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Statue of Liberty

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Located on Liberty Island, an exclave of Manhattan (one of the 5 boroughs in NYC), NYC, New York. It was a gift from the French to America and was designed by a Frenchman and built by the same man behind the Eiffel tower in France. In her left hand is a tabula ansata, a tablet, with the inscription 7/4/1776. It is currently maintained by the National Park Service in the US.

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Eiffel Tower

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Located on the Champ de Mars, a large public greenspace in Paris, France. It is an iron lattice tower, useful for electricity transmission, as a radio tower or an observation tower. The eiffel tower was designed as an entrance to the 1889 Worlds Fair, a celebration during the 100th year after the storming of the bastille, representing the dawn of the french liberation. The Worlds fair event was packed full of events and attractions including a highly racist “Human zoo” exhibition displaying what was then considered uncivilized people from around the world from non-european countries. The eiffel tower itself stands as one of the tallest structures in the world, at 1063 ft. It is the most visited pay for landmarks in the world.

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Big Ben

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Big ben is a nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at the north of the Palace of the Westminster (the meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the Parliament of the U.K. Commonly known as the House of Parliament ), its name is derived from the nearby Westminster Abbey. The tower which holds big ben was originally called ‘the clock tower’ but is now called the Elizabeth tower.

Big ben is a british cultural icon and represents parliamentary democracy.

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Leaning Tower of Pisa

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The Leaning tower is considered to be a campanile, or a freestanding bell tower or a tower that is built to hold a bell but might not. It is located in city of Pisa in the region of Tuscany in Italy. The tower leans at 3.99 degrees, and it stands at 185.93 feet on the highest side.

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Colosseum [ new 7 wonders of the world member ]

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The Colosseum also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, located in the center of Rome, Italy, and is the largest amphitheatre ever built. The three emperors under which the colosseum was built are known as the flavian dynasty. The colosseum could hold up 50,000 to 80,000 spectators, but on average 65,000. It was used to hold events like gladiatorial battles, plays based on classical mythological stories, mock sea battles, re-enactments of famous battles. In the early medieval period it was then used for housing, workshops, a christian shrine, etc.

The colosseum is considered one of the 7 wonders of the world (7 monuments out of 200 monuments). Damage to the colosseum was from damage caused from stone-robbers and earthquakes. Every good friday the Pope leads a torchlit “Way of the Cross” procession that begins at the Colosseum.

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Empire State Building

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A 102 story Art Deco building in the middle of Midtown Manhattan, NYC, NY, the westside of Fifth Avenue, and between West 33rd and 34th streets. It stands at 1454 feet tall, and was once the tallest building in the world.

“Empire State” is known as New Works nickname. It originated as the Woldorf-Astoria hotel, which had 86 rooms and was meant to be the tallest building of its time, it was torn down years later to make way for the empire state building. It was the tallest building in NYC till the northern half of the twin towers, world trade center was built, but after the attacks on 9/11 it regained its mantle.

There are at least 9 buildings taller than the empire state building today, the tallest being the Burj Khalifa in dubai at 2717ft, seconded by the Shanghai Tower.

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Golden State Bridge

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The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, a one mile strait connecting San Francisco bay and the Pacific Ocean, from San Francisco to Marin County. At the time of its creation it was the longest and tallest suspension bridge in the world.

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Notre-Dame de Paris

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Notre-Dame de Paris meaning “Our Lady of Paris”, also known as the Notre-Dame Cathedral and Notre-Dame, is considered one of the finest French Gothic buildings existing, with its use of rib vault and flying buttress, colorful windows and sculptural decoration. It was completed in 1260, but suffered desecration during the French revolution when much of its religious art was destroyed. After the famous book by Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame was released it won a newfound public favor.

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Tokyo tower

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A communication and observation tower in the Shiba-koen district of Minto, Tokyo. It is 1092 feet tall, just over 30 feet taller than the Eiffel tower. It makes money from tourism and antenna leasing, mostly by radio stations. It was completed in 1958 and stands as an iconic tokyo landmark. It was once the highest viewing point in all of till the Shard building superseded it.

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London Eye

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The London eye is a circular, giant ferris wheel in the south bank river of the River Thames in London. It is the most popular tourist attraction in the U.K. It was opened to the world in 2000 and was the tallest ferris wheel in the world.

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St. Peters Basilica

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The Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican or simply St. Peters Basilica is an Italian Renaissance church in Vatican City, Rome. Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michaelangelo, Carlo Maderno, and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, it stands as the most renowned work of Renaissance architecture and the largest church in the world. It is the burial site of St. Peter, chief apostle among Jesus’ apostles. There is some question as to whether Peter ever did travel to Rome.

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Sagrada Familia

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The Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family, (expiatory is the act of appeasing a diety, earning its favor or sparing its wrath) is a large unfinished Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It should be complete by 2032.

