Architecture

The design proposed by Louis Le Vau was accepted by Louis XIV in the summer of 1668.

Some of the Guggenheim Museum’s permanent exhibits are located outside the museum, on the boulevard separating the edifice from the Nervon River.

The mausoleum houses the remains of both Shah Jahan and his wife.

More than 30 people have committed suicide by jumping from the Empire State Building.

According to the Bedouins, Petra is where the biblical Moses split a rock from which water gushed out.

Despite many destructions, the Brandenburg Gate was the only preserved city gate after World War II.

The official opening of the Trevi Fountain took place on May 22, 1762, by Pope Clement XIII.

Initially, Louis XIV often changed his residences.

It took about 20 years to build the Great Pyramid of Giza.

In the southern part of Spanish Square, opposite the Spanish Embassy, rises the column of the Immaculate Conception from the 19th century, which combines antiquity (Corinthian column) with modern times (statue of the Virgin Mary on the top).