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Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius
The Palace of Galerius in eastern Serbia is a fortified palace complex and monumental complex of the late Roman period, built by Emperor Caius Valerius Galerius Maximianus in the late 3rd and early 4th centuries. It was called Felix Romuliana, named after the emperor's mother. The site includes fortifications, a palace in the northwest of the complex, a basilica, a temple, a thermal bath, a monumental complex and a tetrapylon. The uniqueness of the complex lies in its intertwined monumental functions of ceremonial and religious architecture.
Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point
The Poverty Point Monumental Works are named for the 19th-century plantation adjacent to the site, which is located on slightly elevated, narrow terrain in the lower Mississippi River valley. The complex consists of five mounds, six concentric semi-elliptical ridges separated by shallow depressions, and a central plaza. It was built by a group of hunter-gatherers for residential and ceremonial purposes between 3,700 and 3,100 years ago. It is a remarkable achievement in North American earthen architecture, unmatched for at least 2,000 years.
Monument to the People's Heroes
The Monument to the People's Heroes was built to commemorate the people's heroes who died in the People's Liberation War and the People's Revolution. It is the first monumental building in the Tiananmen Square complex to be located on the central axis of Beijing. The foundation stone was laid in 1949 and the construction was completed between 1952 and 1958. The Monument to the People's Heroes adopts the traditional Chinese stele form. The body of the monument faces south and north, facing Tiananmen Square, and is made of granite and white marble. The lower level of the monument is inlaid with eight huge white marble reliefs on all four sides of the waist part of the Xumi pedestal. The 172 carefully designed figures reflect the revolutionary history of the Chinese people's anti-imperialism and anti-feudalism from the Opium War to the War of Liberation. From pattern design to carving technology, it represents the highest level of Chinese sculpture in the mid-20th century. The most eye-catching part of the front of the monument is inlaid with giant granite, on which are engraved eight large gold-plated characters written by Mao Zedong: "The people's heroes will live forever." The back of the monument is engraved with a gold-plated inscription drafted by Chairman Mao Zedong and inscribed by Premier Zhou Enlai. The top of the stele adopts the classical architectural style of a small hipped roof with cirrus clouds above and heavy curtains below, and its shape is solemn and dignified.
Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza
The urban form of the small cities of Úbeda and Baeza in southern Spain can be traced back to the Moors in the 9th century and the Reconquista in the 13th century. An important development took place in the 16th century, when these cities followed the vein of the emerging Renaissance. This planning intervention was part of the introduction of new Italian humanist ideas into Spain, which had a great influence on the architecture of Latin America.
Tianjin Porcelain House
The Porcelain House is located at No. 72, Chifeng Road, Heping District, Tianjin. It is a unique building in Tianjin. Its predecessor was a century-old French-style building. Its current life is an extremely luxurious "Porcelain Beauty Building". The building is called: a priceless "Chinese Ancient Porcelain Museum". This "Porcelain House" is a French-style building decorated with many antiques on Chifeng Road, Tianjin. It was designed by Zhang Lianzhi, the owner of the Porcelain House. The predecessor of the Porcelain House was a small French-style building with a history of more than 100 years. The original owner was a central finance minister. After the minister left, it became a bank. After liberation, it became the Tianjin Heping District Industrial and Commercial Bureau. It is No. 72 Chifeng Road. No. 70 on the left is the former residence of "Shanxi Merchant" Qiao Tiehan, and No. 78 on the right is the former residence of Zhang Xueliang. Later, the Industrial and Commercial Bureau moved to a new site and left it idle for more than ten years. It was not until Zhang Lianzhi bought it in 2000 that it began its history as a porcelain house again. In September 2002, Zhang Lianzhi spent 30 million yuan to buy a century-old small western-style building and decided to transform it into a porcelain building to promote the porcelain culture of the Chinese nation and build a monument to porcelain culture. At first, Zhang Lianzhi just thought that it would be enough to paste porcelain tiles on the eaves. In 2005, when Zhang Lianzhi attended the Asia-Europe Finance Ministers' Meeting in Tianjin, he went to the Huayun Museum for dinner and was shocked by a wall inlaid with ancient porcelain fragments. Inspired by this, Zhang Lianzhi thought that if the whole house was covered with ancient porcelain, the effect might be more amazing. So he took out all the Tang Sancai, Song and Yuan official kilns, and Ming and Qing treasures that he had collected for many years and turned them into unique building materials. In September 2007, the Porcelain House was officially opened to the public and immediately became a landmark building in Tianjin. From September 2007 to 2014, when the Porcelain House was officially opened to the public, Zhang Lianzhi had been constantly supplementing the Porcelain House, and the most recent one was completed in January 2009.