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The Little Mermaid (statue)

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The statue depicts a mermaid, it is 4.1 feet tall, based on the popular storybook and has been a popular tourist destination since 1913. It has come to symbolize the city of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Great Wall of China [ new 7 wonders of the world member ]

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The wall is built from the east to west line of the northern Chinese borders to protect against eurasian groups. Several walls were built since the 7th century, eventually joined and now represent the great wall. It also serves as border control. It is considered to be one of the new 7 wonders of the world. It stretches for more than 7 million feet, though the wall is not contiguous in every part!

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Sydney Opera House

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A multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The building has three resident companies: Opera Australia, the Sydney Theatre company, and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. So you have a concert hall, a drama theatre, a recording studio and more. It was home to the 2000 Sydney Australian Olympic Games.

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St. Basil’s Cathedral

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The Saint Basil’s cathedral, otherwise known as the Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, and officially known as the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat, or the Pokrovsky Cathedral, is a church and/or museum in Red square, Moscow, Russia, and is one of the most popular landmarks in Russia. It was built in 1551-1561, under command from Ivan the Terrible and commemorates the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan. It was the second tallest building in Russia after the Ivan the Great Bell Tower in 1600, inside the Moscow Kremlin. St Basils cathedral should not be confused with the Ivan the Great Bell Tower, the St. Basils cathedral is colorful where the Ivan the Great Bell Tower is mostly white and gold.

As part of Russias state-atheism movement the church was confiscated from the orthodox church as a division of the State historical museum of Russia, when it became a secularized and a museum as opposed to a church.

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Hollywood Sign

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Situated on Mount Lee, on the Hollywood hills in Santa Monica, the Hollywood sign is a cultural staple. Originally an ad for a local real estate development. originally erected in 1923 and read Hollywoodland., it was meant to name the segregated whites-only housing development in the hills above the Hollywood district in L.A.

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Arc de Triompe de L’Etoile

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The Arc de Triomphe de l’Etoile, or translated Triumphal arch of the star, is a famous Neoclassical monument in western Paris. It must not be confused with a smaller arch, the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, which stands west of the Louvre. The Triumphal arch of the star sits at the intersection of 12 roads.

The Arc de Trionphe de l’Etoile honors those who fought and died for France in the French revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, with the names of the French victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer walls. Beneath its vault lies the Tomb of the Unknown soldier from WW1.

Its iconography pits heroically nude French Youths against bearded german warriors in chain mail, setting the tone for the patriotic message. The Arc de Triomphe de l’Etoile was inspired by yet another arc, the original Arch of Titus, in Rome.

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Berlin Wall

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The Berlin wall is a ‘wall’ that divided East and West Berlin from 1961-1989. The wall surrounded all of east Berlin and was meant to keep its inhabitants from leaving, claiming to protect the east from fascist elements of the west that would prevent the eastern people from living in a socialist state. Many fled this ‘socialist freedom’ to the west and many died trying.

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Willis Tower, Sears Tower

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The Willis tower, or Sears tower is a 1,450 feet tall bundled tube building, built by a Banlgedishi-american architect, in Chicago Illinois. Willis Group, its namesake, is a London based insurance group, other future tenants are American Airlines and in 2019 Morgan Stanley. It was originally commissioned by the Sears company but they were far too optimistic of their future growth, they no longer inhabit the building.

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Stonehenge

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A prehistoric (period between use of the first stone tools and writing) monument in Wiltshire, England ( also in the U.K., since the United Kingdom is a sovereign state that contains England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales ). Each standing stone stands at 13 feet in height, 7 feet wide, and weigh 25 tons.

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Mount Kilimanjaro

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Known as the tallest mountain and volcano in all of Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro is located in Tanzania. It has 3 volcanos with one still active, and is prone to periodic eruptions.

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Uluru

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Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone rock formation in central Australia. It is sacred to the aboriginal people in the area. The rock is known to change colors during different times of day and year but most notably it glows red at dawn and sunset.

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Taj Mahal

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The Taj Mahal is an ivory-white marble mausoleum (a free-standing monument enclosing a burial site) in the Indian city of Agra, on the south bank of the Yamuna river. It was built by an emperor to house the body of his deceased favorite wife, who was named Mumtaz Mahal. In todays value the structure would have taken 827 million to build. It is a symbol of muslim art and Indian history.

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Great Pyramids of Giza

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The Giza pyramid complex is an archeological site (location where historical activity is preserved and can only be investigated using the discipline of archaeology) on the Giza plateau, in Giza, Egypt.

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Capitol Hill

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Make sure not to get Capitol Hill confused with the Capitol building, Capitol hill is a metonym (figure of speech) for the U.S. congress, but refers to the largest and oldest historic neighborhood in Washington, D.C. It is also densely populated. It is home to 4 types of buildings: the Capitol, the Supreme Court building, library of Congress, and the Congressional office buildings.

