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Landmarks and Monuments
Landmarks are features or places that are highly recognizable. They were originally used to track locations, but they have also become famous as tourist areas. There are people that will save their entire lives to make a trip just to see the Eiffel Tower, the Golden Gate Bridge, or the Great Wall.
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The 397-meter hill is of unknown age, but was probably formed by glaciers 12,800 years ago.
The statue of George Leveson-Gower , Duke of Sutherland (1758-1833), was completed and placed on the hill in 1837.
How many lifts does the Eiffel tower have?
It has three floors and each floor is is the same distance between.
Why people go to buckingham palace?
Because It is very beautiful inside the Buckingham palace.It is ones of the amazing place in the world.I love Buckingham palace.
Who was the main architect Versailles Palace?
Jules Hardouin Mansart, King Louis XIV's principal architect.
Why is the Eiffel Tower romantic?
This is a matter of personal appreciation, but Paris certainly is a favorite destination for couples wishing to enjoy their honeymoon. You can visit historical, dramatic places and minutes after watch the Seine river going by while quietly sitting on a bench.
Paris, as any other exotic location, dazzles a person's eyes with the aforesaid reasons. Also, the beauty of Paris and the contrast of it from one's own city brings a feeling of excitement and experience that one has not felt before. Great place to rekindle romance and fall in love again because its spontaneous rather than routine.
How many people does it take to paint the Eiffel tower?
the Eiffel tower uses up 60 tonnes of paint altogether
Where in London is the statue of Peter Pan?
It's in Kensington Gardens, where Peter first went when he flew away from home.
How long did the Eiffel tower ment to stand for?
The Eiffel Tower was completed in 1889 as a monumental entrance to the world Fair. It is 125 years old as of 2014. It was meant to be up for only 20 years, but is still up today.
What are the 72 names on Eiffel Tower?
The seventy-two names engraved on the Eiffel Tower are significant in that they represent seventy-two different theoretical and applied scientists who made contributions of one sort or another to the design and/or construction of the landmark-structure. These names were engraved in places of honor on the tower especially as a response to the artists and intellectuals who, as the work was in its beginning-stages, protested publicly against the tower's construction.
Why do people use rock to build monuments?
To honor someone who is a hero to their nation, or important people(s)
How many couples get married a year at the Eiffel Tower?
You cannot get married in the Eiffel tower. Civil ceremonies are held in the mairies (town halls). But you can still have the meal at the restaurant.
How many people died during the construction of the Eiffel Tower?
No one died during the actual construction of the Eiffel tower. One Italian worker died on the site, but it was on a Sunday and he wasn't working. He wanted to impress his girlfriend by showing what his work was and he fell to the ground A
How many brother and sisters did Elizabeth the first have?
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon was the only sibling of Queen Elizabeth II. She was a controversial member of the Royal Family due to excessive drinking and smoking, as well as having extramarital affairs.
Which famous figure stands on the top of the column in Trafalgar Square?
Admiral Lord Nelson is the name of the statue in Trafalgar Square.
How many acres in the palace of Versailles?
there are many rooms in the palace including the room of the queen where she spent her time with her friends the room of the king, the hall of mirrors,a chapel, a ball room and a huge dining room
Can you go inside the cathedral of Notre Dame?
Yes. this is free of charge and more than 13.5 million people visit the cathedral every year, making it the most visited monument in France (and possibly Europe)
Where did Queen Victoria rule?
Queen Victoria reigned from 20th June 1837, until her death on 22nd January 1901, as Queen of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
From 1st May 1876 she was also Empress of India.
As the British monarch, she was also head of The British Empire which has expanded and contracted over the centuries before, after and during her reign. and in the 19th Century included India, large parts of Africa, Asia and The Middle East, as well as Canada, Australia, New Zealand plus parts of South and Central America and The Caribbean.
She was Queen of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland she was also the Empress of India
Let us look at the scope of the Empire: Great Britain, then including Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, (combined Militarily as ANZAC in War I) South Africa, Rhodesia, Egypt, Cyprus, and various Island states. Quite a haul, but some argue that theoretically, Anastasia would have had a greater spread- l5 Time zones.
