World Scenery

World Scenery White House (D.C., USA) US Capitol (D.C., USA) US Capitol (D.C., USA) Tower Bridge (London, UK) Eiffel Tower (Paris, France) CN Tower, 553.3 meters (Toronto, Canada) Colosseum (Rome, Italy) Taipei 101 Tower, 509 meters (Taiwan, China) Petronas Twin Towers, 452 meters (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Two International Finance Centre, 415 meters (Hong Kong, China) Burj al-Arab (The Arabian Tower), 321 metres (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) Acropolis of Athens (Athens, Greece) Venice - City of Water (Italy) Jerusalem's Old City (Palestine/Israel) St. Peter's Square (Vatican City) Emperor Qin's Terra-cotta Warriors (Xi'an, China) New York - population of 8.2 million (USA) (1*) New York (USA) London - population of 7.5 million (UK) (2*) Paris - population of 2.2 million (France) (3*) Paris (France) Berlin - population of 3.5 million (Germany) (4*) Barcelona - population of 1.6 million (Spain) (5*) Chicago - population of 10 million (USA) (5*) Tokyo - population of 12 million (Japan) (5*) Istanbul - population of 10 million (Turkey) (8*) Rome - population of 2.7 million (Italy) (9*) Sydney - population of 4.3 million (Australia) (10*) Los Angeles - population of 3.8 million (USA) Boston - population of about 600,000 (USA) Toronto - population of 2.5 million (Canada) Singapore - population of 4.42 million (Singapore) Beijing - population of 7.5 million (China) Seoul - population of 10 million (Korea) São Paulo (Saint Paul) - population of 11 million (Brazil) Moscow - population of 10 million (Russia) Mumbai - population of 13 million (India) Karachi - population of 11 million (Pakistan) Mexico City - population of 9 million (Mexico) Jakarta - population of 9 million (Indonesia) Cairo - population of 8 million (Egypt) Note: * - Rank in The World's Greatest Cities by timeout.com - 2009 1. Great Pyramid of Giza - Cairo, Egypt, built around the year 2560 BC. 2. Great Wall of China - Stretching about 6,700 km from east to west of China, with a history of more than 2000 years (from Qin dynasty). 3. Taj Mahal - A white marble tomb built in 1631-48 in Agra, India. 4. Serengeti Migration - Wild animals migrate from grass plains of the Serengeti Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area to the Masai Mara, in Kenya. 5. Galapagos - The Galápagos archipelago, Darwin's enchanted islands, is in Ecuador, South America. 6. Grand Canyon - Arizona, USA 7. Machu Picchu - Lost City of the Incas, located above the Urubamba Valley in Peru. 0. Great Pyramid of Giza - Cairo, Egypt, built around the year 2560 BC. 1. Great Wall of China - Stretching about 6,700 km from east to west of China, with a history of more than 2000 years (from Qin dynasty). 2. Petra - The ancient city of Petra in southwestern Jordan. 3. Statue of Christ Redeemer - Christ the Redeemer is a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The statue, built in France starting in 1926, was inaugurated on Oct. 12, 1931. Height: 38 meters (125 feet), Weight: 1000 tons 4. Machu Picchu - Lost City of the Incas, located above the Urubamba Valley in Peru. 5. Pyramid at Chichen Itza - Located in the northern center of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, and built by the Maya civilization. 6. Roman Colosseum - The giant amphitheater in Rome was inaugurated in A.D. 80 by the Emperor Titus. It has 50,000 seats. 7. Taj Mahal - A white marble tomb built in 1631-48 in Agra, India. The campaign to pick the seven new wonders was begun in 1999 by Swiss adventurer Bernard Weber, and the winners were revealed on 07/07/2007 at a ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal. About 100 million votes were cast by people around the world. 1. Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, was built in Egypt's fourth dynasty under the second Khufu's rule. 2. Great Hall of the People in Beijing, started in October of 1958， completed in August of 1959, only lasted one year from design to completion. Central Hall is the famous ten-thousand people's hall, while to the north is the banquet hall that can accommodate 5,000 people, and to the south are NPC's offices. 3. Three Gorges Dam, with a total length of 2,335 meters. 4. Pentagon of USA, was built on 04/15/1943. It has a total construction area of 608,000 square meters and provides offices for 23,000 people. 5. Swedish Ice Hotel, is the world's largest ice building. It has a total indoor area of 5,000 square meters, and is capable of receiving 150 guests. 6. Forbidden City in Beijing, is the world's largest ancient buildings, first built in 1406. It has a building area of about 150,000 square meters, with more than 9000 halls or rooms. 7. Great Wall of China, was first built during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods of Chinese history. It has a total length of more than 6,700 km. 8. Barbican residential district of London, England, is the world's largest residential apartment district. It was built starting in 1959. It has 2014 apartments. 9. Shanghai's Pudong New District, the largest urban development zones in the world, covering 520 square kilometres and a population of 1.4 million. 10. Stade de France,built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in Saint-Denis, France. It can holds 80000 people. 1. Grand Canyon - Arizona, USA 2. The Amazon Rain Forest occupies some 5.5 million kilometers, located within eight nations: Brazil (with 60 percent of the rainforest), Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. 3. The Great Barrier Reef stretches more than 2,300km along the northeast coast of Australia from the northern tip of Queensland to just north of Bundaberg. 4. The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert, with an area of over 9,000,000 km² (3,500,000 mi²). The Sahara is located in Northern Africa and is 2.5 million years old. Pyramid of Egypt is at the east side of the desert. 5. Everglades National Park is the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States. 6. Ayers Rock, also known as Uluru, is a large sandstone rock formation located in the Northern Territory of central Australia. 7. The Victoria Falls (Mosi-oa-Tunya), located on the Zambezi River, on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, are roughly 1.7 km wide and 128 meters high. 8. Lake Baikal (Russian: Байка́л) lies in Southern Siberia in Russia. 9. Mount Everest, located on the border between Nepal and China, is the highest mountain in the world, with the elevation of 8848.13 meters (29,028 feet). 10. Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, East Africa. Ngorongoro Conservation Area covers more than 8000 square kilometres (3100 square miles) of pristine African wilderness. 1. Notting Hill, London, England 2. Provence, France 3. Alps Jungfrau summit, Europe 4. Rome, Italy 5. Maldives: nearly 2,000 coral islands in the sea of southern Sri Lanka 6. Bahamas: Caribbean coral islands 7. Island of Corsica of France: The fourth biggest island of the Mediterranean sea 8. Fiji: Honeymoon's "sweet island" full of the primitive beauty of the southern ocean 9. Greek Islands: Romantic scenes in the Mediterranean 10. Hainan Island of China: Your honeymoon vacation accompanied with sunlight, sea wind, and a sweet smile CIA's World