Bell and Drum Tower
As a landmark building at the north end of Beijing's central axis, the Bell and Drum Tower is located in the commercial district of Beijing's old city. Together with the court area formed by Tiananmen, Duanmen, and the Forbidden City, it forms the capital planning paradigm of "facing the market behind" as recorded in "Kaogongji". The building is magnificent and is an important landscape viewpoint of Beijing's central axis, forming a sharp contrast with the surrounding flat and open residential buildings with blue bricks and gray tiles. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Bell and Drum Tower assumed the function of city timekeeping and time reporting. It was an important urban management facility and witnessed the traditional lifestyle of ancient China using bells and drums to tell time.
Völklingen Ironworks
The ironworks, covering approximately six hectares, is a landmark of the city of Völklingen. Although production has recently ceased, it is the only integrated ironworks built and equipped in the 19th and 20th centuries that has been preserved intact in Western Europe and North America.
"Tianjin Eye" Ferris Wheel
The Eye of Tianjin, also known as the Tianjin Yongle Bridge Ferris Wheel, is the only Ferris wheel built on a bridge in the world. It was officially closed on December 17, 2007, making the magnificent "Eye of Tianjin" fully "open", adding another scene to Tianjin. It is one of the top ten landmark buildings in China. This Ferris wheel will not only become the only Ferris wheel built on a bridge in the world, but also one of the iconic landscapes of Tianjin. From the perspective of height, the Eye of Tianjin has surpassed the famous London Eye and jumped to the first place in the world. Sitting firmly on the Yongle Bridge, the Eye of Tianjin is the only Ferris wheel built on a bridge in the world. Its ingenuity and imagination are indeed well-deserved to be the "first in the world". On April 16, 2009, the Yongle Bridge Ferris Wheel was officially opened. The Yongle Bridge Ferris Wheel, also known as the "Eye of Tianjin". The Ferris wheel is equipped with 48 transparent cabins, each of which can accommodate 8 people. The cabin is comfortable and spacious, with air conditioning and fans to adjust the temperature, and can accommodate 384 people for sightseeing at the same time. The time it takes for the Ferris wheel to rotate once is affected by the number of passengers and weather changes, and is maintained between 20 and 40 minutes. The diameter of the Ferris wheel is 110 meters, so the technical content of its rotating shaft is very high. The rotating shaft of Tianjin Eye is made in Germany. At present, the Ferris wheel has passed the strength tests of compression resistance, impermeability, flexure resistance, and frost resistance.
Wenfeng Tower Scenic Area
In 947 AD, after Emperor Shizong of Liao ascended the throne, he began to build a Feng Shui pagoda to pray for the emergence of talents in Luanzhou. The original pagoda was a solid octagonal brick structure with dense eaves, a radius of 4 meters and a height of 20 meters. In the sixth year of Emperor Kangxi (AD) 1667, Emperor Kangxi stopped at Yanshan during his first eastern tour. He watched fishing in the Luan River and visited the Wenfeng Pagoda on Yanshan. Since then, the Wenfeng Pagoda on Yanshan has become more famous. In November 2009, the reconstruction of the Wenfeng Pagoda began. The exterior of the newly built Wenfeng Pagoda is an octagonal, 13-story dense eaves imitation Liao pagoda. The radius is 7.5 meters and the total height is 32.67 meters. There are more than 20 "Wenfeng Pagodas" in the country, and the Wenfeng Pagoda on Yanshan is one of the largest. Over the past thousands of years, after experiencing vicissitudes and the replacement of prefectures and counties, the Wenfeng Pagoda has been rebuilt and rebuilt several times. It still stands on the top of Yanshan, becoming a landmark building in Luanzhou and the highest peak of Jingdong culture and art.