Towers

Fernsehturm, Berlin

The Fernsehturm (literally, "TV tower") was built in 1969 and features a revolving cafe and observation deck. Aside from the obvious function of providing TV and radio signals for the city the underlying motivation for the tower was to create…

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Thursday, 28th July 2005

Vatican City

This is the Vatican City, within Rome, Italy. The home of the popes, it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of area (0.44 km²) and population (just over 900). The Vatican City is separated from Rome…

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Tuesday, 5th July 2005

Venice

This is the beautiful Venice, city of canals. Venice is built on more than a hundred islands in a shallow lagoon, with the canals serving the function of roads - every form of transport is on water or on foot.…

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Thursday, 30th June 2005

Ostankino Tower

The best shadow yet is that of Ostankino TV Tower in Moscow, it's absolutely huge. On completion in 1967 it was the tallest free-standing structure in the world; however, the CN Tower in Toronto overtook it in the 1970's. In…

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Saturday, 25th June 2005

Tokyo Tower

This is the Tokyo Tower in Japan, which is the world's tallest self supporting steel structure. Although it seems like everything can be classified as the world's tallest something... ( I hearby declare myself the world's third tallest Google Sightseeing…

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Friday, 24th June 2005

Eiffel Tower, Paris

The Eiffel Tower needs no introduction as we've all seen it a thousand times in pictures, movies and TV. The odd angle of this aerial photo makes the tower seem sideways and upside down but you can't miss the great…

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Tuesday, 21st June 2005

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