Architecture

Tuesday, 15 September 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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Windsor Castle
Victoria did not consent to the introduction of era inventions to Windsor Castle.
The Queen did not like gas lighting, she preferred candles. At the end of her reign, electric lighti ...
Statue of Liberty
It is located on Liberty Island in Upper New York Bay.
The Statue is a federal property administered by the National Park Service, but territorially it is under the jurisdiction of New York City.
Arc de Triomphe
On the arch walls are engraved the names of 128 towns where battles of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars took place.
La Sagrada Familia
The construction of the temple began in 1882.
The idea to build a church in this place goes back to 1866 when the founders of the Spiritual Societ ...
Trevi Fountain
The fountain measures 26.3 by 49.15 meters.
Neuschwanstein Castle
During the Middle Ages, three castles were built in the area.
In addition to Hohenschwangau Castle, which was built on the ruins of the 12th-century Schwansten Fo ...
Hagia Sophia
An important event in the history of Hagia Sophia was the period of iconoclasm when the worship of images and pictures was opposed.
Between 726 and 843, images of Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, and saints were destroyed by order of Emperor Leo III.
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 ...
Alcázar of Seville
A place with a mystical atmosphere is the baths located under the Gothic Palace.
This place used to be a rainwater tank for garden irrigation.
Krak des Chevaliers
The Hospitallers (Sovereign Military Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Rhodes, and Malta) expanded the castle and its fortifications.
The castle was expanded in the Gothic style. In the central part of the fortress, measuring 110 by 60 m, a church, a knights' hall, and several towers were built.