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The Great Sphinx

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The Great Sphinx of Giza (English: the terrifying one, Literally: Father of Dread) is a limestone statue of reclining sphinx. It stands on the Giza Plateau, on the West bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. It is said to represent the pharaoh Khafre. It as cut from the bedrock, and stands as a monolith, much like the Uluru or Ayers rock in Australia.

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The Tower Bridge

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The Tower Bridge is a blue and white combined suspension bridge (like the Golden gate bridge) and bascule bridge (bridge that allows for movement of boats and maintains ). It is not to be mistaken for the famed London bridge. It’s colors are blue and white.

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Forbidden City, China

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The Forbidden City is a palace complex in central Beijing, China, and was the former Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty (1420-1912). The palace exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and served as a home, ceremonial and political center of Chinese government.

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Mount Everest

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Mount Everest is the worlds tallest mountain, located in the Himalayas - the international border between Nepal and Tibet, China run across its summit point. Its current elevation stands at just over 29,000ft.

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The Grand Canyon

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Steep sided canyon carved by the Colorado river in Arizona. Its about a mile deep, 18 miles wide, 277 miles long. The area was considered by Native Americans to be sacred, and Theodore Roosevelt was known to frequently visit the canyon to hunt and sightsee.

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Neuschwanstein Castle

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A castle in Bavaria, germany, bought by Ludwig II of Bavaria, and was paid for by loans and personal wealth rather than from state funds. The king lived in the castle till his death, after which it was turned to a tourist destination. Also called New Swanstone Castle.

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Matterhorn

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The Matterhorn is a mountain in the Alps straddling the border between Switzerland and Italy. It’s interesting because its peak looks similar to a pyramid and its summit is 14692ft. It is considered one of the deadliest peaks in the world with over 500 people having died trying to climb it.

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Pompeii

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Pompeii is an ancient Roman city near Naples, Italy. Pompeii was buried under volcanic ash and volcanic rock in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, many of the inhabitants were buried before they could escape. The city has been largely preserved due to lack of air and moisture, with dead bodies replaced by plaster to give a horrific reminder of what took place.

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Florence Cathedral

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Florence Cathedral, known formally as the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower, Cathedrale di Santa Maria el Fiore, is a Cathedral in Florence, Italy. The Cathedral complex is located in Piazza el Duomo and represents one of the most visited parts of Italy. It includes three sites, the Cathedral, the Florence Baptisery or the Baptisery of St John (a religious building and minor basilica) and Giottos Campanile (a free-standing campanile ). The cathedral is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florence.

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Edinburgh Castle

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A historic citadel or fortress that dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, from its position on Castle Rock. It is known as “the most besieged place in Great Britain d one of the most attacked in the world”. It was one of the most important strongholds in all of Scotland.

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Machu Pichu

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Machu Picchu is a 15th century citadel or fortress located in southern Peru. It is the most familiar icon of the Inca civilization. The Incas built it around 1450 but abandoned it during the Spanish Conquest. It wasn’t known to the Spanish during the colonial period and would be later “discovered” by an American explorer and historian.

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Christ the redeemer

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Art deco statue of Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Created by french sculptor and built by one brazilian and one french engineer. The state stands 98ft high and the arms stretch out 92ft wide. It is a symbol of christianity around the world. The statue was funded by urging of catholics who believed a landmark needed to be made in opposition to the godlessness of Brazil at the time.

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CN Tower

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Concrete communication and observation tower in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Standing at 553.3ft high. It was the tallest free-standing structure for some 35 years till other structures like the burj khalifa took that title.

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Mannekin pis

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Small bronze sculpture in Brussels, that served as a symbol of the sense of humor of the people of Brussels and their independence of mind.

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Acropolis

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An Acropolis (translates to city on the highest ground). Acropoleis served as a nuclei of large cities of classical antiquity, such as Ancient Athens and were chosen for purposes of defense.

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The White House

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Official workplace and residence of the POTUS, since John Adams. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania avenue NW, in Washington D.C. It was designed by an Irish-born architect and is neoclassical. The southern facade is circular, the northern facade is triangular.

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Brooklyn Bridge

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A hybrid suspension and cable-stayed(one or two towers support deck with cables) bridge connects the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan in NYC, spanning the East River. It was the worlds first suspension bridge and one of the oldest bridges in the US.

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Times Square

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Times Square is a major tourist destination, entertainment center and commercial intersection, and living area in the midtown manhattan portion of NYC, at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue. It is nicknamed the “Crossroads of the World”, “the Center of the Universe”, ”the Heart of the Great White Way”, and “the heart of the World”. it is the hub of the Broadway Theater District (area where most Broadway theaters are located). It is not a geometric square, more of a town square.

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Palace of Versailles

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The Palace of Versailles was the principal royal residence of France under Louis XIV until the start of the French Revolution. It is located in southwest of the centre of Paris.

