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The Victory Column (Germany) is a famous sight of Berlin. The Victory column (Siegessule) is next to Brandenburg Gate, German Parliament, Television Tower and Berlin Cathedral one of the most significant monuments in Berlin. It was originally located at the Knigsplatz (present-day Platz der Republik), the square in front of the Reichstag. The Victory Column stands at 61.5m high and provides excellent views of Berlin from the center of Tiergarten at the junction of five main roads. It is huge and spectacular.

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The Brandenburg Gate is a former city gate and the symbol of Berlin, Germany. It is located between the Pariser Platz and the Platz des 18 Marz and is the only remaining gate of a series through which one formerly entered Berlin. One block to its north lies the Reichstag. The sandstone construction, built from 1788–91 to plans by C.G. Langhans, has 12 Doric columns and is based on the Propylaea of the Acropolis in Athens. On both sides, six Doric columns support the 11 meter-deep transverse beam, dividing the gate into five passageways. In 1794 the building was crowned with the quadriga and goddess of victory created by Schadow, which face eastwards towards the city center. The Brandenburg Gate was surrounded by further buildings which were destroyed in the war.

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The Obelisk of Buenos Aires has little historical significance and no real purpose of function in the city, unlike its national symbol counterparts worldwide including US’s Statue of Liberty, Italy’s Vatican, or England’s Big Ben. This monolith is a meeting place for political demonstrations, musical performances and celebrations over victories of the national soccer team. The obelisk symbolized the sun god Ra and during the brief religious reformation of Akhenaten was said to be a petrified ray of the aten, the sun disk. It was also thought that the god existed within the structure.
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Located in New York, at 46 meters tall , the Statue of Liberty symbolizes freedom throughout the world. Construction of the Statue began in France in the year 1875, by sculptor Auguste Bartholdi. The final completion date of the individual sections was in June of 1884. The Statue of Liberty National Monument officially celebrated her 100th birthday on October 28, 1986. An inspiring symbol of America, given as a gift from France in honor of the first centennial of the United States.

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Built in 1958 for the the Brussels World’s Fair (Expo ‘58), it is103 metre(335-foot) tall monument represents a cell of an iron crystal, magnified 165 billion times, with vertical body diagonal, with tubes along the 12 edges of the cube and from all 8 vertices to the centre. The Atomium is the visiualization of microscopic molecular structures on a great enlarged scale,which is located next to Heysel metro station in Brussels.
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The temple - monument Shipka is created in connection with dramatic doings from Russo-Turkish war(1877-1878). It make a deeply impressed with its meazurement and have a history value for bulgarian society. At the thought for wagen battles and for the totally strenght advantage of turkish army, a man be faced with prade in frony of this monument. The monument of Liberty “Shipka”is located in national park-museum “Shipka” situated on ridge of Central Balcan, 18km of Gabrovo.
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