Architecture

Saturday, 18 July 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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Brandenburg Gate
The Brandenburg Gate appears on the reverse of German euro cents in denominations of 10, 20 and 50.
Windsor Castle
King George V continued the process of gradual modernization of the castle.
He was helped in this by his wife, Queen Mary, who was mainly interested in furniture and decoration ...
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Some of the Guggenheim Museum’s permanent exhibits are located outside the museum, on the boulevard separating the edifice from the Nervon River.
Near the main entrances to the building is the 13-meter sculpture “Puppy,” by Jeff Koons. It depicts ...
Tower of London
During the civil war called the Wars of the Roses in the years 1377 - 1485, when England was divided into two houses of Lancaster and York and their supporters, the character of the Tower changed.
It became a prison where King Henry VI, who threatened the new ruler Edward IV, was imprisoned and l ...
Big Ben
Inside the tower there is the so-called Prison Room.
It is an oak-paneled prison chamber, accessible only from the House of Commons. The room was last us ...
Notre-Dame
Upon the 800th anniversary of the cathedral's construction, its facade was cleaned. André Malraux, France's Minister of Culture, ordered a thorough restoration of the walls, which had turned black from dirt and soot over the past centuries.
Once the work was completed, the cathedral regained its white-red color. However, more restoration work was carried out between 1991 and 2000.
Big Ben
A ventilation shaft was designed from the ground level to the bell tower.
The 4,9 m by 2,4 m shaft was designed by David Boswell Reid, known as the "grandfather of air condit ...
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao took four years to build.
The building is seamlessly integrated into the urban landscape. It was built on a 32.500-square-mete ...
Golden Gate Bridge
There is a controversy regarding the “father” of the engineering marvel.
Charles Alton Ellis was responsible for the structural design of the Golden Gate Bridge, but due to ...
White house
The White House has become one of the first wheelchair-accessible government buildings in Washington.
The modifications were made during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who used a wheelchair du ...