Ostankino Tower

Ostankino Tower is 540 meters TV and radio in Moscow, Russia

and it was built in 1967.

Part of its floor is made by glass, and we can see right at the foot of the tower.

Ostankino Tower had been the highest of tower for 10 years

till CN Tower was built in Canada.

So Ostankino Tower is the third highest tower now.

Can you see it?

Top of the tower is above cloud!

Euromast

Euromast is a tower in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

It was built between 1958 and 1960.

Its foundations are made of 1900-ton concrete for safety.


Euromast is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers.



In Netherlands, there is a hardcore techno band whose name is Euromasters.

It is said that the name comes from the name of the tower

N Seoul Tower

This tower was built in Namsan Mountain, central Seoul, South Korea in 1971.

The height is 236.7 meters.

It is popular as spot of sightseeing, but actually

it was built for TV and radio transmission.

This tower appeared Korean drama.

Leitomeschl

Leitomeschl is a castle in Czech Republic.

It has been registered as a world heritage in 1999.

Its whole castle wall is covered with thousands kinds of wall paintings

and there weren't same design.

A constructor must be very very creative person! :)

Tower of the Arabs

Hi! Today, I'll introduce Tower of the Arabs.

Actually, it is not a tower but a high-quality hotel.

Its official name is "Burj sl-Arab".

This hotel was opened in 1999 and

managed by Jumeirah Group.

It'll cost at least 150000 yen for accommodation charges.

This hotel is very luxury!

Sky Tower

The Sky Tower is an observation and

telecommunications tower located in the Auckland City, New Zealand.

It's 328 meters high, and 14th tallest member

of the World Federation of Great Towers.

The color of tower changes every day.

Taijin Radio and Television Tower

Hi!^^ It's been a long time.

Today, I'll introduce about Taijin Radio and Television Tower.

This tower is 415.2 meters high.

It was built in Taijin, China in 1991,

and it is used primarily for communication.

This tower is 10th tallest of the World Federation of Great Towers.

Sagrada Familia

I'll introduce the church in Spain a champion of the World Cup.










Sagrada Famila is a church in Barcelona.





"Sagrada Familia" means Holy family in Catalan.





Official Catalan name is "Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia"





Oh~ How long name is!








The private group "Association of Sun Jose" planed


to build this church for the poor in 1882.





This church is not completed and it is said that


it will be completed in about 2256!

Dover Castle

I'll introduce Dover Castle in northern England.
I learned about it at Cultural History class.

It is 1000 years old, but parts of the castle are still used

by the police to supervise activity in the English Channel

between England and France.

It has been described as the "Key to England" due to

its defensive significance throughout history.

Tokyo Tower

Today, I'll introduce Tokyo Tower!

This tower was built December 23 1958.

It's a radio masts and symbol of Tokyo.

It's 332.6 meters high and the 2nd highest building in Japan.

This tower is illuminated in the night, and turn off the lights at 0:00.

It is said that a couple can get eternal happiness if they can watch

the moment of turn off lights.

It's so romantic,isn't it?

Statue of Liberty

Today, I'll introduce Statue of Liberty.

This statue is so much famous! So everyone know it.

Statue of Liberty was built in 1886 to mark the Centennial

of the American Declaration of Independence.

The original model of it is Marianne who is French symbol.

I'd like to visit there at least once.

Learning Tower of Pisa

This tower is a tourist attraction and it constitutes

Pisa del Duomo of a world heritage in Italy.

This tower has 297steps and 55meters high.

It is leaning because of bad soil.

It is said that Galileo Galilei held an experiment in this tower, but it is uncertain.

Aachen Dom

Charlemagne began to build Aachen Palace Church in 786.

This church have the longest history in the northern Europe.

There held coronation of 30 emperors.

This church is registered as cultural heritage of the world.

This is the first heritage of German.

Eiffel Tower

Today, I introduce about Eiffel Tower!

Eiffel Tower was built in Paris , France,

as the entrance arch for the Exposition Universal,

a World's Fair making the centennial celebration at the French Revolution.

The height of this tower is 324 meters.

It's unexpected that Eiffel Tower is lower than TOKYO Tower.

This tower is also beautiful in the night.

I wanna visit Paris and see it!

London

Today, I will introduce about Big Ben that is clock tower of palace of Westminster.
I stayed UK for 2 weeks for home stay program 2 yeas ago.
When I visited London, I saw Big Ben and I was so moved! Because it was much more beautiful and taller than picture. I saw it at noon, but I heard it is more beauty at night. So I wanna see it at night.

And I went King's Cross station. This place appears for movie "Harry Potter". But in fact, this is separated from main station. When I saw this , I was excited. Many People tried to imitate the movie.

The purpose of this blog

The purpose of this blog is to introduce a lot of buildings.
There are a lot of towers, castles and gates in the world,
and they are so beautiful!
So, I wanna introduce buildings in the world.