Architecture

Sunday, 1 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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Empire State Building
The building has 6514 windows.
Notre-Dame
The southern rosette also suffered much damage - only some of the stained glass originates back to the Middle Ages. French architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc restored the rest in 1861.
The first damage to the rosette occurred in 1543 when it suffered from the subsidence of the buildin ...
Eiffel tower
125 meters above the ground there is a restaurant, buffets and champagne bar.
Palace of Versailles
In 1833, King Louis Philippe decided to establish a Museum of French History in Versailles.
During the four-year period of work, many apartments of princes and courtiers were liquidated - from ...
Tower of London
The Tower has become known as a place haunted by ghosts.
Legend says that at night you can meet Anne Boleyn walking there, holding her head in her hands. Num ...
Windsor Castle
The tradition of Garter Feasts was maintained and became more extravagant during the reign of Henry VIII.
Henry VIII rebuilt the main castle gate and built a tennis court. He also built a long terrace, which was designed to provide an impressive view of the Thames.
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 ...
Forbidden City
The imperial color was yellow. Almost all roofs in the Forbidden City have yellow glazed tiles
There are only two exceptions: the library in the Hall of Literary Brilliance has black tiles, and the residences of the Crown Prince have green tiles.
Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal minarets lean slightly outwards.
The main reason was that in case of an earthquake, they would not fall on the mausoleum. The lean also creates an optical illusion, making the Taj Mahal look bigger from a distance.
Villa Tugendhat
The villa was commissioned by Fritz Tugendhat and his wife Greta.
The Tugendhats were a German-Jewish family of textile and oil industrialists. The couple received th ...