Architecture

Sunday, 8 February 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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Space Needle
CHEESE, short for The Committee Hoping for Extra-terrestrial Encounters to Save the Earth, believes that Space Needle was built to transmit signals to other advanced civilizations from outside our Solar System.
Neuschwanstein Castle
The palace was equipped with some of the latest technological innovations of the late 19th century.
These included a battery-powered bell and telephone lines. The kitchen was equipped with Rumford's s ...
Empire State Building
The building uses more than 40 million kilowatt-hours of electricity each year.
Tower's peak electricity use tops out at about 9.5 megawatts.
Mont Saint-Michel
The Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, its coastal strip, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 due to its aesthetic value and importance to Christian tradition.
The bay covers an area of about 500 square kilometers, with a second granite islet, Tombelaine, in a ...
Alcázar of Seville
After retaking the city from the Moors in the 13th century, Saint Ferdinand III rebuilt the palace in the Gothic style.
In the 14th century, Pedro I the Cruel decided to rebuild the palace in the Mudejar style, thanks to which refers to the Arab heritage. Many Arabic inscriptions praising Allah remain on the walls.
La Sagrada Familia
During Gaudi's lifetime, 4 of the basilica's 18 towers, one of the three designed facades, the Nativity Facade, and the crypt were completed.
Although he claimed that the temple under construction might not be the last one he built, but proba ...
Golden Gate Bridge
Its name derives from the entrance to the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean.
It is called the Golden Gate Strait.
Mont Saint-Michel
According to legend, in 709 CE the Archangel Michael appeared to the Bishop of Avranches, St. Aubert, asking him to build a shrine on a rock.
The bishop twice disregarded the request made in the apparition, until finally St. Michael touched t ...
Notre-Dame
It was built on the Île de la Cité, an island in the Seine River.
It is one of the most visited sites in Paris. It covers 22 hectares and can be accessed by eight bridges.
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
It is located in Bilbao, Spain.
Bilbao is located in the Basque Country, an autonomous community in northern Spain located on the Ba ...