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It rises 1,267 feet (386 m) above the Belle Fourche River, standing 867 feet (264 m) from summit to base. The summit is 5,112 feet (1,558 m) above sea level. Devils Tower National Monument was the first United States national monument, established on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt. [9]
30 June 1894. Location. Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge [1] in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. [2] It crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and is one of five ...
Sydney Tower. / 33.8704556°S 151.20889°E / -33.8704556; 151.20889. Sydney Tower, also known as the Sydney Tower Eye, is the tallest structure in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, as well as the second-tallest observation tower in the Southern Hemisphere. Sydney Tower has also previously been known as AMP Tower and Centrepoint Tower ...
395. Inscription. 1987 (11th Session) The Leaning Tower of Pisa ( Italian: torre pendente di Pisa [ˈtorre penˈdɛnte di ˈpiːza, - ˈpiːsa] [1] ), or simply the Tower of Pisa ( torre di Pisa ), is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of Pisa Cathedral. It is known for its nearly four-degree lean, the result of an unstable foundation.
Edward V at right wears the garter of the Order of the Garter beneath his left knee. The Princes in the Tower refers to the mystery of the fate of the deposed King Edward V of England and his younger brother Prince Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, heirs to the throne of King Edward IV of England. The brothers were the only sons of the king ...
Smith Tower. Smith Tower as seen from the Pacific Building. / 47.602092; -122.331803. Smith Tower is a skyscraper in the Pioneer Square neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. Completed in 1914, the 38- story, 462 ft (141 m) tower was among the tallest skyscrapers outside New York City at the time of its completion. [7]
Broadway Tower is an 18th-century folly near the village of Broadway, in the English county of Worcestershire. It is a Grade II listed building. [1] Broadway Tower is built of limestone ashlar and is three storeys high, with three round corner turrets and battlements. [1] It stands above the village of Broadway on Broadway Hill, the second ...
Tower of David. The Tower of David ( Hebrew: מגדל דוד, romanized : Migdál Davíd ), also known as the Citadel ( Arabic: القلعة, romanized : al-Qala'a ), is an ancient citadel located near the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem . The citadel that stands today dates to the Mamluk and Ottoman periods.