Architecture

Tuesday, 7 April 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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Notre-Dame
Construction of the Notre-Dame de Paris began in 1163.
The exact date marking the beginning of construction is not known. According to Le Memoriale histori ...
Neuschwanstein Castle
The area of Neuschwanstein Castle is about 6000 square meters. There are 200 rooms, most of which are unused.
In one of the halls there is a colorful stained glass window depicting a scene from Wagner's opera T ...
Windsor Castle
The site for the construction of the fortress, which was later transformed into Windsor Castle, was chosen on a steep, limestone hill, where the first wooden building existed as early as 1070.
Windsor Castle was strategically important due to its proximity to both the Thames, a key medieval r ...
Zwinger
The Zwinger was not residential, but only of a representative nature, and served as a gallery for storing valuable royal collections and for holding lavish court ceremonies.
The complex contains six stored pavilions (Clock, German, Porcelain, Embankment, French, Mathematica ...
Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty is covered with copper, which initially made its color dull brown, however, its color changed over time due to atmospheric corrosion.
Atmospheric corrosion of this metal and humid air resulted in the deposition of patina on the Statue's coating. It provides the Statue with its now characteristic color, green.
Villa Tugendhat
The Tugendhat House is considered the most famous modernist building in Brno.
It was built at the same time as Mies’ Barcelona Pavilion (“German Pavilion”), the exhibition pavili ...
Neuschwanstein Castle
At the time of the king's death, the palace was far from complete. Only about 1/3 of Neuschwanstein was finished.
Construction was stopped and some of the rooms were left unfinished. Today, these rooms, including p ...
Empire State Building
Construction of the skyscraper took only 58 weeks.
It was an enormous tempo, erecting of the Eiffel Tower, which was far less demanding task took over 113 weeks.
Tower Bridge
Today, the towers of the bridge house a museum that tells the story of the bridge over the years.
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Construction of the Leaning Tower began in 1173 and was completed two centuries later.
Although the Latin inscription to the right of the entrance to the tower gives the date 1174, this refers to the Pisan calendar, which is one year longer than the Gregorian calendar.