THREE WONDERFUL PLACES IN THE WORLD



The Great Wall, ChinaIt is a collection of short walls that often follow the crest of hills on the southern edge of the Mongolian plain. The Great Wall of China, extends about 8,850 kilometers (5,500 miles).

A first set of walls, designed to keep Mongol nomads out of China, were built of earth and stones in wood frames during the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BCE).

Some additions and modifications were made to these simple walls over the next millennium but the major construction of the "modern" walls began in the Ming Dynasty (1388-1644 CE).

Through Western contact with China from the 17th through 20th centuries, the legend of the Great Wall of China grew along with tourism to the wall. Restoration and rebuilding took place in the 20th century and in 1987 the Great Wall of China was made a World Heritage Site. Today, a portion of the Great Wall of China about 50 miles (80 km) from Beijing receives thousands of tourists each day.



 
Petra, JordanPetra was discovered in 1812 after being lost by the 16th century for almost 300 years. Located in the foothills of Wadi Rum desert, near the Dead Sea, in a canyon that collects water from the mountains of Petra, the Nabataeans, an ancient tribe that flourished in the sixth century, but which data are available from 3 centuries before Christ, were able to create a network of pipes and water pipes in a thirsty land, to attract their city to the caravans coming to Mecca or returning from the silk Road in Asia.
The Petra basin boasts over 800 individual monuments, including buildings, tombs, baths, funerary halls, temples, arched gateways, and colonnaded streets, that were mostly carved from the kaleidoscopic sandstone by the technical and artistic genius of its inhabitants.
It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985, and now is one of The New 7 Wonders of the World that enchants visitors from all corners of the globe.








Christ Redeemer, BrazilThe statue of Christ the Redeemer is located at the top of Corcovado Mountain, This is a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and it is considered as the largest Art Deco statue in the world. Moreover it is also the 5th largest statue of Jesus in the world. It is 39.6 meters tall, including its 9.5 meters pedestal, and 30 meters wide. It weighs 635 tonnes, and is located at the peak of the 700-meter (2,300 ft) Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city. A symbol of Brazilian Christianity, the statue has become an icon of Rio de Janeiro and Brazil.
The statue of Christ the Redeemer has the capacity to hold 360 passengers every hour. The trip by rail is approximately 20 minutes and leaves the base each half hour. From the road or the train terminal Christ the Redeemer statue is reached by 222 steps. For those not wishing to make the arduous trek up the mountain, reaching the statue is possible by escalators and elevators.
It is one of the tourist attractions that every year attracts to more and more visitors. The best time to visit the Christ the Redeemer statue is late afternoon or evening






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