Architecture

Sunday, 26 July 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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La Sagrada Familia
Sagrada Familia is the most visited tourist attraction in Spain.
More than 3 million tourists come there every year. Since the construction continues thanks to priva ...
Brooklyn Bridge
The supplier of the suspension cables cheated the builders on the quality of the products supplied.
When the truth came out it was too late to replace the defective ropes, so the builders significantly increased the required amount of ropes for the bridge to function.
Krak des Chevaliers
Krak des Chevaliers was an impregnable fortress.
However, events related to the civil war in Syria caused the fortress to be destroyed, and the Syria ...
La Scala
The La Scala theater building was built on the site of the deconsecrated, demolished former church of Santa Maria della Scala, from which the theater took its name.
Within two years, the theater was completed by Pietro Marliani, Pietro Nosetti, Antonio, and Giusepp ...
Eiffel tower
Over 250 million people visited Eiffel Tower since its opening.
Currently, about 67 million people visit the Eiffel Tower each year. (except during the covid-19 pandemic of course)
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Some of the Guggenheim Museum’s permanent exhibits are located outside the museum, on the boulevard separating the edifice from the Nervon River.
Near the main entrances to the building is the 13-meter sculpture “Puppy,” by Jeff Koons. It depicts ...
Eiffel tower
During the German occupation of Paris, the elevators on the tower were disabled by cutting the cables and the tower was closed to tourists.
It was planned to hang a large swastika on the top, but it was so big that it was blown away by the wind and finally a much smaller one was placed.
White house
In 2020, First Lady Melania Trump designed and established the Rose Garden.
Michelle Obama established the White House’s first organic garden and installed beehives on the mansion’s south lawn.
Göbekli Tepe
Around 8200 BC, work at Gobekli Tepe stopped, and the site fell into decay.
Archaeologists found no traces of the inhabitants there (hearths, houses, graves), only thousands of ...
Golden Gate Bridge
The cost of the construction is estimated at $35 million in the 1930s, which today is over $1,5 billion.