Venice City

Location: Italy  

Located in the north of Italy is the most beautiful in Italy and qualitative, unique in the world and the capital of the Veneto region. Venice .. Or Venice, as he called the Arabs is a city considered by some the most romantic city in the world .. Venice is a beautiful city built on water and consists of 116 islands and the 416 Bridge Street, 7, and thousands of buildings look like colored in preparation for a theatrical performance.
The city stretches across 118 islands in the swamps of a small Venetian lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. Tmtdallakeh and salt along the shoreline between the mouths of the rivers Po (south) and the Piave (north). The estimated population of 272,000 inhabitants includes the population of the municipality all of Venezia; and approximately 62000 in the historic city of Venice (Centro storico.); And 176.000 in Terraferma (Mainland), mostly in frazione large Mestre and Marghera; live 31 , 000 in the other islands in the lake.
The Republic of Venice was a naval force main during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and a staging area for the Crusades, and the Battle of Lepanto, as well as the center is very important for trade (especially silk, grain and spice trade) and art since the thirteenth century until the end of the seventeenth century. Venice is also famous for music, especially music, opera, and ancient and, the most famous children in this area is Antonio Vivaldi.

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Big Ben Clock

Location: London(United Kingdom)

Big Ben's famous in London, began its work June 3, 1859, owing its name to the shortcut name Ibnajamin Hall the British Minister of Works,which oversaw the implementation of the project time and design of tower, and the longer time, which weighs 12.5 tons and are installed in the Tower of London of the most important milestones that tourists keen to visit. the most popular device for measuring time in the world, and is considered one of the most important monuments that tourists keen to visit in Britain.
Has overseen the implementation and design of tower the Minister of Works British Benjamin Hall, Benjamin Hall at the time and what was Benjamin huge body, they call him the nickname Big Ben, has been named in his honor on the bell at the huge and later to include the time itself, and began work time since June 3 in 1859 AD. Known for infinite time accuracy in the measurement of time, and the ticking is a symbol of the Universal Time, and weighs about Jursha thirteen tons, and the length of Akrbhe 9 and 14 feet. There is time in the tower of St. Stephan in the northern part of the parliament building in a circle and Westminster in the British capital, and the clock tower 320 feet tall.
The time has been designed by Edmund Beckett, Edward Dent, manufacture and after his death, Frederick Dent .. Since 1924, started to beat Big Ben across the radio announces the time of «me. Me. CNN» BBC daily. He used a lot of people around the world to hear the ticking before BBC news bulletins. The life time is now about a century and a half-century, given the long life remain the clock in good condition, and can be exposed to snag a sudden every about seven years, and most of the accidents suffered by the simple, only one occurred in 1977, where he stopped time completely from the work The repair took a whole week. And careful maintenance team all the time to keep the pieces that make up the time, as is the historical value, which results in some failures from time to time, and administrators can replace the mechanical parts of an hour with new ones, but they do not do that to the fact that time part of the historical heritage of Britain

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Taj Mahal

Location : India

Taj Mahal is an Indian architectural landmark located in Accra, is one of the greatest evidences of art and architecture in the Mughal era.
The shrine was built to commemorate the anniversary of the "Erjohnmd Bannu Bacam" and famous for the title of "Mumtaz Mahal" the wife concubine the Sultan, "Shah Jahan" .. She died in 1631 AD near her husband, during one of the military campaigns.the UNESCO include the building in the list of World Cultural Heritage.
It took twenty years and the recruitment of more than twenty thousand men to build this building unique .. The height of the shrine (main building) 73 m, inscribed with Koranic verses, and some outstanding graphics, which is a reference to study the art of painting in India during the Mughal era.
The shrine stands on a square platform, and on each side of a circular beacon .. To his right was built a small mosque, and to the left stands a building said to him, "the answer" Find the balance (with the mosque) in the general shape of the tomb.
Is access to the shrine after crossing the gardens, located within an area surrounded interspersed with large gate .. Collected other mosques and shrines - the wives of the least fortunate - near the place .. We have commemorative Nasben each of "Mumtaz Mahal" and "Shah Jahan" T. (1666 m) in the octagonal hall, completed by the inscriptions found on them in a neat, and was perforated and inform them curtains and marble inlaid with precious stones.
Does not know exactly the author of this work, but it is likely to be the architect, "Professor Eisa" (from Persian or Turkish origin) to the turkey by Khan, who led the work to build the dome, and "Ranmal", which has planned the gardens.
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Canary Islands

