Architecture

Sunday, 21 June 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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Forbidden City
Traditionally, the Forbidden City is divided into two parts.
The Front Court, also known as the Front Yard, located on the south side, was used for ceremonial p ...
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 ...
Tower of London
There are priceless specimens in the royal collections of the British Monarchy, but the most famous ones are located in the Tower of London.
The Yeomen Warders have guarded the Crown Jewels since 1303. They are, contrary to popular belief, a ...
Neuschwanstein Castle
In 1923, the palaces of King Ludwig II, including Neuschwanstein, were transferred to state ownership.
They are currently managed by the Bavarian Palace Administration, a branch of the Bavarian Ministry of Finance.
Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia was plundered and desecrated in 1204 by Western knights during the Fourth Crusade.
The church served the Catholics from 1204 to 1261.
Stonehenge
Stonehenge is a complex of prehistoric temples in Salisbury Plain in the south-western part of central England.
It contains deposits of limestone dating from the Late Cretaceous period (100.5 to 66 million years ago).
Golden Gate Bridge
An average of 40 million vehicles cross the bridge every year.
That is over 112,000 a day.
Arc de Triomphe
On August 7, 1919, the French pilot Charles Godefroy flew his biplane under the Arc de Triomphe.
Schönbrunn Palace
The palace and its gardens cover an area of 160 hectares.
It has a distinctive yellow façade since it was Maria Theresa’s favorite color. It has 1441 chambers ...
Christ The Redeemer
Construction of the statue began in 1922 and was completed in 1931.
The construction took as long as 9 years because there were many difficulties, including the specifi ...