Architecture

The torch represents enlightenment and reveals the path to freedom from darkness. Hence the official name of the monument: La Liberté éclairant le monde, meaning Freedom Enlightening the World.

The remaining 20-meter-high upper part of the lighthouse collapsed in 956 and further damage was caused by earthquakes in 1303 and 1323.

Adding or removing a penny changes the clock speed by 0.4 seconds per day. The clockkeeper and a team of watchmakers available 24 hours a day are responsible for the operation of the clock.

At the entrance to the Great Gallery there is a horizontal shaft leading to the descending corridor ...

At the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries, it was the only country in Europe that did not have debts. On the contrary, the Teutonic Knights lent money to others.

Between 726 and 843, images of Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, and saints were destroyed by order of Emperor Leo III.

For lazy people there is of course the possibility to use an elevator.

Pompeians paid from two to eight times more for sex than for good wine.

It was an enormous tempo, erecting of the Eiffel Tower, which was far less demanding task took over 113 weeks.