4. • the Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice
tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris,
France. It is named after the
engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company
designed and built the tower. The tower is
330 meters (1,083 ft) tall, about the same
height as an 81-storey building, and
the tallest structure in Paris. Its base is
square, measuring 125 meters (410 ft) on
each side. During its construction, the
Eiffel Tower surpassed the Washington
Monument to become the tallest human-
made structure in the world
6. • The Leaning Tower of Pisa or
simply, the Tower of Pisa (torre di
Pisa , is the campanile, or
freestanding bell tower, of Pisa
Cathedral. It is known for its nearly
four-degree lean, the result of an
unstable foundation. The tower is one
of three structures in the Pisa's
Cathedral Square (Piazza del
Duomo), which includes the cathedral
and Pisa Baptistery.
8. • The Sydney Opera House is a multi-
venue performing arts centre in Sydney. Located
on the foreshore of Sydney Harbor, it is widely
regarded as one of the world's most famous and
distinctive buildings and a masterpiece of 20th
century architecture.
• Designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon,
but completed by an Australian
architectural team headed by Peter Hall,
the building was formally opened
by Queen Elizabeth II on 20 October
1973 after a gestation beginning with
Utzon's 1957 selection as winner of an
international design competition.
10. • The Statue of Liberty (Liberty
Enlightening the World; French: La
Liberté éclairant le monde) is
a colossal neoclassical
sculpture on Liberty Island in New York
Harbor in New York City, in the United
States. The copper statue, a gift from
the people of France to the people of
the United States, was designed by
French sculptor Frédéric Auguste
Bartholdi and its metal framework was
built by Gustave Eiffel. The statue was
dedicated on October 28, 1886
12. • Big Ben is the nickname for the Great
Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, at
the north end of the Palace of
Westminster in London England, and the
name is frequently extended to refer
also to the clock and the clock tower.
• The official name of the tower in which
Big Ben is located was originally
the Clock Tower, but it was
renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012 to
mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II.
14. • The Egyptian pyramids are ancient
masonry structures located in Egypt.
Sources cite at least 118 identified
"Egyptian" pyramids. Approximately
80 pyramids were built within
the Kingdom of Kush, now located in
the modern country of Sudan. Of
those located in modern Egypt, most
were built as tombs for the
country's pharaohs and their consorts
during the Old and Middle
Kingdom periods.
16. • The Grand Canyon is a steep-
sided canyon carved by the Colorado
River in Arizona, United States. The
Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km)
long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and
attains a depth of over a mile (6,093
feet or 1,857 meters).
