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Grandiose buildings have always attracted people's attention. Since ancient times, this is an unspoken competition among architects to be the builder of the tallest building, of the longest bridge, of the most original house, of the most beautiful churches, etc. Telling the truth, the architects began to receive recognition for their work only in recent times (since the era of modern times.) Prior to that, until the time of the late Middle Ages, all the laurels battered rulers, barons, knights and other nobles, many of whom did not know what the project construction is. There are several categories of buildings, which, thanks to their impressive size are among the most famous man-made objects. These categories include the pyramids, bridges, towers and skyscrapers. A tower is a high engineering construction. The main differences from the other towers, tall buildings are the lack of braces (console design, fixed only at the bottom)and extremely low internal volume, and sometimes the entire volume of the tower is occupied by only one staircase. As an engineering construction, the tower belongs to the antenna-mast structures. The most commonly towers use antennas and feeder equipment for their location. For example, mobile operators are placed on towers and relay panel antenna. If the height of the antenna-mast structures (AMC), is more than 45 feet , it requires an electricity system. This requirement REGA to ensure safety.

 

The creators of the Eiffel Tower gave the go-ahead starting the present stage of the competition for the title of " the biggest skyscraper or tower of the world." Built in 1889 it became the tallest (312m) building in the world. Prior to its two thousand years the palm kept Pyramid of Giza (147m). After the Eiffel Tower became the champions of the growth series: the Empire State Building (381m) in New York, Chicago Sears Tower (442m), Malaysia's Petronas Towers (452m), Taiwan's Taipei 101 (508m). The latter was built in 2004 and held the title of the world's tallest skyscraper until 21 July 2007, when the line was broken by the cherished tower Burj Dubai in United Arab Emirates. It rose to a height of 512 meters. The construction of the tower is not yet complete, its completion is scheduled for late 2008. According to the statements of architects, its height will reach a record high indeed - 808 meters. The cost of the construction of the tower is estimated at one billion dollars and has lasted for almost four years. The average rate of the construction of one floor lasted three days. The tower and the adjacent buildings occupied a land of 200 hectares (it cost the owners of the building 20 billion dollars). The tower will be equipped with 56 elevators (incidentally, the fastest in the world), boutiques, swimming pools, apartments class "luxury" hotels, and observation sites . A distinctive feature is the construction of the international working teams: South Korean firm contractor, American architects, Indian builders. Four thousand people had been involved in the construction. The building of the tower was created in the shape of a trefoil - a symbol of life in the desert. Its spire will be visible at a distance of sixty miles. The Burj Dubai Tower will be the center of a large architectural complex. Among the buildings of the huge complex (12ha), there will be an artificial lake, 30 thousand homes, a large park area, nine hotels.

 

Since ancient times, people seek height. The evidence of this fact can be found everywhere - from the ancient Egyptian pyramids to the modern skyscrapers. The legend of the Tower of Babel explains this tendency as theomachism - people wanted to reach heaven and defeat the gods. Then they did not succeed, God sent the exuberant wind, tossing the tower, and mixed in a sentence all human languages. But people have stubbornly continued to build high-rise structures - whether we wanted to prove his power, or trying to get closer to God, or seeking other worlds ... But as a person - just a man, and him, as did the ancient Romans, to err, it sometimes happened that tall buildings do not want to look up and just started to lean down to its creators. So, many towers fell . The reasons for the fall of the towers is the most different, many of them are connected with the peculiarities of the soil or with errors in the design and construction. But, of course, each tower has an explanation of this feature. A good tower is usually not one but several legends associated with its slope. And certainly the leaning tower is a local (and sometimes known in the whole world) landmark. If the tower identified its status, it is immediately placed in local guidebooks, and even brings considerable income. We will cover the most famous bowing towers, each remarkable in its own way. The most famous of falling towers are one of the oldest. The tower is a bell tower and is part of the architectural ensemble, which also includes the cathedral, baptistery and cemetery. All this is built of white marble and it simply shines in sunny weather .


