Architecture

During the Hundred Years’ War, the English repeatedly attempted to conquer the island, without success.

There was a well-developed network of aqueducts in Petra.

In 1934, on the initiative of the French authorities, the renovation of the castle began.

The monument is exposed to various weather factors, such as strong winds, which damage the monument's slabs.

The most photographed place in the Alcázar is the Courtyard of the Virgins.

The bridge's two lifting bascules are huge. Each weighs 1,000 tons.

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.

The story goes that Galileo used took advantage of the tilt of the tower in 1600 to conduct a scientific experiment regarding the free fall of bodies.

The Alcázar is the oldest functioning Royal Residence in Europe.

On the 50th anniversary, the number of tourists visiting the Golden Gate Bridge, estimated at 750,000 to 1,000,000, lowered the bridge by over 2 meters.