Architecture

Tuesday, 7 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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Empire State Building
A B-25D Mitchel bomber crashed into the Empire State Building.
July 28, 1945 was a really foggy day. To determine the plane's location pilot lowered the ceiling ju ...
Great Pyramid of Giza
It is believed that the architect of the pyramid of Cheops was Hemiunu.
Hemiunu was Cheops' nephew and also his vizier (the highest official in the court of the pharaoh). H ...
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Bilbao was a booming industrial center and a significant seaport.
In the 1970s, due to the global oil crisis, Bilbao’s position began to weaken, and the city graduall ...
Palais Garnier
The opera house was built between 1861 and 1875.
The author of the project and the person who supervised the construction was French architect Charle ...
Mont Saint-Michel
At the top of the spire of the abbey church is a statue of St. Michael.
The granite rock on which the abbey was built rises 92 meters above sea level. Together with the statue of St. Michael, it reaches 170 meters.
Eiffel tower
In 1889, the tower was the entrance and main attraction of the International Exposition in Paris.
Colosseum
The undergrounds of the Colosseum hide many rooms where props were kept.
The scenery of the Colosseum depended on the nature of the fights that were fought on it.
Notre-Dame
Construction of the Notre-Dame de Paris began in 1163.
The exact date marking the beginning of construction is not known. According to Le Memoriale histori ...
Stonehenge
Between 1930 BC and 1600 BC, part of the diabase was removed from the northeast side and then arranged into a horseshoe-like shape, reflecting the trilithons in the center of the structure.
It was the penultimate construction phase, known as Stonehenge 3 V.
Temple of Artemis
It has been destroyed three times.
First time it was by a flood, second by arson and third after northern germanic tribes raided Ephesus.