Location : Spain

Is the original home of the Canaries with a beautiful singing so called "Canary Islands" or as they were called in Arabic, "Algeria's Canary," a Spanish group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean, located north-west of Western Sahara, a unit of the rule within the Spanish crown.

The Canary Islands consist mainly of four major islands, surrounded by dozens of major small islands scattered around the island of Grand Canary, Tenerife, Palma and the Antherota.
The Canary Islands Special attractions in summer and winter, where the climate is gentle and constant temperature throughout the year, as well as an ideal place to monitor the ark, where it was the control center at an altitude of 2432 meters on the island of La Palma, contains the most important observatories in the world.The island of Grand Canary, which Spaniards call "Gran Canaria" the largest and most extensive in size, with an area of ​​approximately 1532 square kilometers, and is almost circular shape, and height from the surface of water in some areas up to more than two thousand meters.
The resorts are spread along the shores of this island, which turned into a destination for tourism thanks to the external and internal temperatures of the Standing moderation throughout the year, which ranged between 20 and 25 degrees Celsius.
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Leaning Tower of Pisa

 Location: Italy

Located Tower of Pisa in Italy, Pisa in the state of Tuscany, construction started in 1175 AD, and lasted construction 174 in, known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa to the existence of a tendency by the deviation from the vertical plane, consisting of eight floors built of white marble Roman-style, up 54.5 meters Oppe staircase built within the walls consisting of 300 degrees, (currently equipped with an electric elevator).

Tendency is clearly visible as is about 18 feet (tilt more than five degrees), and said that the reason for this tendency is a looseness and a decrease in soil based upon the tower. The back of this trend since the early stages of building this tower, but the architects continued to build on the basis of the same tendency, and in 1275 AD when they were building a combined fourth and fifth of the tower tried architects move the center of gravity of the tower to avoid the tendency, but it seems they did not succeed so, and even now are attempts to stop the tendency by establishing the pillars of Dolly.

Since 1990 in the last century closed the tower and prevent tourists from climbing because of the collapse of the gallery at every moment.
Tower of Pisa has been associated the world famous Italian Galileo Galilei Galileo and his experience on the ground speed.

Height of the tower is 55 meters above the ground. The estimated mass to 14.500 tons. The current tendency is estimated at 5.5 degrees, and the tower 294 degrees.
The establishment of the tower began in August 8, 1173 AD. After building the third floor in 1178, Finance tower and stopped the construction work of a century. In 1272 CE, was the construction of four additional floors in order to modify the angle of inclination. Business and stopped again in 1301. And in 1372 built another floor and put the bell in the tower.

