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_________________________________ originally a royal palace but now the world's most famous museum, is a must-visit for
anyone with a slight interest in art. Some of the museum's most celebrated works of art include the Mona Lisa and
the Venus of Milo.

_____________________________was the main exhibit of the Paris Exposition — or World's Fair — of 1889. It was
constructed to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution and to demonstrate France's industrial
prowess to the world.

_______________________________ is an opulent complex and former royal residence outside of Paris. has been listed as a
World Heritage Site for 30 years and is one of the greatest achievements in French 17th century art.

_________________________________ cathedral church in Paris, France. It is the most famous of the Gothic cathedrals of
the Middle Ages and is distinguished for its size, antiquity, and architectural interest. The foundation stone was laid
by Pope Alexander III in 1163, and the high altar was consecrated in 1189.

___________________________________stands at the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle, also known as the "Place de
l'Étoile". It’s located at the western end of the Champs-Élysées. The triumphal arch is in honor of those who fought
for France, in particular, those who fought during the Napoleonic Wars.

__________________________________rocky, cone-shaped islet in northwestern France, in the Gulf of Saint-Malo, connected


by a causeway with the mainland. The islet, celebrated for its Benedictine abbey, has small houses and shops on its
lowest level. Above these stand the monastic buildings, many of which date from the 13th century and are
considered outstanding examples of Gothic architecture.
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__________________________________________a symbol of Tokyo and major sightseeing spot, was built in 1958 as a
broadcasting tower to cover a 100-kilomete zone in the Kanto area. Costing a total of 3 billion yen at that time,
it required a year and a half and mobilized 220,000 workers in total for completion.

_______________________________________Japanese Fuji-san, also spelled Fujisan, also called Fujiyama or Fuji no Yama,
highest mountain in Japan. It rises to 12,388 feet (3,776 metres) near the Pacific Ocean coast
in Yamanashi and Shizuoka ken (prefectures) of central Honshu, it is also considered the sacred symbol of
Japan.

______________________________________is one of Kyoto’s leading temples. Its formal name is Rokuon-ji. It was built at
the end of the 14th century originally as a villa for Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the shogun at the time.

___________________________________It is made of bronze and it is located in the Kotokuin temple, one of the most
famous Buddhist temples of the Pure Land Sect in Japan. The Daibutsu monument is said to be the second
largest monumental Buddha in Japan. was founded in the year 1252, but the buildings were wiped out by the
tsunami tidal wave in the 15th century and now, the statue lies in the open with no roof.

_____________________________________or Gosho, is the former residence of the Emperor of Japan, located north of
downtown Kyoto. No Emperor, however, has resided in Gosho since 1869, which is when the imperial family
and its retainers was transferred to Tokyo following the Meiji Restoration.
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____________________________________________is
located on the site of a 9th-century
Alcázar ("Muslim-era fortress"), near the
town of Magerit, constructed as an
outpost by Muhammad I of Córdoba. It is
the official residence of the Spanish Royal
Family at the city of Madrid, but it is only
used for state ceremonies. King Felipe VI
and the Royal Family do not reside there,
choosing instead the more modest Palace
of Zarzuela on the outskirts of Madrid.

____________________________________________is a public park system composed of gardens and architectonic elements located
on Carmel Hill, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). The park was built between 1900 and 1914 and was officially opened as a
public park in 1926. In 1984, UNESCO declared the park a World Heritage Site under "Works of Antoni Gaudí".

____________________________________ is a museum of modern and contemporary art designed by Canadian-American architect


Frank Gehry, and located in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. The museum was inaugurated on 18 October 1997 by former
King Juan Carlos I of Spain. The museum was the building most frequently named as one of the most important works
completed since 1980 in the 2010 World Architecture Survey among architecture experts.

__________________________________is a Roman aqueduct in Segovia, Spain. With the Pont du Gard in France, it is one of the
best-preserved elevated Roman aqueducts. It is the foremost symbol of Segovia, as evidenced by its presence on the
city's coat of arms. The general date of the Aqueduct's construction was long a mystery although it was thought to have
been during the 1st century AD, during the reigns of the Emperors Domitian, Nerva, and Trajan.

