Landmarks and Monuments

Spain and Portugal joined the EU on January 1, 1986.

The Great Bell in the clock tower of the palace of Westminster, commonly known as Big Ben, is just over 7ft tall. The Statue of Liberty is 305ft tall, including the pedestal. So Big Ben is much, much smaller.

The clock tower of the palace of Westminster, on the other hand, is 315.9ft high, so it is taller than the Statue of Liberty.

Seven different types of stone but predominently Sarcen (hard sandstone) and Bluestone; rocks from the Welsh Preseli Mountains.

The most common type of stone used at Stonehenge is Preseli Bluestone, a Dolerite stone transported from the Preseli hills, 160 miles away in Wales.
The Stonehenge Is made out of mainly basalt and granite.
Um stones - I guess

The sources are vague about the location of the original pantheon with most of the ancient sources saying it was on the Campus Martius. The exact location was not considered necessary as at the time of the ancient writers, everyone knew where the Field of Mars was or had been. Modern sources claim that the pantheon that is standing today was built in the same spot where Agrippa's original had stood.

Stonehenge is enclosed within a circular ditch 300 ft in diameter. Stones are arranged in four series within the circle. The outermost is a circle of sandstones about 13.5 ft high connected by lintels. The second is a circle of blue-stones. The third is horseshoe shaped. While the innermost is ovoid. Within the ovoid lies the Altar Stone.

For more information please look at the related link.

It began, like any other major structure with a plan, some kind of drawing. This was created using simple geometry this plan was transferred onto the ground using ropes and pegs to mark the position against which the center (usually the centre of the inner faces) of the stones were set. The rest as they say - is history.

The Roman Colosseum had a dual purpose. It was a monument to the Flavian dynasty and an all purpose entertainment center.

Big Ben is actually the 14 ton bell inside the clock, although the clock itself is often referred to as being Big Ben. The clock is on the Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which is another name for the Houses of Parliament.

it was used for crushing a head

chancellor

Given the length of time taken to create Stonehenge, who could have carried out such a feat? We now know that just as the monument was constructed in distinct stages, its builders belonged to distinct groups.

The first group, the Windmill Hill people, named after one of their earthworks on Windmill Hill, near Stonehenge, built the large circular furrows and mounds. They had collective burials in large stone-encased tombs. Most of their burial mounds point east-west. Originating in eastern England, they were one of the first semi-nomadic hunting and gathering groups with an agricultural economy, maintaining a strong reverence for circles and symmetry.

The second group - The Beaker people - is thought to have originated in Spain, migrating northwards and colonising north-west Europe. Their name comes from their ancient traditions in which they would bury beakers, or pottery drinking cups, with their dead.

Instead of burying their dead in mass graves, they showed more reverence for death by placing them in small round graves marked by mounds called tumuli. It is assumed by archaeologists that the Beaker People were more warlike in nature than most tribes of their time because they buried their dead with more weapons, such as daggers and battle-axes. The Beaker Folk were highly organised and industrious, using sophisticated mathematical concepts, and they managed their society by using a chieftain system.

The Tower is not generally open to the public but healthy residents of Britain can apply to go inside and climb the 334 steps to the clock through contacting their local MP.

There are 3 tours daily and 4 during summer months. They are usually fully booked at least 6 months in advance so early booking is essential. At present there is no charge for entry to the tower, but this could change in due course.

The Palace of Westminster is the alternative name for the Houses of Parliament and all British laws are debated and enacted from there.

Bulgaria and Romania joined in 2007. The UK joined in 1973.

The 13,760kg great bell of the Palace of Westminster clocktower, commonly known as Big Ben, was manufactured at the famous Whitechapel Foundry, London. The cast was so big, it took three furnaces to heat the metel, 20 minutes to pour and 20 days for the metal to solidify and cool.

No, he never did, though he did pose in front of it during a Paris victory tour when France was taken by the Nazis.

Oh dear ! Methinx someone is having a little dig at our US cousins ! Native Americans & Stonehenge have no connection.

Many people visit Big Ben during the year. If you are a resident of the UK you can tour the Tower by permission from your local MP. Excursions are limited so early booking is important. It is recommended you allow at least 3 months. There is no charge at present but the Government is looking at changing this in the year 2015.

Big ben is actualty the name of the bell that strikes the hours. The tune of the quarters peal is called "Westminster Chimes" although it originated in a church in Cambridge.

Big Ben is synonymous as the Great Bell, the Clock and the Tower in which it is encased. Big Ben is actually named after Sir Benjamin Hall, a politician of the time.

Stonehenge was built by three separate cultures over a very long time. Originally it was a simple ring of turned earth, or a ditch. This is really all a true Henge is. 56 wooden posts were set around the inside of the dirt embankment, and the main entrance was aligned with sunrise on the Summer Solstice. The people who did this are known as the "Windmill Hill People".

The second group or culture to work on Stonehenge were the "Beaker People", or "Folk", so-named because their pottery had slender necks which resemble beakers. These people expanded the construction of Stonehenge by using 9-foot bluestones to create a double, semi-circular shape on the East side within the earthen circle. They also erected the 4 Station Stones as well as the Heel, or 'Sun Stone'. The Henge at this time was used as a cemetery for people of high status, and most probably as a kind of cathedral for honoring their ancestors.

The third and final group were known as the "Wessex People" and they are the ones who shape Stonehenge to look as we see it today. They were very clever and had enormous knowledge of mathematics, in addition to sophisticated carpentry skills. Both were employed in erecting the great Sarsen Stones in its perfect circle. An enormous amount of manual labor was required over many years to haul, shape and stand the huge stones.

Stonehenge remained a significant cemetery throughout its long life and seems to have become a Place of Healing. People came from all over England and Europe to participate in the seasonal Rituals of the Sun, or to avail themselves of the supposed healthful properties to be found there.

The Roman Coliseum was built with concreat, marble, and limestone

Consists of earth, timber, and stone structures .

They were constantly competing for power so when the huge family of one city state, like the Medici's, commissioned the artwork of a great artist another major family in a different city state would do the same with another great artist. This allowed art and thus the Renaissance to greatly progress.

The major stone construction was built around 4,500 years ago. See related links.

The construction phase information of Stonehenge is somewhat complex and under active discussion as a result of recent work by the Stonehenge Riverside Project and the S.P.A.C.E.S. project, but the indications are that the enclosing bank and ditch date to c3000BC, with the 56 Aubrey Holes around the inside of the bank coming very soon after - though whether these were occupied by timber posts or Bluestones (generally 2m tall, 4 tons in weight, from Preseli in South Wales) is still a matter of debate.

A number of timber constructions within this enclosure date to around this time, with the first Sarsens (these are the large stones - the biggest being over 9m long and weighing over 45 tons, probably from the Marlborough Downs) arriving and being erected as the 5 central Trilithons and the surrounding lintelled Sarsen Circle around 2,500BC.

It appears that the 'double arc' of Q&R holes, which held Bluestones, may have been contemporaneous with this Sarsen phase instead of pre-dating it as a temporary feature.

Around 2,200BC, the best examples of the Bluestones were re-arranged into an oval within the central Trilithon horseshoe and the remaining examples were set up in a ring just inside the Sarsen Circle.

Around 1,600BC the Z and then Y holes were dug outside the Sarsen Circle, but appear not to have ever held either posts or stones before they were back-filled.

Some time later (possibly as late as Roman times), the Bluestone oval was opened at the NE to form a horseshoe shape like that of the Trilithons, with which it shares the NE-SW (midsummer/midwinter solstice) orientation.