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Eiffel Tower

 Location: France

The tower is an architectural combination of iron, named after Alexander Fried engineer Gustave Eiffel, and was completed in 1889 after more than two years, it has been built on the occasion of the first cosmic event. Has been considered the highest ever built by man for 40 years (until the Empire State building in New York Bldng), has raised the tower then a lot of confusion and protests. Viewed it as a number of writers and artists as a distortion of Tnasagah and the beauty of the capital, which is currently one of the most tourist attractions visited by tourists from around the world (nearly four million visitors a year), and the structure of the tower the massive 15-thousand pieces of steel, and weighs about 7,000 tons, in addition he needs about 50 tons of paint to fat. We have celebrated the capital for years over a century on his big celebration, and is located on the first floor of the tower's height of 300 meters at an altitude of 57 meters and the museum's audio-visual devoted to the story of its construction, in addition to many photos and documents, and there in the Taig second (which is located at an altitude of 115 m) the number of restaurants and shops selling souvenirs. The third floor and the last is located at an altitude of 274 meters, and the museum housing the office of architect Eiffel. And you can of the floor, when the weather is clear. Take a look (panoramic) to Paris and to be able to see the places located at a distance of 60 km, and in the tower a number of elevators, which enables you to visit the floors of the three, but you can climb on foot to board the 1653 degree ... There, under the doctrine of the tower Bust a small engineer Alexander Gustave Eiffel, it is interesting that the invention of the telegraph, wireless, high tower, Onqmah of the jaw and ending at the iron-smelting factories ... Vertfall made him an antenna an excellent can be used for broadcasting (1918) and video broadcasting TV (1957), does not mean the weight of the tower of heavy non-(thicken), Vthaglh on the ground is not exceeded the 4 kg per centimeter square, and has undergone in the eighties to the process of reducing The weight of the 4 tons. The tower is lit internally (within the structure itself) since 1986, and was done before the lights shining on it from outside

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Maldives

Referred to the Maldives and the Maldives, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, formed by a double chain of 26 atolls oriented between north and south, off the Lakshadweep Islands, India, and between the Minicoy island of the Chagos Archipelago. It stands in the Sea Laccadive, about 700 kilometers (435 miles) southwest of Sri Lanka and the (250 miles) southwest of India. During the colonial era, he pointed out the Dutch in the country as "Eilanden Maldivische" in its documents, while "the Maldives" is the anglicised version of the name of the local used by the British, which later came to be written "Maldives."
This chain of islands of an archipelago located between a group Lakshadweep and the Maldives, Chagos, which is a ridge mountains of the sea and the wide range in the Indian Ocean atolls Sea.The Arab from the Maldives include the territory spread over nearly 90,000 square kilometers, making it one of the most throughout the world in terms of geography. It features a 1192 islands, 200 inhabited.The is the capital of the Republic of Maldives, is the largest city of Mali, which has a population of 103 693 (2006). Located on the southern tip of the island of Malé North, in the Atoll Kaafu. It is also one of the administrative divisions in the Maldives. Was traditionally the island where the king was inaugurated Maldives ancient royal dynasties.

Maldives is the smallest country in Asia in both population and land area. With the ground level by 1.5 meters (4 feet 11 inches) above sea level, the lowest level of the country planet.It is also a country which is the lowest point of the highest in the world, about 2.3 meters (7 feet and 7);  The sinking of the Maldives is a great concern for the people of the Maldives.

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Pyramids of Giza-Egypt

Location : EGYPT

Pyramids of Giza Pyramids Plateau is located city of Giza (Memphis or Memphis) in Egypt, the West Bank of the Nile. Was built around 2480-2550 BC. M., Is a three pyramids is the Pyramid of Khufu, the pyramid of Khafre and Menkaure Pyramid. We love to make it clear that these pyramids are the tombs of ownership of each of them bears the name of the king who built and buried it after his death, construction hierarchy here is the stage of the evolution of building tombs in ancient Egypt, which began a hole small turned into a chamber under the ground and then to several rooms topped by a terrace and then evolved to take the form of pyramid by architect Aamahotb Minister of pharaoh Djoser of the Third Dynasty, and the pyramid is located in the necropolis of Saqqara, followed by two attempts of the king Bent founder of the Fourth Dynasty to build a pyramid full, but the back of pyramids is Salimi shape and are located in Dahshur, one flattened base and the other took the form after half a size smaller, and was able to engineer engineer Hmeono King Cheops to reach the pyramid form of the ideal and the construction of the pyramid of Cheops in Giza on the area of ​​13 acres and was followed by a pyramid Khafre and Menkaur..

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