Architecture

The musical tales of Richard Wagner inspired Louis II equally, and became a tribute to the music and to the master himself.

The Tugendhat House is considered the most famous modernist building in Brno.

The monument was unveiled twice more.

During the first years since it has been opened, it hosted naumachia—naval battles.

The Great Pyramid was built around 2560 BC.

The excavations began in 1995 and were directed by Klaus Schmidt, a student of the archeologist Harald Hauptmann, who initiated the excavations at the prehistoric site of Gobekli Tepe.

In the beginning, it was named the Flavian Amphitheater in honor of the Flavian dynasty that ruled the Roman Empire during the construction.

With its neo-baroque style and richly decorated interiors, characterized by classicism and historicism, the Opéra Garnier is unique among Parisian buildings of the time.

In the 1930s, they were painted black to hide the effects of air pollution. The original colors were restored during conservation works in 2017-2021. The Victorian glass was also removed and replaced with a faithful reproduction made in Germany by glassmakers Glasfabrik Lamberts.

It was built on previously leveled terrain with height differences of only 2.1 cm.