Architecture

Tuesday, 14 July 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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Malbork Castle
At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the Germans carried out very extensive regothisation works in the castle.
Throughout history, the castle took on various forms, the style of the building changed, and the Ger ...
La Sagrada Familia
Gaudi began work on the church in 1883.
Thirty-one-year-old Gaudi presented a completely new design of the building. It assumed building a c ...
Brooklyn Bridge
The author of the project was John Augustus Roebling - a well-known American designer of suspension bridges and author of the method of manufacturing steel cables.
Roebling paid for the construction of the bridge with his life. While taking measurements for the co ...
La Sagrada Familia
In 2005, the Facade of the Nativity and the crypt of the Sagrada Familia temple were included in the UNESCO heritage list.
Big Ben
The tower's main bell is its largest bell and part of the Great Clock of Westminster.
The original bell was 16-ton, cast in 1856 and because the tower was not yet ready, it was tested in ...
La Sagrada Familia
Gaudi's style was very sculptural and Art Nouveau, striving for a stylistic unity by combining different fields of art, especially craftsmanship, interior architecture, sculpture and graphics.
In his architectural work, he used parabolic arches, fantastic forms and intricate patterns, and org ...
Golden Gate Bridge
On the 50th anniversary, the number of tourists visiting the Golden Gate Bridge, estimated at 750,000 to 1,000,000, lowered the bridge by over 2 meters.
Golden Gate Bridge
It is the 13th tallest bridge in the world.
It is 227,4 meters high.
Krak des Chevaliers
The Krak des Chevaliers fortress was exposed to constant attack and siege by Muslims.
In 1271, after a two-month siege, the fortress with 200 knights surrendered to the troops of the Mam ...
Brandenburg Gate
On January 30, 1933, the Sturmabteilung NSDAP units celebrated the party's victory with an evening torchlight march, including to the Brandenburg Gate.