Friday, June 26, 2009

Eiffel Tower - Paris - Franch




The Eiffel Tower is an Iron Tower built on the Champ de Mars beside the Seine River in Paris. The tower has become a global icon of France and is one of the most recognizable structures in the world.

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Monas Tower - Jakarta


The Monumen Nasional (or Tugu Monas, the National Monument tower) is a 450 ft (137 m) tall tower in Central Jakarta , symbolizing the fight for Indonesia's independence. Construction began in 1961 under Sukarno and was not finished until 1975 under Suharto. It is topped by a 14.5 ton bronze flame, which is plated in 35 kg (1,125 troy ounces) of gold.

The entrance to the monument is located at the north part of Medan Merdeka Park, near the Prince Diponegoro statue. From the entrance and underground ticket box, the visitor get through a tunnel under stone-pavement arround the monument to the central part of the park. On inner part of walls surround the monument in central part of the park, there is a series of statues and reliefs depicted the history on Indonesia that span from ancient empire of Majapahit to the history of modern Indonesia. Visitors can take an elevator up to upper platform beneath the golden flame with a view of Medan Merdeka Park, Istiqlal Mosque, and the city. At the middle part is the Cawan (Indonesian: cup) with viewing middle platform on top of it. The Cawan is a reverted pyramid structure that engulfed the base of towering obelisk shaft. Inside the Cawan there is Ruang Tenang (solemn hall) or Ruang Agung (grand hall) with black marble square walls at the center of it. The four sides of central black marble wall displaying a carved golden gate that houses the text of Indonesian Proclamation of Independence in 1945, Garuda Pancasila (Coat of Arms of Indonesia), the map of Indonesian archipelago, The flag of Indonesia, and the flags of Indonesian provinces. The golden gate is opened several times in a day displaying the text of Indonesian declaration of independence and playing the record of Soekarno's voice reading the declaration. In the lower part inside the base of the monument is an exhibition hall with several dioramas showing the history of Indonesia.

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Petronas Tower - Malaysia

Petronas Tower

The Petronas Twin Towers (also known as the Petronas Towers or just Twin Towers), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia are twin towers and were the world's tallest buildings, before being surpassed by Taipei. However, the towers are still the tallest twin building in the world. They were the world's tallest buildings from 1998 to 2004 if measured from the level of the main entrance to the structural top, the original height reference used by the US-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urband Habitat from 1969 (three additional height categories were introduced as the tower neared completion in 1996).


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