#3RD Famous Structures Research Project The White House

❏ Location of the White House washington DC in the USA ❏ Architects James Hoban ❏ Made with sandstone ❏ Built in October 13 1792 ❏ Size 21 m tall ❏ Purpose of the White House a workplace for the president ❏ Interesting facts ❏ there are 132 rooms and 6 levels 412 doors the White H ouse burned down August 24 1814. Colosseum (Flavia Amphitheatre)

❏ Roma, Italy ❏ Architect: Emperor, Vespasian ❏ Made With: stone and concrete ❏ Year Built: 72 A.D 80 A.D ❏ Size: 189m long, 156m wide, 50m high ❏ Purpose: gladiatorial ❏ Interesting Facts: no free entry, it has 80 entrances, 10,000 animals where killed in a single day Tower

❏ Paris, ❏ Architect: Sauvstre Nouguier koechin ❏ Made with iron and weighs ❏ Size 320 metres, 1050 feet in height ❏ Year built 1889 ❏ Purpose: built for the world’s fair ❏ Interesting Facts millons of people climlb the every year and it has had over 250 millon visitors since its opening Dome Of The Rock

★ Location ★ Architect: Abd al -Malik ibn ★ Made with: stone ★ Year Built 685 and 691 ★ Size 65 feet and 20 metres ★ Purpose of structure was a church ★ Interesting Facts Dome Of The Rock got captured

Forbidden City, Zijih Cheng, Palace Museum

★ Beijing, China ★ Architect: Kuai Xiang ★ Made with: golden bricks, logs of the rare Zhennan trees, and blocks of marble ★ Year built in:1925 ★ Size:about 72 hectares, ( 180 acres),150,000 square meters, 1,600,000 square feet ★ purpose:Home of Chinese emperors & their households. Political center of the chinese government for almost 500 years. ★ Interesting facts: The Forbidden City is the world’s largest impirael palace. No one could enter or leave the palace without the emperor’s permission. Burj Khalifa

❏ Dubai, United, Arab, Emirates ❏ Architects:Adrian Smith, Marshall Strabala, George J. Efstathiou ❏ Made With: concrete, Steel ❏ Size: 828 Metres tall ❏ Purpose: to help people live ❏ Interesting Facts: it is the tallest building in the world, the tip of the Burj Khalifa can be seen from 59 miles away, the Burj Khalifa has 24,348 windows ❏ Year Built: 2004-2010 Eiffel Tower

❏ Paris, France ❏ Architects, Gustave ❏ made , with, iron ❏ Year, Built, 1889 ❏ Size, 324, metres, height ❏ Purpose, main, exhihit, of, paris, expos, it, iron, or, warlds, fair, of, 1889, it, was, constructed, commemorate, the, centennial, of, the, french, ❏ Interesting, facts, the, eiffel, tower, weighs, arournd, 10000, tonnes The Great Wall Of China

★ China ★ Architect : Qin Shihuang ★ Made with: cement rocks and powdered dirt ★ Year Built:Over 2,300 Years Old ★ Size:13,170 miles long ★ Purpose:To Protect China From Attacks By Enemies ★ Interesting facts:10 milon people visit a year

➔ New York, NY, USA ➔ Architects: Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, ➔ Made with: copper, steel ➔ Built ln: september 1875 ➔ Size: 305 feet (93m) ➔ Purpose: Stand as a symbol of freedom ➔ Interesting facts: ◆ There are 354 steps to climb to the crown ◆ The green color is of patina formed on the copper surface due to oxidation over the years ◆ The amount of copper used in the Statue is 62,000 pounds, which is worth about $200,000 today. Hoover Dam

❏ Clark county, Nevada ❏ Henry J.kaiser Gordon kaufmann ❏ made with.Concrete and steel ❏ Built in.began in 1931 was completed in 1936. ❏ size.feet,221 metres.379 metres long. ❏ Purpose.to hold water and electricity ❏ Interesting Facts.the hoover bam has been hiding back since 1936. The Great Sphinx

