Transcript Big Ben Tower-Bridge By Amy R. Price

Great Buildings
of the World
By Miss Ertel’s
rd
th
3 & 4 Graders
March 2008
Big Ben Tower-Bridge
By Amy R. Price
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London, England
1858
Famous Landmark
Clock tower
Augustus Pugin and
Charles Barryarchitects
• Weighs over 13 tons
• Clock hands are 14
feet and 9 feet long
Big Ben is in Europe.
Chartres Cathedral
by Tyler
• Chartres, France
• Built by
Catholic Church
• 1145-1220
• A church
• First building to be
built at such height
• Walking labyrinth
is on the floor
Chartres Cathedral is in Europe.
Roman Colosseum
by Alexis
• Rome, Italy
• Inspired by Emperor
Vespasian
• Builders- Romans
• 70-82 CE
• Built for
Entertainment
• Seated over 50,000
The Colosseum is in Europe.
Eiffel Tower
by Jasa
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Paris, France
Gustave Eiffel, Builder
1887 to 1889
Built for World’s Fair
300 m (985 ft) tall
Has been hit by lightning
300 meters tall (985 feet)
The Eiffel Tower is in Europe.
Empire State Building
By Hunter
• New York City
• Shreve, Lamb, HarmonArchitects
• Built from 1929-1931
• 102 floors
• 1,250 feet high to roof
• Built to be the tallest
building in the world and
it was for 41 years
counting the spire which
made it 1,472 feet tall
The Empire State Building is in
North America.
Golden Gate Bridge
by Johnathan
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San Francisco, California
Builder, Joseph Strauss
1933 to 1937
4,200 feet long
35 million dollars
To connect San Francisco
to Marin by road
• Steel towers
• Has 80,000 miles of wires
• Suspension bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge is in
North America.
Hoover Dam
By Daniel
• Border of
Nevada and Arizona
• Dr. Elwood Meadhead of construction
• 1931-1936
• Built to reserve water
for Las Vegas and
Los Angeles
• Built to make electricity
for the west
Hoover Dam is in
North America.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
by Mary
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Pisa, Italy
1173 A.D.
179 feet tall
World’s most famous tower
Built out of marble
Began to teeter while still
under construction
because of soft soil
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
is in Europe.
Mount Rushmore
by Luke
• Black Hills,
South Dakota
• SculptorGutzon Borglum
• 1927-1941
• Four presidents’ heads
• Never will be finished
because sculptor
wanted carvings to
go to presidents’
waists
Mt. Rushmore is in
North America.
Notre Dame By Zoe
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Architect- Maurice De Sully
Built 1163 to 1250
Paris, France
Restored by Viollet le Duc
Large rose windows
Famous gargoyles
Restored in 1991 and 2001
Sculptures
A bell plays from southwest tower
Stained glass windows
The Notre Dame is in Europe.
Palace of Versailles
by Tyrale
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Versailles, France
Architect- Andre le Notre
Built from 1661 to 1774
Royal Palace
The Palace of Versailles is in Europe.
Pyramid of the Sun
by Jennifer
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Teotihuacan, Mexico
738 ft. across tall and 246 ft. high
Third largest pyramid in the world
First stage finished around 100 A.D.
Two pyramids at this site- The Pyramid of
the Moon is next to this one.
• Made of stone and earth
• Named by Aztecs years later
• East side faces sunrise and
west side faces sunset
The Pyramid of the Sun
is in North America.
St. Basil’s Cathedral
by Kelly
• Moscow, Russia
• Built after victory by Tsar Ivan
IV’s win over Mongol armies
• 1555-1560
• Architects- Barma and Posnik
• Eight Onion Domes and Golden
Crosses
• Church
St. Basil’s Cathedral is in Europe.
St. Mark’s Cathedral
by Hannah
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Venice, Italy
Built by Sons of
Agnello Participanzio
Built in 832, Burned in 976,
Rebuilt from 978-1063
5 domes
Pieces of gold cover inside walls
Catholic Church
There’s a ladder on the roof
Pigeons gather there in spring
52 meters long
St. Mark’s Cathedral is in Europe.
Statue of Liberty
by William
• New York Harbor
• ArchitectFrederic Bartholdi
• 1884-1886
• 300 feet high
• Weighs over 200 tons
• America’s tallest sculpture
The Statue of Liberty is in
North America.
Stonehenge
by Amanda T. Norton
• Salisbury, England
• Builders Unknown
• Built 2,750 to 1,500 B.C.
• May have over 28 rocks
• Possibly built to tell the
seasons
Stonehenge is in Europe.
Sydney Opera House
By Alissa
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Sydney, Australia
Architect Jorn Utzon
1957-1973
Tile-clad and pre-cast
concrete
• Roof sections look
like sails
• Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is in
Australia.
Taj Mahal
By Andrew
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Agra, India
1630-1653
Tomb
Over 30,000 people built it for Shah
Jahan’s wife to be buried
• Marble and Gemstones
• Over 100,000 people visit every year
The Taj Mahal is in Asia.
The Giza Pyramid
By Elias
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Giza, Egypt
2600-2480 B.C.E.
Pharaoh ordered it
4,000 men worked on it
Built to bury kings
Originally 481 ft. high
Now 449 ft. high
due to erosion
The Giza Pyramid is in Africa.
The Gateway Arch
by Shannon
• Also called Jefferson
National Expansion
Memorial Arch
• St.Louis, Missouri
• Architect: Eero Saarinen
• To celebrate Western States
• 1961-1965
• Lookout area at the top
• 630 feet tall
• 630 feet between the legs
• 16,000 tons of steel
• Underground tourist center
The Gateway Arch is in
North America.
The Great Wall of China
by Jarod
• China
• 7th Century B.C.E.
• Ordered to be built by
Emperor of China,
Qin Shi Huang
• To protect the dynasty
• Several Walls4,000 miles long
The Great Wall of China
is in Asia.
The Sphinx
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Logan
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Egypt
Built more than 4,000 years ago
Architect- Khafre
To protect the Pyramids
and the people buried there
• 200 feet long, 66 feet high
• Made out of bedrock
The Sphinx is in Africa.