Vous Connaissez ces Monuments, Mais pas Leurs Secrets

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Vous connaissez probablement des monuments célèbres comme la tour Eiffel ou la Grande Muraille de Chine, mais saviez-vous qu'ils cachent des secrets? Par exemple, il y a un appartement secret au sommet de la tour Eiffel où son concepteur, Gustave Eiffel, avait l'habitude de se détendre. La Statue de la Liberté a une petite pièce à l'intérieur de son flambeau, mais vous ne pouvez pas la visiter car elle est fermée depuis 1916 après qu'une explosion l'a endommagée. Même le mont Rushmore possède une "Salle des Archives" derrière les têtes des présidents, contenant des documents historiques dont on ne parle pas vraiment. Ces monuments sont pleins de surprises, prouvant qu'il y a toujours plus qu'il n'y paraît!  Animation créée par Sympa. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Musique par Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com   Pour ne rien perdre de Sympa, abonnez-vous!: https://goo.gl/6E4Xna​ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nos réseaux sociaux : Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sympasympacom/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sympa.officiel/  Stock de fichiers (photos, vidéos et autres): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Si tu en veux encore plus, fais un tour ici:  http://sympa-sympa.com

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00:00If you are looking for an exceptional accommodation in Paris, why not consider an apartment located directly in the Eiffel Tower?

00:08When designing its emblematic masterpiece, Gustave Eiffel took care to include a private apartment at its top.

00:15With a surface area of 100 square meters, this space is particularly large, especially for a city like Paris, where housing is often ten times less spacious.

00:24This apartment included a workshop, a living space, a dining room, a kitchen, a bathroom and even a piano.

00:31But it did not have a bedroom, which suggests that no one ever spent the night there.

00:37Today, no one occupies it, except for the models representing Eiffel, his daughter and Thomas Edison.

00:43At the time, eminent members of the scientific community, as well as other prestigious guests, had the privilege of visiting this place.

00:51Edison was one of these few elected.

00:53On the other side of the Atlantic, the public library of New York also has secret apartments, once intended for his staff.

01:00These accommodations were commonplace in the buildings of the library spread throughout the city.

01:05But today, only 13 out of the original 30 survive.

01:09For many years, a director lived in the library on 42nd Street, where his daughter was even born.

01:15The sizes of the apartments varied, some including up to 8 rooms.

01:19In 2006, the last resident guardian retired, and these spaces are now used for other administrative or logistical purposes.

01:28Although it is known as the tallest building in the world, culminating at 828 meters, the Burj Khalifa is actually a set of interconnected structures.

01:37Its plan in the shape of an Ike, seen from above, evokes the silhouette of a smooth spider.

01:43Thanks to a design of great flexibility, the building can bend slightly under the effect of strong winds, or even during earthquakes, thus guaranteeing its safety and stability.

01:53The Burj Khalifa has more than 24,000 windows, of which cleaning requires a team of 36 people working for about 3 months.

02:01Under the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., is a crypt that visitors cross daily.

02:07The first architect of this emblematic monument had initially imagined this space as a large lobby, a vast entrance hall.

02:15A few years later, the plans evolved, and the room was intended to become the last resting place of George Washington and his wife, Martha.

02:24She had given her consent, which led the architects to modify the plans to integrate a tomb under the famous rotunda.

02:31They had also planned to erect a statue of Washington at the top, with a 3-meter hole in the ceiling to allow visitors to admire his tomb from the rotunda.

02:40However, the Congress failed to agree on the details of this memorial, leaving the tomb unoccupied.

02:47A few years later, workers sealed the opening to the ground, initially designed to illuminate the tomb, because it let cold air through the rotunda.

02:56At one time, the crypt even served as a parking lot for bicycles.

02:59Today, it hosts statues depicting the illustrious figures of the 13 original colonies, but George Washington and his wife do not rest here.

03:07They are actually in Mount Vernon.

03:09On the Place Saint-Pierre in the Vatican, a solar dial and a discreet calendar have been integrated.

03:15The 25-meter obelisk functions like a huge gnomon, projecting its shadow to indicate the time and mark specific events such as solstices.

