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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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Why do most of the monuments have triangular support?

To give the monument extra support and to make it errect

like the egyptian pyramid

Who owns the palace of Versailles?

Versailles started as a mere hunting lodge of Louis XIII but his son Louis XIV made it into the glorious palace it remains today. Milliions were spent on it and many men died making it. The king spent so much money on it that even he was embarassed by the bills and he destroyed them later in life.

How old is big ben?

Big Ben was born on may31st 1859 made the first sound ever in london history in 1989 Big Ben turns 100 years old then 2009 turns 150 years old and in 2014 Big Ben is now 155 years old so happy birhday to the clock tower

Were serfs attrackted to towns?

No they were slaves and had to live/work where they were told.

When was Vermilion Cliffs National Monument created?

Vermilion Cliffs National Monument was created on 2000-11-09.

Is it true that the devil made the Stonehenge?

If the devil invented geometry then yes, he certainly tortured me with math's and geometry at school !

Belgium famous landmarks?

In Brussels, The Grande Place, the Atomium, the Manneken Pis, Art Museums, Parc de Cinquantenaire....

Brugge

Antwerp

Bastogne

Waterloo

Knokke

The Belgian Ardennes

Spa

Plackendael Animal Park.......

When is the cathedral of Notre Dame open?

Opening time for the Cathedral

Every day from 8am to 6.45pm except Saturday closed from 12.30 to 2pm

Entrance is free.

One tower is often closed for various reasons (Tour du choeur)

Opening time for the towers of Notre Dame

First there is no lift (387 steps)

Open from 9.30am à 7.00pm from April to October and from 10.00am to 5.30pm from November to March.

Entrance is 5-6 Euros.

Why is Stonehenge unique?

There are many stone circles in Britain and indeed in the rest of the world. There are also quite a lot of henged circles but Stonehenge is the only henged circle which has lintels placed horizontally across the tops of some of the stones. This combined with the huge size of the stones makes it unique.

What does the crazy horse memorial honor?

Crazy Horse Memorial honors the culture, tradition and living heritage of the North American Indians. The Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation is continuing progress on the world's largest sculptural undertaking by carving a memorial of Lakota leader Crazy Horse in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Where can you get a topographic map of the old city of Jerusalem?

See the attached Related Links. They're both online and free. Just hold and drag the map to Israel with your left mouse button, and then double-click your left mouse button repeatedly to get the scale you want. See which of the two maps you prefer.

On the ArcGis map, once you have Jerusalem on its screen, click the "Basemap" box on the top of the page to see various features you can click to overlay. Note that the elevation levels are not visible on all of the map's size-scales; see which scale works best.

On the Topomapper map, click the various circles on the right side of the page to get differing overlays. Note that the topographical overlay shows elevation bars but has places labeled in Russian words, so you'll want to see the place names in one of the non-topographical modes first.

Another possibility is Google Earth, which is a free download and has a map showing a one-point elevation at the very bottom of the page as you scroll your cursor over the map. That feature is useful for finding the elevation of a particular location.

Has Notre Dame always been a cathedral?

There are many Notre Dame's all over the world. Itself means "Our Lady", are almost all referring to the Virgin Mary, and yes most have always been cathedrals. www.politicalpete.com

Where the Bluestones in the Stonehenge?

The blue stones at Stonehenge came from the Prescelly mountains in south Wales.