Legend has it that if you throw a coin over your left shoulder into the Trevi Fountain in Rome you'll always return to be with the one you really love.
The Great Wall of China was built over 2,000 years ago, by Quin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China during the Qin (Ch' in) dynasty (221B.C.-206B.C.). In chinese the wall is called "Wan-Li Qing-Qeng" which means 10,000-Li long wall (10,000 Li =about 5,000km).
In 80AD the Colleseum in Rome was opened and was used to house various forms of entertainment(gladiators fighting and early christians being martyred).It is now a major tourist attraction.
Big Ben is one of Londons best known landmarks. You know when parliment is in session because a light shines above the clock face. The name Big Ben refers to the 13 ton bell hung within, not the tower or clock face.
Mount Rushmore is in South Dekota and is the worlds greatest mountain carving and features the faces of four exalted American presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. It's sculpture was Gutzon Borglum who began it in 1927 and it took 14 years to complete at a cost of a mere one million dollars. Today it is a priceless work of art.
The Niagara Falls State Park is the oldest state park in the U.S.A. established in 1885 as Niagara Reservation State Park. The Falls are capable of producing over four million kilowatts of electricity.
Located in New York harbour the Statue of Liberty was a gift of international friendship from the people of France to the people of the U.S.A. Most universally accepted symbol of political freedom and democracy.
Frances most famous land mark was completed in 1889 for the Universal Expedition.It's so popular with tourists and visitors, two tons of admission tickets are produced every year.
The Forum (a latin word meaning open space or market place) was the administrative and corporate heart of Rome. The Roman Forum was designed by the architect Vitru Vius and became the spectacular showcase of the Roman empire filled with beautiful statues and architecture.
The pre-historic megalithic monument known as Stonehenge stands isolated in its position on the vast Salisbury Plains. It dates from the agricultural Neolithic Age and with various rearrangements was completed in the Bronze Age.
Warwick castle can be found on the banks of the river Avon in Warwick, Warwickshire. It is the finest remaining medievil castle in Britain, with a thousand years of conspiracy, secrecy, scandal and high drama in its history.
Standing proud in London's Jubilee Gardens, on the south bank of the river Thames the British Airways London Eye, is a focal point of the nations celebration of the new century.
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