Famous Monuments Of World

Famous Monuments Of World – Complete List

Famous Monuments of  World

There are different Famous Monuments of World. The term ‘monument’ is usually applied to buildings or structures that are considered examples of important architectural and/or cultural heritage. Monuments have been created for thousands of years, and they are often the most durable and famous symbols of ancient civilizations.

Other than the individual government that protecting the monuments in their jurisdiction, there are institutions such as UNESCO’s World Heritage Site programme and World Monuments Fund, that protect and preserve monuments that considered to possess special natural or cultural significance for the world. Here is the Complete list of Famous Monuments of the world.

List of Famous Monuments Of World:

Name of the Monument	Country
Statue of Liberty	New York, USA
The Eiffel Tower	Paris, France
St Basil’s Cathedral	Moscow, Russia
Blue Domed Church	Santorini, Greece
The Great Sphinx	Giza, Egypt
Machu Pichu	Peru
Big Ben	London
Burjal Arab Hotel	Dubai
Tower of Pisa	Italy
Christ the Redeemer	Riode Janeiro, Brazil
Lascaux Cave Paintings	France
Loch Ness	Scotland
Mont St Michel	France
Bran Castle	Transylvania, Romania
Agia Sophia	Istanbul, Turkey
Brandenburg Gate	Berlin, Germany
Acropolis	Athens, Greece
Sagrada Familia	Barcelona, Spain
Uluru Sandstone	Australia
Mount Fuji	Japan
Mount Eden Crater	New Zealand
Al Aqsa Mosque	Jerusalem
Angkor Wat	Cambodia
St Peter’s Cathedral	Vatican City
Mount Rushmore	South Dakota
Victoria Falls	Between Zambia and Zimbabwe
The Great Canyon	Arizona
Petra Rock-cut Architecture	Jordan
Cape of Good Hope	SouthAfrica
Chichen Itza	Mexico
Inukshuk	Canada
Table Mountain	Cape Town, South Africa
Golden Gate Bridge	San Francisco, California
Kilimanjaro	Tanzania
Forbidden City	Beijing
Iguazu Falls	On the border of Brazil and Argentina
The Colosseum	Rome, Italy
Twyfelfontein–Ancient Rock Engravings	Namibia
The Blue Mosque	Istanbul
Millau Bridge	France
Luxor Temple	Egypt
Faisal Mosque	Islamabad, Pakistan
The Empire State Building	New York
Newgrange Tomb	Ireland
TilchoLake	Nepal
Pompeii	Italy
The Wailing Wall	Jerusalem
Abu Simbel	Egypt
Middle of the Earth or The Ciudad Mitaddel Mundo	Ecuador
Potala Palace	Lhasa, Tibet
Angel Falls	Venezuela
Ephesus	Turkey
Twelve Apostles	Australia
The National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall	China
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque	Turkey

Amazing Facts You Should Know

• The Twelve Apostles is a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of the Port Campbell National Park, by the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia. Their proximity to one another has made the site a popular tourist attraction. Currently there are eight apostles left, the ninth stack having collapsed dramatically in July 2005.
• The Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region was the residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to India during the 1959 Tibetan uprising. The palace is named after Mount Potalaka, the mythical abode of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara.
• The Colosseum is an oval amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy. Built of concrete and sand, it is the largest amphitheatre ever built.
• The Acropolis is located on a flat-topped rock that rises 150 m (490 ft) above sea level in the city of Athens, with a surface area of about 3 hectares (7.4 acres). It was also known as Cecropia, after the legendary serpent-man, Cecrops, the first Athenian king.