We know that these "transforming tourists" become fashionable. True, we also have a greater sense of pleasure than discovering the local, because then we really feel like "discovering" something. But this does not mean that we leave the work of seeing the tourist places. In this way, we are trying not to overlook the most iconic, most popular structures of the cities we go to. (The city usually forces you to go there.) As you can see below, some of these symbols are set for some, not enough to look at some of them, and some of them start to find more meaningful after reading the story.
When you are ready for this kind of research, we want to share with you the stories of the world's most popular city icons and make a sense for you too, my soul mate, the most famous city icons and stories of the world.
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- Paris - Eiffel Tower
Now that it's time to identify with the romance, the French have never spoken English, or we have had trouble with our red-beret girls who have photographed in front of Laduree, it's time to look more at the other Parisian school, the Eiffel Tower. At the moment, the tower where the couples who have not been photographed by the photographer who has not been photographed in the past, is not really a romantic story.
This tourist magnet, completed 126 years ago and attracting close to 7 million visitors a year, was built by Gustave Eiffel's firm to be the entrance gate of a fair held in the city within the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. The cost of construction of the 324-meter-long yacht was estimated at over 1 million francs ($ 1 million) higher than expected, but most of the costs were met when it was visited by 1.9 million people in the first 5 months. In the meantime, there is a reason why we have done the above by Gustave Eiffel's "firm" because there is a claim that even though the architecture is now known as Monsieur Eiffel, it is not the person who designed it in many sources.
You will be surprised by small surprises: The Eiffel Tower has been visited by almost 250 million people since its opening.
Let me give some historical information: During World War II, the wreckage of the hoist was cut off during the Nazi invasion and it was tried to prevent it from being placed on top of the Nazi symbol "Swatiska". If they did not have an elevator, they would have missed their mind enough to get 1665 steps, so we do not know.
Let's be a little crazy: In 2008, a woman "object fetishist" officially married the Eiffel Tower and changed her last name to La Tour Eiffel for her future husband.
- New York City - Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty or the Statue of Liberty in its original name, has an irresistible climate where every tourist who goes to New York is tasked to see. As a potential tourist, you have not been able to go to the pit without seeing whether you have gone through the process of being destroyed, destroyed or burned in various kinds of films, whether or not the aliens have attacked the Earth and this is where it was the first blow. If you ask a typical American, you are very likely to get the answer "DUDE DUDE", obviously you are able to see us from afar, even though it is increasing, but still it would not pass the story. Four million people per year can not be wrong!
Gustave Eiffel, who was designed by Frederic Bartholdi, and whose sculpture reached the length of 93 meters, even though it is said to be "Gustave", is not lacking, and given as the gift of France to America. Inspired by Libertas, the god of liberty in Rome's mythology, the 7 spikes on the crown of the sculpture represent 7 continents and hold a tablet on which the American Declaration of Independence writes.
Historical information: From the mid-19th century onwards, the monument began to make a special difference for immigrants, as it was the Statue of Liberty, of course, which made it possible for immigrants to realize that they were able to reach the target when nearly 9 million people were migrated to America.
Something sad: There are three people who have so far taken their place from the top of the monument and end up in the direction of suicide attempts.
Insignificant information: If there are those who are curious about Lady Liberty's foot number, 859!
- Rome-Colosseum
The Colosseum, one of the most ambitious, "best-bye" words of our list of the most popular cities in the world, is the most iconic symbol of Rome and even of the complex Italy. There are dozens of myths, stories, and dozens of stories about them, but we want to tell them the history and purpose of the actual construction, without any confusion.
The history of the coliseum dates back to some time, between 72-80 BC. In fact, as you know from many movies and romances, it was built to fight the gladiators that existed at this time, to fight animals, to carry out various executions, to demonstrate to the public, and to be able to watch these "demonstrations" The building, built by slaves and prisoners as an amphitheater, is large enough to accommodate about 50,000 people. (Historians estimate that people are most likely to be stuck in a very tight way.) Of course, at such a time, you also predict that there is no such thing as "Ricardo come early and stay in the forefront," because the distribution of people in the Coliseum is determined by their class membership .
Spread the water on your heart: Contrary to popular belief, there is no evidence that the Colosseum is experiencing an extreme brutal situation, such as being thrown in front of lions. Do not make it, Ilber Ortay breaks your mouth.
Humorous information: If you were a gladiator in the most magnificent periods of the Colosseum, the worst scenario that you could ever come across would be the "western door" of the building, because it was known as the gate from which people and animals lived in the arena.
- Brussels - Manneken Pis
We arrived at the city of Manneken Pis, which is the setting we are setting, the "child who does not work" sculpture. It took some time for us to discover the story of Manneken Pis, which we were amazed at, "How was it that this figurine was how famous it was to be so grateful?" That we thought we might have come to the wrong place when we saw him. . At least we can understand why it is famous now. (not that we give it, anyway)
If you look at it, there are a lot of myths about Manneken Pis, most of them do not need to be experts in this matter to understand that they are fake, but they can still be considered successful because they provide some talk about it. The most common of these is that during the war, a young child volunteered on one of the big bombs thrown by the soldiers surrounding the city, and the statue of the city was planted for this reason. We do not know how true it is (of course not true), but as the public loves to believe it, the sculpture is dressed in different clothes every year at different times of year, and their clothes are displayed in the city museum.
