Architecture

Tuesday, 16 September 2025
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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Petra
The most famous monument in Petra is Al-Khazneh, called by the Bedouins "Treasury of the Pharaoh."
The name is derived from a local legend about a pharaoh's treasure. According to tales, the pharaoh ...
Tower of London
The most famous prisoners of the Tower were: Thomas More, Bishop John Fischer, and Queen Elizabeth I.
Thomas More was an English thinker, writer, and politician, a Christian martyr revered by Anglicans ...
Alcázar of Seville
The Alcázar was used in the filming of "Game of Thrones," "Kingdom of Heaven" and "Lawrence of Arabia."
La Sagrada Familia
In his design, Gaudi expressed the perfection he saw in nature.
He included in the design: The plant kingdom - massive upward branching columns resembling a dense ...
Neuschwanstein Castle
A huge amount of building materials were used for the construction
List includes 465 tons of Salzburg marble, 1550 tons of sandstone, 400,000 bricks and 2050 cubic meters of wood for scaffolding.
Malbork Castle
The castle in Malbork was an impregnable fortress, no one managed to do so in the Middle Ages. However, the Swedes managed to capture the castle.
In 1626, the Swedes under the command of Gustav II Adolf, using modern artillery, captured the castle in two days and stayed there for several years.
Villa Tugendhat
The building was constructed in 1929-1930 as one of the pioneering prototypes of modern architecture in Europe.
It was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (commonly known as Mies), a German modernist architect a ...
Empire State Building
In addition to office space, the Empire State Building also houses banks, restaurants and stores.
Arc de Triomphe
On August 7, 1919, the French pilot Charles Godefroy flew his biplane under the Arc de Triomphe.
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 ...