Friday, February 8, 2013

Immortality through Art-Famous Monuments

Please join me in admiring some of the legendary monuments, places of worship, structures, and buildings in the world that are a living proof of human  ingenuity.

1. Stonehenge, prehistoric monument in UK built between 3000-2000 BC

2. Egyptian Great Pyramid and the Sphinx at Giza were built between 2584–2561 BC

 


 
3.  Banaue Rice Terraces, Philippines, built in the mountains of Ifuago 2000 years ago

4. The Parthenon, in the Acropolis of Athens, Greece , built between 432–447 BC

 
5. The Coliseum (Colosseum), Rome, Italy, built ca. 70–80 AD

 6. Tower of London , UK, built in  1078  

 

7. The Great Wall of China (The Ming Dynasty) is  8,851.8 km (5,500 miles) long and was built between 1368-1644

8. Taj Mahal, Agra, India, built in 1632–1653
 
 
9. The Royal Palace in Amsterdam , the Netherlands, completed in  1665


10. The Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia,  built in 1764

 
11. The Statue of Liberty, New York City, US, built in 1886

 12. The Eiffel Tower in Paris , France, built between 1887-1889

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