The Tallest Buildings In The World《圣经》中记载,创世纪初,人类试图建造通往天堂的“巴别塔”,后来上帝给人类创造了不同的语言,人们无法有效沟通,建塔工程也半途而废。而现在,随着科技的发展,人类真的建成了“欲与天公试比高”的“巴别塔”,下面世界八大最高建筑堪称建筑界的“八大奇迹”,让人叹为观止!快...
阅读理解(每小题2分,共26分)人与社会 ·文化景观新独家原创Do you know what the five tallest buildings in the world are? These buildings are in different places around the world. Chin a has two of them.Let's see these “giants (巨人)” in the world of buildings together!Burj Khalif a ...
One World Trade Center, also known as the Freedom Tower, is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in New York City. Standing at 1,776 feet tall with 94 floors, it is the tallest building in the United States as well as the tallest building in the western hemisphere...
2. Great Mosque of Mecca[SEE MAP] The Great Mosque of Mecca, better known as the Al Masjid Al Haram, is the holiest of holy places in Islamic culture. Located in Saudi Arabia, it’s the largest mosque in the world, and one of the oldest, too. With the ability to house millions of...
The Spiral Minaret or Malwiya Minaret is part of the Great Mosque of Samarra in Iraq. The mosque is one of the largest in the world. The minaret was originally connected to the mosque by a bridge. The minaret or tower was constructed in 848 – 852 out of sandstone, and is unique amon...
World's tallest building opens in Dubai with a new name; The Burj Dubai ("Dubai Tower") is now the Burj Khalifa, named after the president of Abu Dhabi. Th... Suffocating in the small-town world of his parents, Vijay is desperate to escape to the raw energy of Bombay in the early...
gold. One of the major attraction of the cathedral is 45 wooden carved scenes from the life of Jesus Christ. It is the biggest altarpiece in the world. The Seville cathedral also has large chapels and choirs The La Giralda, the minaret of the Almohad mosque still stand beside the ...
Its main purpose is to cater for pilgrims visiting the nearby sacred site of the Great Mosque of Mecca, just 300m away. People who happen to visit this amazing place won't have any difficulties knowing the time either, thanks to its huge clock faces – the biggest in the world. Not ...
The clock tower is the tallest in the world and includes more than 2 million LED lights in the clock face. The on-site hotel is naturally of the five-star variety, operated by Fairmont Hotels. Since it's very near Masjid al-Haram (Great Mosque of Mecca), the holiest site in Islam, ...
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