Architecture

Sunday, 1 February 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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White house
The seat of the US President forms the so-called White House complex.
It includes the central executive residence, on either side of which are the east and west wings. Th ...
Hagia Sophia
Justinian I the Great spared no expense in furnishing the church. Porphyry and marble were used to decorate the temple and as wall and pillar coverings.
Mainly green marble was used for the columns. Many elements were decorated with gold, silver, ivory ...
Space Needle
Since its opening, there have been six parachute jumps from the Space Needle.
Four out of six were legally carried out, the other two ended with an arrest.
Petra
Archaeologists discovered ancient roads in Petra. Ones for pedestrians, others for camels, and wheeled vehicles.
Roads diverged in all directions of the world.
Brandenburg Gate
The renovated gate was put into operation on December 14, 1957.
Malbork Castle
After the Swedish Deluge, the castle was still the seat of the starosta and local administration, but it lost its military importance.
The Swedes destroyed, plundered, and looted the castle.
Eiffel tower
The tower consists of 18,000 metal parts welded together with 2.5 million rivets.
Lighthouse of Alexandria
The tower may have been about 120 meters high and was topped by a statue of Poseidon about 7 meters high.
Hagia Sophia
The side naves are separated from the main nave by columns connected by a semicircular arch.
The parts of the main nave covered with semi-domes contain four semicircular niches. The side naves ...
Taj Mahal
It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.
Shah Jahan’s wife, Mumtaz Mahal, called the Chosen One of The Palace, died in 1631 while in labor wi ...