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Home  Earth Continents Countries World's Most Famous Landmarks and Cultural Monuments 2 — City Icons Famous Landmarks I: Most Famous Monuments Famous Landmarks II: City Icons Famous Landmarks III: Places of Power and Worship Famous Landmarks IV: Sacred Mountains Map Index |
___ Most Famous Landmarks and Cultural Monuments in the World - Part 2, City IconsBelow you will find most famous landmarks which are symbols for a city and maybe even for the country, most of them are known world-wide.Click on the image to see the monument's description and a satellite view of the site. |
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Eiffel Tower, Champ-de-Mars, Paris, France Few things symbolize Paris and France like this monument, it is the foremost universal icon of the French way of life of bon vivant and savoir vivre. |
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Clock Tower, Palace of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, is a symbol for London as well as an icon for the British way of life. |
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Empire State Building, Manhattan, New York City, USA, the Art Deco skyscraper is New York's most popular landmark and a symbol for the American way of life, rose during the Great Depression to the then tallest building in the world. |
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Forbidden City, Beijing, China, The Forbidden City is the largest cluster of ancient buildings in the world, a city within a city.and a symbol of China's cultural heritage. |
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Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia has become the very symbol of Sydney and maybe for whole modern Australia. |
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Leaning Tower of Pisa, Pisa, Italy The Leaning Tower of Pisa is the result of a colossal miscalculation. Everyone makes mistakes, but most people's mistakes does not weigh 14,500 tonnes. But some mistakes are excusable, after a while. |
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Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar the Golden Pagoda located in Yangon, Myanmar's de facto capital, is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda for the Burmese. |
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Cologne Cathedral (Dom zu Köln), Köln, Germany The Cologne Cathedral is the largest Gothic church in northern Europe and the dominant landmark of the city of Cologne. |
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Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany main symbol of Berlin and today also a symbol for the reunited Germany. |
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Famous Landmarks I: Most Famous Monuments Famous Landmarks II: City Icons Famous Landmarks III: Places of Power and Worship Famous Landmarks IV: Sacred Mountains Photo credits: Eiffel Tower Description: Tour Eiffel Source: Wikimedia Commons Copyright Licence: Public Domain Clock Tower, Palace of Westminster Description: The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, colloquially known as "Big Ben", in Westminster, London, England. Author: David Iliff Source: Wikimedia Commons Copyright Licence: GNU Free Documentation License Empire State Building Description: Empire State Building as seen from Top of the Rock. Author: Photo: Daniel Schwen Source: Wikimedia Commons Copyright Licence: GNU Free Documentation License 1.2 Forbidden City Description: Panorama of forbidden city, (2005) Author: Simm Source: Wikimedia Commons Copyright Licence: Public Domain Sydney Opera House Description: Sydney Opera house at night Author: Adam.J.W.C. Source: Wikimedia Commons Copyright Licence: GNU Free Documentation License Shwedagon Pagoda Description: Main entry of Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar (2007) Author: nationsonline.org Copyright 2007 © nationsonline.org Cologne Cathedral Description: The two spires of Cologne Cathedral Author: nationsonline.org Copyright 2008 © nationsonline.org Brandenburg Gate Description: Brandenburg Gate Author: nationsonline.org Copyright 2008 © nationsonline.org |
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