Landmarks

Landmarks

Popularly recognized structures around the world that are of interest to tourists and visitors due to their notable physical features or historical significance.

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Tokyo Tower

Tourism & hospitality; Landmarks

A communications and observation tower located in Shiba Park, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. At 332. 5 metres (1,091 ft), it is the second tallest artificial structure in Japan. The structure is an Eiffel ...

The Petronas Towers are skyscrapers and twin towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. According to the CTBUH's official definition and ranking, they were the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004 ...

Eiffel Tower

Tourism & hospitality; Landmarks

A puddle iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The tower is the ...

Brandenburg Gate

Tourism & hospitality; Landmarks

A former city gate and one of the most well-known landmarks of Berlin and Germany. It is located west of the city centre at the junction of Unter den Linden and Ebertstraße, immediately west of the ...

Panthenon

Tourism & hospitality; Landmarks

A temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their virgin patron. Its construction began in 447 BC when the Athenian Empire ...

The Colosseum

Tourism & hospitality; Landmarks

An elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. It is considered one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and Roman ...

Saint Basil's Cathedral

Tourism & hospitality; Landmarks

A Russian Orthodox church erected on the Red Square in Moscow in 1555–61. Built on the order of Ivan the Terrible to commemorate the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan, it marks the geometric center of ...