Architecture

At the time of its commissioning, the Faros lighthouse was the tallest structure that was not a pyramid.

The Wall of China is about 2,700 years old.

Hagia Sophia combines the features of a basilica - an elongated building founded on a rectangular or Latin cross plan - and a central building - based on a circular plan.

Facade of the Temple of Artemis was depicted on ancient Roman coins.

The city walls around the island complex date back to the 13th - 15th century.

The estate, along with the original castle, was purchased by Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, in 1852.

It was a place of cruel and bloody fights between gladiators and wild animals.

Schönbrunn in its present form appeared between 1740 and 1750, during the reign of Empress Maria Theresa.

First temple emerged around the 7th century BC.

It was designed by the German architect Carl Gotthard Langhans.