The Houses of Parliament and Elizabeth Tower, commonly called as Big Ben, it is the icon of London. The name of Big Ben is come from the massive bell inside the clock tower. The clock inside the tower was the world's largest during the installed in the middle of the nineteenth century. There are 334 steps to arrival the top of the Big Ben.The tower was constructed around 1843 and completed 13 years later in 1856. The weights of the bell is more than 13 tons (13, 760 kilogram) and the height rises to a total of 316 feet. The clock tower have four clock faces. The hour bell began striking the hours in July 1859.
The history of Big Ben begin when the Palace of Westminster was destroyed by fire in 1834. In 1844, the new buildings of Houses of Parliament was decided to include a tower and a clock. Now, Big Ben as the favourite landmark of London. There are two theories exist, the first is was named Sir Benjamin Hall, the first commissioner of works, a large man who was known affectionately in the house as "Big Ben"; and the second theory is that it was named after a heavy weight boxing champion at that time, Benjamin Caunt, also known as "Big Ben", this nickname was commonly bestowed in society to anything that was the heaviest in its class.
Tiger Temple Thailand, or Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua, is a Theravada Buddhist temple in Thailand that was founded in 1994 as a forest temple and sanctuary for wild animals, among them several tigers that can be petted by visitors. It is located in Thailand's Kanchanaburi province, 38 kilometers from the border of Myanmar.
The first cub was received in 1999, but unfortunately it died soon later. After that, several cubs were brought to the temple, and the total number of tigers in May 2012 was more than 100.
Play with tiger.
Sleep with tiger.
Feed the tiger.
The Buddhist monks are responsible for tigers care and breeding, and appears as one with them. They just like a family, "they eat together, walk together and pray together". This temple is one of the most visited tourist sites in Bangkok due to the unique place to see and visit. Visitors or tourist can take picture and play with the tigers in the temple too.
Lotte World is a huge multi-purpose or a major recreation complex in the Seoul, South Korea. There are plenty of attractions in Lotte World. Lotte World have two sections, indoor and outdoor theme park. Almost everything are under it, which include of the largest indoor theme park, an outdoor amusement park "Magic Island", an artificial island inside a lake that linked by monorail, shopping malls, a luxury hotel, a Korean folk museum, movies theaters, and sport facilities. Lotte World is opened on July 12, 1989.
The Lotte World open for 365 days a year. Festivals are held all year round with themes like Christmas, Halloween, Rio Samba Carnival and many more, tourists can enjoy without having to worry about the weather.
The Eiffel Tower is located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France, and is the Eiffel Tower is one of the most well known structures in the world. The French name for the Eiffel Tower is La Tour Eiffel, it also has the nickname La dame de fer which means the iron lady.
The Eiffel Tower was built for the 1889 World's Fair to celebrate the 100th anniversary of French Republic. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel led the team that developed the plans. He also designed the metal framework of another landmark, the Statue of Liberty.
Post card of the tower.
Construction began in February 1887. The base pillars are oriented with the four points of the compass. Base is 410 feet x 410 feet. There are 132 workers assembled 18,000 parts on side. There are 2.5 million rivets connected all the iron pieces. The construction time too about 2 years, 2 months, 5 days. It was the world's tallest structure for 40 years, until 1929. The original height is 1023 feet. After the construction of Chrysler Building in New York City, which the height is 1047 feet, the Eiffel Tower had added the high with the current height is 1063 feet. That's twice as high as the Great Pyramid at Giza.
The Eiffel Tower is made of iron and the total weight is equal to 10,100 tonnes. The elevators travel on a curve with an angle of 60 degrees. The tower gets a new coat of paint every 7 years, it took 60 tonnes or about 12,000 gallons of paint to paint all the building. The tower was lit by gaslights until 1909. Today, it is illuminated by 336 spotlights. The tower can sway up to 5 inches in heavy wind. As iron expands in heat, it leans away from the sun-up to 7 inches. The tower relayed zeppelin alerts in World War I and coded messages sent by Nazis in World War II. Today, it is still a vital communications link.
Leaning Tower of Pisa is a bell tower, and the tower has become an icon of Italy. In Italian the Leaning Tower of Pisa is Torre Pendente di Pisa. The tower have a high of 56 meters. Leaning Tower of Pisa is world famous, not only for its beautiful looks, but mainly for its heavy tilt. It is one the the most heaviest leaning tower in the world. This tower has listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and also as the world's most famous tower, where many tourists going there to travel.
The main purpose of the construction of the tower is to show the world the wealth and power of the city of Pisa. The Leaning Tower of Pisa took almost 200 years to build, beginning in August 1173. It took long time to complete the construction because of the interrupted several times by wars, debt and while engineers worked on solutions to correct the lean.
The tower started to lean during construction because the tower was built on soft ground. It began to lean in 1178 once construction on the second floor had begun. Over the years several renowned architects put their heads together to come up with a solution to stop the tower from leaning further. Finally they decided to remove the ground from under the high side, instead of trying to add ground under the low side and several cable . The restoration work performed in 1990 and closed to public and open again in 2001, the tower learned at an angle of 5.5 degrees before, but now it leaning to more stable about 4 degrees. They believe after the restoration work, the tower can take another 300 years of live.
It is the third oldest structure in Pisa's Cathedral Square. There are eight floors in the tower and the weight is 14,500 metric tons. There are seven bells in the tower. There is 300 steps of spiral staircase inside the tower leading to the top. It is unique for me by seeing through the history of construction of the tower and it is leaning during the beginning of construction.
