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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
 
The Great Pyramid of Giza
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
The Colossus of Rhodes
The Pharos of Alexandria
The Seven Natural Wonders of the World
 
Mount Everest
The Great Barrier Reef
The Grand Canyon
Victoria Falls
The Harbor of Rio de Janeiro
Paricutin Volcano
The Northern Lights
The Seven Underwater Wonders of the World
 
Palau
The Belize Barrier Reef
The Galapagos Islands
The Northern Red Sea
Lake Baikal
The Great Barrier Reef
The Deep Sea Vents
The Seven Wonders of the Medieval Mind
 
Stonehenge
The Colosseum
The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
The Great Wall of China
The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
The Hagia Sophia
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
The Seven Wonders of the Modern World
 
The Empire State Building
The Itaipú Dam
The CN Tower
The Panama Canal
The Channel Tunnel
The North Sea Protection Works
The Golden Gate Bridge
The Seven Forgotten Natural Wonders of the World
 
Angel Falls
The Bay of Fundy
Iguaçú Falls
Krakatoa Island
Mount Fuji
Mount Kilimanjaro
Niagara Falls
The Seven Forgotten Modern Wonders of the World
 
The Clock Tower (Big Ben)
Eiffel Tower
The Gateway Arch
The Aswan High Dam
Hoover Dam
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
The Petronas Towers
The Seven Forgotten Wonders of the Medieval Mind
 
Abu Simbel Temple
Angkor Wat
Taj Mahal
Mont Saint-Michel
The Moai Statues
The Parthenon
The Shwedagon Pagoda
The Forgotten Wonders
 
The Aztec Temple
The Banaue Rice Terraces
The Borobudur Temple
The Inca City
The Statue of Liberty
The Mayan Temples
The Temple of the Inscriptions
The Throne Hall of Persepolis
Petra
The Suez Canal
The Sydney Opera House
The Red Fort in India

Interesting Places Around Pisa
A travel to Pisa will make the tourists take a look at a number of interesting places in Pisa which would leave the tourists yearning for more.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa: this wonder of the world is still standing erect even after 80 years of its being established, thanks to the efforts of an English engineer. It is now opened to the tourists as well after it was closed in 1990. Shortly after the building of this Tower started, it was felt that the river soil of the Pisan Plain was collapsing under the weight of the Tower. The Tower slumped at being built three stories and in an attempt to counterbalance this slump the building continued with irregular shaped stonework. As a result, the Tower tilted in the opposite direction.


The Baptistery: This is the largest of its kind in the whole of Italy and as is the case with a number of other buildings in Italy, it was started in one way and finished in another way. The first three tiers of this structure is Romanesque while the pinnacled layer which supports the unusual dome is Gothic and was added in the 13th century. The most striking feature of the interior of this structure is its simplicity and lack of decoration. A demonstration of the remarkable acoustics is also on the list for the tourists.
Piazza dei Cavallieri: At one point of time, this square was referred to as the "civic centre" of medieval Pisa and may have been the site of the Roman forum before that. With its archaic clock and archway, the intricately decorated Palazzo dei Cavallieri (which is now a school) is alongside the Palazzo. Vasari designed the church of Santo Stefano.

Campo dei Miracoli: Home to the Leaning Tower, the Cathedral and the Baptistery is "the field of miracles". The square was the site of pre-Roman settlements. Several museums can also be found here along with the Camposanto which is "the most beautiful cemetery in the world".

Chiesa della Spina: This church, located on the south bank of the river Arno, is Pisa's finest demonstration of Gothic fancy. The exterior of this church is worth watching.

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