___________________________________is a large unfinished Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, designed by Catalan architect
Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926). Gaudí's work on the building is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and in November
2010 Pope Benedict XVI consecrated and proclaimed it a minor basilica.

________________________________________is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid. It is widely
considered to have one of the world's finest collections of European art, dating from the 12th century to the early 20th
century, based on the former Spanish Royal Collection, and the single best collection of Spanish art.
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_______________________________________ is the meeting place of the Parliament of Australia, located in Canberra, the capital of
Australia. The building was designed by Mitchell/Giurgola & Thorp Architects and opened on 9 May 1988 by Elizabeth II,
Queen of Australia. It cost more than A$1.1 billion to build.

____________________________________ is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one
of the 20th century's most famous and distinctive buildings. Designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, the building was
formally opened on 20 October 1973 after a gestation beginning with Utzon's 1957 selection as winner of an
international design competition.

________________________________________ is a large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory in
central Australia. It lies 335 km (208 mi) south west of the nearest large town, Alice Springs, 450 km (280 mi) by road.
Uluru is sacred to the Pitjantjatjara Anangu, the Aboriginal people of the area. The area around the formation is home to
an abundance of springs, waterholes, rock caves and ancient paintings.

____________________________________ is the world's largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900
islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres (1,400 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres
(133,000 sq mi). The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia.

_____________________________________ is a steel through arch bridge across Sydney Harbour that carries rail, vehicular, bicycle,
and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central business district (CBD) and the North Shore. The dramatic view of the
bridge, the harbour, and the nearby Sydney Opera House is an iconic image of Sydney, and Australia.
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__________________________________ is a
prehistoric monument in Wiltshire,
England, 2 miles (3 km) west of
Amesbury and 8 miles (13 km) north of
Salisbury. It consists of a ring of standing
stones, with each standing stone around
13 ft (4.1 metres) high. The stones are set
within earthworks in the middle of the
most dense complex of Neolithic and
Bronze Age monuments in England,
including several hundred burial mounds

______________________________________________It is one of the United Kingdom's most notable religious buildings and the
traditional place of coronation and burial site for English and, later, British monarchs. formally titled the Collegiate Church
of St Peter at Westminster, is a large, mainly Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster, London, just to the west of
the Palace of Westminster.

__________________________________________ is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London built between 1886 and
1894. The bridge crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and has become an iconic symbol of London,
resulting in it sometimes being confused with London Bridge, situated some 0.5 mi (0.80 km) upstream.

___________________________________________is the London residence and administrative headquarters of the reigning monarch of
the United Kingdom. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is often at the centre of state occasions and royal
hospitality. the building at the core of today's palace was a large townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1703 on a
site that had been in private ownership for at least 150 years.

_____________________________________________________is a historic castle located on the north bank of the River Thames in central
London. It was founded towards the end of 1066 as part of the Norman Conquest of England. The White Tower, which
gives the entire castle its name, was built by William the Conqueror in 1078 and was a resented symbol of oppression,
inflicted upon London by the new ruling elite.

_____________________________________is an Anglican cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of London and the mother church of the
Diocese of London. It sits on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London and is a Grade 1 listed building. Its
dedication to Paul the Apostle dates back to the original church on this site, founded in AD 604.

_________________________________________________is the nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of
Westminster in London and is usually extended to refer to both the clock and the clock tower as well. A British cultural
icon, the tower is one of the most prominent symbols of the United Kingdom and is often in the establishing shot of films
set in London. It was completed in in 1859.

_________________________________________ is a giant Ferris wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. The
structure is 443 feet (135 m) tall and the wheel has a diameter of 394 feet (120 m). When it opened to the public in 2000 it
was the world's tallest Ferris wheel.
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____________________________its main
objective is to regulate the Colorado
river, which at times overflowed,
posing a threat to the nearby
community.

