Architecture

Friday, 31 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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Spanish Steps
At the southern end of Spanish Square is the Palazzo di Propaganda Fide, seat of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
The palace was designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, who created the main façade; the rest of the buildi ...
Empire State Building
To get to the top floor (102nd), you have to climb 1860 stairs.
Palace of Versailles
In 2017, 7.714.389 people visited Versailles.
The Palace of Versailles still serves political functions. Heads of state are received in the Hall o ...
Windsor Castle
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.
The castle contains a significant part of the Royal Art Collection. In 2007, Windsor Castle was visited by 993.000 tourists.
Alcázar of Seville
The gallery from the first half of the 16th century, from the time of Charles V, is full of Azulejo tiles.
Petra
The conquest and occupation of the city by Saladin destroyed Petra, which fell into ruin.
Petra never recovered from the Egyptian occupation, and subsequent earthquakes sealed its fate.
Tower Bridge
The bridge used to be lifted by a steam engine weighing 2,000 tons.
Nowadays, the bridge is lifted by electric devices.
Big Ben
A ventilation shaft was designed from the ground level to the bell tower.
The 4,9 m by 2,4 m shaft was designed by David Boswell Reid, known as the "grandfather of air condit ...
Palace of Versailles
King Louis XIV had his morning rituals.
When getting out of bed, he underwent a kind of "ablution": he was massaged, his shirt was changed b ...
Tower of London
In modern times, Rudolf Hess, a war criminal, was a prisoner in the Tower.
In 1941, Hess, most likely voluntarily and without the Fuehrer's knowledge, flew a Messerschmitt Me ...