6. o It is 30 meters (98 ft) tall,
not including its 8 meters
(26 ft) pedestal
o It weighs 635 tones
o located at the peak of the
700-meter
(2,300 ft) Corcovado mount
ain in the Tijuca
Forest National Park
o The statue was sculpted by
the French artist Paul
Landowski.
o It is a statue of Jesus Christ
o It is considered the largest Art
Deco statue in the world
o 5th largest statue of Jesus in
the world
Local engineer Heitor da Silva
Costa designed the statue
12. o Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca site
o located 2,430 meters (7,970 ft) above sea level
o It is situated on a mountain edge above the Urubamba
Valley in Peru
o Often referred to as the "City of the Incas“
o The Incas built the estate around 1450, but abandoned
it as an official site for the Inca rulers a century later
at the time of the Spanish Conquest
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18. THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
EAST-TO-WEST LINE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN BORDERS OF CHINA
1368-1644
19. o The Great Wall of China is approximately 8,851.8 km (5,500
miles)
o It is the world's longest human-built structure
o It is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped
earth, wood, and other materials
o It was build to protect the Chinese Empire against intrusions by
various nomadic groups
o It starts from Hushan in the east to Jiayuguan Pass in the west
traversing Liaoning, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanxi, Inner
Mongolia, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Gansu and Qinghai.
26. o The site remained unknown
to the Western world until
1812
o It was introduced
by Swiss explorer Johann
Ludwig Burckhardt
o It was described as "a rose-
red city half as old as time”
o It is the capital of the
Nabataeans and the center of
their caravan trade
o The Nebataean people
conducted business in Petra,
making it an important silk
and spice trade city
o Petra is a
Greek word, meaning 'stone’
o a historical and archaeological ci
ty in the Jordanian governorate
of Mayan
o And is famous for its rock-cut
architecture and water conduit
system
o It lies on the slope of Mount
Hor
33. o Chichen Itza was a large pre-Columbian city built by
the Maya civilization
o The site exhibits a huge numbers of architectural styles
o Chichen Itza was one of the largest Maya cities
o The ruins of Chichen Itza are federal property
40. o The Colosseum is the largest amphitheatre in the world
o It is an elliptical amphitheatre and is considered one of
the greatest works of Roman architecture and Roman
engineering
o Capable of seating 50,000 spectators
o the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and
public spectacles such as, animal hunts, executions, re-
enactments of famous battles, and dramas based
on Classical mythology
47. o The Taj Mahal is a white marble mausoleum
o It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in
memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal
o Mumtaz Mahal, died during the birth of their 14th
child, Gauhara Begum
o Shah Jahan's grief illustrate the love story
traditionally held as an inspiration for Taj Mahal
o Throughout the complex, passages from
the Qur'an are used as decorative elements