Architecture

The ruins of Petra are the backdrop in Agatha Christie's crime story "Appointment with Death."

Among the oldest trees on the grounds surrounding the White House are magnolias (Magnolia grandiflora) planted by Andrew Jackson.

It was designated an official Seattle historic landmark in 1999.

On August 7, 1919, the French pilot Charles Godefroy flew his biplane under the Arc de Triomphe.

The bridge is frequently partially covered by fog, called Karl the Fog.

In 1905 a competition was organized to climb the Eiffel Tower up the stairs.

For this reason, Louis XIV decided to thoroughly rebuild the palace.

There is a mysterious sculpture on the estate.

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.

Throughout the 18th century, the castle fell more and more into decline, until in 1772, when the first partition of Poland took place, Malbork and its lands were taken over by Prussia of Frederick II, known as the Great.