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 | This are the Watts Towers.
They were built by the Italian immigrant construction worker Sabato Rodia from 1921 to 1954.
Some of you might know them from the game "GTA San Andreas". |  | 11/26/2006 | 205 | 
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 | Palexpo fair and exhibition center Geneva Switzerland
Palexpo Messe- und Ausstellungsgebaeude Genf Schweiz
Palexpo Geneve Suisse |  | 11/26/2006 | 93 |
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 | The Cobo Hall is the home of the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS)since 1961 with breaks in 1964 and 1965 |  | 11/26/2006 | 117 |
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 | This building is located near Hattin in India. | | 11/24/2006 | 451 |
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 | Golden House was a large palace built by the Roman emperor Nero after the fire that devastated Rome in 64 AD had cleared the aristocratic dwellings on the slopes of the Esquiline Hill. | | 11/23/2006 | 116 |
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 | This is the Schwerin Castle.
Schwerin is the state capital of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
More Informations can you get here: http://www.schwerin.com/eng/ansicht/castle.php |  | 11/23/2006 | 151 |
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 | Yellow Crane Tower is an historic tower, often rebuilt, that stands on Snake HillYellow Crane Tower itself is a famous tower at the bank of Yangtze River in the city of Wuhan, central China. Tourists can obtain a fine view of the Yangtze River from the top of the tower. Yellow Crane Tower is considered one of the Four Great Towers of China. | | 11/22/2006 | 113 |
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 | A Gothic castle which is known from the 10th century, but the castle hill was inhabited also in the Celtic and the Great Moravian era. In the middle of the 16th century, Bratislava became the official coronation town for Hungarian Kings and at the castle there was a residence of the king. Later, the castle was rebuild in a Renaissance style. The south-west tower - also known as the jewel's towe... | | 11/22/2006 | 153 |
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 | 346m/1,135f, 73 stories, 1998. currently Hong Kong's 4rd tallest building.
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 | Taipei is the capital and largest city of Taiwan. The city has over 2,5 million inhabitants,
and including the suburbs and metro cities, the city is home to almost 5 million people.
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 | Hong Kong's 5th tallest skyscraper. 283m/928f, 62 stories, 1999 | | 11/18/2006 | 177 |
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 | 3rd tallest building in Shanghai, 285m/934f, 55 stories, 2003. It was designed by renowned architect John Portman.
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 | 233m/763f, 70 stories, 2001 | | 11/18/2006 | 127 |
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 | Langham Place Office Tower (255m/837f, 59 stories, 2004).
This building is the tallest office tower in Kowloon.
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 | The HarbourSide (255m/837f, 75 stories, 2003), also part of the Union Square complex.
The building is in fact three towers in one, which makes it one of the widest skyscrapers in the world.
It's also one of Hong Kong's and China's tallest residential buildings.
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 | the tallest all-residential tower in China. 256m/841f, 75 stories, 2003
The Sorrento buildings (1, 2, 3, 5 and 6) are part of the Union Square complex on Kowloon.
This complex also consists of The HarbourSide, The Waterfront Towers 1 to 6 (142m/467f, 46 stories, 2000),
and a couple of tall buildings that are currently under construction. | | 11/18/2006 | 124 |
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 | currently Hong Kong's 3rd tallest and designed by I.M. Pei.
It's a truly remarkable building and one of the most beautiful ever built.
The building has a small skydeck on the 42nd floor, which gives a view to the northwest.
This deck can be entered without admission.
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 | Hong Kong's tallest from 1992 - 2003. 374m/1,227f, 78 stories, 1992 | | 11/18/2006 | 117 |
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 | highest building in Hongkong. 415m/1,362f, 88 stories | | 11/18/2006 | 163 |
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 | On the northern corner of the royal park two monuments can be seen, which are rather unusual for Belgium, but nevertheless splendid. After his visit to the 1900 universal Exhibition in Paris King Leopold II decided to have his park embellished with exotic monuments. He ordered the Parisian architect Alexandre Marcel to construct the Japanese tower and the Chinese Pavilion. The entrance of the ... | | 11/18/2006 | 129 |
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 | The house was commissioned by John, 1st Earl Spencer in 1756, the Earl requiring a large London house to cement his position and status. The architect he chose was John Vardy who had studied under William Kent. Vardy is responsible for the facades of the mansion that we see today. | | 11/18/2006 | 80 |
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 | It was built 1770-1774 by Sir William Chambers for Viscount Melbourne, as Melbourne House.Historically Albany was the best known and most prestigious set of bachelor apartments in London. The residents included such famous names as the poet Lord Byron and the future Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone, and many members of the aristocracy. | | 11/18/2006 | 80 |
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 | Horse Guards is a large building in the Palladian style between Whitehall and Horse Guards Parade. It was built between 1751-1753 by John Vardy to a design by William Kent. The building was constructed on the site of the Guard House of the old Whitehall Palace, which had been destroyed by fire in 1698. The palace's tiltyard became the exercise ground of Horse Guards Parade, located behind the H... | | 11/18/2006 | 101 |
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 | The Banqueting House at Whitehall, the grandest and most familiar survival of the genre, is a famous London building that was formerly part of the Palace of Whitehall. It was designed by Inigo Jones in 1619 and completed in 1622 with assistance from John Webb. It is located close to the Houses of Parliament. In 1649 King Charles I of England was executed on a scaffold in front of the building.<... | | 11/18/2006 | 58 |
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