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03/08/2005
This 26-meter high bridge is supported by old iron chains.
The main span is 214 meters (702 feet) long. The bridge looks great due to its height, it is located 76 m (250 ft) above the surface of the Avon Gorge below it.
Its shape is characteristic of this period, noble appearance and pylons, which have decorations in the form of sphinxes and hieroglyphs, were inspired by Egyptian culture....
03/08/2005
While planning the construction of a skyscraper, the north-western corner of the building was occupied by the Lutheran Church, the church allowed Citicorp to build a skyscraper provided that the new church was to be built in the same corner , and not have contact with an office building. The engineers built their 59-story building supported on the central core and four side column-like piles. The...
03/08/2005
A stunning building designed by William Van Alen. The previous shareholder Van Alena, H. Craig Severance, was commissioned to design the world's tallest building for Bank Manhattan on Wall Street. The record was kept only a few minutes. Van Allen hid the spire of his skyscraper inside the building and as soon as Severance's building was completed reaching a height of 285.5 meters, Van Alen pushed...
03/08/2005
The greater part of the complex is located on the water, it is supported by 5 114 piles and consists of: 12 miles of low-level roadway (road No. 13), two high-level North Channel Bridge bridges (1158 m long, 23 m high) and Fisherman Inlet Bridge (140 m long, 12 m high), two mile tunnel, two-mile high speed road, 4 islets and 5.5 miles of access roads.
Because of the great importance of transport...
03/08/2005
The complex consists of 19 buildings, the main skyscraper is General Electric Building, known as GE Building or 30 Rockefeller Plaza, it is the first and highest of the entire complex.
Rockefeller Center is the largest and most expensive private office complex in the world.
Once there was the Columbia University botanical garden, but it was leased by John D. Rockefeller with the intention...
03/08/2005
The heating cables, water pipes, electrical cables and air conditioning ducts have been placed outside. Thanks to that, more space was available inside.
Inside this Center of Culture and Art there is a museum of modern art, a library, theaters, concert halls, a cinema hall, a showroom, a library, a music and acoustic renovation center , shops, restaurants, children's play areas and parking...
03/08/2005
With 78 floors Central Plaza is the tallest building in Hong Kong. It was also the tallest building in Asia from 1992 to 1996, when Petronas Towers was built.
Has a viewing platform on the 44th floor, which opens on weekdays from 10 to 17.
At the time of its construction it was the tallest reinforced concrete structure in the world.
Skyscraper consists of three main parts: a high...
03/08/2005
The meeting place of the Congress of the United States, as well as meetings of government representatives and the Senate.
The first dome to house the order has a long history. Since George Washington laid the cornerstone in 1793, the Capitol has been built, torn down, rebuilt, enlarged and rebuilt again.
When the building was completed in 1824 by Charles Bulfinch, it was then very...
03/08/2005
Venice is built on a thousand islands, between which you can move gondolas called "traghetti" or bridges, four of which connect the channel: bridge Ponte degli Scalzi , the Ponte dell'Accademia bridge, the Rialto bridge and the Ponte della Costituzione bridge (designed by Santiago Calatrava) built in 2008.
Until the 14th century, only one bridge connected both banks of the Grand Canal, it was...
03/08/2005
Burj Al Arab is the highest hotel in the world, being only a hotel and without offices. ( Jin Mao Building in Shanghai is higher but includes hotel and office space.)
Burj Al Arab is part of the Jumeirah Beach Resort, located 17 km south of Dubai.
This unique sail-shaped building proudly stands on an artificial island 280 meters into the sea, connected to the mainland with only a...
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06/03/2024 08:26
"w roku 1968 na zaporze odbywaly sie cwiczenia wojskowe, akurat bylem w wojsku . Mielismy za zadanie obrone zapory przed najezdza ktorym byla jednostka komandosow . Mile wspomnienia z tamtych lat..."
04/02/2024 21:13
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28/01/2024 17:11
"Zamek sam w sobie z zewnątrz perełka i cudo.
W środku, jak to w takich starych zamkach bywa, dużo drewana, sporo pustych pomieszczeń i dużo schodów do przejścia :)
Ale na pewno warto zobaczyć!..."
28/01/2024 16:09
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Jakie są obecnie ceny biletów?..."
28/01/2024 14:12
"Sporo cennych informacji. Dzięki za nie.
A sam budynek taki sobie ;)..."
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