Architecture

Friday, 6 November 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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Balmoral Castle
Balmoral Castle is located in Easter Balmoral, a small town in northeastern Scotland, situated on the River Dee, approximately 80 km west of Aberdeen.
It is undoubtedly one of the most interesting monuments of this region and a tourist attraction admired by over 70.000 tourists every year.
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Christ The Redeemer
The sculpture, like the Statue of Liberty, was made in France and transported in parts by ship to Rio de Janeiro.
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Statue of Liberty
Since 1984, the Statue of Liberty has been listed as a UNESCO National Heritage Site.
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Pompeii
Numerous lupanars (brothels) were also very popular.
Pompeians paid from two to eight times more for sex than for good wine.
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Petra
The city was discovered by Western civilization in 1812 thanks to the Swiss traveler Johann Ludwig Burckhardt.
Arab and Western scholars have identified more than 800 historic sites in the area of Petra. Most of them have been carved into the red walls of the bluffs.
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Temple of Artemis
The second temple was much more significant, built with greater splendor, and it's supposed to be the first marble-made Greek temple.
It was 115 m (377 ft) long and 46 m (151 ft) wide.
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Göbekli Tepe
In the center of the circles are two monolithic columns, five meters high, covered with mysterious reliefs depicting animal silhouettes.
It is believed that they had a symbolic role as guardians. The reliefs depict scorpions, charging bo ...
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Space Needle
The chief architect was John Graham.
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Brandenburg Gate
It was designed by the German architect Carl Gotthard Langhans.
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Eiffel tower
Eiffel tower is 324 meters high.
It was the highest building in France until 1973 when a military radio relay was built in Saissac.
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21 facts about Spanish Steps
21 facts about Spanish Steps
One of the longest and widest staircases in Europe and one of the most famous in Rome
The Spanish Steps in Rome are one of the city's most visited landmarks. They are one of the longest and widest staircases in Europe, second only to th ...
18 facts about Göbekli Tepe
18 facts about Göbekli Tepe
The oldest known cult site
The archaeological site of Göbekli Tepe has changed the way archaeologists think about the beginnings of civilization. The site is considered the olde ...
15 facts about Arc de Triomphe
15 facts about Arc de Triomphe
A memento of Napoleon Bonaparte
It is one of the most characteristic landmarks of Paris. It was created to commemorate the fighters and fallen of the French Revolution and the Napole ...
18 facts about Trevi Fountain
18 facts about Trevi Fountain
The last section of the Acqua Vergine aqueduct
Dating from the Baroque period, this fountain is one of the world's most famous. It was commissioned by the Pope, who wanted to modernize the previous ...
20 facts about Leaning Tower of Pisa
20 facts about Leaning Tower of Pisa
An architectural marvel
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is one of the most attractive European monuments. It is known worldwide and is visited by thousands of tourists every year. ...
26 facts about Temple of Artemis
26 facts about Temple of Artemis
Artemesium
Artemis was one of the most prominent gods of ancient Greece. She was the daughter of Zeus and Letho and a twin sister of Apollo. Ephesians devoted to ...
25 facts about Empire State Building
25 facts about Empire State Building
The world's first over 100 floors skyscraper
At the time of its completion, it was the only building in the world with more than 100 floors. It was the tallest building on Earth for 41 years. Con ...
26 facts about Petra
26 facts about Petra
The mysterious city of tombs
Petra is an amazing, old necropolis carved into the rock in ancient times. A narrow ravine, which can only be crossed on foot or on the back of an ani ...
23 facts about Great Pyramid of Giza
23 facts about Great Pyramid of Giza
Pyramid of Khufu
It was built by the sweat of a hundred (or three hundred and twenty) thousand workers, an unimaginable engineering and logistical task. Granite blocks ...
18 facts about Lighthouse of Alexandria
18 facts about Lighthouse of Alexandria
One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
For hundreds of years it pointed the way for sailors to the port of Alexandria. Unfortunately it did not survive to our time, the information about th ...
20 facts about Eiffel tower
20 facts about Eiffel tower
The symbol of Paris and the tallest structure in the city.
Although according to the assumptions the Eiffel Tower was to be dismantled after 20 years from its construction, fortunately nobody decided to take t ...
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