Mount_Rushmore

For the 1960 rock band, see mount Rushmore (band).

Mount Rushmore wallpper

 

      Mt. Rushmore National Memorial is a huge mountain sculpture of four US President, located near keystone, in the black hills of south Dakota. The president depicted are; George Washington , Thomas Jefferson, Theodore teddy Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. The work was designed by the sculptor john glutton Borglum (March 25, 1871-March 6,1941).

     The Mount Rushmore national memorial is a sculpture carved in to the granite face of mount Rushmore near keystone, south Dakota in the united states.

     Mount Rushmore features  60-feot (18 m) sculptures of the heads of four united states presidents. George Washington (1732-1799), Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), Theodore Roosevelt (1859-1919)and Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). The entire memorial covers 1,278.45 acres (5.171 cm) and is 5,725 feet (1,745 m) above sea  level.

Sculptures of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln (left to right) represent the first 130 years of the history of the united states.

• 103’27’35.37.’’Me ordinates.
• 43’2’44.21’’N 103 27’35.37’’ W.
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• History=

     The purpose of the memorial is to communicate the founding, expansion, preservation, and unification of the united states with colossal statues of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.

    Originally known to the Latoya Sioux as six grand fathers, the mountain was renamed after Charles E. Rushmore, a prominent New York lawyer, during an expenditure in 1885. At first, the project of carving Rushmore was undertaken to increase tourism in the black hills region of congressional delegation and president Calvin Coolidge. The project received in 1927, and ended in 1914 with no fatalities. 

• Area=
• 1,278,45 acres (5.17 km).
• Established=
• March 3,1925.
• Visitors=
• Nearly 3 million (in 2012).
• Governing body=
• National park service.
•  
• Conservation=

     The ongoing conservation of the site is overseen by the US national park service.

     In 1998, electronic monitoring devices were in stalled to track movement in the topology of the sculpture to an accuracy of 3 mm. the site has been subsequently digitally recorded using a terrestrial laser scanning methodology  in 2009 as part of the international Scottish ten project, providing a record of unprecedented resolution and accuracy to inform the conservation of the site.

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Taipei Building

                       

Taipei Building Wallpaper.

Capital of Taiwan redirects here for the capital of Taiwan province, see Zhou Xingu new village.

This article is about the capital city for other uses, see Taipei(disambiguation).

• Country=
• Republic of china
• Region=
• Northern Taiwan
• Settled=
• 1709
• City seat=
• Xenia district
• District-Ad visions=
• 12 districts

         Taipei city= Taipei building is situated at the northern tip of Taiwan, Taipei is located on the Tams river It is about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of Keeling, a port city on the pacific ocean. The city proper is home to an estimated  2,618,772 people. Taipei, New Taipei and Keeling together from the Taipei-Keeling metropolitan  area with a population of 6,900,273. They are Administer Under three municipal governing bodies Taipei city proper is surrounded on all sides by New Taipei.

            Taipei is the political, economic , and cultural center of Taiwan. Taipei is part of a Major industrial area.  Railways, high speed rail, highways, airports, and bus lines Connect  Taipei with all parts of the island.

History=

             Taipei was founded in the early 18^th century and become an important center for overseas trade in the 19^th century. The king dynasty of china made Taipei the provincial capital of Taiwan in 1886. Japan acquired Taiwan in 1895 after the first Sion-Japanese war. Taiwan become a colony of Imperial Japan with Taipei as its capital. A number of Taipei landmarks and cultural institutions date from this period. The republic of china took over the island in 1945 following Japanese surrender. After losing mainland china to the Chinese Communicating (KMT) relocated the Ros government to Taiwan and declared Taipei the provisional capital of the republic of chine in December 1949.

In 1990 Taipei provided the backdrop for the wild lily student rallies that moved Taiwanese society from one-party rule to multiparty democracy. The city is today home to Taiwan’s democratically elected national government.

• Government.
• Type=
• Taipei city government
• Mayor=
• HAU(dung-pin CK MT)
• Area
• Special municipality=
• 271.7997 km (104.9425 sq mi)
• Water=
• 207 km (1.0 sq mi)

Taipei 101=

Taipei 101 is a 101-floor landmark skyscraper that claimed the title of world’s tallest building when it opened In 2004, a title it held for six years before relinquishing  it to the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Designed by  C.Y. lee partners and construction by KTRT joint venture Taipei  101 making it the first skyscraper in the height.

Temples=

Built in 1738, Longhand temple is one of the oldest temples in the city.

      Taipei is rich in beautiful, ornate temples housing Buddhist Taoist, and Chinese folk religion deities. The longhand temple , built in 1738 and located in the wanhua district demonstrates an example of architecture with south Chinese influences  commonly seen or older buildings in Taiwan . the Taipei Confucius temple traces its history back to 1879 during the king dynasty and also incorporates south Fuji an-style  architecture.

Population (January 2012).