The British Empire
Colonial Name, Current Name,Year of Independance, Colonial name, Current Name, Year of independance.
AdenYemen1967Kuwait1961Ascension IslandNot yetMalayaWest Malaysia1965AnguillaNot yetMaldive Islands1976Australia1901Malta1964Bahamas1973Mauritius1961Bahrain1971MontserratNot yetBarbados1966NewfoundlandCanada1949BasutolandLesotho1966New Hebrides (with France)Vanuatu1980BechuanalandBotswana1966New Zealand1947BermudaNot yetNigeria1960British CameroonCameroon (part)1961North BorneoSabah1965British GuyanaGuyana1966NyasalandMalawi1963British HondurasBelize1981OmanNever formally a protectorateBritish SomalilandSomaliland1960Papua New Guinea1976British Solomon IslandsSolomon Is.1978PalestineIsrael1948BruneiBrunei1984Pitcairn IslandNot yetBurmaMyanmar1948Qatar1971Canada1926RhodesiaZimbabwe & Zambia1979
1964Cayman IslandsNot yetSarawakEast Malaysia1965CeylonSri Lanka1948St HelenaNot yetCook IslandsNZ assoc.St KittsSt Kitts/Nevis1983Cyprus1960St Lucia1979Egypt1922?St Vincent1979Falkland Islands and dependenciesNot yetSeychelles1976Fiji1970Sierra Leone1961Gambia1965Singapore1963GibraltarNot yetSouth Africa1910Gilbert and Ellice IslandsKiribati & Tuvalu1979
1978Sudan1954Gold CoastGhana1957Swaziland1968Grenada1974TanganyikaTanzania1963GuernseyChannel Is.Tonga1970TransjordanJordan1948Hong KongChina1997TrinidadTrinidad & Tobago1962IndiaPakistan & Bangladesh)1947Tristan Da CunhaNot yetIraq1932Trucial OmanUnited Arab Emirates1971Ireland1922Turks and Caicos IslandsNot yetJamaica1963Uganda1962JerseyChannel Is.Western Samoa1962Kenya1963ZanzibarTanzania1963
What did europeans want from their colonies?
To prosper and enrich the royalty of Europe. The colonists were sent to America in search of gold and to establish and obtain new land/territory
Where is the sculpture Cleopatra's Needle located?
There are three obelisks with that name (constructed, not sculpted), one each in London, Paris, and New York City. They are genuine obelisks built in Egypt more than a thousand years before Cleopatra was born.
The London obelisk is from Heliopolis, Egypt, built around 1450 BC and reconstructed in Westminster in 1878.
The New York obelisk was also built in Heliopolis, circa 1475 BC, and reconstructed in Central Park in 1881.
The Paris obelisk is known as the Luxor obelisk, is from Luxor and was reconstructed in the Place de la Concorde in 1836.
When did they start building Big Ben?
The foundation stone to the Tower was laid on the 28th September 1843.
How were the stones in Stonehenge lifted?
Most likely the same way the Egyptians did, building a ramp. In this case they must have built up a bridging of temporary stones between the supporting columns so they are of same level, then by building ramps on both sides to buttress the whole unit, so it is strong enough to support the overhead stone being pulled up one of the ramps, when they were done and the stone was in place, they simply removed the ramps along with the temporary bridging of stones between the columns.
Big Ben doesn't have any bells : it is a bell.
Located at the Westminster Bridge end of London's Houses of Parliament is the Clock Tower. This houses the Worlds biggest 4 faced clock whose face is recognised all over the world. The chime of this clock is called a Westminster chime, also known to many people. This chime uses five bells; four of these sound every quarter hour and the fifth sounds the hours. The bell that sounds the hour, lower pitched and much larger than the other four, is named Big Ben.
People all over the world, including many Londoners refer to the whole tower including the bell and clockworks as Big Ben.
Big Ben is actually only the nickname for the 'Great Bell' (13.5 tonnes approx) in the Tower. It has over the years become synonymous with the complete Clock Tower. In 2012 the Tower was renamed the "Queen Elizabeth Tower" in recognition of Her Majesty's 60 year jubilee on the throne.
