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28/01/2006
Simon Rodia has been building his towers for 33 years alone, his house is surrounded by three tall and slender towers, a patio, a 38-foot tower called "Gazebo" , and another 28 feet high structure called "Ship of Marco Polo", including nine major structures.
The towers are made of stone, marble, steel and cement, as well as non-standard materials such as bottle caps, porcelain, broken glass or...
28/01/2006
The building houses the headquarters of the United Nations (UN), an organization also called United Nations.
The complex consists of 4 buildings, these are: Assembly Hall of the General Assembly, the largest room in the building, housing over 1 800 people, the most important decisions of our times; conference building, Air Council, Economic and Social Council; emerald skyscraper, which...
28/01/2006
The building has 48 floors, and it has 18 lifts.
"Wings" near the apex, starting on the 29th floor, are necessary because elevators can not move diagonally. In the eastern wing there are elevators, while in the west wing there are stairs and a chimney that emits smoke.
Number of windows is 3 678.
The largest floor: the fifth - 21 025 ft²; the smallest floor: forty-eight - 2,025 deg.
Depth of...
28/01/2006
Tower of London, or the London Fortress, is undoubtedly one of the most impressive buildings in this city. Its height reaches 28 meters (92 feet), and the wall thickness is 3.6 m.
The castle is surrounded by several rows of walls with several towers and a moat.
From William the Conqueror to James I (1603 - 1625) this stronghold was the seat of English kings.
This is where the first...
28/01/2006
The Tower Bridge that crosses the River Thames has become the symbol of London.
Its central part is two weighing 1100 tons of drawbridge bridge spans rising in 90 seconds.
Topped with pinnacles, the towers and platform contain a mechanism for lifting moving spans. They are raised to allow the passage of large vessels or on special occasions. In the towers of the bridge there is a museum of its...
28/01/2006
The redevelopment project of the Montparnasse region was approved in 1956, it included the transfer of the metro station around which the area was to be reconstructed. The operation, begun in 1958, covered an area of 8 hectares and required the partial destruction of several streets. It also required the construction of a tower in the old part of the subway. The high-rise building was...
28/01/2006
Tikal is located in the northern lowland part of the Maya territory, it was probably the largest center of this civilization.
In the middle of the city there was a huge square surrounded from the east and west by the pyramids of temples, and from the north they claim.
The Great Square is surrounded by temples and the acropolis. The central area occupied about 2.5 km.
The complex included...
28/01/2006
Teotihuacan is an Aztec name meaning "place of gods", but the origins of this wonderful monument are due to the civilization much older. The city of Teotihuacan has been built with great craftsmanship. It had wide streets, monumental religious buildings, craftsmen's districts and numerous private houses.
The city was designed as a network of intersecting perpendicular lines. The main axis,...
28/01/2006
The entire structure contains 101 above-ground floors and 5 underground floors. On the 89th floor there is an internal observation room, while the external observation deck is located on the 91th floor.
The external observation deck will be the second highest in the world, will be exceeded only by the Shanghai World Financial Center.
To Taipei 101 will be 3 out of 4 titles of the...
28/01/2006
This one of the most beautiful and romantic tombs in the world was built by Shah Jehan of the Mogul dynasty to commemorate his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal. When the tomb was ready, the coffin was covered with a layer of pure gold, and Shah Jehan was supposed to additionally sprinkle it with pearls and diamonds. In front of the building there were 2000 soldiers who had to guard these fabulous...
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