_________________________ is a suspension
bridge connecting San Francisco Bay
and the Pacific Ocean. The structure
links the American city of San
Francisco, California – the northern
tip of the San Francisco Peninsula – to
Marin County, carrying both U.S.
Route 101 and California State Route
1 across the strait.

___________________________________is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore, a batholith in the Black Hills in
Keystone, South Dakota, United States. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum created the sculpture's design and oversaw the project's
execution from 1927 to 1941 with the help of his son, Lincoln Borglum, and Chief Carver Luigi del Bianco.

______________________________________is a 630-foot (192 m) monument in St. Louis in the U.S. state of Missouri. Clad in stainless
steel and built in the form of a weighted catenary arch, it is the world's tallest arch, the tallest man-made monument in the
Western Hemisphere, and Missouri's tallest accessible building.

________________________________The Liberty Bell is a huge bronze bell that symbolizes freedom in the United States of America. This
historic bell is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The bell was originally cast in 1752 in London, England. It was
commissioned as a bell for the Pennsylvania State House (now called Independence Hall).

_________________________________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 built by Gustave Eiffel. The statue was
dedicated on October 28, 1886.

__________________________________is an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington,
once commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and the first President of the United States. Located almost due east of the
Reflecting Pool and the Lincoln Memorial, the monument, made of marble, granite, and bluestone gneiss, is both the world's
tallest stone structure and the world's tallest obelisk, standing 554 feet 7 11⁄32 inches (169.046 m) It is the tallest
monumental column in the world if all are measured above their pedestrian entrances.

_________________________________________________is the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States. It is
located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John
Adams in 1800. The residence was designed by Irish-born architect James Hoban in the Neoclassical style. Construction took
place between 1792 and 1800 using Aquia Creek sandstone painted white.
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_______________________________was
complete in 1976 it became the
tallest tower in the world as well as
the tallest free-standing structure. It
got the name CN because it was built
by the railway company Canadian
National. It is still the tallest free-
standing structure in the Western
Hemisphere today. It is 1,814 feet
tall.

________________________________segment of the Rocky Mountains, extending southeastward for about 1,000 miles (1,600 km)
from northern British Columbia, Canada, and forming nearly half the 900-mile (1,500-km) border between the provinces of
British Columbia and Alberta.

______________________________ cataract on the Niagara River in northeastern North America, one of the continent’s most famous
spectacles. The falls lie on the border between Ontario, Canada, and New York state, U.S. For many decades the falls were an
attraction for honeymooners and for such stunts as walking over the falls on a tightrope or going over them in a barrel.

__________________________________________located in Summerlea, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, is the largest shopping mall in North
America and the tenth largest in the world (along with The Dubai Mall) by gross leasable area. It was the world's largest mall
until 2004. The mall was founded by the Ghermezian brothers, who emigrated from Iran in 1959.

_____________________________________________is a grand hotel in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The hotel is generally recognized as
the most photographed hotel in the world, largely for its prominence in the skyline of Quebec City. The current hotel capacity
is more than 600 rooms on 18 floors.It is situated at an elevation of 54 m (177 ft). It was designated a National Historic Site of
Canada in 1980.Prior to the building of the hotel, the site was occupied by the Château Haldimand, residence of the British
colonial governors of Lower Canada and Quebec.

____________________________________________is an area of Crown land on the southern banks of the Ottawa


River in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. Its Gothic revival suite of buildings is the home of the Parliament of Canada and has
architectural elements of national symbolic importance. Parliament Hill attracts approximately 3 million visitors each year.
Law enforcement on parliament hill and in the parliamentary precinct is the responsibility of the Parliamentary Protective
Service (PPS)

_________________________________spans the Abegweit Passage of Northumberland Strait. It links Prince Edward Island with
mainland New Brunswick, Canada. Before its official naming, Construction took place from October 1993 to May 1997 and
cost C$1.3 billion.

_____________________________________ is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and national shrine on Westmount Summit in Montreal,
Quebec. It is Canada's largest church and the twenty-seventh largest church building in the world.

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