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Trevi Fountain

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The Trevi fountain is a fountain in the Trevi district, Rome, Italy. Standing 86ft high and 161.3ft wide it is the largest Baroque fountain in the city and one of the most famous fountains in the world, making its way into numerous movies.

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Burj Al Arab Hotel

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The Burj Al Arab is a luxury hotel in Dubai, on an artificial island. It is the third tallest hotel in the world even though 39% of it is uninhabitable. Its 689ft tall and is meant to look like the sail of a ship.

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Buckingham Palace

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The Buckingham Palace is the London residence and administrative headquarters of the monarch of the U.K., located in the city of Westminster, an inner London borough.

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Louvre Museum

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The Louvre stands as the world largest art museum. The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally built as the Louvre Castle in the late 12th to 13th century. The famous Venus de Milo is hosted here, as well as other great art pieces. The louvre pyramid is considered a controversial addition to the environment.

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Saint Mark’s Basilica

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Saint Mark’s Basilica is he cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Venice, northern Italy. It represents Venetian wealth and power, and was called the Church of gold.

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Niagara falls

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Niagara falls is a combination of three waterfalls that straddle the border of New york state and the Canadian province of Ontario. The combined falls have the highest flow rate of any waterfall in North America. Niagara falls, located in the Niagara River, drains Lake Erie into Lake Ontario.

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Burj Khalifa

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The Burj Khalifa, also known as the Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration in 2010 is a skyscraper in Dubai, a city in the United Arab Emirates. It is 2,722 ft tall. It is the tallest building in the world. It was designed by an American architect whose firm designed the Willis/Sear Tower and the One World Trade Center. The ruler of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Khalifa, would lend his name to the building after donating to it during a hard financial strait.

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Tower of London

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The Tower of London, officially called Her Majesty’s Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle located on the north bank of the River Thames in central London. It was built by William the conqueror, and was used as a prison for over 850 years. Many public figures including at least one queen was “sent to the Tower” in their time.

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Royal Palace of Madrid

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The royal palace of Madrid is the official residence of the Spanish Royal Family at the city of Madrid, Spain. King Felipe VI and the Royal Family do not reside in the palace and instead live on the outskirts of Madrid, in a more modest palace.It is an opulent and baroque style palace.

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Mont st Michel, France

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Le Mont-Saint-Michel or Mont Saint Michel is an island and mainland commune in Normandy, France. Much like the tower of london the Mont St Michel was converted to a jail at some point. It is one of France’s most recognizable landmarks.

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Las Vegas

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City in Nevada, US.

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Windsor Castle

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A royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire. It is known for its long association with the English (England) royal family and later British royal family. It was built after the Norman invasion of England by William the Conqueror, and it became the longest-occupied palace in Europe.

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Sacre Coeur, Paris

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The Sacra-Coeur is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica in Paris, France, is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The second most visited monument in Paris (second to the Eiffel tower I’m sure).

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St Paul’s Cathedral

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A St Paul’s Cathedral, London, is an Anglican cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of London and the mother church of the Diocese of London. It is dedicated to Paul the Apostle.

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Central Park

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An urban park in Manhattan, New York City, located between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side, bounded by Fifth Avenue on the east. It is one of the most filmed locations in the world. In terms of area it is the fifth largest park in NYC.

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Mount Rushmore

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The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into granite in the Black Hills in Keystone, South Dakota. It features four presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.

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Mount Fuji

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Located in Honshu, is the highest mountain in Japan at 12,389 ft. It is a well-known symbol of Japan, an inspiration to many artists and one of Japan’s “Three Holy Mountains”.

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Rialto Bridge

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The Rialto Bridge is the oldest of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, and a great tourist attraction.

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The Verona Arena

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The Verona Arena or Arena di Verona is a Roman amphitheatre in Piazza Bra in Verona, Italy, built in the first century, and still in use today for large-scale opera performances. It is one of the best preserved ancient structures of its kind. In ancient times it housed 30,000 people, today for security reasons the maximum attendance is 15,000 people.

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Space Needle

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An observation tower in Seattle, Washington, a landmark of the Pacific Northwest and an icon in Seattle. It was built in the Seattle Center for the 1962 World’s Fair, which drew over 2.3 million visitors. It is 605 ft high and is built to withstand strong winds of up to 200 mph and earthquakes of up to 9.0 magnitude.

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Westminster Abbey

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Formally titled the Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, the landmark Westminster Abbey is a large Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster, another very well-known landmark. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English and, later, British monarchs. Since the coronation of William he Conqueror all coronations of English and British monarchs have been in Westminster Abbey.

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Rock of Gibraltar

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Also known as The Rock, is a monolithic limestone promontory (raise mass of land) located in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, near the southwestern tip of Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Home to around 300 barbary macaques (species of monkey), and they draw many tourists yearly. It is surrounded by the mediterranean Sea.

