Architecture

It is one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.

The cost of the construction is estimated at $35 million in the 1930s, which today is over $1,5 billion.

The style in which the palace in Versailles was built can be described as French baroque.

The city was discovered by Western civilization in 1812 thanks to the Swiss traveler Johann Ludwig Burckhardt.

Much was done during the reign of Elizabeth II, not only to restore and maintain the castle but also to transform it into a major tourist attraction in Britain.

Construction took two years, two months and five days.

While going up the elevator on the snowstorm, an optical illusion makes the snowflakes fall upwards.

Hagia Sophia combines the features of a basilica - an elongated building founded on a rectangular or Latin cross plan - and a central building - based on a circular plan.

Every year, the Christ the Redeemer Monument is visited by almost 2 million tourists.

The collections of the Palace Museum are based on the imperial collection of the Qing Dynasty. They include paintings, ceramics, seals, steles, sculptures, inscribed ware, bronze ware, enamel ware, etc.