The pyramids of Egypt fascinated travelers and conquerors in ancient times and continue to inspire wonder in the tourists, mathematicians, and archaeologists who visit, explore, measure and describe them. The pyramids of Giza, the only one of Seven Wonders of Ancient World which has survived to this day, never fails to amaze and fascinate travels fortune enough to see them with their own eyes. More than 4,000 years later, the Egyptian pyramids still retain much of their majesty, providing a glimpse into the country's rich and glorious past. Step pyramids predate true pyramids and reflect a different religious and theological concept.
The large numbers of bas-reliefs which illustrate aspects of daily life in the Old Kingdom never depict a pyramid's construction, which was probably considered such a unique event that it could not be reproduced. There is no document which illustrates the techniques used.
A study of the mathematical papyrus, known as the Rhind Papyrus, and among other things, made it clear that the ancient Egyptians were familiar with and made practical use of Pythagoras' theorem, although they had never theorized or enunciated it.
The only account of the methods and techniques used to construct the pyramids is that provided by Herodotus (Histories, II, 124-35), who makes a number of fanciful and unreliable statements. Nevertheless, he does include some accurate information which should be taken into consideration. According to Herodotus, 100,000 persons worked for twenty years to build the pyramid of Khufu, with ten additiional years initially required to prepare the land, the port structures (the wharves, piers, etc.), the ramp and the underground chambers.
Tombs of early Egyptian kings were bench-shaped mounds called mastabas. Around 2780 B.C., King Djoser's architect, Imhotep, built the first pyramid by placing six mastabas, each smaller than the one beneath, in a stack to form a pyramid rising in steps. This Step Pyramid stands on the west bank of the Nile River at Sakkara near Memphis. Like later pyramid, it contains various rooms and passages, including the burial chamber of the king.
Great Pyramid at Giza
The Sphinx
The largest and most famous of all the pyramids, the Great Pyramid at Giza, was built by Snefru's son, Khufu, also known as Cheops, the later Greek form of his name. The pyramid's base covered over 13 acres and its sides rose at an angle of 51 degrees 52 minutes and were over 755 feet long. It originally stood over 481 feet high; today it is 450 feet high. Scientists estimate that its stone blocks average over two tons apiece, with the largest weighing as much as fifteen tons each. Two other major pyramids were built at Giza, for Khufu's son, King Khafre (Chephren), and a successor of Khafre, Menkaure (Mycerinus). Also located at Giza is the famous Sphinx, a massive statue of a lion with a human head, carved during the time of Khafre.
Pyramids did not stand alone but were part of a group of buildings which included temples, chapels, other tombs, and massive walls. Remnants of funerary boats have also been excavated; the best preserved is at Giza. On the walls of Fifth and Sixth Dynasty pyramids are inscriptions known as the Pyramid Texts, an important source of information about Egyptian religion. The scarcity of ancient records, however, makes it difficult to be sure of the uses of all the buildings in the pyramid complex or the exact burial procedures. It is thought that the king's body was brought by boat up the Nile to the pyramid site and probably mummified in the Valley Temple before being placed in the pyramid for burial.
The Egyptians believed that if the pharaoh's body could be mummified after death the pharaoh would live forever. The tomb were designed to protect the buried Pharaoh's body and his belongings. The pyramid has three burial chambers. The first is underground, carved into bedrock. The second, aboveground chamber was called the queen's chamber by early explorers. We now know it was never intended to house one of Khufu's wives but perhaps a sacred statue of the king himself. The third is the king's chamber, which held a red granite sarcophagus placed almost exactly at the center of the pyramid.
This is the Ming Dynasty Great Wall (1368 – 1644). The stone
dragon, it is the world’s longest defensive fortification. The Great Wall, one
of the greatest wonders of the world, was listed as a World Heritage by UNESCO
in 1987. It was built on 16 century, and has a history of more than 2,000 years.
The Great Wall winds up and down across deserts, grasslands, mountains and
plateaus, stretching approximately 8,851.8 kilometers (5,500 miles) from east
to west of China. Even though there are some of the sections have disappeared,
but yet there are still one of the most appealing attractions all around the
world owing to its architectural grandeur and historical significance.
The Great Wall of the MIng is, not only because of the ambitious character of the undertaking but also the perfection of its construction, an absolute masterpiece. The only work built by human hands on this planet that can be seen from the moon, the wall constitutes, on the vast scale of a continent, a perfect example of architecture integrated into the landscape.
During the Chunqiu period, the Chinese imposed their models of construction and organization of space in building the defence works along the northern frontier. The spread of Sinicism was accentuated by the population transfers necessitated by the Great Wall.
That the Great Wall bear exceptional testimony to the civilizations of ancient China is illustrated as much by the rammed-earth section of fortifications dating from the Western Han that are conserved in the Gansu province as by the admirable and universally acclaimed masonry of the Ming period.
This complex and diachronic cultural property is an outstanding and unique example of a military architectural ensemble which served a single strategic purpose for 2,000 years, but whose construction history illustrates successive advances in defence techniques and adaption to changing political contexts.
The Great Wall has an incomparable symbolic significance in the history of China. Its purpose was to protect China from outside aggression, but also to preserve its culture from the customs of foreign barbarians. Because its construction implied suffering, it is one of the essential references in Chinese literature, being found in work like the "Soldier's Ballad" of Tch'en Lin (c. 200 A.D.) or the poems of Tu Fu (712 - 770) and the popular novels of the Ming period.
