Architecture

Saturday, 23 May 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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Mont Saint-Michel
The Cornish island of St. Michael's Mount, which is also tidal, is considered the British equivalent of Mont Saint-Michel.
It also has a religious site - the 15th century Chapel of St. Michael.
Balmoral Castle
Prince Albert's purchase of Balmoral was finalized in June 1852.
The price was £32.000, and in the autumn of the same year, Prince Albert formally took possession of ...
Eiffel tower
During the German occupation of Paris, the elevators on the tower were disabled by cutting the cables and the tower was closed to tourists.
It was planned to hang a large swastika on the top, but it was so big that it was blown away by the wind and finally a much smaller one was placed.
Colosseum
It could host up to 50,000 people, although, according to the Chronograph of 354—the first illustrated codex, created by Roman scribe and stone engraver Furius Dionysius Filocalus in 354 AD—it could actually host up to 87,000 viewers.
Leaning Tower of Pisa
The designers of the Leaning Tower are believed to be the architects: Bonanno and Guglielmo Pisano.
It is built of white marble, has eight floors. Its weight is estimated at 14 thousand tons.
Göbekli Tepe
It is located iin the city of Sanliurfa in southeastern Turkey, near the border with Syria.
City was known as Edessa in ancient times and was the center of Syrian Christianity. Sanliurfa is kn ...
Golden Gate Bridge
The cost of the construction is estimated at $35 million in the 1930s, which today is over $1,5 billion.
Statue of Liberty
The head of the Statue was exhibited at the Third World Exhibition in Paris on June 30, 1878, at the Palais Trocadéro.
Other completed parts of the Statue were exhibited on the Champ de Mars.
Tower of London
There is no exact data regarding the construction of the White Tower, but in 1100 it already existed.
It was the first building of its kind in England, and today it is the heart of London's fortress.
La Sagrada Familia
The temple is built on the plan of a cross.
It contains three facades: The Nativity, the Passion, and the Glory, each of which is a different st ...