Taj Mahal | |
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Height | 73m |
Floors | 0 |
Year | 0 |
City | Dharmapuri |
The Taj Mahal (; lit. 'Crown of the Palace', [ta?d? ?m???(?)l]) is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the southern bank of the river Yamuna in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (reigned from 1628 to 1658) to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal; it also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan himself. The grave is the centrepiece of a 17-hectare (42-acre) complex, which includes a mosque and a guest house, and is set in formal gardens bounded on three sides by a crenellated wall.
Building of the mausoleum was basically completed in 1643, but work continued on other stages of the job for the following 10 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 approximately 32 million rupees, which in 2020 will be approximately 70 billion rupees (about U.
Macau Tower | |
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Height | 338m |
Floors | 63 |
Year | 2001 |
City | Sé, Macau |
Macau Tower Convention & Entertainment Centre (Chinese: ???????????; Portuguese: Centro de Convenções e Entretenimento da Torre de Macau), also called Macau Tower (Chinese: ???; Jyutping: ou3 mun4*two taap3; Portuguese: Torre de Macau), is a tower located in Sé, Macau. The tower measures 338 m (1,109 ft) in height from ground level to the maximum point. Its observation deck includes views, restaurants, theatres, shopping malls and the Skywalk X, a walking tour around the outer rim. It offers the best view of Macau and lately has been used for a variety of adventurous activities. At 233 metres, the Macau Tower's tethered'skyjump' and Bungee jump by AJ Hackett in the tower's outer rim, is the highest commercial skyjump on earth (233 metres), and the second highest commercial decelerator descent facility in the world, after Vegas' Stratosphere skyjump at 252 metres.The tower was created by Moller Architects and is one of the members of the World Federation of Great Towers. Beyond observation and amusement, the tower can also be used for telecommunications and broadcasting. The Grand Lisboa hotel are the most recognizable landmarks in the Macau skyline.
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