Transcript European Cultural Landscape Monday, December 17, 2012

European Cultural Landscape
Friday, December 6, 2013
Mr. Broughman
• Notre Dame
• Paris, France
• French Gothic
architecture and a
Roman Catholic
cathedral; on an island
in the Seine River
• Arc de Triomphe
• Paris, France
• Monument honoring
those who have died
in France’s military
campaigns
• The Louvre
• Paris, France
• Most visited art
museum in the world;
home to 35,000 pieces
including the Mona
Lisa
• Eiffel Tower
• Paris, France
• Built in 1889 as a
monument for the
World’s Fair; 1,063 feet
tall; tallest structure in
Paris
• Roman Colosseum
• Rome, Italy
• Built in 72 AD; stadium
that could hold 50,000
people for gladiator
battles, dramas, and
entertainment
• Leaning Tower of Pisa
• Pisa, Italy
• 183 ft. tall bell tower
that unintentionally
leans to one side due
to poor ground
• St. Peter’s Basilica
• Vatican City
• World’s largest church;
holiest site in
Catholicism; location of
Peter’s grave and site
where popes are chosen
• Parthenon
• Athens, Greece
• Temple dedicated to
the goddess Athena in
483 BC and built upon a
hill known as the
Acropolis
• Westminster Abbey
• London, England, UK
• Gothic-style church;
burial place for several
monarchs and site for
royal events
• Big Ben
• London, England, UK
• Clock tower next to
Westminster Palace, the
home of the British
Parliament
• Dutch Windmills
• Throughout the
Netherlands
• Along with tulips, a
symbol of the Dutch
countryside; can be
used to pump water
from low-lying areas
• Canals of Venice
• Venice, Italy
• Main way of
transportation in
Venice, which sits
below sea level along
the Adriatic Sea