultimately the idea was not implemented.
Stonehenge
In 2013, a group of archaeologists led by Mike Parker Pearson excavated over 50,000 fragments of cremated bones.
The analysis of these fragments concluded they belonged to 63 people buried at the shrine.
Forbidden City
The Manchu Qing Dynasty reigned in the Forbidden City until 1912.
China's last emperor, Puyi, was forced to abdicate in 1912 (he was six years old at the time). The y ...