Architecture

Saturday, 18 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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Krak des Chevaliers
Krak des Chevaliers was an impregnable fortress.
However, events related to the civil war in Syria caused the fortress to be destroyed, and the Syria ...
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 ...
Golden Gate Bridge
It is the 13th tallest bridge in the world.
It is 227,4 meters high.
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Not all Bilbao residents welcomed the project.
The city was in crisis, and it was thought that the huge funds earmarked for the construction of the ...
Great Wall of China
The average height of the Wall of China is 6.5 meters.
The watchtowers rise to a height of 12 meters.
Stonehenge
Stonehenge 3 VI was the last phase of the construction, carried out around 1600 BC. During that stage, the last two circles of holes in the ground were hollowed out - the Y and the Z Ring.
The outer ring (Y) comprised 30 holes, approximately 1.7 x 1.14 meters in diameter, tapering to a ba ...
Pompeii
Pompeii was bombed during World War II.
Most of the buildings were rebuilt.
Spanish Steps
Another street is the Via del Babuino, home to many antique shops, connecting the Piazza del Popolo with the Piazza di Spagna.
On the initiative of Pope Pius V, a new fountain decorated with a statue depicting an ancient deity ...
White house
The chief urban planner of the US capital, Washington, was French-American engineer Pierre “Peter” Charles L’Enfant.
The plan he prepared, intended as the permanent seat of the US government, specified, among other th ...
Balmoral Castle
After visiting the Great Exhibition of 1851, Prince Albert commissioned a prefabricated iron building for Balmoral to serve as a temporary ballroom and dining room.
It was used as a dining room until October 1, 1851, and as a ballroom until 1856.