Architecture

Monday, 27 October 2025
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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Christ The Redeemer
The statue is 30 meters high and is placed on an 8-meter pedestal.
The head is 3.5 meters high and the distance between the fingertips of the hands is 28 meters. The monument weighs over 600 tons.
Eiffel tower
Gustave Eiffel had a small apartment on the third floor of the tower where he invited his friends.
Currently, the apartment is open to visitors.
Tower Bridge
Today, the towers of the bridge house a museum that tells the story of the bridge over the years.
Stonehenge
The Y and Z Rings were not discovered until 1923. Subsequent radiocarbon dating showed they were the last work done in the area.
According to the researchers, the so-called bluestones (most likely diabase) were placed in them. Ho ...
Lighthouse of Alexandria
The earthquake of 1375 dealt the final blow to the building.
Stone leftovers from the ruins was used to build a fort in 1480.
Big Ben
There are four smaller bells in the tower, which every quarter of an hour strike a variation of several bars modeled on that of the St. Mary's Church in Cambridge from Handel's "Messiah".
The bells can be heard on BBC Radio 4 at 6 pm and midnight and on the BBC World Service.
Spanish Steps
Every year beautiful azaleas appear on the Spanish Steps.
The City Council organizes an annual spring exhibition of azaleas, a symbol of the Roman spring. The ...
Temple of Artemis
The second temple was built on the order of Croesus of Lydia.
Leading architects of this temple were Chersiphron of Knossos and Metagenes from Knossos. Theodorus of Samos is also believed to participate in the temple's design process.
Balmoral Castle
Historian Michael Lynch said, "Balmoral's Scottishness helped give the monarchy a truly British dimension for the first time."
The life of the royal couple at Balmoral was more like that of the nobility than the royal family. Q ...
Balmoral Castle
Balmoral is privately owned and not owned by the Crown.
It was originally purchased by Prince Albert, not the Queen, meaning no income from the estate flows ...