Architecture

A favorite place for recreation for the Pompeian patricians were the baths.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty reigned in the Forbidden City until 1912.

Between 2600 BC and 2400 BC, Stonehenge hosted religious festivals attended by up to 4,000 people.

To convince the public about the soundness of the construction, 21 elephants walked across the Brooklyn Bridge in May 1884.

The design proposed by Louis Le Vau was accepted by Louis XIV in the summer of 1668.

The chambers inside the pyramid of Cheops are covered with blocks of granite that weigh up to 80 tons.

Throughout World War II, until 1945, the castle in Malbork remained virtually untouched by war activities.

After twenty years of construction work, Louis XIV decided that the palace had achieved its intended appearance.

Neuschwanstein was an symbolic medieval knight's castle. This project consumed a huge amount of money. During the king's lifetime, the cost of building the castle was 6.2 million marks (equivalent to 47 million euros in 2021).

In 1457, King Casimir Jagiellon ceremonially entered the castle in Malbork, which remained in the Kingdom of Poland for over 300 years.