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The Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower is the most recognizable architectural landmark of Paris, world-famous as a symbol of France, named after its designer Gustave Eiffel and it is a place of pilgrimage for tourists. The designer himself called it simply - a 300-meter tower. In 2006 the tower was visited by 6,719,200 people and 236 445 812 people in its history. That is, ...

The CN Tower, Toronto

For more than 30 years, the CN Tower holds the palm among the tallest buildings of the world. The CN Tower, the highest TV tower in the world can be found in Toronto, against the famous Bay Street. Until 2007 it was the tallest building in the world. The tower lost the title of the highest buildings in the world on July 21, 2007, giving it to the construction of Burj Dubai, whose height exceeds 554 meter...

Qutb Minar

Qutb Minar is the tallest brick minaret in the world. The tower's height reaches 72.5 meters, and there are 379 steps on the top of the structure. The Qutb minaret is located in Delhi, India. The tower is considered a World Heritage site and is protected by UNESCO. The construction of the tower was started by the first Muslim ruler of India Qutbuddin Aibak. He was impressed by the Afghanista...

The Tokyo Tower

By the middle of the 1950s, Japan has largely recovered from the effects of World War II. The horrific scale of the military defeat, the two nuclear bombings, the shame of the surrender, the bloodless economy and the huge loss of life - it was all over. The country, cast a heavy burden of prewar militarism and was optimistic about the future. The whole world already started to talk about the Japanese "economic miracle" and...

The Leaning Tower of Pisa

In the field of miracles, as I recall, it was possible to grow a tree of gold. But this is a tale of life as the Square of miracles is the amazing Leaning Tower, the bell tower and still it cannot fall, fortunately. The bell tower of the cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, known worldwide as the Leaning Tower, is located on an area of Wonders 20 meters east of the cathedral . The area of miracles and ...

Axum Stelae

The Axum Stelae is a huge area where there are several huge stelae or obelisks. Along with other city attractions, the field of steles in the city attracts many tourists. These stelae date back from the 300 - 500 years BC and it is likely they appeared there before penetration into the territory of the appearance of the Christian religion into the territory.   ...

Galata Tower

The date of the construction of the Galata Tower is not known, but it was stated that it was built in 507 AD. during the reign of Emperor Justinian. The tower, which the Genoese, called the Tower of Jesus, and the Byzantines who called it the Great Tower, took its present appearance in 1348 during the rule of the Genoese. The tower was severely damaged by an earthquake in 1509 an...

The Spiral Minaret, Samarra

The Spiral Minaret is a large mosque in the city of Samarra, Iraq. Tourists can be shown a spiral minaret tower of 50 m, which calls to prayers. It has a step with a width of 2 m, which encircles the construction of five times. In the IX century, the city was built by caliph al-Muatasim, which drove the people to Baghdad. Samarra was one of the wealthiest cities of the antiquity. It was built for half a ce...

The Swan Bell Tower

The Swan Bell Tower is one of the major tourist attractions in Perth. The bell tower is located on the banks of the Swan River in the heart of the city and from its base you can enjoy views of the river as well as views of skyscrapers in the city. The tower was built in 1999-2001. The Bell Tower’s height is of 82.5m. Currently, at Belfry is an exposition with the generic &...

Big Ben

This clock on the tower of the Parliament of the United Kingdom can be heard around the world. The BBC Radio microphones transmit them every hour. It was for the first time that Big Ben stroke at night from 31 to 1 to the whole planet officially in international interim standard goes into the New Year.   Descr...

The Minaret of Jam

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The Tower of Belem

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The Two Towers of Bologna

Two of the most famous towers of Bologna are located in the city center, in Piazza della Mercanzia, approximately 200 meters from the Piazza Maggiore. In the Middle Ages the towers in Bologna were very popular. They combined safety with the residential functions. Protection was needed not only against external enemies. Almost 50 years of struggle lasted for investiture (the righ...

The Three Pagodas, Dali

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The Towers of San Gimignano, Italy

San Gimignano is a town in the province of Siena region of Tuscany. The fortified city is situated on a hill in central Italy, south-west of Florence. The city has a population of about 7000 people. The historic city center is surrounded by a fortress wall. The maximum width of the city inside the walls is of 500 meters. However, in the past the city was divided into four regions: San Giovann...


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