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Landmarks

Large, famous things and places.

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Photo of Big Ben

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Big Ben is the clock on the Palace of Westminster in London. It was completed in 1858.

Alex France / CC BY-SA

Photo of Christ the Redeemer

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Christ the Redeemer, or Cristo Redentor, is a statue of Jesus Christ. It is in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. It is 39.6 metres or 130 feet tall (including its pedestal, and 30 metres or 98 feet wide. It is on the top of the Corcovado mountain which is itself 700 metres or 2,300 foot tall. The statue was built between 1922 and 1931.

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Photo of the Colosseum

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The Colosseum is a famous old stone building in Rome, Italy. It is an ancient arena or stadium where people went to watch fights and performances.

Felix Triller / CC BY-SA

Photo of the Eiffel Tower

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The Eiffel Tower is in Paris, France. It was built in 1889 and is made from iron. At one time it was the tallest structure in the world.

Alexandre Duret-Lutz / CC BY-SA

Photo of the Empire State Building

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The Empire State Building is a 102 story building in New York City. Including its spire, it is 1,454 feet or 443.2 meters tall.It was the world's tallest building from 1931 until 1972.

Tony Fischer / CC BY-SA

Photo of the Golden Gate Bridge

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The Golden Gate bridge is a suspension bridge in San Francisco. It spans 1.7miles, or 2.7 kilometers.

Muuch / CC BY-SA

Photo of the Grand Canyon

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The Grand Canyon is a deeply eroded canyon, formed by the Colorado river in Arizona. The Grand Canyon is 277 miles or 446 kilometers long, up to 18 miles or 29 kilometers wide and is over a mile deep in places.

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Photo of the Great Wall of China

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The Great Wall of China is a fortification along the ancient Chinese border, built in stages from the 7th century BC to keep out military invasions from neighboring countries. It is in total 8,851.8 kilometers or 5,500.3 miles long, including portions that are not man-made wall, such as rivers.

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The flag of the Holy See.

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The Holy See is the central governing body of the Catholic Church. It is based in Vatican City, within Rome, Italy.

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Photo of the leaning tower of Pisa

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The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a bell tower next to the cathedral in Pisa in Italy. It took 117 years to build, starting in 1173. It started to sink on one side not long into its construction.

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Photo of Machu Picchu

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Machu Picchu is an old city made by the Inca people. It is a famous place in Peru near the Sacred Valley. Today, it is a protected historical site and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Dennis Jarvis / CC BY-SA

Photo of Mount Rushmore

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Mount Rushmore features the faces of former American presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln carved into the side of the mountain. The sculpture was made between 1927 and 1941. Mount Rushmore is in the American state of South Dakota.

Liz Lawley / CC BY-SA

Photo of Mt Everest

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Mt Everest is the highest mountain in the world, at 8,848 meters or 29,029 feet tall. It is in the Himalayas, in Nepal.

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Photo of the nile

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The Nile is a river that runs through Africa. It is the longest river in the world.

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Photo of Petra

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Petra is a famous ancient city. It is known for its red rocks and carved buildings in Jordan. Today, Petra is a popular tourist destination.

Ian McKellar / CC BY-SA

Photo of pyramids in Egypt

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Landmarks, Shapes

A pyramid is a three-dimensional shape, usually a building, that has the sides made out of identical triangles. The base of a pyramid is usually a square but sometimes is a triangle too. Square-based pyramids are easier to build.
In Egypt, pyramid-shaped tombs were built for their royal family. Inside the pyramid were lots of chambers for dead members of the family and supplies that they thought would be needed in the afterlife.

David Evers / CC BY-SA

Photo of a sphinx in Egypt

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Landmarks, List of structures

A sphinx is a large statue of a lion with a human head. Sphinxes are usually drawn lying down, and are sometimes drawn with the wings of an eagle too.
The picture is of a very famous sphinx statue in Egypt.

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Photo of the Statue of Liberty

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The Statue of Liberty is a massive statue gifted to the United States by the French in 1886. It is on Liberty Island in New York City. It stands 156 feet or 46 meters tall, not including the pedestal.

Steve Parker / CC BY-SA

Photo of Stonehenge

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Stonehenge is a prehistoric construction, many thousands of years old. It is on Salisbury Plain in England. The exact purpose of Stonehenge is a mystery, although there are many theories.

Lawrie Cate / CC BY-SA

Photo of the Sydney Opera House

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The Sydney Opera House is a performing arts center in Sydney. It was completed in 1973.

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