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World of Wonders th 6 -7 Students of the forms Gymnasia #1 Starye Dorogi Belarus Presents

Let’s have a wonderful trip and see the most beautiful places of our countries!

Belarus

The National Library of Belarus was founded on 15 September 1922, it is now located in a new 72 -metre (236 feet) high building in Minsk, Belarus. The building has 22 floors and was completed in January 2006. The building can seat about 2, 000 readers and features a 500 -seat conference hall. Its main architectural component has the shape of a diamond. The library's new building was opened on 16 June 2006. The library service is in great demand. More than 90 thousand citizens of Belarus are library users, who annually request 3. 5 million documents. Every day the library is visited by more than 2, 200 people. The library delivers about 12, 000 documents daily.

The Mirsky Castle Complex is a UNESCO World Heritage site in Belarus located in the town of Mir in the Karelichy District of the Grodno Region. The construction of the castle began at the end of the 15 th century, in the Gothic architecture style. Building of the castle was completed by Duke Ilinich in early 16 th century near the village Mir. Around 1568 the Mir Castle passed into the hands of Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł, who finished building the castle in the Renaissance style. A three-storey palace was built along the eastern and northern walls of the castle. Plastered facades were decorated with limestone portals, plates, balconies and porches.

Lake Skachalskoe keeps a lot of secrets. The lake is surrounded by a forest. It’s not very big (0. 45 sq. km. ) but very beautiful. There are some stories about its origin. One of them tells that the lake replaced the church which fell through deep into the earth. Another story tells that many years ago there was a great drought. A piece of a swamp burnt and came down. The place filled up with water. This place is popular with native people and visitors. They believe that its water can

Canada

The CN Tower is the tallest building in Canada. It is also one of Ontario’s most popular places to visit. It’s about 553 m tall.

With more than 6 million cu ft (168, 000 m³) of water falling over its brink per minute, Niagara Falls is the most powerful waterfall in North America and the most famous and one of the largest in the world. Niagara falls also marks USA’s and Canada’s border. The town of Niagara Falls is best known as a honeymoon spot, attracting millions of romancing couples every year.

The USA

The Sears Tower should definitely be on your list of Chicago attractions which you should visit during your stay in the windy city. The Sears Tower has 110 floors and was at one time the tallest building in the world.

The Grand Canyon was formed with Colorado River. It is one mile deep and 277 miles ( 363 km) long. There are different plants and animals on opposite sides of the canyon. The south side is dry and desert country. The north side has tall forests. The canyon looks different at

Mount Rainier is one of the many mountains in the Cascade mountain range. It is the highest point in all of Washington. It is 14, 410 feet tall. Every year more than about 2, 500 people climb Mt. Rainier and it is also a dormant volcano.

The Space Needle is a tall, thin structure with a sort of circular object on the top. It was built for the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair. The Space Needle is an attraction that pulls tourists into Seattle. On the top there is a restaurant that rotates 360° in 47 minutes. This is a very popular attraction because you can dine and see the city. There is an upper deck also open to the public where you can also see the wonders of our city Seattle.

Portugal

All of Obidos has been declared a national monument. It is known as the "Wedding Present Town" because it was a gift King Dinis gave to Queen Isabel on their wedding day in 1282, but that alone is not what makes it such an extraordinarily romantic place -what make it one of Europe's most romantic medieval villages are its incredibly picturesque cobblestone streets lined with colorful houses filled with geraniums and bougainvillea, Gothic doorways and windows, whitewashed churches, flowerpots and dazzling tiles -- all encircled by the walls of a 12 th century castle. Scaling its 13 m (45 ft)-high medieval walls is the best way to admire this picture postcard-perfect place.

Built in the 1840 s, it is one of Europe's most fantastic palaces, often compared to Neuschwanstein and the other mock-medieval castles of Ludwig of Bavaria in Germany, although it was actually built more than two decades before those. It includes a drawbridge, a conglomeration of turrets, ramparts, and domes, and a gargoyle above a Neo. Manueline arch, all washed in an array of pastel shades. The extravagant interior is decorated in late Victorian and Edwardian furnishings, rich ornaments, paintings, and priceless porcelain preserved just as

Ukraine

The monastery was founded in the eleventh century by monks Antoniy and Feodosiy who established their cells in the caves (in Ukrainian: pechery — hence the name Pechersk). The monastery soon grew to be a major monastic community with churches, refectories, buildings of monk cells occupying a large territory. Lavra is a title which was awarded only to very large and important monasteries. The Pechersk Lavra

That date to the pre-Christian times and may be as ancient as twenty five hundred years old or even older, dot the vast Ukrainian steps; these idols may have seen the invading army of the mighty Persian king Darius whom the wily Scythians forced to retreat

A natural boundary «Cascades» near the village of Zlynky in Maloviskivskii district is a corner of exotic things of primitive nature with the real waterfalls which noisily run between enormous granite stones.

Pakistan

The Faisal Mosque in Islamabad is the largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the sixth largest mosque in the world. It was the largest mosque in the world from 1986 to 1993.

The Karakoram Highway (KKH) is the highest paved international road in the world. It connects China and Pakistan across the Karakoram mountain range, through the Khunjerab Pass, at an altitude of 4, 693 m/15, 397 ft as confirmed by both SRTM and multiple GPS readings. It connects China's Xinjiang region with Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan and also serves as a popular tourist attraction. It is now part of the route officially known as as N-35 within Pakistan. Due to its high elevation and the difficult conditions in which it was constructed, it is also referred to as the "Ninth Wonder of the

The Badshahi Mosque (Urdu: ﻣﺴﺠﺪ )ﺑﺎﺩﺷﺎھی or the 'Emperor's Mosque' in Lahore is the second largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the fifth largest mosque in the world. Epitomising the beauty, passion and grandeur of the Mughal era, it is Lahore's most famous landmark and a major tourist attraction.

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