THE EIFFEL TOWER The Eiffel Tower a symbol of Paris and France was built in1889. It is affectionately known as "Iron Lady". It rises 324 meters above the city. It was designed and built by an engineer Gustave Eiffel. It weighs in excess of 10000 tonnes and is made up of 18000 individual metal sections assembled using 2500000 rivets. The tower had three levels for the visitors to climb either by using stairs or elevator . It has nearly 300 steps from ground to the first level. The First and Second
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On March 25th‚ 1947‚ in Pinner‚ Middlesex‚ England a child was born. His name? Reginald Kenneth Dwight‚ but we know him as Elton John. Reginald was born a musician. How do I know this? Look at him! At age three Reginald began learning Piano and it really got him far when he was eleven. Reginald received a scholarship to the Royal Music Academy. Elton studied at the academy for a while. Then sometimes in the sixties Reginald began a band named "Bluesology." "Bluesology’s" main members were Reginald
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M.C. Escher once said‚ “Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible.” When people think of great art today‚ the most common names the come to mind are Michelangelo‚ Da Vinci‚ Monet‚ Van Gogh‚ and Picasso among others. People picture appealing aesthetic as well as a variety of content. Throughout history‚ art styles have evolved from religious and realistic to abstract and even mathematical. Maurits Cornelius Escher was pioneer and innovator in the twentieth century with the creation
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Firstly Versailles‚ also known as Château de Versailles‚ is a 17th century style building in France. When Ralph Montague was in possession (After Edward Montague) of Boughton House‚ He had visited Versailles in France and many changes were made to the site following this visit. Although not
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to this‚ acting as portable decoration‚ a constant sign of wealth and power in the life of the nobles who possessed them. During the french revolution‚ however‚ the unicorn tapestries were removed from their place on the walls of La Rochefoucauld Chateau in 1793 by peasants and used instead to keep their potatoes from freezing (Metropolitan Museum of Art 1973‚ 222). This is an ironic symbol of the loss of power felt by the second estate during this time period. Although the hunt of the unicorn as
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Death; a terror of fear Sanger Rainsford and Marshall Will Kane experienced as that got caught up into a bundle of panic. To start off with‚ in the film High Noon written by Carl Foreman we quickly find out that Frank Miller is coming back to town with his gang to get revenge on the Marshall Will Kane. Unfortunately Will Kane has trouble finding deputies and has to take on this challenge alone. As we read the novel‚ The Most Dangerous Game written by Richard Connell we observed that the protagonist
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religion. I have chosen to talk about‚ Louis the XIV who was the king of France‚ King Charles II who was king or Britain and Suleiman the Magnificent‚ a sultan of the Ottoman Empire. King Louis XIV: Know as Sun King‚ Louis XIV was born in 1638 in the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye to Louis XIII and Anne of Austria. At age 5‚ Louis XIV was crowned king after the death of his father‚ Louis the XIII‚ After the death of his father‚ Cardinal Mazarin‚ His god father‚ gave Louis a full education and as well
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Saint-Gobain Containers. Background Saint-Gobain Containers comes from a large group of manufactures in like industries. The base company is simply Saint-Gobain. Saint-Gobain was created in 1665 by Colbert and built the Hall of Mirrors at the Chateau de Versailles (Saint-Gobain). This group contains many different industries; such as glass‚ ceramics‚ plastics‚ cast iron‚ reinforcements‚ abrasives‚ construction materials‚ pipe‚ and gypse. The following diagram illustrates how much of Saint-Gobain
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Term | Definition | Historical Reference | Picture | Versailles | is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. | The court of Versailles was the centre of political power in France from 1682‚ when Louis XIV moved from Paris‚ until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in October 1789 after the beginning of the French Revolution. | | St. Petersburg | is a city and a federal subject (a federal city) of Russia. | | | Isfahan | is the capital Province
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“EXTERMINATE ALL THE BRUTES” Sven Lindqvist’s “Exterminate all the Brutes” explores the idea that genocides have been deeply rooted in European thinking over the last century. It is written in the form of a travel dairy and a historical examination of European racism over the past two centuries. Lindqvist argues that the harrowing racism that led to the Holocaust in the twentieth century had its roots in European colonial policy of the preceding century. The act of genocide itself is not a new
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