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 | A golden statue in Munich/Riem. It shows a naked man standing there. You can clearly see the shadow. |  | 01/11/2007 | 168 | 
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 | While living in that city I saw it live. Its about 6 or 7 meters high.... |  | 01/09/2007 | 328 |
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 | A memorial tower to the World War I dead was erected on the Rohrbühl hill in Münchberg, in far northeast Bavaria, in 1935-37. The site is practically unchanged today, except for the removal of the eagle and swastika over the doorway (a memorial sarcophagus on the inside of the tower (not open today) was also removed).
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 | The acropolis is in fact an unfinished monument - originally called the "National Monument". Initiated in 1816, a year after Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, it was meant to be a replica of the Parthenon in Athens, as a memorial to those who had died in the Napoleonic Wars.
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 | This ship is "building" an island for "The World". I think this island represents France. |  | 01/03/2007 | 214 |
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 | The World is an archipelago of artificial islands, shaped like the continents of the Earth, being constructed off the coast of Dubai. The project is inspired by the artificial Palm Islands also being built in Dubai. The World will consist of 250 to 300 smaller private artificial islands divided into four categories private homes, estate homes, dream resorts, and community islands. The entire ... | | 01/01/2007 | 730 |
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 | A pile of Lego bricks consisting of one of each brick color: red, blue, and yellow. |  | 12/27/2006 | 251 |
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 | Dredger barge spraying sand onto artificial island. | | 12/22/2006 | 169 |
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 | The Temple Bar Memorial was erected in 1880. The monument, a tall pedestal surmounted by a dragon or "griffin" stands in the middle of the roadway.
http://www.thetemplebar.info/History/Removal.htm | | 12/20/2006 | 80 |
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 | Marble Arch is a white Carrara marble monument.Only members of the royal family and the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery are allowed to pass through the arch.
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 | Gertrude the Guernsey stands at the Children's Farm which is part of Lockwood Park. She is 19 feet tall and 21 feet long. | | 12/19/2006 | 105 |
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 | This stucture was built to collect dirty and polluted ground from the riverbanks and the bottom of the IJsselmeer. In the future they are planning to built a vacation park on that ground! |  | 12/19/2006 | 129 |
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 | The Sun Aura Nudist Resort opened in 1933. Back then it was called Club Zoro and its founder was Alois Knapp, a Chicago lawyer, German Nacktkulturist, editor of Sunshine and Health magazine, and "the father of nudism in America."
The club eventually passed into the hands of Dale and Mary Drost. Their son, ****, had big ideas: he renamed the place Naked City, made it th... | | 12/18/2006 | 337 |
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 | The Big Peach is a marvel of architectural ingenuity. In the summer, there is a produce stand on the premises that sells, of course, peaches. They also vend other items. When I was there I admired a selection of Lamb Chop memorabilia. The peach is easily accessible and you can walk right up to it. There is a smaller statue next to it that resembles the Washington Monument. Someone must take pri... | | 12/18/2006 | 148 |
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 | http://www.spinneyhead.co.uk/photos/photos.php?RollID=April2003&FrameID=pod160403 | | 12/17/2006 | 75 |
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 | A big statue of Guan Yin--a female bodhisattva. | | 12/17/2006 | 93 |
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 | Daikannon is a statue of Guan Yin. Guan Yin is the bodhisattva of compassion as venerated by East Asian Buddhists, usually as a female. She is also known as the Chinese Goddess of Compassion by many. | | 12/17/2006 | 107 |
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 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_In_Rio
Rock in Rio was the biggest rock festival held in Brazil and also in Portugal. Three incarnations of the festival were realized in Rio de Janeiro, in 1985, 1991 and 2001 and two in Lisbon, in 2004 and 2006. | | 12/16/2006 | 138 |
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 | This collection marks every chalk & carved (hill) figure within the UK. All marks contain photo's, weblinks and overlays, where needed. | | 12/14/2006 | 436 |
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 | This is a collection with only white hillfigure horses. You can see 20 white horses in 19 locatoins, 8 Wiltshire white horses, 7 Non-Wiltshire white horses and 4 white horses outside the UK. Please load the last file that is the up-to-date one.
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 | Erected in 2001 for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the city of Abu Dhabi, this Monster Flagpole held the world record for being the tallest freestanding pole ever created. After 9 months of hard labor work, this great flagpole was finally finnished and its 80' x 160' Flag was raised. It will stand as a landmark for many years to come and attract many visitors to this great country. | | 12/11/2006 | 194 |
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 | The tower of the Sun is the symbol of the Expo '70 in Osaka Japan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_%2770 |  | 12/11/2006 | 195 |
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 | The Vilnius TV Tower (Vilniaus televizijos boktas) is a 326.5 metre (1071 feet) high building in the Karolinikės district of Vilnius, Lithuania. It is the highest building in Lithuania, and is occupied by the SC Lithuanian Radio and Television Centre. | | 12/11/2006 | 135 |
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 | The Azeri TV Tower was built in 1996 in Baku, Azerbaijan, has a pinnacle that reaches up to 310 m (1017 ft).
http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=274319 | | 12/11/2006 | 142 |
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 | Historical Ephesos Turkey
Ephesos Tuerkei
Efes Turkiye
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephesos | | 12/09/2006 | 439 |
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