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Massive items that were created by or carved out by humans |
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 | The Neutrality Arch, erected by megalomaniac dicator of Turkmenistan (deceased of the 21st of December) Saparmurat Niyazov, is topped with a gold plated statue of himself that rotates so it always faces the sun. This guy renamed January after himself, but his city looks very nice from the sky. |  | 12/24/2006 | 428 | 
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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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 | It was commissioned by Queen Victoria in memory of her beloved husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha who died of typhoid in 1861, and designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the Gothic revival style.
http://www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/albertmem/1.html |  | 12/20/2006 | 124 |
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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 | 166 |
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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 | 216 |
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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 | 520 |
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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 | 221 |
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 | A big statue of Guan Yin--a female bodhisattva. | | 12/17/2006 | 159 |
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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 | 176 |
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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 | 208 |
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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 | 3,083 |
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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.
Alton Barnes white horse (1)
Broad Town white horse (1)
Cleadon Hills white horse (2)
Cherhill white horse (1)
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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 | 258 |
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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 | 250 |
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 | Historical Ephesos Turkey
Ephesos Tuerkei
Efes Turkiye
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephesos | | 12/09/2006 | 520 |
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 | Some Dinosaurs at a German recreational park (Spreepark, Berlin). The park has been shut down for a couple of years. | | 12/09/2006 | 213 |
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 | This construction like a suture of earth. |  | 12/07/2006 | 606 |
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 | It is the exhibition of the Acqua Felice. It was inaugurated in 1587 with the aqueduct, finished under Sisto V. It is the first water exhibition of modern Rome. | | 12/06/2006 | 138 |
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 | the statue is 5.5m high since 1588 | | 12/06/2006 | 150 |
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 | This monument is dedicated to General Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807–1882), the 19th century Italian patriot, who defended Frech's attack on Rome in 1849. | | 11/26/2006 | 160 |
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 | This is the second tallest free standing flagpole in the world. It reaches a height of 126 meters (410 feet), and hoists a flag which measures 60×40 meters (200x130 feet), and is illuminated at night, and can be seen from 25 km (16 miles) away. | | 11/24/2006 | 379 |
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 | Not sure what these flower shaped formations are... | | 11/24/2006 | 241 |
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 | On top of mount Vodno located next to the city of Skopje at an attitude of 1,066 meters above the sea level, the Millennium Cross was built to mark 2000 years of Christianity in Macedonia. The Millennium Cross dimensions are 76 high by 46 meters wide and it is a unique structure in the world. | | 11/22/2006 | 353 |
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 | Originally from Heliopolis. Brought to Rome by Augustus in 10 BC with the Flaminio obelisk to form the gnomon of a sundial on the Campus Martius. Found in 16th century but reburied. Rediscovered and erected by Pope Pius VI in front of the Palazzo Montecitorio in 1792. | | 11/18/2006 | 147 |
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 | It is named after a colossal marble foot from a Roman statue with Egyptian features. In ancient times a temple stood here built by Domitian who dedicated it to the gods Isis and Serapis. The foot is a remnant of this temple and is situated in a corner at the crossing with the Via di S Stefano in Cacco. | | 11/18/2006 | 147 |
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