Architecture

Windsor Castle became the main royal residence for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, although early in her reign Victoria complained that the castle was boring and tiring, resembling a prison.

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

The initial wooden castle consisted of a tower and an outer ward protected by a small wall, which was located on a cliff rising 30 m above the river.

The English named the Great Wall of China in the 19th century.

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.

Twice a year catholic pilgrims come to Mont Saint-Michel.

An important part of Semper Gallery’s collection is Italian Renaissance painting.

The villa was the main location in the 2007 film “Hannibal Rising.”

It is constructed with steel and weighs 887,000 tons.

An important event in the history of Hagia Sophia was the period of iconoclasm when the worship of images and pictures was opposed.