Architecture

Monday, 8 December 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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Tower Bridge
Tower Bridge is one of five London bridges owned and maintained by Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust overseen by the City of London Corporation.
Temple of Artemis
Part of the temple's masonry has been used to assemble other buildings.
La Sagrada Familia
In his design, Gaudi expressed the perfection he saw in nature.
He included in the design: The plant kingdom - massive upward branching columns resembling a dense ...
Stonehenge
Stonehenge is a story that stretches over thousands of years. It begins in the Stone Age, continues into the Bronze Age, and probably goes back to the Iron Age.
First pits, into which pine pillars about 75 cm in diameter were inserted, date back to about 8,000 ...
Empire State Building
A B-25D Mitchel bomber crashed into the Empire State Building.
July 28, 1945 was a really foggy day. To determine the plane's location pilot lowered the ceiling ju ...
Eiffel tower
In 1905 a competition was organized to climb the Eiffel Tower up the stairs.
The winner was M. Forestier and it took him 3 minutes and 12 seconds to get to the second floor of the tower.
Forbidden City
The Forbidden City is located at the northern end of Tiananmen Square.
Leading up to it is the Tiananmen Gate, now decorated with a portrait of Mao Zedong in the center an ...
Mont Saint-Michel
The Cornish island of St. Michael's Mount, which is also tidal, is considered the British equivalent of Mont Saint-Michel.
It also has a religious site - the 15th century Chapel of St. Michael.
La Scala
La Scala suffered during World War II.
During the bombing of Milan in 1943, on the night of 15th-16th August, bombs hit the theater buildin ...
Christ The Redeemer
The sculpture, like the Statue of Liberty, was made in France and transported in parts by ship to Rio de Janeiro.