03:25When the sun reaches its zenith, known as the midday sun, the shadow of the obelisk falls precisely on a line of stones embedded in the ground.

03:35During the winter solstice, on December 21, the shadow reaches its furthest point, while in the summer solstice, on June 21, it is much shorter.

03:44Five other particular landmarks mark the moments when the sun enters in different signs of the zodiac.

03:51A thin line of granite extends from the obelisk to the Pope's window, indicating precisely the time of noon.

03:57The city of Brighton rests on a vast network of underground tunnels, including Victorian sewers and a hidden road.

04:04Legend has it that these tunnels were built under the Royal Pavilion to allow King George IV to hold secret meetings.

04:11However, historians refute this theory, claiming that the king used them so that his servants could move between the pavilion and the sewers without being seen.

04:21With more than 150 years of existence, the 50 kilometers of Brighton tunnels are partially accessible during guided tours.

04:29However, some sections remain operational.

04:32One serves as a discharge valve for heavy rains, while another houses a shooting range.

04:37The swivel chambers located inside the Tower Bridge are among the most fascinating hidden spaces in London.

04:44These vast rooms, measuring 27 meters high, were designed as functional areas to allow the huge counterweights to move to open the bridge.

04:54They represent the final phase of the construction of the Tower Bridge.

04:58With a little luck, you can visit these chambers during an exclusive tour of the bridge's backstages.

05:03You will have to walk 115 steps under the water to reach this cold and humid space, where the rumbling of the mechanisms resonates above you.

05:12Sometimes, concerts are held there, and the acoustics are absolutely remarkable.

05:18In the early 1930s, New York had a real competition to build the tallest skyscraper.

05:23Once the 40 Wall Street was completed, it won the title of the tallest building.

05:28However, the Chrysler Building architect had an arrow installed at its top, thus taking the first place.

05:35This arrow had been discreetly prepared and was already waiting at the top of the building.

05:39The workers had to carefully lift each section of the arrow to assemble it at the top.

05:44Nearly 4 million bricks, laid by hand, were necessary to complete the building.

05:49The architecture also includes elements from the Chrysler automobile empire, such as anvils, wings, and radiator caps.

05:57At the top was a private apartment and an office for the founder of the Chrysler Corporation,

06:02who loved to boast of owning the tallest toilets in Manhattan, a real source of pride for him.

06:08The Capitol Records Building, in Los Angeles, has been sending secret messages since its inauguration.

06:13To understand them, you have to master the Morse code.

06:16The message in question is Hollywood.

06:18This bright signal has been broadcast since 1956, although it has been slightly modified several times.

06:25In 1992, to mark the 50th anniversary of Capitol Records, the bright message displayed,

06:32Capitol 50.

06:34Then, before the release of Katy Perry's album in 2013, it was modified to indicate.

06:40But few people noticed this change.

06:42Another interesting detail, this building is the very first office building in the world.

06:47The producer Samuel Lionel Roxy Rotafel imagined a secret apartment in the Radio City Music Hall in New York.

06:55Now known as Suite Roxy, this space decorated in the Art Deco style,

07:00has 6-meter ceilings decorated with gold leaves and walls adorned with rich tents from the ground to the ceiling.

07:07Among the famous guests of this apartment were Judy Garland, Walt Disney, and Samuel Goldwyn.

07:14Today, the suite is only open on special occasions and has retained its original appearance from 1936.

07:22It is possible to rent it for a private event, but the rates are reputedly exorbitant.

07:27The Grand Central station in New York offers a surprising hidden activity for travelers.

07:32A secret space called the Annex, formerly a recording studio,

07:36now houses tennis courses known as Vanderbilt Tennis Club.

07:41Visitors can access it and play tennis.

07:44The building of the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C. has a secret gym.

07:50Lawyers, police officers and other employees can play basketball there.

07:56This court, sorry, this basketball court, located on the 5th floor, is nicknamed the Highest Court in the Land.

08:05A humorous sign near the court says,

08:08Basketball and alterophily are forbidden during the hearings.

08:12Of course, no one would want to see the judges abandon their work for a game of horse,

08:17but it would certainly be entertaining.

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