Architecture

Saturday, 17 October 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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Notre-Dame
The southern rosette also suffered much damage - only some of the stained glass originates back to the Middle Ages. French architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc restored the rest in 1861.
The first damage to the rosette occurred in 1543 when it suffered from the subsidence of the buildin ...
Taj Mahal
In 1983, it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Space Needle
While going up the elevator on the snowstorm, an optical illusion makes the snowflakes fall upwards.
It is because of the difference between the speed of falling snowflakes (approximately 5 km/h) and the speed of the elevator (16 km/h).
Tower of London
Members of the Yeomen Warders are popularly called Beefeaters, i.e. beef eaters.
Legend says that the first guards of the Tower were guaranteed a ration of meat as a reward. Accordi ...
Neuschwanstein Castle
Upon the death of his father Maximilian II in 1864, Ludwig assumed the throne of Bavaria as Ludwig II. His first undertaking was to build a new knight's castle on the site of the ruins of Vorderhohschwangau, which later became Neuschwanstein Castle.
In addition to Neuschwanstein, Ludwig II also built a rococo summer palace - Linderhof in southweste ...
Temple of Artemis
First temple emerged around the 7th century BC.
It has been destroyed by a flood which covered its floor with a half-meter layer of mud and sand.
Colosseum
There was a clear division into social status in the stands.
The lowest rows were occupied by senators, the highest by women, slaves, and the poor.
Notre-Dame
Notre-Dame is known for its three rosettes.
They are located on the western, northern, and southern walls. The first one was created in 1225 and ...
Arc de Triomphe
On the facade of the arch are engraved 660 names of the Napoleonic army officers.
Villa Tugendhat
The villa was the main location in the 2007 film “Hannibal Rising.”
It served as the home of the villain, Vladis Gutas.