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 | The old observatory in Mannheim was built between 1772 ans 1774. It was in use until 1880. Today the observatory is in Heidelberg on a mountain called Königsstuhl (King's chair). Today the tower is used as studio. |  | 06/24/2007 | 158 | 
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 | The opera house and state theatre in Stuttgart. The old parts (opera) was built between 1909 and 1912. The theatre (Schauspielhaus) was built 1959 - 1962. | | 06/20/2007 | 271 |
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 | The grave chapel from the house Wuerttemberg. It was built by king Wilhelm I. between 1820 and 1824 for his second wife Katharina Pawlowa (1788-1819). Herself, Wilhelm I. and their daughter were buried there. The building was planned by Giovanni SALUCCI. From there you have a great view over Stuttgart. | | 06/20/2007 | 214 |
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 | St. Paul's Hospital. Milan, Italy | | 06/16/2007 | 164 |
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 | The city of Weinheim Germany has two castles. The first is castle Windeck on the left side. It was built in 1130 and today its a ruins. The castle was destroyed by french troops in 1674.
On the right side you can see castle Wachenburg. It was built between 1907 and 1928 by the "Weinheimer Seniorenconvent". This is a student organisation to combine several fraternities. Every year at Asce... | | 06/16/2007 | 163 |
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 | I listed, from the shortest to the tallest, the top 30 buildings in Latinamerica, interesting to see the race to the skies in this region. |  | 06/10/2007 | 751 |
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 | The 70-metre high colossus cost the regional government more than €120m (about £82m) to build and, according to press reports, the operating budget could reach €60m a year. But like Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, it is an investment in prestige and a magnet for upmarket tourists, a regional government spokesman, Esteban Gonzalez Pons, said. "We hope it will become the symbol of... | | 06/03/2007 | 225 |
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 | In the 3rd century this castle was built to protect the "wet limes" (River Rhine), the borderline between the Roman Empire and the German tribes. This fortress is 154 m wide and twice as long with 8 m high walls preotected by 28 towers.
This castle is the best maintained Roman castle north of the Alps. | | 05/22/2007 | 411 |
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 | This is the ruin of Castle Pfarrköpfchen.
Erected in ca. 1200 to replace the destroyed Stromburg this castle was lost until the 1980s, when excavation layed open the rests of the walls.
Remarkable is also the chapel of the castle plant. It had been established in Roman architectural style and had a mosaic from that 12. Century in the center of the building at the s... | | 05/22/2007 | 230 |
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 | Ulug Begs Observatory Samarkand Uzbekistan
Ulug Begs Observatorium |  | 05/18/2007 | 366 |
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 | This white tower on Honmoku Pier with an observation lounge at a height of 36.5 meters offers a panoramic view of Yokohama Port. | | 05/10/2007 | 186 |
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 | In december 4th. 1971 during a concert by Frank Zappa a fire occured. Zappa shouted "FIRE" but the audience thaught it was a part of the gig. Someone had lit the ceiling with a flare-gun. The casino burned down.
At the concert were also the band Deep Purple who had in mind to make their 1972 released LP "Machine Head" at the casino. But they had to go to a clo... | | 05/04/2007 | 348 |
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 | Mannheim palace was built between 1720 and 1760. It was the residence between 1720 and 1777 of the princes from the "Kurpfalz". The palace is the second biggest one built in baroc style after Versailles in Europe. | | 04/20/2007 | 139 |
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Built in 1996
25 stories
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=107790 | | 04/20/2007 | 263 |
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 | Heritage House was built in 1890 as the home of a wealthy Iranian merchant. In 1910, it became the home of Sheikk Ahmed bin Dalmouk, a famous pearl merchant in Dubai. Heritage House is located on the Deira side of Dubai creek.
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 | The observatory in Tenerife. | | 04/09/2007 | 150 |
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 | NOKIA Theatre at Grand Prairie (formerly NextStage at Grand Prairie) opened in February, 2002. The theatre has seen performances by many world-famous performers such as Loggins and Messina, Riverdance, and Blue Man Group (whose DVD "The Complex Rock Tour Live" was taped there). | | 04/09/2007 | 149 |
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 | Al-Falsaliah Tower Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | | 04/09/2007 | 240 |
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 | The Turning Torso in Malmo, Sweden is designed by Santiago Calatrava. It is the second tallest apartment building in Europe and tallest in the Scandinavian region. | | 04/02/2007 | 270 |
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 | These are the top 10 of the tallest buildings in the world in 2007
collected by Calenglinnar |  | 03/28/2007 | 1,837 |
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 | Špilberk Castle (derived from the German: Spielberg) is an old castle on the hilltop in Brno, Southern Moravia.
From a major royal castle - established around the mid-13th century - and the seat of the Moravian margraves in the mid-14th century, it gradually turned into a huge baroque fortress, the heaviest prison in the Austro-Hungarian empire and then the barracks. | | 03/26/2007 | 221 |
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 | The Colani-UFO is a part of the Technologizentrum Lünec. More inforamtions in german and a picture you find here:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colani-Ei
It's a science-center placed at the top of an old pit head frame. It is a very unique building made by the german designer Luigi Colani. | | 03/24/2007 | 209 |
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 | The Grand Canion Skywalk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon_Skywalk
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 | The old city of Conde-sur-Escaut built by vikings in 850 was fortified by Vauban in 1678 and stand as a major place in the Northern fortification belt of France. | | 03/23/2007 | 142 |
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 | The Gur-e Amir is the mausoleum of the 14th-century Mongol conqueror Tamerlane or Timur. It is one of the properties included in the 2001 designation of Samarkand as a UNESCO World Heritage site. | | 03/19/2007 | 203 |
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