Architecture

Saturday, 10 October 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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Colosseum
It was a place of cruel and bloody fights between gladiators and wild animals.
According to estimates, over 400,000 people and about a million animals lost their lives during the Colosseum’s operation period.
Palace of Versailles
The estate was expanded by additional land, up to 500 ha.
In the place of the former farm, a Menagerie was built (modeled on medieval animal gardens), from th ...
Spanish Steps
Although there is a superstition that one should not eat on these stairs because it brings bad luck, it was a place where tourists loved to eat.
According to law, it is forbidden to do so and to sit on the stairs.
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.
Great Pyramid of Giza
It is also referred to as the "Pyramid of Khufu" and the "Pyramid of Cheops".
Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia is famous for the light that reflects everywhere inside the nave, giving the dome the appearance of floating above.
This effect was achieved by inserting forty windows around the base of the original structure. Inserting the windows into the dome structure further reduced its weight.
Colosseum
The microclimate in the amphitheater transformed it into a wild botanical garden.
Since the first cataloging of flora by a Roman physician and herbalist Domenico Panaroli in 1643, 68 ...
Petra
In 2007, Petra was declared one of the Seven New Wonders of the World.
Göbekli Tepe
One of the latest theories claims that groups of hunter-gatherers gathered in Gobekli Tepe when the wild grains were ripening.
They built new temple elements (circles) during the harvest and prayed. When all goods were collected, people dispersed, taking the harvested goods to their settlements.
Big Ben
At the top of the pendulum is a small stack of old penny coins whose function is to adjust the time of the clock.
Adding or removing a penny changes the clock speed by 0.4 seconds per day. The clockkeeper and a team of watchmakers available 24 hours a day are responsible for the operation of the clock.