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Alcatraz

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Alcatraz Island is located in San Francisco Bay, 1.25 miles offshore from San Francisco, California, US. The small island has a lighthouse, military fortification, a military and federal prison. Al Capone was imprisoned at Alcatraz. Alcatraz no longer serves as a prison for criminals.

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White Cliffs of Dover

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White cliffs of Dover is the name given to the region of English coastline facing the Strait of Dover and France. The entire side of the cliff is chalk white.

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Iguaza National Park

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The Iguazu National Park is a national park of Argentina, in the Iguazu Department, in the north of the province of Misiones, Argentina, Mesopotamia. The park is inhabited by several rare and threatened species including the jaguar, and other animals.

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Washington, Monument

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The washington monument is an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, once commander in chief of the Continental Army and he first president of the United States.Located almost due east of the reflecting pool and the Lincoln Memorial. It is both the world’s tallest predominantly stone structure and the world’s tallest obelisk standing at 554 feet 7 11/32 inches tall.

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The Shard

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The Shard, or the Shard of Glass, Shard London Bridge and formerly London Bridge Tower is a supernal skyscraper, in Southwark, London. It is the tallest building in the United Kingdom.

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The Gherkin

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Formally known as 30 St Mary Axe, formerly the Swiss Re Building, the Gherkin is a commercial skyscraper in London’s primary financial district, the City of London. It is a recognizable feature of London and an example of contemporary architecture.

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Moai

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Moai, or mo’ai are monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people on Easter Island in eastern Polynesia. The production and transportation of the more than 900 statues are considered remarkable creative and physical feats. The tallest moan was almost 33 ft high and weighed over 90 tons. The moai are speculated to have been toppled either by internecine or european contact.

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Temple of Luxor

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The Luxor Temple is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex on the east bank of the Nile River in the city today known as Luxor (ancient Thebes). Unlike the other temples in Thebes, Luxor temple was not dedicated to a cult god or a deified version of the king in death. It was dedicated to the rejuvenation of kingship, even Alexander the Great claimed to have been crowned at Luxor.

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Brandenburg Gate, Berlin

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An 18th century neoclassical monument in Berlin, Germany. It was used as a site to celebrate Napoleons victory and Hitler also used it for ceremony. It is one of the best known sites in Germany.

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Cologne Cathedral

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Germany;s most visited landmark, the Cologne Cathedral is a catholic cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne.

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Pentagon

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A pentagon is a five-sided polygon or 5-gon, much like the building that houses the US Department of Defense, and is located in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The Pentagon is a metonym for the Department of Defense and its leadership.

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Mount Vesuvio

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Mount Vesuvio or Mount Vesuvius is best known for its eruption in AD 79 that led to the burying and destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii, and several other settlements, where more than 1,000 people died. It is the only volcano, on the European mainland, to have erupted within the last hundred years. It is considered one of the most dangerous volcanos in the world because of the population of 3,000,000 people living nearby, making it the most densely populated volcanic region in the world.

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Petronas Twin Towers

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Twin skyscrapers in Kuala, Lumpur, Malaysia. They remain the tallest twin towers in the world.

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Moulin Rouge

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Moulin Rouge is best known as the birthplace of the modern can-can dance, the can-can dance revue or dance and play act led to he introduction of cabarets in Europe. Today Moulin Rouge is a tourist destination in Paris, France.

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Shanghai World Financial Center

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The building, looking like a bottle opener, is located in he Pudong district of Shanghai, China. Designed by an american firm and developed by a Japanese property mgt. firm, it stands at 1621 ft tall. it is a mixed-use building, used for conferences, hotel rooming, meetings, observation decks and ground-floor shopping mall.

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Gateway arch national park

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This monument, located in St Louis, Missouri, is the worlds tallest arch, and Missouris tallest building. Built as a monument to the westward expansion of the US, and dedicated to “the american people” it is nationally recognized symbol of St Louis.

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Kronborg Castle

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Kronborg is a castle and stronghold in the town of Helsingor, Denmark. It was immortalized in Shakespeare’s Hamlet’s Elsinore.

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Freedom tower

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Freedom tower or one world trade center is located in Lower Manhattan, NYC.

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Great Buddha of Japan

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The Great Buddha statue in the Jodo-shu Buddhist temple of the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, is known for its statue. Originally built with wood it would later be remade in bronze, but the nearby temple would be destroyed many times over by storms till all that was to remain was the statue itself.

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Bryce Canyon National Park

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An american national park located in southwestern Utah, with its main feature being the giant natural amphitheater “canyon” Bryce Canyon.

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Lascaux caves

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Lascaux is the setting of a complex of caves near the village of Montignac, southwestern France. Over 600 wall paintings of large animals line the walls and the caves seem to be over 17,000 years old. It is a prehistoric site.

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Mount Etna (volcano)

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Etna is a stratovolcano (volcano built up of many layers of hardened lava) in Sicily, Italy.

