Great Buildings of the WorldBy Miss Ertel’s

3rd & 4th GradersMarch 2008

Big Ben Tower-BridgeBy Amy R. Price

• London, England• 1858• Famous Landmark• Clock tower• Augustus Pugin

and Charles Barry- architects

• Weighs over 13 tons

• Clock hands are 14 feet and 9 feet long

Big Ben is in Europe.

Chartres Cathedralby Tyler

• Chartres, France• Built by

Catholic Church• 1145-1220• A church• First building to be

built at such height

• Walking labyrinth is on the floor

Chartres Cathedral is in Europe.

Roman Colosseum by Alexis

• Rome, Italy• Inspired by Emperor

Vespasian• Builders- Romans• 70-82 CE • Built for

Entertainment• Seated over 50,000

The Colosseum is in Europe.

Eiffel Tower by Jasa

• Paris, France• Gustave Eiffel, Builder• 1887 to 1889• Built for World’s Fair• 300 m (985 ft) tall • Has been hit by lightning• 300 meters tall (985 feet)

The Eiffel Tower is in Europe.

Empire State BuildingBy Hunter

• New York City• Shreve, Lamb, Harmon-

Architects• Built from 1929-1931• 102 floors • 1,250 feet high to roof• Built to be the tallest

building in the world and it was for 41 years counting the spire which made it 1,472 feet tall

The Empire State Building is in North America.

Golden Gate Bridgeby Johnathan

• San Francisco, California• Builder, Joseph Strauss• 1933 to 1937• 4,200 feet long• 35 million dollars• To connect San Francisco

to Marin by road• Steel towers• Has 80,000 miles of wires• Suspension bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge is in North America.

Hoover Dam By Daniel

• Border of Nevada and Arizona

• Dr. Elwood Mead- head of construction

• 1931-1936

• Built to reserve water for Las Vegas and

Los Angeles

• Built to make electricity for the west

Hoover Dam is in North America.

The Leaning Tower of Pisaby Mary

• Pisa, Italy• 1173 A.D.• 179 feet tall• World’s most famous tower• Built out of marble• Began to teeter while still

under construction because of soft soil

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is in Europe.

Mount Rushmore by Luke

• Black Hills, South Dakota

• Sculptor- Gutzon Borglum

• 1927-1941• Four presidents’

heads • Never will be finished

because sculptor wanted carvings to go to presidents’ waists

Mt. Rushmore is in North America.

Notre Dame By Zoe

• Architect- Maurice De Sully• Built 1163 to 1250 • Paris, France• Restored by Viollet le Duc• Large rose windows• Famous gargoyles• Restored in 1991 and 2001• Sculptures• A bell plays from southwest

tower • Stained glass windows

The Notre Dame is in Europe.

Palace of Versailles by Tyrale

• Versailles, France• Architect- Andre

le Notre• Built from 1661 to

1774• Royal Palace

The Palace of Versailles is in Europe.

Pyramid of the Sun by Jennifer

• Teotihuacan, Mexico• 738 ft. across tall and 246 ft. high• Third largest pyramid in the world• First stage finished around 100

A.D.• Two pyramids at this site- The

Pyramid of the Moon is next to this one.

• Made of stone and earth• Named by Aztecs years later• East side faces sunrise and

west side faces sunset

The Pyramid of the Sun is in North America.

St. Basil’s Cathedral by Kelly

• Moscow, Russia• Built after victory by Tsar Ivan

IV’s win over Mongol armies• 1555-1560• Architects- Barma and Posnik• Eight Onion Domes and

Golden Crosses• Church

St. Basil’s Cathedral is in Europe.

St. Mark’s Cathedralby Hannah

• Venice, Italy• Built by Sons of

Agnello Participanzio• Built in 832, Burned in 976,

Rebuilt from 978-1063• 5 domes• Pieces of gold cover inside walls• Catholic Church• There’s a ladder on the roof • Pigeons gather there in spring• 52 meters long

St. Mark’s Cathedral is in Europe.

Statue of Libertyby William

• New York Harbor• Architect-

Frederic Bartholdi• 1884-1886• 300 feet high• Weighs over 200 tons• America’s tallest

sculpture

The Statue of Liberty is in North America.

Stonehengeby Amanda T. Norton

• Salisbury, England• Builders Unknown• Built 2,750 to 1,500 B.C.

• May have over 28 rocks• Possibly built to tell the

seasons

Stonehenge is in Europe.

Sydney Opera House By Alissa

• Sydney, Australia • Architect Jorn Utzon • 1957-1973 • Tile-clad and pre-cast

concrete • Roof sections look

like sails • Opera House

The Sydney Opera House is in Australia.

Taj Mahal Taj Mahal By AndrewBy Andrew

• Agra, India• 1630-1653• Tomb• Over 30,000 people

built it for Shah Jahan’s wife to be buried

• Marble and Gemstones

• Over 100,000 people visit every year

The Taj Mahal is in Asia.

The Giza PyramidBy Elias

• Giza, Egypt• 2600-2480 B.C.E.• Pharaoh ordered it• 4,000 men worked on it• Built to bury kings• Originally 481 ft. high• Now 449 ft. high

due to erosion

The Giza Pyramid is in Africa.

The Gateway Archby Shannon

• Also called Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Arch

• St.Louis, Missouri • Architect: Eero Saarinen • To celebrate Western

States • 1961-1965• Lookout area at the top• 630 feet tall• 630 feet between the

legs• 16,000 tons of steel• Underground tourist

center

The Gateway Arch is in North America.

The Great Wall of Chinaby Jarod

• China

• 7th Century B.C.E.

• Ordered to be built by Emperor of

China, Qin Shi Huang

• To protect the dynasty

• Several Walls- 4,000 miles long

The Great Wall of China is in Asia.

The Sphinxby

Logan

• Egypt• Built more than 4,000 years ago• Architect- Khafre• To protect the Pyramids

and the people buried there• 200 feet long, 66 feet high• Made out of bedrock

The Sphinx is in Africa.