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Trafalgar Square - London
Trafalgar Square. Conceived by John Nash, the Square was constructed in the 1830s to commemorate Admiral Lord Nelson who died at the Battle of Trafalgar. The Corinthian column, 170 feet tall and built in 1842, is capped by a statue of Nelson.
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Vajtahunyal Castle - Budapest - Hungary
Probably the most fascinating edifice in the City Park. The castle was originally built of timber and cardboard for the World Exhibition organized in 1896 to mark the thousandth anniversary of the arrival of the Magyars in the Carpathian Basin. Its aim was to give the visitor an insight into Hungary's architectural past. Every section of the edifice is different, featuring a small-scale reproduction of various buildings in the country representing different historical and architectural styles. The castle is a true representation of a thousand years of Hungarian architecture in one single monument, and was such a success at the exhibition that it had to be rebuilt later in brick and stone. Today Vajdahunyad Castle is the home of the Hungarian Agricultural Museum.
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Vigeland Sculpture - Oslo - Norway
Gustav Vigeland is Norway's greatest ever sculptor, and in the magnificent Vigelandsparken (Vigeland Park) we find a unique collection of his sculptures. The park also contains a sculptured monumental fountain and extensive grassed areas. The people of Oslo are just as frequent visitors to Vigelandparken as the thousands of tourists who flock to the park.
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Vigeland Sculpture - Oslo - Norway
Gustav Vigeland is Norway's greatest ever sculptor, and in the magnificent Vigelandsparken (Vigeland Park) we find a unique collection of his sculptures. The park also contains a sculptured monumental fountain and extensive grassed areas. The people of Oslo are just as frequent visitors to Vigelandparken as the thousands of tourists who flock to the park.
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Wallenstein Gardens - Prague - Czech
Geometrically designed, this garden was created in 1623-30 and features a small lake, a cave with artificial stalactites and stalagmites, and plenty of roses, rhododendrons, magnolias and Japan cherry trees. The statues are copies of originals by Adrian de Vries from 1626-27.
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Water Tower District - Chicago
Water Tower District. The old Water Tower and Chicago Avenue Pumping Station are the only public buildings to survive in the area destroyed by the Fire of 1871. Both structures were designed in a castellated-Gothic Revival style. The tower represents a fanciful interpretation of a medieval fortress or, in a quote attributed to the famed critic Oscar Wilde, a ""monstrosity with pepper boxes stuck all over it."" Nonetheless, both buildings have come to symbolize Chicago's fierce drive to continue, as well as rare monuments to the 19th century. The Water Tower was originally built to house a 138-foot standpipe, which became obsolete and was removed in 1911. The district also includes a turn-of-the-century fire station and two small parks.
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Weneeslas Square - Prague - Czech
The shopping centre of Prague. In the upper part of the square is the statueof St. Wenceslas with four patron saints of Bohemia (St. Prokop, St. Adalbert,St. Ludmila and St. Agnes) by Josef Vaclav Myslbek.
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Yad Vashem - Jerusalem
Yad Vashem. Yad Vashem is the monument & testimony to the unparalleled violence afflicted on the Jewish people by the Nazi Germany. A third of the Jewish people were killed, slaughtered and murdered in the concentration camps, in the gas chambers, in the woods and in the ghettos. The purpose of Yad Vashem is to commemorate, pass on the cruel legacy of the Holocaust to the coming generations and be a voice to those who were killed, slaughtered and murdered.
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