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Summer Palace (Imperial garden of Beijing)

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The Summer Palace is an ensemble of palaces, gardens and lakes in the Qing dynasty, in Beijing, China. It is considered a place of great aesthetic value.

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Pompidue center

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Georges Pompidou, President of France, commissioned the building and has a high-tech architecture style. It is home to the largest museum of modern art in Europe and IRCAM, center of music and acoustic research, and a vast library - a melding or bringing together of art and literature. It is located in Paris, France.

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Bridge of Sighs

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The Bridge of Sighs is located in Venice, Italy. The view from the bridge was the last thing convicts saw from, of Venice, when being led to their cells. This was a folk tale of course since the time of inquisitions was long gone before the bridge was built.

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Spanish Steps

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The monumental stairway of 174 steps sit between the Piazza di Spagna square, at the base, with the Trinita dei Monti church at the top.

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Sistine Chapel

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The sistine chapel is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope, in Vatican City. Today it is the site of the Papal conclave, the procession by which a new pope is selected. It is adorned with works of art by a series of renaissance painters, Michaelangelo painted the ceilings of the chapel and it includes the very famous image “The Creation of Adam”, where “god” outstretched tries to grab a hold of a apathetic Adam.

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Sydney Harbor Bridge

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Sitting across Sydney harbor the steel through bridge along with the scenic view and the nearby Sydney opera house make for an iconic image of Sydney, and Australia, to the world.

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Mecca

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Mecca is located in Makkah region in Saudi Arabia. it is the birthplace of Muhammad and the first revelation of the Quran, in a cave. Mecca is regarded as the holiest city in Islam. A pilgrimage, known as the Hajj, to Mecca is mandatory for all able bodied muslims. Mecca is home to the Kabba.

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Loch Ness

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Loch is the scottish and irish word for lake. Loch ness is the site for long alleged sightings of the loch ness monster, also known affectionately as “Nessie”. The lake is located in Scotland, U.K.

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Wailing Wall

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An ancient limestone wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. Known also as the Buraq wall, the western wall, and Kotel. It is considered holy, by all abrahamic religions, due to its connection with the Temple Mount and that it is the only site by which one can pray just outside the Temple Mount. The term ‘wailing wall’ is seen as derogatory as Jews were known to weep at holy sites.

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Ponte Vecchio

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Ponte Vecchio, translates to “the Old Bridge”, sits over the Arno river in Florence, Italy. The bridge is believed to have been built in Roman times, it first appears in a document from the year 996.

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Nyhavn

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Nyhavn is a waterfront, canal and entertainment district in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is lined with brightly colored 17th and 18th century homes, bars, cafes and restaurants. The canal harbors many historic wooden ships.

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Oriental Pearl Tower

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The Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower in Shanghai, China, is a TV tower in shanghai that also serves as a hotel, restaurant and observation tower.

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Hagia Sophia

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Hagia Sophia (translates to “Holy Wisdom”) was first a Greek Orthodox church, later an Ottoman Imperial Mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. It is a great work of Byzantine architecture, an engineering marvel of its time, it is said have “changed the history of architecture”.

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Yellowstone

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The Yellowstone National Park is located in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. It was established by the US congress and signed into law by Ulysses S. Grant. It is the first national park in the US and possibly the world. it is known for its wildlife and its geothermal features such as its geysers., especially the Old Faithful geyser.

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Petra

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Petra, also known as Raqmu, is an archaeological city in southern Jordan. Petra became the focus of the wealth made by the Nabataeans, a nomadic Arabic group who made Petra a regional trading hub. The trading business brought them great wealth and Petra became their focus. The Nabataeans lived in the deserts and were skillful at harvesting rainwater, agriculture, and stone carving.

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Potala Palace, Lhasa

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The Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, China was the residence of the Dalai Lama till the 14th Dalai lama fled to India during the 1959 Tibetan uprising. It is now a museum and World Heritage site.

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Terracotta Warriors

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The Terracotta warriors or Terracotta army is a collection of terra-cotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin hi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of finery art buried with the Emperor with the purpose of protecting the emperor in his afterlife.

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Victoria Falls

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Victoria falls is a waterfall on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia. It was named by a european explorer in honor of Queen Victoria of Britain.

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Angkor Wat, Cambodia

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Angkor Wat is a temple complex in Cambodia and one of the largest religious monuments in the world. It was originally a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Vishnu, then a Buddhist temple, then a mausoleum (freestanding monument acting as a burial site). It is a symbol of Cambodia, appearing on its national flag.

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Cloud Gate

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Cloud Gate nicknamed “The Bean”, located in Chicago, is a stainless steel public sculpture. It was the creation of Indian-born British artist who won an art competition to create a new sculpture in Chicago.

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Mayan Pyramids of Chichen Itza

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Chichen Itza was a large pre-columbian or pre-colonial Mayan City, currently located in Mexico. Chichen was one of the largest maya cities. At the very top of the pyramids are temples.

