The Eiffel tower Paris France 320 m tall

The Eiffel tower • Paris, France • 320 m tall • Entrance to the World’s fair in 1889 • Tallest structure in the world for 41 years!

Stonehenge • Wiltshire, England • Built in Bronze age • Took more than 1000 years to build • Maybe used as a calendar or religious ceremonies

Belem Tower • Lisbon, Portugal • Build 500 years ago • Used to protect Portugal from anyone attacking! • The dungeons were used as a prison!

Leaning tower of Pisa • Pisa, Italy • Bell tower • Started to lean because of the soft soil it was built on • Took nearly 200 years to build because they had to keep stopping because of wars!

Sagrada Familia • Barcelona, Spain • Church designed by Antoni Gaudi • Still not finished being built • Takes a long time because they need people to donate money to pay for it

Buckingham palace • London, England • Home for the Queen and her family for some of the year • 775 rooms • Used for other important meetings too

Neuschwanstein Castle • Bavaria, Germany • It’s name means New Swan Stone Castle • Build up on a mountain 800 m high

Saint Basil’s cathedral • Moscow, Russia • Built nearly 500 years ago • Didn’t have all of it’s colours till 200 years after it was first built

The colosseum • Rome, Italy • Built nearly 2000 years ago! • Built by slaves and no machines like we have now • Amphitheatre – used for people to watch gladiator and animal fights • Tall as a building with 12 floors!