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Comment on London – United Kingdom by Vienna Millennium Tower by Gustav Peichl, Boris Podrecca, Rudolf Weber | TimelessEarth

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:27:25 +0000

[...] the tallest in Europe – at least until the completion of the skyscrapers destined to redesign the City of London’s skyline. Since its construction in 1999, the Millennium Tower has become the symbol of the [...]

Comment on Asia by Cheung Kong Centre by Cesar Pelli > Hong Kong Skyscrapers | TimelessEarth

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:25:12 +0000

[...] using cutting-edge technologies. This strategy has proved to be particularly successful in the Asian metropolises that seek symbols associated with their traditions, but which are nonetheless capable [...]

Comment on Mongolia by China, geography, people, history and culture | TimelessEarth

China, geography, people, history and culture | TimelessEarth — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:22:59 +0000

[...] mountains. China is one of the largest countries in the world and stretches from Siberian taiga and Mongolian steppe in the north through the wheat belt to the rice bowl and on to tropical rainforests. The [...]

Comment on Tropical Rainforest by Bicentennial Conservatory – Adelaide landmarks, attractions | TimelessEarth

Bicentennial Conservatory – Adelaide landmarks, attractions | TimelessEarth — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:20:52 +0000

[...] The unusual shape was dictated by the need to house endangered tropical trees and palms from the rainforests of the southwest Pacific up to 65 feet – 20m – [...]

Comment on Jerusalem by Palestine geography, people, history and culture | TimelessEarth

Palestine geography, people, history and culture | TimelessEarth — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:19:25 +0000

[...] and the flat, 360-square-kilometre Gaza Strip along the Mediterranean. The Palestinians claim East Jerusalem, annexed by Israel in 1967, as their official [...]

Comment on Asia by Glasgow - Scotland > Cities of the world | TimelessEarth

Glasgow - Scotland > Cities of the world | TimelessEarth — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:02:51 +0000

[...] population is overwhelmingly Caucasian with a small group of Asians and Afro-Caribbeans. While English is theoretically the lingua franca, you could get confused by [...]

Comment on London – United Kingdom by Berlin, Germany > Great cities of the world | TimelessEarth

Berlin, Germany > Great cities of the world | TimelessEarth — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:51:21 +0000

[...] tourists visiting the city has rocketed since 2000, placing Berlin in third place in Europe after London and Paris. Some 6.5 million overnight visitors were registered in [...]

Comment on Berlin by Berlin Potsdamer Platz > Berlin attractions, tourist destinations | TimelessEarth

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:45:09 +0000

[...] in prewar Berlin, Potsdamer Platz was largely razed in World War II and then sliced off from West Berlin by the wall. It was here, close to where the sparkling Bahntower now soars above the square, that [...]

Comment on London – United Kingdom by London Grand Union Canal Terrace by Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners | TimelessEarth

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:38:38 +0000

[...] of architecture that emerged in Britain in the 1970s and 1980s. This row of ten houses in north London was built as part of a mixed-use development with a large supermarket at its centre. On the rear [...]

Comment on Istanbul – Turkey by Ani – Turkey > Medieval city built by Armenians | TimelessEarth

Ani – Turkey > Medieval city built by Armenians | TimelessEarth — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:37:16 +0000

[...] of its glory, the metropolis had a population of 100,000 to 200,000 people and stood as a rival to Constantinople, Baghdad, and Cairo. It was once renowned for its splendour and elegance and called the City of [...]

Comment on Turkey by Anitkabir – Ankara, Turkey, Mausoleum of Atatürk | TimelessEarth

Anitkabir – Ankara, Turkey, Mausoleum of Atatürk | TimelessEarth — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:34:38 +0000

[...] is the final resting place of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder and first president of the Turkish Republic. Built on a hill overlooking the capital city, it stands severe and unadorned except for a vast [...]

Comment on Asia by Mountain Ranges > Great Mountains of the world | TimelessEarth

Mountain Ranges > Great Mountains of the world | TimelessEarth — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:02:24 +0000

[...] Arctic Ocean to the Kazakh steppes of Kazakhstan, and is often considered the border of Europe and Asia. It formed 250 to 300 million years ago, when continental fragments creating Siberia and Baltica [...]

Comment on Turkey by Suleymaniye Mosque > Hilltop mosque complex and Istanbul landmark | TimelessEarth

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:58:41 +0000

[...] Sultan is remembered by the Turks as the one who established laws and not by his glorious title. He carried out much building, [...]

Comment on World War II by Lomonosov Moscow State University - Universities of Russia | TimelessEarth

Lomonosov Moscow State University - Universities of Russia | TimelessEarth — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:53:56 +0000

[...] World War II ended, the Soviet dictator was free to focus on consolidating his grip on the Union of ‘Soviet [...]

Comment on London – United Kingdom by Peabody Trust Housing - London housing projects | TimelessEarth

Peabody Trust Housing - London housing projects | TimelessEarth — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:28:29 +0000

[...] results. This low-cost housing development for the Peabody Trust in Silvertown in southeast London, is a fine example. The three block-shaped buildings, containing twelve apartments, are faced with [...]

Comment on London – United Kingdom by London Royal Festival Hall by Leslie Martin, Peter Moro and Robert Matthew | TimelessEarth

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:26:04 +0000

[...] modernist style of the building designed by Leslie Martin, Peter Moro and Robert Matthew, of the London County Council’s Architects’ Department, similarly conveyed a sense of putting the past to [...]

Comment on Asia by Celcus Library – Turkey > restored library and tomb | TimelessEarth

Celcus Library – Turkey > restored library and tomb | TimelessEarth — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:10:08 +0000

[...] Romans made it part of their vast empire as the capital of Emperor Augustus’s province of Asia, [...]

Comment on Turkey by Apollo Temple | Turkey > Ancient Greek oracle | TimelessEarth

Apollo Temple | Turkey > Ancient Greek oracle | TimelessEarth — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:00:04 +0000

[...] via the statue-lined Sacred Way form Miletos, a Greek city in Ionia on the west coast of modern Turkey. There was apparently a cult based on the sacred spring at the site before the arrival of the [...]

Comment on Lions – Hunting by East Africa geography, people, history and culture | TimelessEarth

East Africa geography, people, history and culture | TimelessEarth — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:50:12 +0000

[...] Rumble over the grassy plains in a classic open-topped Land Rover while tracking the Big Five – lion, elephant, leopard, rhino and buffalo – in Kenya and Tanzania; have close encounters with a rare [...]

Comment on Cairo – Egypt by North Africa – A Mediterranean Meander | TimelessEarth

North Africa – A Mediterranean Meander | TimelessEarth — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:46:52 +0000

[...] in the shadow of the Sphinx in Cairo and get your fill of the unearthly pyramids, before hitting the coast at Alexandria. Although it [...]