Architecture

Wednesday, 1 April 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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Trevi Fountain
The fountain's central figure is a titan from Greek mythology - Okeanos.
Okeanos is accompanied by two Tritons, one of who is calm and the other in a rage. Okeanos is trying to tame the disobedient Triton.
Leaning Tower of Pisa
In the first half of the 13th century, the severe troubles in which the city was involved prevented the building's completion.
Pisa was then at war with Genoa, Florence and Lucca to defend the Republic's independence.
La Sagrada Familia
Although construction has been going on since 1882, it was not until late 2001 that stained glass windows appeared in the basilica.
A Spaniard, Joan Vila-Grau, made them.
Great Pyramid of Giza
The chambers inside the pyramid of Cheops are covered with blocks of granite that weigh up to 80 tons.
Göbekli Tepe
Around 8200 BC, work at Gobekli Tepe stopped, and the site fell into decay.
Archaeologists found no traces of the inhabitants there (hearths, houses, graves), only thousands of ...
Neuschwanstein Castle
Neuschwanstein Castle is one of the most famous monuments in Germany. It is located in southern Bavaria, near the town of Füssen, near the Austrian border.
The castle is located in the municipality of Schwangau, not far from Hohenschwangau Castle, which was built by King Maximilian II of Bavaria.
Balmoral Castle
There are around 150 buildings on the estate, including Birkhall, the former home of Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.
About a mile from the main Balmoral Castle is Craigowan Lodge, the building that Prince Charles and ...
Notre-Dame
The cathedral has ten bells, or more precisely, on its towers.
Several smaller ones were still on the spire, which collapsed during the 2019 fire. Until 2012, the ...
Lighthouse of Alexandria
A scaled-down replica of the Faros lighthouse is located in the city of Changsha, China.
Space Needle
Space Needle was the first building in the world to feature a revolving glass floor.
It is called The Loupe.