mrdecent Posted February 1, 2013 Report Posted February 1, 2013 [color=#000000][font=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] [b]Hanging Temple, China [/b][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] Hanging Temple or Hanging Monastery is located on a cliff about 75 meters high in the Mount Heng in Shanxi Province. The design was built during the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-557), and has a history of over 1,400 years.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] [img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-klUrDnqrjUo/UP7EHfl2xgI/AAAAAAAAM1Y/sPo756yagpA/s1600/0001.jpg[/img][/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] Lichtenstein Castle, Germany[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] [img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EWSudu2JtS8/UP7EJ34ywbI/AAAAAAAAM1w/IdPWKwJAm5s/s1600/10-001.jpg[/img][/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] Lichtenstein Castle is situated on a rock in the Swabian Alb, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, at an altitude of 817 meters. Historically there have an old castle, but it collapsed after being damaged during the war in 1311 and was rebuilt by William Duke of Urach in 1840-1842 years.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] [b]Takasugi, Japan[/b][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] [b][img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-epnsiwtXF-4/UP7EIMkYxMI/AAAAAAAAM1g/Oo8gtMR4b38/s1600/10-002.jpg[/img][/b][/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] Takasugi is literally translated as "tea built too high." It is located in Nagano, Japan, on top of two chestnuts. Terunobo Fujimori architect designed and built this one-room structures for its own use.[/size][/font][/color]
mrdecent Posted February 1, 2013 Author Report Posted February 1, 2013 [b]Astra Tower, Germany[/b] [b][img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C0ZJk3WSsxo/UP7EIwZ5W0I/AAAAAAAAM1o/gi_xXyhIOKQ/s400/10-003.jpg[/img][/b] [color=#000000][font=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]Built in the mid-13th century, the tower of the church in Hamburg, Germany has a 27.43 meter tall spire, made of oak, which was added to the structure in 1450. Since then, the spire started to bend because of the humidity.[/size][/font][/color]
mrdecent Posted February 1, 2013 Author Report Posted February 1, 2013 [b]Sutyagin House, Russia[/b] [b][img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jIakKHyz0o8/UP7EKNL4QKI/AAAAAAAAM10/q6aewvtp64I/s1600/10-004.jpg[/img][/b] [color=#000000][font=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]Sutyagin house was a wooden house, built by the Russian businessman Nikolai Petrovich Sutyagin for 15 years, beginning in 1992. In 2008, the tower has been recognized fire-and part of it was demolished by local authorities. The remaining four floors burned down May 6, 2012.[/size][/font][/color]
mrdecent Posted February 1, 2013 Author Report Posted February 1, 2013 [b]Puerta de Europa, Spain[/b] [b][img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0ZK-WQol6q4/UP7EKCXFr6I/AAAAAAAAM14/z4Gq1ZDe56E/s1600/10-005.jpg[/img][/b] [color=#000000][font=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]This hotel is located in Madrid, Spain, Puerta de-Europa, and is a structure consisting of two identical sloping towers. The structure was built between 1989 and 1996 as a joint project between the American and Spanish architectural firms. Each building has 26 floors and a height of 114 meters with a slope of 15 degrees.[/size][/font][/color]
mrdecent Posted February 1, 2013 Author Report Posted February 1, 2013 [b]Meteora, Greece[/b] [b][img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WO4IhT3mZ2k/UP7ELIthTXI/AAAAAAAAM2I/2aSf4XhMHmY/s1600/10-006.jpg[/img][/b] [color=#000000][font=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]Meteora in Greek literally means "floating in the air." Meteora is a medieval monastery and one of the largest and most important complexes of Orthodox monasteries in Greece. Located on top of towering natural rock formations, 24 monasteries were built in the 15th century, despite incredible difficulties.[/size][/font][/color]
mrdecent Posted February 1, 2013 Author Report Posted February 1, 2013 [b]Garden city WoZoCo, Netherlands[/b] [b][img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_FF9AHQbHBQ/UP7EL0nDzZI/AAAAAAAAM2Q/d65kW0350ik/s1600/10-007.jpg[/img][/b] [color=#000000][font=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]Built between 1994 and 1997, the garden city to the west of the capital of the Netherlands in Amsterdam, WoZoCo was a private home for over 55 years. The original plan was limited by the number of apartments to 87 units in one block. However, the demand raised the number to 100. To save the land of 13 additional units were attached to the front to the north of the main structure.[/size][/font][/color]
mrdecent Posted February 1, 2013 Author Report Posted February 1, 2013 [b]Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy[/b] [b][img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-onFvVEkRTXs/UP7ENSNvLVI/AAAAAAAAM2c/oQTDmSZqPVU/s1600/10-008.jpg[/img][/b] [color=#000000][font=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]The world-famous Leaning Tower of Pisa is second on the list. Is the bell tower of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa, famous for its unintentional tilting to one side. Construction of the tower began in 1173. However, only five or six years later, the tower began leaning to the southeast, which was due to soft ground on one side. At this point the angle 16,000-ton tower became more dangerous.[/size][/font][/color]
Yo_Whatsup Posted February 1, 2013 Report Posted February 1, 2013 [quote name='mrdecent' timestamp='1359742991' post='1303205529'] [b]Sutyagin House, Russia[/b] [b][img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jIakKHyz0o8/UP7EKNL4QKI/AAAAAAAAM10/q6aewvtp64I/s1600/10-004.jpg[/img][/b] [color=#000000][font=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]Sutyagin house was a wooden house, built by the Russian businessman Nikolai Petrovich Sutyagin for 15 years, beginning in 1992. In 2008, the tower has been recognized fire-and part of it was demolished by local authorities. The remaining four floors burned down May 6, 2012.[/size][/font][/color] [/quote]
mrdecent Posted February 1, 2013 Author Report Posted February 1, 2013 [b]Capital Gate, the UAE[/b] [b][img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eZddr_DQ27E/UP7ENGMVhrI/AAAAAAAAM2Y/41tngkquHzA/s1600/10-009.jpg[/img][/b] [color=#000000][font=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]Capital Gate is a skyscraper in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates. It was designed with a slope of 18 degrees to the west, which is almost five times greater than the slope of the Leaning Tower. It has a height of 160 meters and 35 floors.[/size][/font][/color]
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