Architecture

Sunday, 15 February 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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Neuschwanstein Castle
The king moved into Neuschwanstein in 1884, although the castle was not yet complete.
In 1885, Louis II invited his mother, Marie Frederick of Prussia, to the castle to celebrate her sixtieth birthday.
Villa Tugendhat
The treaty on the division of Czechoslovakia was signed at the Tugendhat villa.
In 1992, a summit meeting was held there, at which the treaty on the division of Czechoslovakia into ...
Eiffel tower
To climb the Eiffel Tower you have to overcome 1665 steps.
For lazy people there is of course the possibility to use an elevator.
Brooklyn Bridge
The first person to cross the bridge was a woman - Emily Warren Roebling.
Emily was a bridge builder who took over after her husband fell ill during construction work.
Temple of Artemis
The original Artemis statue has been made of gold, silver, ebony and black stone.
She was depicted as a woman with many breasts, in a high and pointed headgear, dressed in a garment covering her hips and legs. Garment was covered with reliefs of wild animals and bees.
Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge is the world's first steel suspension bridge.
Temple of Artemis
It was located in ancient city of Ephesus.
Present-day, the ancient city lays on the edge of the town of Selçuk in western Turkey.
Göbekli Tepe
Gobekli Tepe was built during the Neolithic period. Megalithic structures there are the oldest known to archeology.
Hunter-gatherer people constructed all the enormous objects at Gobekli Tepe. Such engineering required technical and organizational skills that were unusual at the time.
Golden Gate Bridge
There is a controversy regarding the “father” of the engineering marvel.
Charles Alton Ellis was responsible for the structural design of the Golden Gate Bridge, but due to ...
Pompeii
The period of the city's most remarkable and dynamic development was the 1st century AD.
Fertile soils and excellent geographical location favored economic growth.