Architecture

It is not known where the common name Big Ben came from.

The author of the project was John Augustus Roebling - a well-known American designer of suspension bridges and author of the method of manufacturing steel cables.

The most famous monument in Petra is Al-Khazneh, called by the Bedouins "Treasury of the Pharaoh."

The reason Emperor Napoleon III decided to build a new opera house was the failed assassination attempt on him.

The Krak des Chevaliers fortress was exposed to constant attack and siege by Muslims.

The site for the construction of the fortress, which was later transformed into Windsor Castle, was chosen on a steep, limestone hill, where the first wooden building existed as early as 1070.

More than 25.000 tons of concrete were used to build the museum.

Justinian I the Great spared no expense in furnishing the church. Porphyry and marble were used to decorate the temple and as wall and pillar coverings.

The castle consists of two lines of powerful walls with thirteen towers and towers, of various heights and shapes, and the actual seat of the knights.

In 1995, Villa Tugendhat was recognized as a national cultural monument of the Czech Republic.