Quiz: Do you know where these monuments are?

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Where is this monument located?​

Tip: This is the fourth-largest Roman amphitheater in the world. It is also the largest in Africa.

 

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The El Djem amphitheater (Tunisia)​

The El Djem amphitheater was built in 238 BC. It is one of the largest in the Roman Empire (between 27,000 and 30,000 spectators).

 

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Where is this monument located?​

Hint: They regularly put clothes on this guy, because he might get cold.

 

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Manneken Pis (Brussels)​

Manneken Pis (the peeing guy) is a 55.5-centimeter (21.8- inch) high bronze statue made by Hiëronymus Duquesnoy in 1619. It is a famous Belgian sculpture and a mascot for Brussels.

 

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Where is this monument located?​

A basilica and temple on the deep bank of a river.

 

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Sanctuary of Las Lajas (Colombia)​

The Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of Las Lajas is located in Ipiales, Colombia.

 

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Where is this monument located?​

This oval work of art serves as the mirror of one of the most fascinating cities in the world.

 

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'The Bean' in Chicago (United States)​

Artist Anish Kapoor called it 'Cloud Gate,' but the locals call it 'The Bean'.

 

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Where is this monument located?​

Hint: This angel fell once because of an earthquake.

 

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The Independence Monument in Mexico City (Mexico)​

This 'Angel of Independence' stands on a column inaugurated in 1910 in the center of Mexico City. It marks a century after Mexico's independence.

 

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Where is this monument located?​

Clue: It's a series of churches carved into red basalt rock and connected by tunnels and passageways.

 

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The rock churches of Lalibela (Ethiopia)​

These churches were declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 1978.

 

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Where is this monument located?​

It looks like a space station, but it is 80 meters (262 ft) underground.

 

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Turda Salt Mine (Romania)​

In the salt solution, the temperature is constant all year round and is between 10 and 12 degrees Celsius (50-53.6ºF).

 

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Where is this monument located?​

Tip: This modernist building was declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 1997.

 

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The Santa Creu i Sant Pau hospital in Barcelona (Spain)​

This hospital (of the Holy Cross and Saint Paul) is the work of architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner.

 

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Where is this monument located?​

Women keep this monument standing. They are called caryatids.

 

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The Acropolis of Athens (Greece)​

This structure, supported by many pillars, including six statues of women, was a real revolution in its time (the fifth century BC).

 

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Where is this monument located?​

Clue: it has more than 4,000 temples on 42 square kilometers (16 square miles)

 

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The Temples of Bagan (Myanmar)​

Marco Polo wrote in amazement about the temples of Bagan.