Architecture

The tritons in the fountain are said to symbolize the characteristics of the sea, which can be either calm or rough.

In 1905 a competition was organized to climb the Eiffel Tower up the stairs.

The conquest and occupation of the city by Saladin destroyed Petra, which fell into ruin.

It was built by order of Ptolemy I, however, it was put into use only during the reign of Ptolemy II.

The Knights of St. John managed the fortress for 150 years, struggling with earthquakes and Muslim attacks.

The Tower, as we know it today, was started by King Richard the Lionheart, who began its reconstruction into a fortress in the years 1189-1199.

The Forbidden City was not open to everyone.

When, after the Battle of Grunwald, King Władysław Jagiełło and his Polish-Lithuanian troops besieged Malbork Castle, there was a traitor inside the castle who hung a red flag in the refectory window.

The city walls around the island complex date back to the 13th - 15th century.

Upon the death of his father Maximilian II in 1864, Ludwig assumed the throne of Bavaria as Ludwig II. His first undertaking was to build a new knight's castle on the site of the ruins of Vorderhohschwangau, which later became Neuschwanstein Castle.