Презентация на тему ARCHITECTURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD

of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It

is 39.6 metres tall, weighs 700 tons and stands on top of a mountain overlooking the city. A symbol of Christianity, the statue has become an icon of Rio and Brazil.

city high in the Andes Mountains of Peru. The

Spanish conquistadors destroyed other Inca cities, but never found Machu Picchu. It was only discovered in 1911.

China is the largest man-made structure in the world.

It stretches across the mountains and deserts of China for thousands of kilometers and can be seen from space!

most famous building. It was built by Emperor Shah

Jahan in 1630 in memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal. She died giving birth to their fourteenth child, and her last wish was to be buried in a tomb ‘such as the world had never seen before’.

70 and 72 AD and was in use for

500 years before it was damaged by an earthquake. It still stands as one of the greatest buildings of ancient Rome.

hidden in the mountains of Jordan for thousands of

years when a young Swiss explorer Johan Ludwig Burckhardt rediscovered it in 1812

large squares, markets, baths and an astronomical observatory. Although

all the buildings of Chichen Itza are now a natural stone colour, most were probably painted - some a bright red - and decorated with carvings and murals.

: Antenna / Spire 324 m Roof: 300.65 m Mass : 10 100 tons Architect :Eiffel, Gustave 
Alexander

: 56.7 m, 8 floors. Outer diameter : 18.484 m basis Inner diameter : 10.368 m basis Weight : 14,700 tons The wall

thickness at the base  : 4.05 m Seven bells 294 steps

tip of the torch : 92.99
The statue :33.86

m
Location: Liberty Island
Discription: Goddess of Liberty holding a torch in her right hand and a sign in the left
The inscription on the tablet reads «JULY IV MDCCLXXVI» («July 4, 1776"), the date of the signing of the Declaration of Independence