11 Mysteries of Famous Icons People Don’t Know About

A lot of works of art and architecture are famous all around the world, but we often don’t know a lot about them. Here's a list of 11 of the most intriguing ones. We were amazed at what we found out, and we are sure that so will you!

TIMESTAMPS
The top-floor apartment of the Eiffel Tower 0:34
The broken chain of the Statue of Liberty 1:27
The Isleworth Mona Lisa 2:07
The time capsule in Mount Rushmore 2:55
The Matterhorn at Disneyland 4:10
The Sphinx’s original appearance 4:54
The creation of the Leaning Tower of Pisa 5:46
The face of Rembrandt’s Danaë 6:42
The name of the most famous tourist attraction in Britain 7:48
The color of the Golden Gate Bridge 8:38
The sky in the painting The Scream 9:16

SUMMARY
- Gustave Eiffel, the man who designed France’s most popular monument, built and fitted out an apartment for himself on its top floor. He often used it to rest and receive guests.
- The monument was presented to the USA by the people of France in honor of the 100th anniversary of the American Revolution. It symbolizes freedom, democracy, and the repeal of any kind of slavery. This is the reason why a broken chain lies at the feet of the Statue.
- It’s a well-known fact that many artists have reproduced the famous Mona Lisa. But it’s believed that there is one other portrait painted by da Vinci himself, and it’s not a copy. What is interesting is that the second version if painted from a slightly different perspective.
- During the construction of this famous monument, architect Gutzon Borglum wanted to create a Hall of Chronicles inside the cliff face. He wanted it to be a secret room where future generations would find the fundamental records about the USA’s history. For this purpose, he excavated a cave behind the head of Abraham Lincoln.
- The Matterhorn at Disneyland was designed and named after a mountain in the Alps. Climbers used the basketball court and staging area to prepare for scheduled climbs or to pass the time when the weather was bad.
- The Great Sphinx of Giza is the oldest statue in the world. Originally, it was decorated with bright paint, but because it’s has been far too long since the statue was constructed, now we can only see some fragments of the paint behind the ears. It also had a nose and a ceremonial beard.
- The famous tower has many secrets. Everybody knows that the tower is leaning, but very few people know who build the bell tower for Pisa’s cathedral. One of the reasons for this mystery is that it was built over the course of nearly 200 years, so it definitely couldn’t have been one person.
- Rembrandt started painting Danaë two years after his marriage to Saskia van Uylenburgh. The artist depicted his wife in many of his paintings, so it was a mystery for a long time who was in Danaë.
- You probably know that «Big Ben» doesn’t refer to the whole tower in the British Houses of Parliament, but instead only to the large bell within it. Now the official name of the structure is «The Elizabeth Tower».
- It took a long time to agree on the construction with the United States Navy. The Navy wanted it to be painted in black and yellow stripes so that it would be visible in the fog. In the end, the architect of the bridge, Irving Morrow convinced the military to paint it a dark orange color.
- In 2003, a group of astronomers suggested a theory that the bright scarlet color of the sky that astounded the artists so much was caused by the Krakatoa volcano eruption in 1883. A huge amount of volcanic dust was thrown up into the atmosphere so that people could observe bright flame-like sunsets all around the world.

Do you know any other amazing facts about famous works of art? Tell us about them in the comment section below!

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