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world history major structures

By Fernando0711
  • 2630 BCE

    pyramids eqyptian

    pyramids eqyptian
    is the oldest monument on the list of the list of the seven wonders of the world
    the initial reason for being built is because are the most important thing to the pharaons
  • 2100 BCE

    ziggurat

    ziggurat
    A ziggurat is a type of massive structure built in ancient Mesopotamia. It has the form of a terraced compound of successively receding stories or levels.
  • 447 BCE

    parthenon

    parthenon
    The Parthenon is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patron. Construction began in 447 BC when the Athenian Empire was at the peak of its power.
  • 70

    colosseum

    colosseum
    he Colosseum or Coliseum, also known as the Flavian Amphitheater, is an oval amphitheater in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy. Built of travertine, tuff, and brick-faced concrete, it is the largest amphitheater ever built. The Colosseum is situated just east of the Roman Forum.
  • 203

    hippodrome

    hippodrome
    he Hippodrome of Constantinople was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a square named Sultanahmet Meydanı (Sultan Ahmet Square) in the Turkish city of Istanbul, with a few fragments of the original structure surviving.
  • 537

    hagia sophia

    hagia sophia
    Hagia Sophia is the former Greek Orthodox Christian patriarchal cathedral, later an Ottoman imperial mosque and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. Built in 537 AD at the beginning of the Middle Ages, it was famous in particular for its massive dome.
  • 684

    temple of the cross

    temple of the cross
    The Temple of the Cross is the largest and most significant pyramid within a complex of temples at the Maya ruins of Palenque in the state of Chiapas in Mexico.
  • 1325

    templo mayor

    templo mayor
    The Templo Mayor was the main temple of the Mexica peoples in their capital city of Tenochtitlan, which is now Mexico City. Its architectural style belongs to the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica. The temple was called the Huēyi Teōcalli in the Nahuatl language.
  • 1345

    the cathedral of notre dame de paris

    the cathedral of notre dame de paris
    Notre-Dame de Paris, often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. The cathedral is consecrated to the Virgin Mary and considered to be one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture.
  • 1506

    st peter's basilica

    st peter's basilica
    The Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican, or simply St. Peter's Basilica, is an Italian Renaissance church in Vatican City, the papal enclave within the city of Rome.
  • 1557

    suleymaniye mosque

    suleymaniye mosque
    The Süleymaniye Mosque is an Ottoman imperial mosque located on the Third Hill of Istanbul, Turkey. The mosque was commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent and designed by the imperial architect Mimar Sinan. An inscription specifies the foundation date as 1550 and the inauguration date as 1557.