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Landmarks - Wembley
WEMBLEY SOMETIMES BUILDING A LANDMARK TAKES MORE TIME THAN YOU WOULD LIKE. AS THE SAYING GOES, ROME WASN’T BUILT IN A DAY YET MOST WOULD AGREE IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT. ONE WONDERS IF THAT WILL BE THE OPINION OVER TIME ABOUT ONE OF LONDON’S...
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Landmarks - Michaelangelo Masterpiece
MICHAELANGELO MASTERPIECE THE NAME MICHELANGELO HAS RESONATED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD FOR FIVE CENTURIES. AN UNSURPASSED ARTISTIC MASTER IN WHICHEVER MEDIUM HE PUT HIS HAND TO, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, FRESCO AND DRAWING. EVEN IN THE UNLIKELY...
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Landmarks - St John's Malta
ST JOHN’S MALTA THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN ISLAND OF MALTA IS KNOWN TO MOST EUROPEANS AS A SUNNY HOLIDAY DESTINATION BUT LIKE MANY OF ITS NEIGHBOURS THE MALTESE ARCHIPELAGO IS HOME TO AN ANCIENT TREASURE HOUSE. ITS FAMOUS 40 KILOMETRE...
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Landmarks - Amber Room
AMBER ROOM WHAT YOU ARE VIEWING IS THE RECONSTRUCTION OF A DREAM, THE AMBER ROOM IN CATHERINE’S PALACE IN ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA. THE ORIGINAL ROOM MAY BE LOST FOREVER BUT THROUGH THE JOINT EFFORTS OF TWO FORMER VICIOUS ADVERSARIES,...
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Landmarks - China Bridge
CHINA BRIDGE FEW LANDMARKS REMAIN COMPLETELY UNCHANGED DURING THEIR LIFETIME, ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAVE A LONG LIFESPAN IN A LARGE AND BUSTLING CITY. THAT IS THE CASE WITH ONE OF SHANGHAI’S MOST DISTINCTIVE ICONS, THE WAIBAIDU OR THE...
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Landmarks - France Indigenous Museum
FRANCE INDIGENOUS MUSEUM NOT ALL LANDMARKS ARE EASY TO SUPPORT. TAKE THE CASE OF A NEW PARISIAN MUSEUM WHICH CELEBRATES INDIGENOUS ARTS FROM FOUR CONTINENTS. EVEN THE CHOICE OF A NAME FOR WHAT IS NOW CALLED THE "MUSEE DU QUAI BRANLY" WAS...
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Landmarks - Genbaku Dome Hiroshima
GENBAKU DOME, HIROSHIMA THIS IS THE ENOLA GAY AND IT IS CARRYING AN ATOMIC BOMB. WHAT BEGAN AS A FINE SPRING DAY IN THE JAPANESE CITY OF HIROSHIMA IN AUGUST 1945 BECAME ONE OF THOSE HISTORY DEFINING MOMENTS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD. THIS...
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Landmarks - Sensory Hotel
SENSORY HOTEL WELCOME TO THE FIVE SENSES HOTEL. IT WAS A MODEL FOR A HOTEL PUT ON SHOW AT A LONDON EXHIBITION. THE FUTURISTIC DISPLAY CONSISTED OF A SERIES OF ROOMS WHICH DREW ON THE FIVE SENSES TO PRODUCE ENVIRONMENT VISITORS JUST...
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Landmarks - Mont San Michel
MONT SAN MICHEL THIS IS A LANDMARK AS MYSTERIOUS AS IT IS MAGNIFICENT. MONT SAN MICHEL IS A ROCKY ISLAND IN NORMANDY, FRANCE. IT IS LOCATED JUST A KILOMETER OFF THE COUNTRY’S NORTH COAST AT THE MOUTH OF THE CUESNON RIVER NEAR AVRANCHES....
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Landmarks - The Glass House
THE GLASS HOUSE IN LIFE, AMERICAN PHILIP JOHNSON WAS TO MANY AN ENIGMA: AN ICON OF ARCHITECTURAL MODERNISM, WHO FOR MANY OF HIS 98 YEARS LIVED IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. BUT DESPITE DESIGNS SUCH AS THE SCULPTURE GARDEN AT NEW YORK’S MUSEUM OF...
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Landmarks - Green Conference Centre
THE HEART OF THE RIOJA WINE REGION IS AN AREA USUALLY DOMINATED BY GREEN LANDSCAPE STRETCHING ACROSS HUNDREDS OF ACRES OF VINEYARDS. BUT NOW A HUGE SHINY STRUCTURE HAS CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF NEIGHBOURS AND VISITORS OF THE AREA. GREEN...
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Landmarks - The Cannes Film Festival
THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE IS THE BY-WORD FOR MOVIE GLAMOUR NOT JUST IN EUROPE, BUT AROUND THE WORLD. SET ON THE BEAUTIFUL COTE D'AZUR ON THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA, THE SOMETIMES SEDATE BUT...
