Famous places in the world
- These huge stone structures in Egypt are called Pyramids. Famous kings of Egypt were buried inside then in a secret room after they died.
Each pyramid took at least 20 years to build!
The great Pyramid at Giza (Egypt) was built between 2551 and 2472 BC. This once 147 meters tall but is now 140 meters.
The great Pyramid at Giza was made of 2.3 million tones of limestone. Each block of limestone was 2.5 tones!
- These are the remains of the Colosseum. It is over 2000 years old! It was a stadium where people come to see fighters called gladiators. It is situated in the city of Rome. Rome is the capitol of which country? - Italy.
* The Colosseum in Rome was built between 70 and 78 AD. It could accommodate 75, 000 spectators who entered through 80 entrances!
The coliseum’s opening was celebrated by spectacular games lasing 100 days.
- This s the Great Wall of China. It took 200 years to complete! It was made to protect the country from enemies. It is so long that it can be seen even from the moon.
- The huge tower made of iron is called the Eiffel tower. It is in the city of Paris. You can go to the top of the tower in a lift and enjoy the view from there. Which country is Paris the capital of? - France.
*It is said that when Paris was occupied by Hitler during the Second World War, the lifts of the Eiffel tower stopped working. They restarted automatically the day Paris was liberated.
- This statue is called the statue of liberty. It stands in the sea near city of New York in USA. It was a gift from the people of France to the people of USA.
*Is the statue of a man or woman? - Classical images of Liberty have usually been represented by a woman. The Statue of Liberty's face is said to be modeled after the sculptor's mother.
Libertas is the Roman goddess and personification of liberty.
The statue’s full name is Liberty Enlightening the word the seven spikes in the crown stand for liberty’s light shining on the world’s seven continents. The tablet in her left arm is America’s Declaration of independence.
- Which are the tallest buildings in the world? Actually it is two buildings next to each other. They are known as the Peterson Towers. They are situated in the city of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. They are more 100 times as high as a single –story buildings!
*You can go to the top of the statue Liberty and Petronas Towers also – in a left, of course! There you can see visitors standing inside the crown of the statue of Liberty. So now you get an India of how large the statue is!
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