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Redwood National Park

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The RNSP, Redwood National and State Parks, are a complex of several state and national parks along the coast of northern California. Comprising Redwood National Park and California’s Del Norte Coast, Jedediah Smith, and Prairie Creek Redwoods State Parks.

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Santorini

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Santorini or Thera or Thira are all names of an island in the southern Aegean Sea, a little bit aways from Greece’s mainland. It is the largest island of a small, circular archipelago (small island chain or cluster), which bears the same name. Santorini is essentially what remains after an enormous volcanic eruption that destroyed the earliest settlements of a single island into many. The island is the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in recorded history - the Minoan eruption, sometimes called the Thera eruption. One theory is that the Thera eruption is the source of the legend of Atlantis.

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Windmills at Kinderdijk

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This area in South Holland, Netherlands, is a site with the highest concentration of old windmills in the world. Kingerdijk has over 19 monumental windmills.

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Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park

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Monument Valley lies in the territory of the Navajo Nation Reservation, in a region of the Colorado Plateau, characterized by vast sandstone buttes. It is what moviegoers think of when they imagine the American west.

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Tsarskoye Selo (Catherine Palace)

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Catherine Palace was a summer residence of Russian tsars and is located in Russias second-largest city after Moscow, Saint Petersburg. Its a fairly colorful palace, being mostly a bright blue and gold. Tsarskoye Selo refers to the town the Palace is in, the town is also referred to as the Tsars village.

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Juliets Balcony

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The purported home in which Juliet, the fictional character, lived. It is located in Verona, Italy. Many tourists have put love letters beneath the balcony and man have written their names and the names of their loved ones on the inner entrance walls of the home.

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Berlin Cathedral

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Located in a historical neighborhood of Berlin, Germany, called Colln, the Berlin Cathedral is today home to many church events and over a 100 concerts and event each year. It ranks highly as a place for opera. Underneath its grounds is also a family crypt, which is considered the most important dynastic burial site in Germany.

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Helsinki Cathedral

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Helsinki Cathedral, in Helsinki, Finland, is the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran cathedral of the Diocese of Helsinki. It was built as a tribute to the Grand Duke of Finland and the church was also known as St Nicholas’ Church, at least until the independence of Finland in 1917.

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Tivoli Gardens

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Tivoli Gardens is an amusement park and pleasure garden (garden open to the public for recreation and entertainment) in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the most visited theme park in Scandinavia and the second-most popular seasonal amusement park in the world after Europa-Park (shockingly that is not awarded to Disney, at least according to Wikipedia).

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Bath, England

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Bath is the largest city in Somerset, England, known for its Roman-built baths.

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Brighton Pier

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Brighton pier also known as Brighton Palace pier is a popular pier that has been featured in many world of British culture, including a gangster thriller, a comedy and film. It is located in Brighton, England.

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Disneyland Paris

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Disney in Paris.

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Giant’s Causeway

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Located in Northern Ireland the Giants Causeway is an area of 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of ancient volcanic fissure eruption. Basalt columns are rocks formed from the rapid cooling of magnesium-rich and iron-rich lava.

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Everglades National Park

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An American park that protects the southern twenty percent of the original Everglades in Florida. It is the largest tropical wilderness in the US and is the third-largest national park in the contiguous US after Death Valley and Yellowstone.

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Alhambra

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Located in Granada, Andalusia, Spain, the Alhambra is an Islamic palace and fortress complex that went through many renovations and today is a work of Renaissance art. It was rediscovered at one point following the defeat of Napoleon, who had conducted retaliatory destruction of the site.

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Papel Palace, Avignon

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A historical palace in Avignon, southern France. The Palace of the Popes or the Papal Palace is one of the most important medieval Gothic buildings in Europe. In the 14th century it served as a papal residence and would see 6 papal conclaves where 6 popes were elected.

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Pond Du Garre

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Pond du Gard is located in Vers-Pont-du-Gard in Gard, Southern France. The Pond du Gard is built as three tiers of archways to bring water to the city of Nimes. It is one of the best preserved aqueducts.

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Festung Hohensalzburg

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Hohensalzburg fortress or High Salzburg Fortress is a castle which sits upon a small hill in the Austrian city of Salzburg.

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Bran Castle

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Located in Bran, Romania, this castle is commonly known as Draculas castle. The castle is now a museum dedicated to displaying art and furniture.

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Prague Castle

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Prague Castle is a castle in Prague, Czech Republic, and the official office of the President of the Czech Republic.

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Chapel Bridge

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The oldest wooden covered bridge in Europe (Lucerne, Switzerland, to be precise) and the world’s oldest surviving truss bridge (a truss is a structure connecting elements usually forming triangular units).

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The Atomium

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A landmark building in Brussels, Belgium, originally constructed for the Brussels World’s Fair. it is now a museum. The structure represents an atom, since during that time scientific progress was good and this seemed like the best thing to create.

