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Sunday, 13 July 2025
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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Great Pyramid of Giza
Because of the extreme precision with which the structure was built, many pseudo-scientific myths have grown up around it.
Some attribute the construction of the pyramid to a highly advanced extraterrestrial civilization.
Göbekli Tepe
The excavations began in 1995 and were directed by Klaus Schmidt, a student of the archeologist Harald Hauptmann, who initiated the excavations at the prehistoric site of Gobekli Tepe.
Although Klaus Schmidt had spent many years in Turkey working at various archeological sites, the di ...
La Sagrada Familia
Gaudi's architecture is based on the geometry of complex curves, including the elliptical paraboloid.
It consists of two planes of symmetry having a single axis. Their number and infinity may symbolize the Holy Trinity - Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Temple of Artemis
The temple has been rediscovered in 1869 thanks to John Turtle Wood.
It took archeologists over six years to discover the exact place temple was located. Excavations in ...
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 bodies of queens and other people murdered on the orders of monarchs from the Tudor dynasty rest in the Royal Chapel. Saint Peter in Chains.
The chapel (built around 1000) was initially located outside the walls of the Tower. It was included ...
Great Wall of China
The highest point of the wall is the Huanglouyuan section near Beijing. It rises to an elevation of 1,439.3 meters above sea level.
La Scala
La Scala is closely associated with Giuseppe Verdi, one of Italy’s greatest composers.
The La Scala stage hosted the premieres of some of his most important works, such as “Nabucco”  (184 ...
Taj Mahal
It is a spectacular mixture of Persian, Islamic, and Indian architectural styles.
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 ...