Architecture

Thursday, 17 September 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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Space Needle
CHEESE, short for The Committee Hoping for Extra-terrestrial Encounters to Save the Earth, believes that Space Needle was built to transmit signals to other advanced civilizations from outside our Solar System.
Göbekli Tepe
During the first years of archaeological work, only 5% of archaeological interest was investigated.
Many ancient flint tools were discovered on the mound's surface - neolithic knives, axes, arrows, or ...
White house
Its construction began with cornerstone installation at noon on 13th October 1792.
The localization was chosen by President George Washington and urban planner Pierre L’Enfant. The bu ...
Brandenburg Gate
Until 1918, passage through the middle of the gate was reserved exclusively for members of the imperial family, the Pfuel family and their guests.
Tower of London
The symbol of the Tower of London is ravens.
According to legend, ravens came to the fortress attracted by the smell of the corpses of the Kingdo ...
Forbidden City
In 1933, most of the museum's collection was evacuated. The evacuation was forced by the threat of Japanese invasion.
 After the end of World War II, the collection was returned to the museum in Nanjing, but after the ...
Great Pyramid of Giza
The pyramid is built with about 2.3 million limestone blocks, most of which weigh 2.5 tons.
The technological processes used during construction has not been explained to this day. According t ...
Leaning Tower of Pisa
In 1185, when three stories of the tower had already been built, it was observed that it began to tilt.
A similar fate befell many of Pisa's structures at this time.
Palais Garnier
Above the auditorium is a bronze and crystal chandelier weighing seven tons, designed by Garnier.
The cost of making the chandelier was 30.000 gold francs. The installation of the central chandelier ...
Temple of Artemis
Temple of Artemis has also be mentioned in the Bible.