Architecture

Tuesday, 3 November 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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Great Wall of China
The first Great Wall is said to have been built by Emperor Qin Shi Huang in the 3rd century BC.
At the time, it constituted defensive ramparts made of compacted earth. They were meant to separate the empire from neighboring tribes and emphasize the ruler's power.
Krak des Chevaliers
In 1934, on the initiative of the French authorities, the renovation of the castle began.
The people living in the castle were relocated to a settlement on the slope of the large castle mountain called Hosn.
White house
The White House has become one of the first wheelchair-accessible government buildings in Washington.
The modifications were made during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who used a wheelchair du ...
Windsor Castle
In the 14th century, King Edward III (also known as Edward of Windsor) was born at Windsor Castle and used it throughout his reign.
In 1344, he announced the establishment of a new Order of the Round Table in the castle, which, howe ...
Petra
According to the Bedouins, Petra is where the biblical Moses split a rock from which water gushed out.
It was believed that the narrow ravine leading to Petra was a crevice made by the staff of Moses, and Al-Khazneh was the work of Moses' greatest enemy - the Pharaoh of Egypt.
Great Wall of China
The Wall is not a continuous structure.
It consists of sections crisscrossed by rock formations, sediments, or bodies of water. In some places, the wall appears in double or triple form.
Palace of Versailles
Designers of contemporary castles included bathrooms and toilets but ultimately abandoned them as they were considered unnecessary.
This was the standard of cleanliness at that time, which did not include washing the body itself, bu ...
Lighthouse of Alexandria
The earthquake of 1375 dealt the final blow to the building.
Stone leftovers from the ruins was used to build a fort in 1480.
Windsor Castle
King Edward VIII did not spend much time at Windsor Castle.
His reign was short and in December 1936 he broadcast his abdication speech to the British Empire fr ...
Temple of Artemis
Temple of Artemis has also be mentioned in the Bible.