Architecture

Monday, 2 March 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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Windsor Castle
Under Edward VII, who took the throne in 1901, the castle was also modernized.
In addition to renovating and clearing unnecessary equipment from existing rooms, electric lighting ...
Lighthouse of Alexandria
At the time of its commissioning, the Faros lighthouse was the tallest structure that was not a pyramid.
Great Pyramid of Giza
It was built on previously leveled terrain with height differences of only 2.1 cm.
Remember, it was over 4500 years ago!
Big Ben
For the first time in history, the clock stopped before 1878 - it was caused by very heavy snowfall.
In 1976, the first and only mechanism failure occurred. Other clock stops that occurred were mainly caused by unfavorable weather conditions.
La Scala
In the early years of La Scala’s existence, it was a place of prominent meetings between the nobility and the wealthy of Milan.
It was not only a place of artistic experience, but also a space where social life took place. Lodge ...
Brooklyn Bridge
12 people died trampled and 36 were injured during a panic that broke out a few days after the bridge opened.
On May 30, 1883, a woman raised the alarm that the bridge was collapsing. The panicked crowd began to abandon the structure in a panic, leading to the tragedy.
Notre-Dame
The cathedral has ten bells, or more precisely, on its towers.
Several smaller ones were still on the spire, which collapsed during the 2019 fire. Until 2012, the ...
Lighthouse of Alexandria
Construction of the lighthouse may have taken 14 to 20 years.
Palais Garnier
Between the columns of the building’s front façade are gilded galvanoplastic bronze busts.
These busts depict many composers, including Rossini, Auber, Beethoven, Mozart, Spontini, Meyerbeer, and Halevy, as well as librettists Eugene Scribe and Philippe Quinault.
Schönbrunn Palace
Austria’s longest-reigning Emperor, Franz Joseph, was born and spent much of his life in Schönbrunn.
It was also the place of his death in 1916, at the age of 86. After the fall of the Habsburg monarch ...