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In Beijing is implementing a mega project on land that was an old residential apartment housing. On the boulevard of Shanghai is constructed Chinese Center of Television is nicknamed CCTV Building, designed by Ren Koolhaas and consists of two asymmetrical towers, other buildings of this mega Project is The National Stadium dubbed the Bird's Nest because of its form, designed by Swiss architectural firm. Next comes The National Swimming Center or Water Cube, this cube designed by PTW architects, The last such project is the new national theater, is made of titanium and glass and gives the feeling of floating on the lake, this structure is dubbed as the egg. The video seems pretty interesting because unveils all structure being made in Beijing and not just the most famous as the Bird's Nest or the Water Cube.






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=Seven Wonders of the Ancient World =

//Various lists of the Wonders of the World have been compiled over the ages to catalogue the most spectacular man-made constructions and natural things in the world.// // The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is the first known list of the most remarkable man-made creations of classical antiquity, and was based on guide-books popular among Hellenic sight-seers and only includes works located around the Mediterranean rim. The number seven was chosen because the Greeks believed it to be the representation of perfection and plenty. Many similar lists have been made, including lists for the Medieval World and the Modern World. //

= = ===//The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus // ===

//The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was one of the Ancient 7 Wonders of the World, chosen by Philon of Byzantium in 200 B.C.// //Built between 370 and 350 B.C., this monumental white marble tomb was dedicated to King Mausolus by his grieving wife, Queen Artemisia II of Caria, as a memorial to their great love.// //According to records, the Mausoleum once stood some 50 meters high and was surrounded by 36 columns. It was designed by the Greek architects Satyrus and Pythius and four famous Grecian sculptors added an ornamental frieze around its exterior.// //The structure stood atop a marble pedestal at the intersection of the two main streets of// //Halicarnassus.// //The Mausoleum stood relatively intact until 1522 A.D., when it was ordered to be destroyed because it was an example of pagan art.//

===**//The Colossus of Rhodes  //** ===

  //The Colossus of Rhodes was one of the Ancient 7 Wonders of the World, chosen by Philon of// //Byzantium in 200 B.C.// //A gigantic bronze statue that once stood 32 meters high on a marble block, the// //Colossus of Rhodes was built by its citizens to revere the sun god Helios, who was believed to have helped Rhodes ward off the attacking Demetrius of Macedonia. Constructed by the engineer Chares, the Colossus was completed in 280 B.C.// //In order to pay for the construction of the Colossus, the Rhodesians sold all of the siege equipment that Demetrius had left behind in front of their city when he retreated.// //Ancient accounts describe the statue as being built around several stone columns on the interior, standing on a 15 meter high white marble pedestal near the harbor entrance.// //Iron beams were driven into the stone towers and bronze plates attached to the bars to create the exterior. The upper portions of the statue were built with the help of a large dirt ramp.// //Unfortunately, around 224 B.C., an earthquake caused the Colossus collapsed into pieces. Even so, the statue was so admired that it was left lying in huge fragments for around 900 years.// //In AD 654, an Arab force under Muawiyah I captured Rhodes, and, according to the chronicler Theophanes, the remains were sold to a traveling salesman.//

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 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">//In the year 200 BC Byzantium selected the Pyramids of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the Lighthouse of Alexandria as the seven wonders of the ancient world, these were works of architecture by its large scales and how they were developed they acquire a great value. Currently, the Pyramids of Giza are the only survivors of the seven wonders; the others disappeared because of natural disasters such as the Colossus of Rhodes collapsed during an earthquake, or destroyed by humans as the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus.// //Although these works are amazing, I think the Pyramids of Giza are the best of these works for several reasons. The first is for being one of the oldest and built in the desert, this is more difficult for construction than any other wonder of the ancient world, because the Egyptians did not have much equipment or the same knowledge, however these the pyramids became equally of surprising that the other wonders of ancient world, The second reason is that despite being one of the most ancient wonders is the only one still exists.//


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=//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Seven Wonders of the Modern World //=

//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Research-Show-Tell-Task //
<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">//The Pantheon in Agrippa or Pantheon in Rome is a circular temple built in Rome at the beginning of the Roman Empire and it was built to worship all gods. I selected this structure because I think it is the most beautiful memory of Roman antiquity, and because of its design and symbolism.//

//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The building was constructed in the times of the general Emperor Augustus, Marcus Agrippa. After some study, I concluded that it was destroyed and rebuilt in the government of Adrian, but despite this, it still had a resemblance to the temple of Agrippa. The Pantheon was originally a temple dedicated to all sky gods in Roman mythology as the sun, moon and five planets. I think this structure should be one of the Seven Wonders of the World because, like the Coliseum is a building that holds the remains and ideas of an ancient culture and as important as the Roman. //

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Currently humans destroy everything in its path regardless the stories certain places have, so it is very important that the Pantheon in Rome is named one of the Seven Wonders of the World to protect this structure and to preserve the remnants of Roman culture. //

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