Architecture

Monday, 11 May 2026
18 facts about Hagia Sophia
18 facts about Hagia Sophia
The most significant work of Byzantine architecture
The Hagia Sophia's Temple, now an Istanbul mosque, was initially built as the Church of Divine Wisdom. It was the highest-ranking temple in the Byzant ...

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Balmoral Castle
Queen Victoria's granddaughter Victoria Eugenia, who later became queen of Spain when she married King Alfonso XIII in 1906, was born at Balmoral Castle.
In September 1896, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his wife Alexandra Feodorovna, who was Victoria's ...
Forbidden City
The Forbidden City is a palace complex in the Dongcheng district of Beijing.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was located in the center of the Imperial City. There were se ...
Colosseum
It could host up to 50,000 people, although, according to the Chronograph of 354—the first illustrated codex, created by Roman scribe and stone engraver Furius Dionysius Filocalus in 354 AD—it could actually host up to 87,000 viewers.
Tower Bridge
Horace did not live to see the opening of the bridge.
He died in 1887, seven years before the work was completed.
Brandenburg Gate
Construction began in 1788 and lasted 3 years.
Malbork Castle
The Teutonic Knights were knights of small stature. This is evidenced by, among others, small beds in the dorms.
However, it was not the height of the monks that determined the size of the bed, but the fact that t ...
Alcázar of Seville
This Moorish palace is located in Seville, the capital of the Spanish region of Andalusia.
Petra
The ruins of Petra are the backdrop in Agatha Christie's crime story "Appointment with Death."
Neuschwanstein Castle
In June 1886, the Bavarian government decided to depose the king, who was living in Neuschwanstein at the time.
On June 9, 1886, the king was declared incapacitated and forced to leave the palace. On June 13, Lud ...
Palace of Versailles
For this reason, Louis XIV decided to thoroughly rebuild the palace.
It was supposed to look like the fairy-tale "Palace of the Sun (Palais du Soleil), and King Louis XI ...