Waveguidance information: Manneken Pis has been played abundantly since it was placed on the spot. The version you are going to see here is actually a replica, but they often play or break it. We stay on the thin line between shame and funny, we will not be able to laugh
- Berlin - Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall, which created complicated emotions in every individual who set foot in Berlin, began to be built in 1961 to prevent East Germans from escaping to West Germany. The Berliner Mauer, which was a much more appropriate decision to be called "the shame of the wall", managed to stay there until the fall of 1989, which could be described as yesterday, and became a source of many sad stories. In fact, the process that started with a simple wire mesh pulling became even more tightened by the spinning of these wire mesh walls, followed by the dyeing of the beyaza and the observation towers to make it easier to see those who tried to escape to the west by the east of the wall. Although about 5000 people prevented the process during the process, although more than 200 people lost their lives while trying to pass, even though they could pass by digging tunnels on the other side of the wall, entering into suitcases or hiding in their luggage.
Here is another "that mushy" symbol that will fuse with Manneken Pis. At least by saying that they are "small" in their name, they are reducing our disappointment a little more, so we owe a thank you to them. Of course we do not like everything that is small (we do not make sense), but they seem to be a little funny to be so iconic. Still, it is necessary to admit that Manneken Pis is a much more aesthetic sculpture than it is, apart from that.
If it comes to the story of the little mermaid statue: Carl Jacobsen watches a ballet show at the Royal Danish Theater in Copenhagen and is very impressed by the show. He decides to make an attempt to make the statue, and the ballerina asks Ellen Price to model it for the sculpture. Ellen Price will accept the undressing of art, and if you do not accept this suggestion because you are not one of the girls you know, you are modeling the sculptor Edvard Eriksen's wife as a nude model, inspired by Ellen Price. Later on, legends emerges and it is said that the most common little mermaid is in love with a prince who lives on land and is therefore at the point where he may be closest to him.
You have been surprised by small surprises: it has been repeatedly attacked since the day it was placed on the rock on which the statue is located. His head was cut off, his arm was torn, and even the bed sheets were covered for protest purposes. It's hard to understand people.
- London - Big Ben Clock Tower
When you say the London's L'you are sure to be in the picture of Big Ben in your eyes. Let's go to the subject by saying that it would not pass without mentioning this iconic symbol.
At this point we are aware of the task of correcting a known truth first! Although we know Big Ben as the name of the clock tower, it is actually the name given to Big Ben's big bell, but over time it has become a common name for the complex tower. The original name is Elizabeth Tower. Westminster Palace thought it would be better to add a watch tower in order to make the new building more glamorous and intriguing when a fire break out in the 1830s was damaged, even when it was almost locally. They probably did not think you'd get that much interest.
Another crazy piece of information: It's not easy to be the most famous clock in London. As a result, every year the clocks are set to a very serious one, and the 2000 clocks in the palace are set to Big Ben one by one.
Press go to the information: You can take 58 photos from outside the Big Ben Clock Tower, but if you are not a British citizen they are not touring.
- Sydney - Opera House
The reason why we AKM was closed, why did not get through the stages of not being able to (!), Hosting the 3000 events a year, the Sydney Opera House is actually not so crazy story. The architect of the world-famous building Jorn Utzon, despite being rejected by three jurors before choosing this project as an architectural project, has pulled out of the decision of 4th jurin and 232 other contestants and has probably signed the most important project of his life. Unless you are planning to build £ 4.1 million at the end of the project, if the total budget is about £ 60 million and you are a bit confused for Jorn Bey, do it on the Unesco World Heritage list and that with an average of 2 million people participating in the events as spectators per year, it seems to have been able to get everyone's heart.
Information that kills from jealousy: Queen has been on stage four times at the Sydney Opera House. Is not it the side of me that I can not see Sidney, and we are surprised that we have missed Queen.
We have found out who consumes the resources in the world: The building has 1000 rooms and 15.000 bulbs are changed annually.
- Pisa - Tower of Pisa
It is a bit ridiculous as you can imagine, the story of the Tower of Pisa, where no one knows what it is to see a man laughing at you and being exposed to the ridiculous repulsive poses of tourists. Normally, of course, the tower started to be built in 1173 with the aim of being steep, but when the third floor was being built, it began to bend mysteriously because it appeared to be unfit for this structure to survive. But that did not make enough sense to stop them. After a period of interruption due to the war (about 100 years) the construction started again. But as we tried to get it to work, things got really ridiculous and the tower got a "trapezoid" view. If you look at it, it is necessary to congratulate its architects in many respects, even though they have not done it consciously, as a city that would normally not attract much attention is the main reason why it is attracting a serious tourist population nowadays.
They are sinking together: Aside from the Leaning Tower of the Tower of Pisa, the cathedral and the baptistery have begun to sink slowly. Let's see what centuries after that?
Is it safe? The Pisa Tower was closed and refurbished for a while in the 90's for some time. So it is said that it is safe to go inside. However, we still do not accept responsibility. Then enter the OitheBlog said, "Do not say to you that you are a worm, do not be shameful.