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Landmarks - Mongolia Horse Race
MONGOLIA HORSE RACE THIS IS MONGOLIA AND THE CLOUDS OF DUST IN THE DISTANCE ARE HORSES RACING. IF NOT FOR THE AMBULANCE FOLLOWING, WE COULD BE BACK IN THE TIME OF GENGHIS KHAN AND HIS FEARED HORDES OF WARRIORS. IT S SAID THAT MONGOLIANS...
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Landmarks - Moscow
MOSCOW MOSCOW HAS MANY FAMOUS LANDMARKS;RED SQUARE AND ST BASILS JUST TO NAME TWO. THEN THERE IS THE CITY'S INCREDIBLE HISTORY; REVOLUTION, WAR AND REFORM, ALL WITHIN THE PAST CENTURY. BUT MODERN MUSCOVITES ARE WRITING THEIR OWN HISTORY...
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Landmarks - St Paul's Cathedral
ONE OF THE MOST FAMILIAR ICONS IS ST PAUL S CATHEDRAL IN CENTRAL LONDON. SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN S SEVENTEENTH CENTURY MASTERPIECE HAS REMAINED ONE OF THE CITY S ENDURING SYMBOLS. NOW A RECENTLY COMPLETED FACELIFT HAS GIVEN VISITORS THE...
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Landmarks - Faberge Egg Exhibition
FABERGE EGG EXHIBITION FABERGE EGGS WERE ORIGINALLY THE CREATION OF RUSSIAN JEWELLER CARL FABERG WHO TOOK OVER HIS FATHER S ST. PETERSBURG GOLDSMITH BUSINESS IN 1870. IN 1885 HE WAS APPOINTED THE SUPPLIER TO THE COURT OF HIS IMPERIAL...
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Landmarks - Tibet Tourism
TIBET TOURISM TIBET WAS ONCE CONSIDERED INACCESSIBLE A MOUNTAIN KINGDOM BISECTED BY THE HIMALAYAS THAT WAS MAYBE EVEN A PART OF HEAVEN ON EARTH, SHANGRI-LA. BUT IT SEEMS WITH EACH PASSING MONTH TIBET IS LOSING ITS REMOTENESS AND MAYBE...
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Landmarks - Westminster Abbey
WESTMINSTER ABBEY FOR CENTURIES WESTMINSTER ABBEY HAS BEEN AT THE HEART OF POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS LIFE IN BRITAIN. IT WAS HOME TO PARLIAMENT DURING THE 14TH CENTURY AND HAS SEEN THE CORONATION OF EVERY MONARCH WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO.
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Landmarks - Noah's Ark
NOAH S ARK IS DESCRIBED IN THE TORAH, BIBLE AND THE KORAN AS A LARGE BOAT THAT WAS BUILT TO SAVE HUMANS AND ANIMALS FROM DESTRUCTION DURING A GREAT FLOOD THAT COVERED THE EARTH. IT S POWER AS A RELIGIOUS ARTEFACT AND SYMBOL HAS NOW...
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Landmarks - Antarctica
ANTARCTICA ANTARTICA IS A STOREHOUSE OF EARTH HISTORY AND CONTAINS MANY CLUES ABOUT ITS POSSIBLE FUTURE. STUDYING SECTIONS OF ICE CORE GOING BACK 800,000 YEARS, SCIENTISTS AT THE BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY HAVE COME TO SOME STARK...
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Landmarks - Beijing Dome
BEIJING DOME IN THE LEAD UP TO THE 2008 OLYMPICS, BEIJING IS FACING MANY SUCH CONTROVERSIES. DAY AND NIGHT, 4,000 CHINESE LABORERS ARE LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS OF A DAZZLING DESIGN - AN ENORMOUS TITANIUM BUBBLE SURROUNDED BY WATER - WHICH...
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Landmarks - Big Ben
BIG BEN THERE ARE NOT MANY CLOCKS AROUND THE WORLD THAT ARE INSTANTLY RECOGNIZABLE OR A NOTABLE LANDMARK BUT THIS ONE IS SPECIAL. IT IS BIG BEN IN LONDON. HOW MANY CLOCKS DO WE KNOW THAT MAKE THE NEWS WHEN THEY STOP?
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Landmarks - Parthenon Colored Gods
PARTHENON COLORED GODS "GODS IN COLOUR" AT THE NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM OF ATHENS IS A DISPLAY OF 23 COPIES OF FAMOUS MARBLE STATUES AND SCULPTURES REPRODUCED IN THEIR TRUE FORM PAINTED IN DETAILED COLOURS OF BLUE, RED, GREEN AND...
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Landmarks - Red Square
RED SQUARE FOR MOST OF THE 20TH CENTURY, MILITARY PARADES SUCH AS THIS ONE IN MOSCOW S RED SQUARE WERE A FAMILIAR SIGHT TO VIEWERS AROUND THE WORLD. THEY WERE A REGULAR PROPAGANDA EXERCISE DURING THE SOVIET ERA. NOW, LIKE THE SOVIET...