❖ Cairo, Egypt ❖ Architect: Giza ❖ Made with: limestone ❖ Year Built: 2500 Bc ❖ Size: Its body is 200 feet 60m long and 65 feet 20m tall ❖ Purpose: It may have been built to symblically guard over the Giza ❖ Interesting facts in 1798 when nepoleon came to egypt the Sphinx was bo Sydney Opera House

❏ Sydney, Australia ❏ Architect: Jorn Oberg Utzon ❏ Made with bathroom tiles ❏ Year built 1973 ❏ Size 185 meters long 120 meters wide ❏ Purpose: performing art center ❏ Interesting facts There are more then 1 million bathroom tiles covering the Sydney Opera House

Louver Museum

★ Paris ,France ★ Architect::Claude Perrault ★ Made with:glass,metal ★ Year Built:1989 ★ size: 21 meters ★ Purpose:To show very old art ★ Interesting Facts:It would take`100 day to see evey thing.During the 15th century the french Kings did not go in side The Pyramids of Giza

★ Cairo, Egypt ★ Architect: Hemiunu ★ Made With: large stone blocks ★ Year Built:2560 bc ★ Size:was 215 feet ★ Purpose: as a tomb ★ Intere Taj Mahal

❖ Agra,India ❖ Architect:Shah, Jahan ❖ Made with marble, gems ❖ Year built 1653 ❖ size 58 meters, 137 feet ❖ Purpose a tomb for his third wife ❖

Eiffel Tower

★ parts, France ★ Arcts: Emile Nouguier, Maurice Koechlin, Stephen Sauvestre ★ Iron plate puddie iron ★ Built in january 28 1889 ★ Size 300m 324totip ★ Purpose: mainattractio of the parts world fair in 1889 Sky Dome

❏ Toronto, Ontario ❏ Architects Rod Robbie Robbie ❏ Made with metal, glass, concrete ❏ Year Built April 1 1990 ❏ Size hold 743 indian elephants ❏ Purpose we have been to it ❏ Interesting facts from the top you kod ❏ Leen by the top of it

Blarney Castle

★ Ireland ★ Architech: Mac Carthy ★ Made With: wood ★ Year Built:1446 ★ Size: 27 m ★ Purpose:The Blarney Castle is known around the world for its famous ★ Interesting facts Blarney comes from Bhlarna or a little feld The Blarney stone you kiss it because it gives you some irish luck Taj Mahal ❏ New delh i india ❏ Shah jahan ❏ Made with: marble ❏ Built in 1632 ❏ Size;73m ❏ Purpose he built it for his whife ❏ Interesting facts it said to be the jewe lOf islaic art ia nation often called the onion dome it rises to obout 35 meters 115 feet;

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❏ . Italian, Pisa ❏ Architect: diotisalvi ❏ Made with marble ❏ Year built: 1173 ❏ Size: 191 feet ❏ Purpose: free standing tower bell ❏ Interesting facts: the tower was built to show off. It is not the only leaning tower of pisa

Eiffel Tower

❖ Paris, France ❖ Architect ❖ Made With iron ❖ Year Built 1889 ❖ Size 320 meters in height ❖ Purpose for the 1889 world’s fair in Paris ❖ Interesting Facts it weighs 10000 tonnes The Great Sphinx

❖ Giza, Egypt ❖ Architect: Djedefre ❖ Made With: limestone ❖ Year Built: 400 ❖ Size: 20mx19mx73m ❖ Purpose: The Great Sphinx was for Khafre ❖ Interesting Facts: The Great Sphinx is one of the oldest and largest a Sphinx is a muthological with the body of a lion Calgary Tower

❏ Calgary ,Alberta,canada ❏ Architeh William G.mine ❏ Made With 11000 pieces of steel ❏ Year Built 1968 ❏ Size 191m ❏ To honour canada's cinema youro 1967 and to encourage uran.

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