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1 day ago · William Jr.'s sister Elsa, who was considered the wealthiest heiress in St. Louis, committed suicide in 1920. On June 28, 1922, the magnificent Lemp brewery, which had once been valued at $7 million and covered ten city blocks, was sold at auction to International Shoe Co. for $588,500. Although most of the company's assets were liquidated, the ...
1 day ago · 1985 (9th Session) Hagia Sophia ( lit. ' Holy Wisdom '; Turkish: Ayasofya; Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized : Hagía Sofía; Latin: Sancta Sapientia ), officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque (Turkish: Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi ), [3] is a mosque and former church serving as a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey.
4 days ago · Answer: The Whispering Gallery. If you stand close to the wall and whisper a message, it can be heard quite clearly by somebody on the other side of the gallery some 137 feet away. 10. The tomb of the architect of St. Paul's Cathedral is also found in the crypt of the cathedral.
5 days ago · Prague Castle, a complex of buildings dating back to the 9th century, is one of the largest castles in the world. It includes the St. Vitus Cathedral, the Royal Palace, and several gardens, making it a must-visit destination for anyone visiting the Czech Republic.
1 day ago · The architect of the church, Jacques-Germain Soufflot, wanted to surpass the dome of London's St. Paul's Cathedral and, like St. Paul's, the dome consisted of three shells. Unlike St. Paul's, and due to advances in mathematics and engineering, all three shells were built of stone and made a part of a structural system that permitted support by ...
2 days ago · The site of the Kremlin has long been occupied and likely had some structures built upon it as early as the 10th century. Its history as a government center began in 1156, when Prince Yury Vladimirovich Dolgoruky founded the city of Moscow. He had a force of workers build the Kremlin’s first walls, of wood.
4 days ago · The Siena Cathedral (also called the Duomo di Siena and the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta) was constructed between 1215 and 1264. In the 1300’s, there was a plan to enlarge the cathedral, which would have doubled its size. Construction began but was halted during the Black Death of 1348.
