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Tajmahal

Construction of the mausoleum was essentially completed in 1643 but work continued on other
phases of the project for an additional ten years. The Taj Mahal complex is believed to have been
completed in its entirety in 1653 at a cost estimated at the time to be around 32 million Indian
rupees ($ 501,000 US) which in 2015 would be valued at around 52.8 billion Indian rupees ($827
million US). The construction project employed around 20,000 artisans under the guidance of a
board of architects led by Ustad Ahmad Lahauri. The domed marble tomb is part of an integrated
complex consisting of gardens and two red-sandstone buildings surrounded by a crenellated wall
on three sides

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon


The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the
only one whose location has not been definitely established.Traditionally they were said to have
been built in the ancient city of Babylon, near present-day Hillah, Babil province, in Iraq. The
Babylonian priest Berossus, writing in about 290 BC and quoted later by Josephus, attributed the
gardens to the Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II, who ruled between 605 and 562 BC.
There are no extant Babylonian texts which mention the gardens, and no definitive
archaeological evidence has been found in Babylon.

The Temple of Artemis


The first sanctuary (temenos) antedated the Ionic immigration by many years, and dates to the
Bronze Age. Callimachus, in his Hymn to Artemis, attributed it to the Amazons. In the 7th
century BC, the old temple was destroyed by a flood. Its reconstruction began around 550 BC,
under the Cretan architect Chersiphron and his son Metagenes, at the expense of Croesus of
Lydia: the project took 10 years to complete, only to be destroyed in an act of arson by
Herostratus. It was later rebuilt.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa


The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italian: Torre pendente di Pisa) or simply the Tower of Pisa (Torre di
Pisa) is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa,
known worldwide for its unintended tilt to one side. It is situated behind the Cathedral and is the
third oldest structure in Pisa's Cathedral Square (Piazza del Duomo) after the Cathedral and the
Baptistry. The tower's tilt began during construction, caused by an inadequate foundation on
ground too soft on one side to properly support the structure's weight. The tilt increased in the
decades before the structure was completed, and gradually increased until the structure was
stabilized (and the tilt partially corrected) by efforts in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

Cluny Abbey
Cluny was founded by William I, Duke of Aquitaine in 910. He nominated Berno as the first
Abbot of Cluny, subject only to Pope Sergius III. The abbey was notable for its stricter adherence
to the Rule of St. Benedict, whereby Cluny became acknowledged as the leader of western
monasticism. The establishment of the Benedictine Order was a keystone to the stability of
European society that was achieved in the 11th century. In 1790 during the French Revolution,
the abbey was sacked and mostly destroyed, with only a small part of the Abbey surviving.

The great Pyramid of Giza


Cluny was founded by William I, Duke of Aquitaine in 910. He nominated Berno as the first
Abbot of Cluny, subject only to Pope Sergius III. The abbey was notable for its stricter adherence
to the Rule of St. Benedict, whereby Cluny became acknowledged as the leader of western
monasticism. The establishment of the Benedictine Order was a keystone to the stability of
European society that was achieved in the 11th century. In 1790 during the French Revolution,
the abbey was sacked and mostly destroyed, with only a small part of the Abbey surviving.

The great wall of china


The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood,
and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern
borders of China to protect the Chinese states and empires against the raids and invasions of the
various nomadic groups of the Eurasian Steppe. Several walls were being built as early as the 7th
century bc; these, later joined together and made bigger and stronger, are now collectively
referred to as the Great Wall. Especially famous is the wall built 220206 bc by Qin Shihuang,
the first Emperor of China. Little of that wall remains. Since then, the Great Wall has on and off
been rebuilt, maintained, and enhanced; the majority of the existing wall is from the Ming
Dynasty.

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