Flowers planted annually : 210,000
Number of fountains : 50
Number of jets of water : 620
Surface area of the Grand Canal : 23 ha.
Perimeter of the Grand Canal : 5.57 km
Amount of piping to feed the fountains : 35 km.
Amount of water consumed by the fountains : 3,600 m3
Source: Gardens of Versailles
Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge
The Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge is a 3,000-foot (910 m) footbridge
across the Missouri River between Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha,
Nebraska. It opened on September 28, 2008.
Source : Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge
The
Abu Simbel temples are two massive rock temples in Abu Simbel in Nubia,
southern Egypt. They are situated on the western bank of Lake Nasser,
about 230 km southwest of Aswan (about 300 km by road). The complex is
part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the "Nubian Monuments.
The relocation of the temples was necessary to avoid their being
submerged during the creation of Lake Nasser, the massive artificial
water reservoir formed after the building of the Aswan High Dam on the
Nile River. Abu Simbel remains one of Egypt's top tourist attraction.
Source: Abu Simbel temples
The
city of Stuttgart, Germany has officially opened a marvelous new media
center, the Stuttgart City Library. This cavernous white wonder is
unobtrusive in design, where the books and visitors provide the color to
an otherwise neutral environment. The visual center of the Stuttgart
City Library is its grand atrium, a five-story open chamber that feels
like the work of a modernist MC Esher. The interior is bright without
direct lighting, it is warm without paint color and intimate yet open.
This work by Yi Architects is a success in design, instantly one of the
world’s most beautiful libraries.
Source: Stuttgart City Library
Machu Picchu was declared a Peruvian Historical Sanctuary in 1981 and a
UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. In 2007, Machu Picchu was voted one
of the New Seven Wonders of the World in a worldwide Internet poll.
Machu Picchu was built in the classical Inca style, with polished
dry-stone walls. Its three primary structures are the Intihuatana
(Hitching post of the Sun), the Temple of the Sun, and the Room of the
Three Windows. These are located in what is known by archaeologists as
the Sacred District of Machu Picchu.
Source: Machu Pichhu
Bourtange
is a village in the Westerwolde region of the Dutch province of
Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Vlagtwedde, and lies
about 32 km northeast of Emmen.
built (1568–1648)
population around 400
