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Burj Khalifa
The Burj Khalifa is the world's tallest building, in Dubai, at 828 metres with 163 floors. It opened in 2010 and holds multiple architectural records including the highest occupied floor and the longest single-stop elevator.
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CN Tower
The CN Tower is a 553-metre concrete communications and observation tower in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was the world's tallest free-standing structure for 32 years, until the Burj Khalifa was built.
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Capitol Building
The United States Capitol is the meeting place of the US Congress, the legislature of the federal government. Its dome is one of the most recognisable in the world.
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Central Park
Central Park is an urban park in New York City, between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighbourhoods of Manhattan. At 341 hectares, it is the most-visited urban park in the United States.
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Chichen Itza
Chichen Itza is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site built by the Maya civilisation in Yucatan, Mexico. The Temple of Kukulcan (El Castillo) is its most famous structure, designed with astronomical precision.
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Christ the Redeemer
Christ the Redeemer is a 38-metre Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ atop Mount Corcovado, overlooking Rio de Janeiro, with arms 28 metres wide. It is the largest Art Deco statue in the world.
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Cliffs of Moher
The Cliffs of Moher are sea cliffs located at the south-western edge of the Burren region in County Clare, Ireland. They rise 214 metres above the Atlantic Ocean and stretch for 14 km along the coast.
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Colosseum
The Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheatre) is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, in the centre of Rome, capable of holding 50,000 to 80,000 spectators for gladiatorial contests, animal hunts, and mock sea battles.
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Disneyland
Disneyland Park is the original Disney theme park, in Anaheim, California, opened in 1955. It is the only Disney theme park personally designed and built under Walt Disney's direct supervision.