The document summarizes seven famous landmarks from around the world: the Great Wall of China, Petra, the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Machu Picchu, Chichen Itza, the Colosseum, and the Taj Mahal. It provides brief descriptions of each landmark, including key details about their history, construction, and significance.
2. Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China is almost 9000 km long and is the
longest in defensive fortification in the world. Its primary task
was to defend against invaders from the „Great Steppe”
(Mongolia, Manchuria, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan ... etc). The
wonder of the world was being built by human hand for over
2,000 years. It contains not only a stone fortification, but also
natural dam rivers and mountains.
The first section of the wall already erected in the third century
BC. About one million workers died of exhaustion while building
this construction. Most of them were walled up in the wall, but
not all
not weaken the structure.
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4. Peace of the Great Wall can be noticed on the
'Silk Route'. Every year a marathon takes place
there. People claim that the wall seen from space
is a fake.
5. Petra
Petra is a ruin of Nabateans city. To reach it, you have to
overcome only a narrow rocky path that leads to it. Most of the
buildings have been carved in the rocks. They were so
beautiful, that over time they gave the place the nickname
'Rqmco' what means multicolored.
Petra was repeatedly besieged, but even such personalities as:
Cleopatra, Herod the Great, Octavian Augustus, Pompey the
Great, failed to capture the city.
Petra was a trophy until it was reached by a Roman emperor
Trajan, then Hadrian, and at the end Saladin who destroyed
the city.
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7. In Petra you can find remains of temples, palaces,
tombs and a theatre that could seat up
to 10 000 people.
8. Monument of Christ the Redeemer
It is the symbol and the most impressive part of Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil. The monument is located on a granite top with a relative
height of 710 m asl.
The final project of Christ with outstretched arms was
designed by Hector da Silva and designed by a French
sculptor.
Formal unveiling of the statue was followed three times
in history. Last time did it Pope John Paul II. Prior to his arrival
the figure had been washed and cleaned thoroughly.
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10. The statue is located on the 7-meter pedestal. The
head is 3.5 m tall and weighs 35 tons, each hand
weights
9 tons, and the extent of the figure is 23 m.
11. Machu Picchu
The best preserved city of the Incas to the present day. It was
built in the fifteenth century, according to sensationally
developed plan and was abandoned of unknown reasons in
1537. Machu Picchu was discovered by an ordinary thief, who
in the agreement with the Peruvian government and the local
president 'legally' traded the finding. The material used to build
the city is bright granite.
The highest place in Machu Picchu is an astronomical
observatory - Intihuatana -place where the sun stops. A stone
pillar was carved in a solid rock.
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13. The stairs can be seen everywhere. Researchers
have found 1200 ones. In the past they were used
for communication among different levels
of the city.
14. Chichén Itzá
The city was found by the Maya in Mexico in 450. It was
developed the most in X-XIth century. Chichén Itzá literally
means 'Origins of Itzá people. The name comes from the two
holy tanks. These tanks were used for sacrifices. The most
famous building in Chichén Itzá is El Castillo - Temple Cuculcan.
It was built on the pyramid consisted of nine terraces. Each of
the pyramid's four sides has 91 steps which, when added
together and including the temple platform on top as the final
'step', produces a total of 365 steps (which is equal to the
number of days of the solar year).
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16. A natural depression with a depth of 40m and 60m
in diameter was found in the city. Probably during
the drought virgins were thrown there to ask the
god for rain.
17. Colosseum
The Roman amphitheater built by the Flavian. It was able to
seat up to 73,000 spectators. It had his own underground
system of corridors.
Gladiator fights, shows in a special pool, huntings of wild
animals were organized in the amphitheatre. Christians were
murdered in this place, too. The name comes from the Greek
'Kolossos' what means 'great'. In 528 the last Olympics were
held here.
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19. Since the second half of the 18th century on Good
Friday the Way of the Cross has been led by the
pope in this place.
20. Tadz Mahal
Enchanted Love in marble ... can be described as a
mausoleum built by Szachdżahana in memory of a loved wife
Mumtaz Mahal. She was 36 years old and gave birth to 14
children. She died when the last child was born. The legend
says that before death, her husband gave three promises: he
will never marry again, he will take care of children and he will
build a building that will commemorate her. He fulfilled all the
promises. He built the splendid palace that has no equivalent
in the world.
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22. Tadz Mahal was being built for 22 years by about
25 thousand workers.
It is made of marble.
23. Thanks
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Agnieszka Bednarz (Poland)
Ewa Kijas (Poland)
Karolina Barglik (Poland)
Amanda Arvelo Bethencourt (Spain)
Yara María Zamora (Spain)
Elizabeth Santana (Spain)
Miriam (Germany)
