Architecture

During the first years of archaeological work, only 5% of archaeological interest was investigated.

When the theater was built, the area around it was densely built up.

In 1905 a competition was organized to climb the Eiffel Tower up the stairs.

In 1889, the tower was the entrance and main attraction of the International Exposition in Paris.

According to legend, in 709 CE the Archangel Michael appeared to the Bishop of Avranches, St. Aubert, asking him to build a shrine on a rock.

Twice a year catholic pilgrims come to Mont Saint-Michel.

In the southern part of Spanish Square, opposite the Spanish Embassy, rises the column of the Immaculate Conception from the 19th century, which combines antiquity (Corinthian column) with modern times (statue of the Virgin Mary on the top).

There were over 2400 water effects in the Park of Versailles, of which about 600 have survived to this day.

To climb the Eiffel Tower you have to overcome 1665 steps.

The Teutonic Order built the castle in several stages, from 1278 to 1457.