General KnowledgeFor All Com petitive ExamSome Important Monuments/Structures of the WorldSubjectThe Leaning Tower of Pisa : Italy!planation: "loor :$%eight : &'mMonuments/Structures of the WorldImperial Palace(To)yo* : +apanMonuments/Structures of the WorldStatue of Li,erty : -ew .or) (/0S010*!planation: The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in the middle of New York Harbor, in Manhattan, New York City.1ddress:Li,erty Island2 -ew .or)2 -.2 /nited States3onstruction Started :Septem,er 45$&%eight : 67m1rchitectural Style : -eoclassical 1rchitectureMonuments/Structures of the World8pera %ouse : Sydney (1ustralia*Monuments/Structures of the Worldi9el Tower : Paris ("rance*!planation: The Eiel Tower is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. It was named after the engineer !usta"e Eiel, whose company designed and built the tower.1ddress: Paris, France3onstruction Started : January 28, 1887"loor :!%eight :!"1mMonuments/Structures of the WorldGreat Wall : -orth 3hina (3hina*!planation: #he main !reat #all line stretches fromShanhai$uanin the east, toLo& Lakein the west. A comprehensive archaeological survey, using ad$anced technologies, has concluded that the Ming walls measure 8,850km 5,500mi!."his is made up of #,$5%km &,88%mi! sections of actual wall, &5%km $$&mi! of trenches and $,$&$km ',&8(mi! of natural defensive )arriers such as hills and rivers. Another archaeological survey found that the entire wall with all of its )ranches measure out to )e $','%#km '&,'('mi!.Monuments/Structures of the WorldKremlin : Moscow (:ussia*!planation: %rea &27.7 hectares '".277(m2)*uilt & 1+82,1+-.Monuments/Structures of the WorldParthenon : 1thens (Greece*!planation: "he *arthenon is a temple on the Athenian Acropolis, +reece, dedicated to the goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patron.1ddress: %thens, /reece3onstruction Started : ++7 *C8pened :+!8 *C%eight :1+mMonuments/Structures of the WorldPyramid : Gi;a (gypt*!planation: "he +reat *yramid of +i,a is the oldest and largest o0 the three pyramids in the /i1a 2ecropolis bordering what is now 3l /i1a, 3gypt. It is the oldest of the -even .onders of the Ancient .orld, and the only one to remain largely intact.3onstruction Started : 2.8+ *C8pened :2.+" *C%eight : 1!-m1rchitect :4hu0u, 5mhotep,6emiunuMonuments/Structures of the WorldWailing Wall : +erusalem!planation: The #estern #all, #ailin$ #all or 'otel is lo(ated in the )ld City of *erusalem at the 0oot o0 the western side of the Tem&le Mount.3onstruction Started: 46