• Special municipality=
• 2,652,959
• Density=
• 9.800/km(25,000/sq mi)
• Metro=
• 6,950,646

Economy

Bella vita shopping center and CPC  building at Xiniy business area see also Economy of Taiwan.  This is part of the so-called Taiwan miracle which has seen dramatic growth in the city following foreign direct investment in the 1960 s. Taiwan is now a creditor economy holding one of the world’s largest foreign exchange reserves of over US $ 403 building as of December 2012.The GDP per capital of Taipei is US $ 48,400 and the second highest in Asia behind Tokyo, which has a GDP per capital of US $ 65, 453.

• Postal code=
• 100-116
• Area code=
• (0)2.

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Statue of Liberty

 

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          The Statue of Liberty (liberty enlightening the world; French; LA liberty eclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in the middle of New York Haber, in Manhattan, New York City.

• LOCATION=
• Liberty Island Manhattan, New York U.S.
• COORDINATES=
•  40 41’21’N  74’2’40 w  coordinates; 40’41’21’’N  74’2’40’’W.
• HEIGHT=
•  151 feet 1 inch (46 meters) .
•  Ground to torch 3o5 feet 1 inch. (93meters).
• DEDICATED=
• October 28, 1886.
• RESTORED=
• 1938, 1984-1986, 2011-2012.
• VISITATION=
• 3.2 million (in 2009).
• GOVERNING BODY=
• U>S national park service u nesco world heritage site.
• OFFICIAL NAME=
• Statue of liberty national monument, Ellis Island and liberty Island.
• DESIGNATED BY=
• president Calvin Coolidge New York city landmark.
• TYPE=
• Cultural.
• REFRENCE NO=
• 66000058    U.S national monument.
• DESIGNATED=
• October 15, 1924.

      The statue of liberty designed by Frederic Augusta Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886, was a gift to the United States from the people of France. The statue is of a robed female figure representing Liberties, the roman goddess of freedom who bears a torch and a tabula ansata  (a tablet evoking the law)upon which is inscribed the date of the American declaration of independence, July 4, 1776.

        The statue of liberty who commented in 1865 that any monument raised to American independence would properly be a joint project of the France and American peoples. Work on statue did not commence until the early 1870 s. in 1875 Laboulaye proposed that the France finance the statue and the Americans provide the site and build the pedestal. The torch bearing arm was displayed at the centennial exposition in Philadelphia, in 1876, and in NEW York’s Madison square park from 1876 to 1882.

• CRITERIA=
• I, vi.
• DESIGNATED=
• 1984(8^th session).
• REFERENCE NO=
• 307.
• REGION=
• Europe and North America U.S.  National register of historic place.
• TYPE=
• Individual .
• DESIGNATED=
• October 15, 1966.

       The statue was administered by the united states lighthouse board until 1901 and then by the department of war, since 1933 it has been maintained by the national park service. The statue was closed for renovation for much of 1938. In the early 1980 it was found to have deteriorated to such an extent that a major restoration was required. While the statue was closed form 1984 to 1986. After the September 2001, it was closed fro reasons of safety and security, the pedestal reopened in 2004 and the statue in 2009, with limits in the number of visitors allowed to ascend to the crown was closed for a year until October 28,2012, the statue and Island opened again on July 4,2013.After word the statue of liberty Designated in September 14, 1976.

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Empire State Building

General information.

• Type=
•  office, observation
• Location=
• 350 fifth avenue new York, NY 10118
• Architectural style=
• Art deco
• Construction started=
• 1929
• Completed=
• 1931
• Cost= 
•  $ 40,948,900 ($629 Million in 2013 dollars)  

   

 Tallest Building in the world from 1931 to 1970.

                The empire state building is a 103 story skyscraper located in midtown Man Hatton new York city, at the intersection of faith avenue and west 34^th street, it has a roof height of 1,250feet (381meters), and with its antenna spire included it stands a total of ,454ft (443.2m) high., its name is derived from the nick name for new York, the empire state,  it stood as the world’s tallest building for nearly 40 years, from its completion in early 1931 unit the topping out of the world trade center’s north tower in late 1970. Following the September 11 attacks in 2001, the Empire State Building was again the tallest busing in New York (although it was no longer the tallest in the US or the world), unit one world trade center reached a greater height on April 30,2012

Technical details.

• Floor count=
• 103
• Floor Area=
• 2248,355 sq
• ft+(208,879m     
• Lift Elevators =
•  73
• 
  
• Height=
•  
• Architectural=
• 1,250 ft (381.om)
• Type=
• 1,454 ft (443.2m)
• Roof=
• 1,250 ft (381.0m)
• Top floor=
• 1,224 ft (373.1m)
• Observatory=
• 1,224 ft (373.1m) 

History:

          The site of the empire state building was first developed as the john Thompson from in the last 18^th century. At the time, a stream ran across the site, emptying into sunfish pond, located a block away beginning in the last 19^th century, the block was occupied by the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, frequented by the four hundred the social elite of New York.

          The limestone for the empire state building came from the empire mill in sanders, adjacent which          is an unincorporated town adjacent to Bloomington, Indiana. The empire mill land office is near state road 37 just south of Bloomington. It is a point of local pride that the stone for the empire state building came from there.

         

  Design and Construction.

• Architect=
• Shreve, lamb and Harmon
• Developer= 
• John J. Raskob
• Structural Engineer=
• Homer Gage Balcom
• Main Contractor=
• Starrett Brothers and E ken.

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