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Guggenheim, Bilbao

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The Guggenheim is a collection of museums around the world (Americas, Europe, Middle East) established by the Solomon Guggenheim foundation. The Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, Spain, is a peculiar work of contemporary design. It was inaugurated/started in 1997 by King Juan Carlos I of Spain. It is considered by most critics as a great work.

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Hollywood walk of fame

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Located on Vine street, Los Angeles, CA, the walk of fame features over 2600 stars, on 3 blocks. The Walk of Fame is administered by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and maintained by the self-financing Hollywood Historical Trust.

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Death Valley

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Death Valley earns its name by being just as dangerous a place to be as any desert in the Middle East, it is one of the hottest places in the world. Death Valley is located in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave desert. Death Valley National Park is a park that straddles the California-Nevada border, between the arid Great Basin and the Mojave Desert.

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Winter Palace

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Once the official residence of the Russian Monarchs the bright greenish teal Palace is now a museum of art and culture.

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Amalienborg Palace

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Amalienborg is home to Danish royal family and is located in Copenhagen, Denmark. It consists of four classical Palace facades with Rococo interiors (Baroque style art, with paintings on the ceilings and other staples of Baroque architecture) around an octagonal square. In the middle of the square is an equestrian statue of the founder of Amalienborg.

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Ellis Island Immigration museum

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Ellis Island in Upper New York Bay as the gateway for 12 million immigrants in the US as the United States’ busiest immigration inspection station for over 60 years from 1892 until 1954. Most of the island is considered to be in New Jersey, but NY seems to lay claim to it.

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British Museum

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The British museum in London is dedicated to human history, art and culture. Its permanent collection numbers some 8 million works and it is amongst the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It is the first national public museum in the world, established in 1753. Its ownership of some of its most famous objects originating in other countries is disputed and remains subject of international conspiracy.

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Oxford University

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Research university in Oxford, England - the oldest University in the English-speaking world. Notably it is home to the Rhodes scholarship as well as having its alumni amongst some of the greatest intellectual contributors to the world.

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Blue Lagoon

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The Blue Lagoon is a geothermal spa in southwestern Iceland, located near a lava field. The warm waters are rich in minerals such as silica and sulfur, bathing in the lagoon has been found to help relieve ailments such as psorasis. There are very strict hygiene rules visitors are expected to shower before entering the lagoons waters, and the genders are separated for the communal showers.

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Kremlin (in Moscow)

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The Moscow Kremlin is a fortified complex in the heart of Moscow, Russia, and is one of many kremlins (Russian citadels - fortified area of town). Kremlin stands for fortress inside a city. It is used often as a metonym to the government of the Russian federation as the White House is used as a metonym of the Office of U.S. Presidency. it is today a museum and the residence of the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin.

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Blue Mosque, Istanbul

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The Blue Mosque in Turkey, Istanbul, otherwise named the sultan Ahmed Mosque, sits next to another popular Turkey landmark the Hagia Sophia.

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Picadilly Circus

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Piccadilly circus is a road junction and public space, much like Times Square, in London’s West End in the City of Westminster. The term ‘circus’ as it relates to this landmark is latin and it means a round open space at a street junction. It is known for its neon lights and video display and is surrounded by popular buildings like the London Pavillion and the Criterion Theater.

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Trafalgar Square

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Trafalgar square, as the name implies, is a square or public space, in the City of Westminster, Central London. Its name commemorates the battle of Trafalgar, a British naval victory in the Napoleonic Wars with France and Spain, that took place off the coast of Cape Trafalgar Spain. The site was a landmark since the 13th century and once upon a time was the location of one of the kings royal mews (a horse stable) - which were later moved to Buckingham palace. A number of commemorative statues occupy the square.

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Millau Bridge

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The Millar Bridge or the Millau Viaduct is a cable-styled bridge in Millau-Creissels, Averyon, in southern France. It is the tallest bridge in the world.

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Newgrange

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Newgrange is a prehistoric monument in County Mearth, Ireland. It was built in the Neolithic period, round 3200 BC, so it is older than the Pyramids and Stonehenge. The site consists of a large circular mound, with an inner stone passageway and chambers. There is no agreement as to what the site was used for, but it is believed to have had religious significance.

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Table Mountain

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A flat-topped mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the city of Cape Town in South Africa. It is a popular tourist attraction with many visitors using the cableway (cablecar transpiration system) or climbing to its summit.

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Portofino

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An italian fishing village and holiday resort famous for its picturesque harbor and historical association with celebrity and artistic visitors. It is a comune (Italian municipality or city) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa on the Italian Riviera (a popular coastal strip).

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Piazza del Campo

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The principle public space of the historic center of Siena, Tuscany, Italy, was once a marketplace in the 13th century. One of Europe’s greatest medieval squares. A twice-a-year popular horse race is held around the edges of the piazza and the piazza is the finish of another famous annual race, this time a road cycling event.