Architecture

Saturday, 4 April 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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Taj Mahal
In 1983, it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Hagia Sophia
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.
Mainly green marble was used for the columns. Many elements were decorated with gold, silver, ivory ...
Forbidden City
To the south of the Forbidden City were two important temples.
These were: The Imperial Family Shrine (Imperial Ancestral Temple), where the emperor worshipped the ...
Göbekli Tepe
The excavations began in 1995 and were directed by Klaus Schmidt, a student of the archeologist Harald Hauptmann, who initiated the excavations at the prehistoric site of Gobekli Tepe.
Although Klaus Schmidt had spent many years in Turkey working at various archeological sites, the di ...
Krak des Chevaliers
In 1096, the first armed expedition (there were seven in total) set off from Western Europe, known as the Crusade.
The Crusades were a response to the call of Pope Urban II, and their goal was to liberate Jerusalem ...
Villa Tugendhat
The treaty on the division of Czechoslovakia was signed at the Tugendhat villa.
In 1992, a summit meeting was held there, at which the treaty on the division of Czechoslovakia into ...
Trevi Fountain
Another initiator of the fountain reconstruction was Pope Clement XIII, who in 1732 announced a competition for a new fountain design.
Petra
The conquest and occupation of the city by Saladin destroyed Petra, which fell into ruin.
Petra never recovered from the Egyptian occupation, and subsequent earthquakes sealed its fate.
Christ The Redeemer
The statue was chosen in 2007 as one of the new seven wonders of the world.
This was decided by millions of votes of people who decided that this monument deserves an honorary ...
Malbork Castle
Local parliaments and meetings of representatives of the Prussian estates were held in Malbork.
These meetings were held in the Palace of the Grand Masters. The Bishop of Warmia was represented se ...