| Panama Canal
|
The Panama Canal is a canal that cuts along the isthmus of Panama 82 km, cutting North America and South America as well as linking the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. This canal cut travel time for ships do not have to play through the southern tip of South America.
|
|
| Borobudur Temple
|
is the name of a Buddhist temple located at Borobudur, Magelang, Central Java. Location of the temple is approximately 100 km in the south-west of Semarang and 40 km northwest of Yogyakarta. This temple was founded by the Mahayana Buddhists around the year 800 AD the dynasty during the reign of Sailendra. In ethnic Indonesians, this temple is also called 婆罗 浮屠 (Hanyu Pinyin: pó luo fu tú) in Mandarin.
|
| Dam Itaipu
|
Located on the border of Brazil-Paraguaian and not far from the border of Argentina, the first step was initiated in 1966 when the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil and Paraguay signed a joint statement known as the "Act of Ygazu". This study and evaluation of hydraulic resources of the Parana river (owned jointly by Brazil and Paraguay) followed.
|
| Golden Gate Bridge
|
Golden Gate Bridge.[English]
Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge across the Golden Gate, the opening of the Pacific Ocean to the Bay of San Francisco. He connects the city of San Francisco, California in the San Francisco Peninsula and Marin County, California. Overall bridge length of 2727 m, the distance between the tower is 1280 m, and height is 230 m above the water surface.
Connecting the North San Francisco Peninsula with Marin County south area.
|
| Empire State Building
|
Ever since it was built, the Empire State Building has captured the attention of young and old alike: every year, millions of tourists flock to the Empire State Building to get a glimpse from its 86th and 102nd floor observatories; the image of the Empire State Building has appeared in hundreds of ads and movies (who can forget King Kong's climb to the top or the romantic meeting in An Affair to Remember and Sleepless in Seattle?) ; not to mention the countless toys, models, postcards, ashtrays, thimbles, etc. that bare the image if not the shape of the towering, Art Deco building. Yet, why does the Empire State Building appeal to so many? When the Empire State Building opened on May 1, 1931, it was the tallest building in the world - standing at 1,250 feet tall. This building not only became an icon of New York City, it became a symbol of twentieth century man's attempts to achieve the impossible. How did this gigantic icon get built? It started with a race to the sky.
|
| CN Tower
|
CN Tower.[English]
The
CN Tower is the tallest tower in the world (will be second in the
world, if the Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower is complete), is
553.33 meters high. The
tower is located in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and is
considered an icon of the city (Coordinates: 43 ° 38'33 .24 "N 79 °
23'13 .7" W). The CN Tower is visited by more than two million people each year. The tower was built in 1973.
CN
is the official acronym of the Canadian National Railway (Canadian
National Railway), but after the company decided to mecabut asset
investment in railway goods that are not a core business in the steps
that lead to the privatization of the company in 1995, transferred to
the CN Tower Canada Lands Company (CLC), a federal Crown corporation responsible for real estate development. Because
of the citizens of Toronto want to retain the name CN Tower, the
abbreviation CN now changed it means to be Canada's National and not
the original name, Canadian National.
|
| Channel Tunnel
|
Channel Tunnel.[English]
Channel Tunnel (English: Channel Tunnel; French: le tunnel sous la Manche) is a rail tunnel along the 50-km beneath the English Channel (Dover Strait exactly) that connects Cheri-ton, Kent, in the United Kingdom, and Coquelles near Calais in northern France.
This big-budget project initially started with a few mistakes, and finally completed in 1994.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Modern Wonders
