Architecture

In 1626, the Swedes under the command of Gustav II Adolf, using modern artillery, captured the castle in two days and stayed there for several years.

 According to legend, there should be 9999 and 1/2 rooms. Half a room is symbolic - a palace with 10 ...

City was known as Edessa in ancient times and was the center of Syrian Christianity. Sanliurfa is kn ...

It was intended as a tomb for Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops) dating back to the 4th Dynasty during the Old Kingdom.

One of the largest Nabatean tombs was transformed into a church, and the city itself became the bishopric seat.

Later, a chapel appeared at the foot of the rock in honor of St. Synphorian, the first martyr of the Gauls. There were also hermitages there, which these chapels took care of.

Fortunately, today no one thinks about its demolition, because it perfectly fits into the panorama of the city and became its integral part.

There were several thousand courtiers and servants in the palace complex at the same time. Crowded c ...

Just as the muezzins from the tops of minarets call the faithful to prayer, the sound of bells from ...

The ceremony was accompanied by the first ticker-tape parade in U.S. history.