IAS , UPSC & CIVIL Exam
Aspirants of FAMOUS PLACES IN WORLD
List of FAMOUS PLACES IN WORLD :
Places
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Famous for
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ESCURIAL
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One of the longest palaces in Spain.
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EMPIRE STATE BUILDING (U.S.A)
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World's one of the loftiest structures.
It has 103 storeys and a height of 1200 feet.
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AUROVILLE
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UNESCO sponsored world's first
international town near Pondichery in Tamil Nadu named after Aurobindo Ghose.
The town with an area of 15sq. miles and a population of 50,000 will be a
self-supporting township having gour zones, viz., cultural, industrial,
residential and international. It was inaugurated on February 28,1963.
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ABU SIMBAL (U.S.A.)
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A monument executed by UNSCO in Egypt,
the famous temple at Nybia (Egypt) was facing submergence as result of the
construction of Aswan Dam. UNSCO has reconstructed it at a cost of 36 million
dollars and was inaugurated on 12th Sept. 1968.
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ADAM'S BRIDGE
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Sand and rock bridge between Sri Lanka
and India. Legent has is that was constructed by Lord Rama when he was in
invade Lanka of Ravana.
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ALICE SPRINGS (Australia)
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Spring with medicinal properties.
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BIG BEN
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Name given to the big clock of the
British Parliament building.
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DODOMA
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This is going to be the new capital of
Tanzania in place of Dar-es-Salam.
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EIFFEL TOWER
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985 feet high tower in Paris build by
Gustav Effel in 1887-89 at a cost of 2,00,000
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ELBA
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An isolated island in the Meduterranean
Sea, where Napoleon was exiled in 1841.
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