Architecture

The opening of the new opera house took place on 5th January 1875.

It took 130 years from the time of construction to the first maintenance work to clean the facade.

It took over two decades and around 22,000 laborers and artisans to complete the construction.

You can reach the monument by taking a cable car, from the station of which you have to climb 222 steps to the observation point at the foot of the monument.

The clock tower was placed on a square concrete slab with sides 15,2 m and 3 m thick.

The Wall, best-known today, acquired its final form during the Ming Dynasty between the 14th through 17th centuries AD.

The design proposed by Louis Le Vau was accepted by Louis XIV in the summer of 1668.

Gaudi's style was very sculptural and Art Nouveau, striving for a stylistic unity by combining different fields of art, especially craftsmanship, interior architecture, sculpture and graphics.

The Polish army took part in the capture of Malbork, which lasted 13 years (Thirteen Years' War). However, the castle in Malbork was not captured with weapons, but with money.

Its construction began between 70 and 72 AD and lasted until 80 AD.