Architecture

Thursday, 18 June 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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Forbidden City
The Forbidden City is located at the northern end of Tiananmen Square.
Leading up to it is the Tiananmen Gate, now decorated with a portrait of Mao Zedong in the center an ...
Christ The Redeemer
In 2020, in August, the figure of Christ was illuminated for an hour with the inscription "Solidarity 1980-2020", written in an original font, the so-called solidarica.
It was an initiative of the Polish embassy in Brazil.
Christ The Redeemer
Every year, the Christ the Redeemer Monument is visited by almost 2 million tourists.
Colosseum
The undergrounds of the Colosseum hide many rooms where props were kept.
The scenery of the Colosseum depended on the nature of the fights that were fought on it.
Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle is a royal residence in the city of Windsor, in the English county of Berkshire.
It was built between 1070 and 1086 by William I the Conqueror, also known as William the Bastard, Ki ...
Petra
In Petra's bloom, about 20,000 people lived in the city.
Schönbrunn Palace
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart gave concerts at the palace.
Mozart’s concert as a six-year-old “child prodigy” probably took place in the palace’s Mirror Room o ...
Empire State Building
About 15,000 people are working in the building.
Brandenburg Gate
In 1793, a monument to a quadriga driven by the winged goddess Nike was placed on the gate.
Windsor Castle
The site for the construction of the fortress, which was later transformed into Windsor Castle, was chosen on a steep, limestone hill, where the first wooden building existed as early as 1070.
Windsor Castle was strategically important due to its proximity to both the Thames, a key medieval r ...