We live in a world that is endowed with many attractions. Everyone dreams to visit these places in their lives. I present to you a selection of ten most beautiful places in the world. Some say that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder, of course, there are many other corners of the globe, which could affect your heart. For this reason, I will not argue that these places are best, but they certainly are one of the most beautiful places in the world.
The Grand Canyon, United States Grand Canyon, United States
One of the deepest Canyon in the world. Located in Colorado, Arizona. Its length is 446 km, the width varies from 6 to 29km - a level plateau, and at the bottom - less than a kilometer. Depth - up to 1600 meters.
Great Barrier Reef. Australia.
One of the natural wonders of the world, the Great Barrier Reef off the east coast of Australia. This is the world's largest coral reef.
It includes 2,500 reefs - from the very small area of less than a hectare, to large, occupying 100 square kilometers Its total area - 348,698 square kilometers, larger than the area of Great Britain.
Taj Mahal, India
Taj Mahal in India is one of the wonders of the world and is one of the most beautiful mausoleums. Taj Mahal is a pyatikupolnoe building height of 74 m. The platform, with 4 minarets at the corners (they are slightly tilted away from the tomb so that in case of loss will not hurt her), to which adjoins a garden with fountains and swimming pool.
The walls of polished marble, translucent (brought by the construction of 300 km) with inlaid gems. We used turquoise, agate, malachite, carnelian ... Marble has the peculiarity that in bright daylight it looks white in the early days, it looks pink, and silver in the moonlight.
On the construction of the complex were invited more than 20 000 artists from all over the empire, as well as the masters of Central Asia, Persia and the Middle East. On the other side of the river was placed a twin building of black marble, but it has not been completed. Connect these two buildings was a bridge of gray marble.
Canadian Rocky Mountains, Canada
This beautiful mountain landscapes, lakes, canyons, waterfalls, glaciers and peaks, limestone caves. Included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage site.
Machu Picchu, Peru
It is sometimes called "the lost city of the Incas". This city was founded as a sacred mountain shelter the great Inca ruler Pachacutec a century before the conquest of his empire, that is, approximately in 1440 and operated until 1532, when the Spaniards invaded the Inca empire. In 1532 all of its inhabitants mysteriously disappeared.
The city is located on the top of the mountain ridge at an altitude of 2057 meters above the valley of the Urubamba River in the territory of modern Peru.
For its modest size of Machu Picchu can not claim to be a big city - it is not more than 200 buildings. This is mainly temples, residences, warehouses and other facilities for public use. For the most part they are composed of well-worked stones, close-fitting panels to each other. It is believed that in and around it lived up to 1200 people, who worshiped the sun god Inti there and cultivated crops on the terraces.
Pyramids, Egypt
The Egyptian pyramids are massive monuments:)
Egyptians began building after 2700 BC and they were built as tombs for pharaohs. A total of 118 Egyptian pyramids have been discovered (November 2008). When referring to the Egyptian pyramids, as a rule, have in mind the Great Pyramids, located in Giza, near Cairo. But they are not the only priramidami in Egypt. Many other pyramids have survived much worse and now look like hills or heaps of stones, so they gorzdo rarely pay attention to scholars and tourists.
Petra, Jordan
Included in the UNESCO world heritage. He served as the capital of Edom, or Idumea, later the capital of the Nabataean kingdom, the main city of the sons of Esau. The city is situated on the territory of modern Jordan, at an altitude of more than 900 meters above sea level and 660 meters above the surrounding terrain, Arava Valley, in the narrow canyon of the Sick.
Great Wall of China, China
Certainly the creation of a grand-long 6350 km. Construct began in the 5 th century BC This wall was originally built of stone, grass, earth and wood, and bricks were used after the production started. It is believed that about 2-3 million Chinese died in the framework of this project."
Iguazu Falls, Argentina
The complex has a width of 2,7 km and includes approximately 270 separate waterfalls. Height of drop of water reaches 82 meters, but most falls a little more than 60 meters. The largest waterfall - Garganta del Diablo ( «Devil's Throat») - U-shaped cliff a width of 150 and a length of 700 meters. This waterfall represents the border between Brazil and Argentina.
