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 | Here you can see the fifth highest building on earth - the Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai/China. It's 421m high. |  | 09/26/2005 | 1,515 | 
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 | On the fringes of what was once the walled Fort of Mumbai, stands the High Court, another hauntingly beautiful (some say haunted!) structure, in brooding black stone. Opposite it lies the Oval Maidan, formerly a large Bowling Green where English memsahibs came to "take in the air." Today, it is an important lung in a congested city, where aspiring young cricketers practice their paces... |  | 09/26/2005 | 248 |
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 | Nariman Point is the central business district of Mumbai(Bombay) the financial capital of India. It contains the HEad offices of many prestigious Indian and foreign corporates and also the legislative assembly of the State of MAharashtra. | | 09/26/2005 | 357 |
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 | Here you can the the Forum Romanum. It's the rest of the antic Rome. Cesar lived and died here.
The Roman Forum was the central area around which ancient Rome developed, in which commerce, business, prostitution, cult and the administration of justice took place. (Admin note by Acman3192) | | 09/26/2005 | 389 |
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 | Built in 1970 as a restaurant, now used as local radio studios. There is a campaign in the city to have it demolished. |  | 09/25/2005 | 166 |
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 | Opened 1854 as music venue and Law Courts. | | 09/25/2005 | 132 |
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 | This building was constructed from 1928 up to 1931 for the IG Farben, one of the worlds largest companies at that time. An associated company of IG Farben was the producer of Zyklon B. After world WW II, the building was occupied by the US army. From here, the famous Marshall Plan was implemented. Later it was the headquarter for the U.S. Army's V Corps and for the northern area command (NACOM)... |  | 09/25/2005 | 630 |
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 | This is the siege of Arte France in strasbourg, a tv broadcast company which is german and french. This channel is dedicated to all subjects of art, music, painting, museum... The place is located close to the european parliament. | | 09/25/2005 | 101 |
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 | The Beatles had one of their first gigs here in the Star Club in Hamburg St.Pauli. | | 09/25/2005 | 298 |
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 | This is the harbour in Berlin Treptow. You can start sightseeingtours on the water through Berlin out of here. | | 09/25/2005 | 355 |
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 | Castle ruin at Falkenstein near the famous castle ruin Koenigstein. |  | 09/25/2005 | 753 |
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 | Buildings were created for the 1891 Jubilee Exhibition. Industrial Palace - architect Prášil. Pavilion of Academy of Fine Arts - A. Vigl, Fountain of Křižík, Pavilion of Marold with panorama of Battle of Lipany. | | 09/24/2005 | 311 |
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 | This place is purported to be the site of the former Tower of Babel. | | 09/24/2005 | 1,430 |
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 | The last resting place of Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China from 1943 and the chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China from 1945 until his death in 1976.
The remains of the Great Helmsman are embalmed and on display for public. | | 09/24/2005 | 241 |
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 | Built on a 35 acre WWII bomb site, The Barbican is both a major arts complex and an area of exclusive high rise dwellings, surrounding the only building to survive the bombing, St Giles Cripplegate, on which the placemark sits. | | 09/24/2005 | 135 |
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 | Began as the British Museum's Department of Printed Books in 1753. Present site bought 1975. Officially opened 1998. | | 09/24/2005 | 129 |
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 | Acknowledged to be Scotland's finest stately home, built 1699 and standing in 150 acres of land. | | 09/24/2005 | 135 |
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 | The Imax Theatre in Darling Harbour, Sydney | | 09/24/2005 | 182 |
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 | This is the harbour at Puttgarden on the isle Fehmarn in Germany. From the you can take a ferry boat to Denmark. |  | 09/23/2005 | 246 |
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 | The Torre de Belém is one of the most visited monuments in Lisbon. The 16th century fortress controlled the Tagus river entrance. | | 09/23/2005 | 241 |
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 | Diana, Princess of Wales is buried at Althorp in Northamptonshire on an island in the middle of a lake called the Round Oval. A visitors' centre allows visitors to see an exhibition about her and walk around the lake. | | 09/23/2005 | 583 |
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 | This tomb, built in 1570, is of particular cultural significance as it was the first garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent. It inspired several major architectural innovations, culminating in the construction of the Taj Mahal.
It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1993. |  | 09/23/2005 | 251 |
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 | Built by Abyssinian architect Bilal Mohammed Khan in 1753-54, this is the tomb of Mirza Mukin Abul Mansur Khan.
It is one of the last examples of a Mughal tomb surrounded by a garden. | | 09/23/2005 | 170 |
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 | This garden boasts a fine collection of tombs of Sayyid and Lodi rulers. Mohammed Shah's tomb from 1450 was a prototype for the later Mughal-style tomb of Humayun, a design that would eventually develop into the Taj Mahal. Other tombs include those of his predecessor, Mubarak Shah, 1433, Ibrahim Lodi 1526, and Sikander Lodi 1517. | | 09/23/2005 | 203 |
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 | This is the Chateau de Grimaud. Beautiful View of the Gulf of Saint Tropez. | | 09/23/2005 | 245 |
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