Architecture

When the Ottoman Empire collapsed, Turkey became a secular republic. Its first president Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ordered in 1934 that the temple serving more than 916 years to Christians and 481 years to Muslims, be turned into a museum.

The Taj Mahal minarets lean slightly outwards.

The fountain measures 26.3 by 49.15 meters.

Prince Albert's purchase of Balmoral was finalized in June 1852.

The first mention of Versailles on the outskirts of Paris dates back to 1038, as a small agricultural village surrounded by forests.

The castle was one of Henry III's three favorite residences.

The present name most likely comes from the statue of Colossus of Nero—an enormous sculpture erected at Nero’s request, that stood nearby to the site where the Colosseum was built.

On the first floor of the building, there are special boxes called “artists boxes.”

A favorite place for recreation for the Pompeian patricians were the baths.

Between 1930 BC and 1600 BC, part of the diabase was removed from the northeast side and then arranged into a horseshoe-like shape, reflecting the trilithons in the center of the structure.