Architecture

A Gallio-Roman temple dedicated to Jupiter is said to have stood on the cathedral's site in pre-Christian times.

The maintenance costs of the quadriga statue amount to approximately €200,000 per year.

A ventilation shaft was designed from the ground level to the bell tower.

The Forbidden City is surrounded by imperial gardens on three sides.

Because of the extreme precision with which the structure was built, many pseudo-scientific myths have grown up around it.

Its name derives from the entrance to the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean.

The cost of the construction was in the range of $400,000, which is now about $12 million.

Queen Victoria's granddaughter Victoria Eugenia, who later became queen of Spain when she married King Alfonso XIII in 1906, was born at Balmoral Castle.

The statue of Christ the Redeemer was erected on the top of Mount Corcovado.

With its neo-baroque style and richly decorated interiors, characterized by classicism and historicism, the Opéra Garnier is unique among Parisian buildings of the time.