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Home  Earth Continents Countries World's Most Famous Landmarks and Cultural Monuments 1 — Most Famous Monuments 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: Most Famous MonumentsEverybody knows the most famous landmarks in the world, you can name it, or?Anyhow, on the next pages you will find some if not all most famous landmarks and monuments around the world as well as some not everybody knows. Each of these cultural icons is a symbol with various meanings, it may represent an epoch, an area, a belief, a culure, a country or a city. Click on the image to see the monument's description and a satellite view of the site. |
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Giza Pyramid and the Great Sphinx near Cairo, Egypt The pyramids are a symbol of the high culture of dynastic ancient Egypt. |
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Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India The Taj Mahal is a monument of love, and a symbol for India. |
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Stonehenge, Wiltshire county, UK the world's most famous prehistoric monument. People around the world consider it as a sacred site and they associate the ceremonial place with the super natural world. |
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Great Wall of China (长城), China The Long Wall is really an amazing landmark and today the most celebrated symbol of China. In premodern times the Great Wall was also recognized as a symbol of the futility and cruelty of the first emperor's political and military ambitions. |
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Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia Angkor was the ancient capital of the Khmer empire, in western Cambodia and one of the world's greatest cultural treasures, today the national symbol of the country, |
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Acropolis of Athens, Athens, Greece The Acropolis of Athens can be seen as a symbol for the Ancient Greek World, the classical period of the Hellenic civilisation. |
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Colosseum, Rome, Italy The Flavian Amphitheatre is an iconic symbol for Rome the 'Eternal City' as well as for the civilization of the Imperial Roman Empire. |
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Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet The Potala Palace at the peak of Marpo Ri, the "Red Hill" is the symbol of Lhasa (sacred land), a treasure of Tibetan history, religion, culture and arts. |
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Statue of Liberty, New York City, USA The Statue of Liberty, since 1924 a National Monument, is recognized as a universal symbol of freedom and democracy. |
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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 Map Index Photo credits: Giza Pyramid complex Description: The Pyramid of Khafre and the Great Sphinx of Giza on the Giza Plateau, Cairo, Egypt. (Date: 5. 9. 2005) Author: Christian Rosenbaum Source: Wikimedia Commons Copyright Licence: GNU Free Documentation License Taj Mahal Description: Taj Mahal, Agra, India (2004) Author: Sandeep Dhirad Source: Wikimedia Commons Copyright Licence: GNU Free Documentation License Stonehenge Description: Stonehenge from the heelstone in 2007 with the 'Slaughter Stone' in the foreground. Author: Matthew Brennan Source: Wikimedia Commons Copyright Licence: Public Domain (PD) Great Wall of China Description: Great wall of China at Mutianyu near Beijing. (2006) Author: Fabien Dany Source: Wikimedia Commons Copyright Licence: Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 Angkor Description: Angkor Wat Temple at Angkor Archaeological Park, Siem Reap, Cambodia Author: Valeska Gehrmann Source: Valeska Gehrmann Copyright: © Valeska Gehrmann Acropolis of Athens Description: The western side of the Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens. Author: Glen Larson Source: Wikimedia Commons Copyright Licence: Public Domain (PD) Colosseum Description: A 4x4 segment panorama of the Colosseum at dusk. Photographer: David Iliff Source: Wikimedia Commons Copyright Licence: Public Domain Potala palace Description: View of the Potala palace from the foothill of Chagpo Ri (Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China). Photographer: Ondřej Žváček Source: Wikipedia Commons (PD) Statue of Liberty Description: Liberty standing tall - symbolic features of Statue of Liberty, including torch, crown, robe, tablet of law. Photographer: P. Banks Source: U.S. National Park Service Copyright Licence: Public Domain |
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