Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, and often extended to refer to the clock and the clock tower. Big Ben was cast on 10th April 1858, the Great Clock started working on 31st May 1859 , and Big … Read more
Beijing National Stadium, officially the National Stadium, also known as the Bird’s Nest , is a stadium in Beijing. The stadium was a joint venture among architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron of Herzog & de Meuron, project architect Stefan Marbach, artist Ai Weiwei, and CADG which was led by chief architect Li Xinggang. … Read more
Borobudur is a magnificent Buddhist temple located near Magelang in Java, Indonesia. Borobudur is a Buddhist stupa in the Mahayana tradition and it is the largest Buddhist monument in the world. It is one of the world’s most complex buildings. There is no written record of who built Borobudur or of its intended purpose. The … Read more
Situated on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbor and close to the Sydney Harbor Bridge is Australia‘s premiere performing arts facility called the Sydney Opera House. In 1957, Jorn Utzon, was announced as the winner of a competition that was geared towards coming up with the best design of the opera house. The design of the … Read more
Angkor Wat is the largest single religious building in the world and one of the most visited religious sites in the world. The city where the temple was built, Angkor, is located in modern day Cambodia and was once the capital of the Khmer Empire. The temples of Angkor, crafted by the Khmer civilization between … Read more
Antoni Gaudi was born on 25th June 1852 in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. He attended school in Barcelona, the city that would become home to most of his great works. He studied architecture in Barcelona, Spain at the Escola Tecnica Superior d’Arquitectura but he was not a very good student. After five years, in 1878, Gaudi … Read more
Stonehenge is located in Wiltshire, England, and is one of the most recognizable and famous sites in the world. Stonehenge is in the center of a large number of Bronze Age and Neolithic monuments. There are also several hundred burial mounds in the area and land surrounding Stonehenge. There are no records to provide us … Read more
The Colosseum is an amphitheatre in the center of the city Rome, in Italy. Construction began in 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian. Titus, Vespasian’s son and successor completed the construction in 80 AD. It took only 8 years to build. It is the largest amphitheatre in the world and considered to be one of … Read more
Neuschwanstein Castle was built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria. He was also known as the “Fairytale King”. This castle is a great representation of what a fairytale castle would look like, complete with beautiful views of the Bavarian Alps. Neuschwanstein means “New Swan Stone”. The name of the castle derives from one of Wagner’s … Read more