Top 10 Most Popular Historical Places in the World
Historical Place in the World
#10).Christ The Redeemer
Address: Parque Nacional da Tijuca - Alto da Boa Vista, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil
Construction started: 1922
Hours: Open today · 8AM–7PM
Locations: Brazil, Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro
#Christ the Redeemer is an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created by French sculptor Paul Landowski and built by the Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with the French engineer Albert Caquot.
#9).Angkor Wat
Address: Krong Siem Reap, Cambodia
Date built: 12th century
Architectural styles: Khmer (Angkor Wat style)
Elevation: 65 m (213 ft)
Region: Asia and the Pacific
Architects: Suryavarman II, Jayavarman VII
#Angkor Wat is a temple complex in Cambodia and the largest religious monument in the world, on a site measuring 162.6 hectares.
#8).Colosseum
Address: Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy
Construction started: 70 AD
Height: 48 m
Hours: Open today · 8:30AM–7PM
Architectural style: Ancient Roman architecture
#Colosseum or Coliseum, also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, 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.
#7).Stonehenge
Address: Amesbury, Salisbury SP4 7DE, UK
Construction started: 3100 BC
Hours: Open today · 9:30AM–5PM
Height: Each standing stone was around 13 foot (4.1 metres) high
Designated: 1986 (10th session)
#Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, 2 miles west of Amesbury and 8 miles north of Salisbury. It consists of a ring of standing stones, with each standing stone around 13 ft high, 6 ft 11 in wide and weighing around 25 tons.
#6).Machu Picchu0
Address: Peru
Elevation: 2,430 m
Abandoned: 1572
Founded: c. 1450
State Party: Peru
#Machu Picchu is an Incan citadel set high in the Andes Mountains in Peru, above the Urubamba River valley. Built in the 15th century and later abandoned, it’s renowned for its sophisticated dry-stone walls that fuse huge blocks without the use of mortar, intriguing buildings that play on astronomical alignments and panoramic views. Its exact former use remains a mystery.
#5).The Parthenon
Address: Athens 105 58, Greece
Construction started: 447 BC
Destroyed: Partially on 26 September 1687
Other dimensions: Cella: 29.8 by 19.2 m (98 by 63 ft)
Phone: +30 21 0321 4172
Architectural styles: Doric order, Classical architecture
Architects: Phidias, Ictinus, Callicrates
#Parthenon is a former temple, on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patron. Construction began in 447 BC when the Athenian Empire was at the peak of its power.
#4).The Great wall of China
Address: Huairou, China
Hours: Open today · 7:30AM–5:30PM
Designated as world heritage site: 1987
#The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China to protect the Chinese states and empires against the raids and invasions of the various nomadic groups of the Eurasian Steppe.
#3).Petra
Address: Jordan
Area: 264 km²
Phone: +962 3 215 6060
Number of visitors: 596,602
UNESCO World Heritage Site inscription: 1985
#Petra is a famous archaeological site in Jordan's southwestern desert. Dating to around 300 B.C., it was the capital of the Nabatean Kingdom. Accessed via a narrow canyon called Al Siq, it contains tombs and temples carved into pink sandstone cliffs, earning its nickname, the "Rose City." Perhaps its most famous structure is 45m-high Al Khazneh, a temple with an ornate, Greek-style facade, and known as The Treasury.
#2). The Pyramid of Giza
Constructed: c. 2580–2560 BC (4th dynasty)
Height: 146.7 metres (481 ft) or 280 cubits ...
Location: Giza pyramid complex, Giza, Egypt
Architect: Hemiunu
#The Great Pyramid of Giza (also known as the Pyramid of Khufu or the Pyramid of Cheops) is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza pyramid complex bordering what is now El Giza, Egypt. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact.
#1). Taj Mahal
Address: Dharmapuri, Forest Colony, Tajganj, Agra, Uttar Pradesh 282001
Height: 73 m
Inscription: 1983 (7th Session)
Visitors: 7–8 million (in 2014)
Architectural style: Mughal architecture
Architects: Ustad Ahmad Lahouri, Ustad Isa
#Taj Mahal is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan, to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.