Architecture

Friday, 8 May 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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Leaning Tower of Pisa
The restoration work took twenty years and in April 2011, the tower was opened to the public.
The restoration work was carried out by a team of experts led by Michele Jemiolkowski, professor of ...
Great Pyramid of Giza
It is also referred to as the "Pyramid of Khufu" and the "Pyramid of Cheops".
Mont Saint-Michel
At the top of the spire of the abbey church is a statue of St. Michael.
The granite rock on which the abbey was built rises 92 meters above sea level. Together with the statue of St. Michael, it reaches 170 meters.
Zwinger
Initially, the Zwinger functioned as an orangery and garden, as well as a representative area.
It featured richly decorated pavilions, emporiums with balustrades, statues and vases, and arcaded g ...
Great Pyramid of Giza
According to the reports of Herodotus, the Great Pyramid, like other pyramids, was repeatedly plundered before the New Kingdom period existing from the sixteenth to the eleventh century BC.
Taj Mahal
It took over two decades and around 22,000 laborers and artisans to complete the construction.
Petra
Petra lies at the crossroads of trade routes from India to Egypt and southern Arabia to Syria.
The location made Petra an important communication and commercial hub in the region. The Nabataeans ...
Neuschwanstein Castle
The area of Neuschwanstein Castle is about 6000 square meters. There are 200 rooms, most of which are unused.
In one of the halls there is a colorful stained glass window depicting a scene from Wagner's opera T ...
White house
In the beginning, the building bore various names: Presidential Palace, Presidential Residence, or House of the President.
The earliest evidence of the public using the term “White House” comes from 1811. There were rumors ...
Arc de Triomphe
On the arch walls are engraved the names of 128 towns where battles of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars took place.