Architecture

Thursday, 12 March 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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Colosseum
It was constructed for the emperor Vespasian as a gift for the Roman people.
By the time of Vespasian's death in 79 AD, three stories of the construction were completed. The who ...
Christ The Redeemer
For the 75th anniversary of the monument, a small chapel was built at its base.
Many people decide to get married in this church.
Trevi Fountain
The fashion house Fendi sponsored the 2014 - 1015 restoration work.
It took 20 months to restore the fountain to its former glory. It was the most extensive of any rest ...
Windsor Castle
The site for the construction of the fortress, which was later transformed into Windsor Castle, was chosen on a steep, limestone hill, where the first wooden building existed as early as 1070.
Windsor Castle was strategically important due to its proximity to both the Thames, a key medieval r ...
Villa Tugendhat
In October 1939, the Tugendhat villa was confiscated for use by the Gestapo.
In 1942, it was registered as the property of the German Reich. It was used by Klöckner-Werke branch ...
Spanish Steps
At the top of the stairs sits the 16th-century church Trinita dei Monti, part of the French Community of Emmanuel.
The church was built by order of Louis XII, King of France, who owned the land (previously, there wa ...
Palace of Versailles
In 1671, in Versailles, on the orders of Louis XIV, something like a bathroom was built - appertement des bains.
There was a marble bathtub, or rather a swimming pool, which was used not so much for hygiene purpos ...
Space Needle
On April 1st, 1989, a local sketch comedy TV show, Almost Live! Announced that the Space Needle collapsed.
It caused mayhem across the city, as hundreds of people started calling 911 and the Space Needle itself, blocking both lines for hours.
Leaning Tower of Pisa
In 1185, when three stories of the tower had already been built, it was observed that it began to tilt.
A similar fate befell many of Pisa's structures at this time.
Krak des Chevaliers
When the Crusaders marched on Jerusalem, the castle was abandoned.
It was captured again in 1110 by Tancred, the nephew of one of the leaders of the First Crusade, the ...