Architecture

Monday, 27 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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Forbidden City
The Palace Museum has one of the world's largest collections of 18th and 19th century mechanical clocks.
The collection consists of more than 1,000 pieces. Among the exhibits are those made in China as well as those from abroad, including Great Britain, France, Switzerland, the United States and Japan.
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 ...
Lighthouse of Alexandria
A scaled-down replica of the Faros lighthouse is located in the city of Changsha, China.
Malbork Castle
The Teutonic Knights brought delicacies to Malbork that were very rare on other European tables, especially in northern Europe.
These included raisins, dates, lemons, and anise candies (particularly favorites of the monks). At t ...
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 ...
Göbekli Tepe
One of the latest theories claims that groups of hunter-gatherers gathered in Gobekli Tepe when the wild grains were ripening.
They built new temple elements (circles) during the harvest and prayed. When all goods were collected, people dispersed, taking the harvested goods to their settlements.
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Soon after construction began, it became apparent that the tower leans to the south.
In the planning, the architects did not take into account that the terrain on which it was built was muddy and very unstable.
Krak des Chevaliers
Krak des Chevaliers, then a small Kurdish fortress, was a particularly desirable place for the Crusaders due to its strategic location.
Possessing it gave them dominion over the southern part of the Dead Sea and the eastern desert route.
Göbekli Tepe
Neolithic hunter-gatherer people appeared in Gobekli Tepe about 11,500 years ago.
These people nomadized in small tribal groups that subsisted by gathering plants and hunting. To bui ...
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.