Famous monuments in the world

1- The Bridge of Sighs (Italian: Ponte dei Sospiri) is a bridge in Venice, northern Italy . The enclosed bridge is made of white limestone and has windows with stone bars. It passes over the Rio di Palazzo and connects the old prisons to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace. It was designed by Antoni Contino (whose uncle Antonio da Ponte had designed the Rialto Bridge), and built in 1602.

The view from the Bridge of Sighs was the last view of Venice that convicts saw before their imprisonment. The bridge name, given by Lord Byron in the 19th century, comes from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice out the window before being taken down to their cells. In reality, the days of inquisitions and summary executions were over by the time the bridge was built and the cells under the palace roof were occupied mostly by small-time criminals. In addition, little could be seen from inside the Bridge due to the stone grills covering the windows.
A local legend says that lovers will be granted everlasting love and bliss if they kiss on a gondola at sunset under the bridge and be in love and happily married to a blissful husband or wife for the rest of your life.
The bridge and the walls of the palazzo facing towards the bridge are under construction and currently the view does not live up to the expectations.









2- The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World [French: La Liberté éclairant le monde]) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, designed by Frédéric Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886. The statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France, is of a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom, who bears a torch and a tabula ansata (a tablet evoking the law) upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence. A broken chain lies at her feet. The statue has become an iconic symbol of freedom and of the United States.







3- He Arc de Triomphe, (Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile), is a monument in Paris that stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle, (originally named Place de l'Étoile), at the western end of the Champs-Élysées.[1] There is a smaller arch, the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, which stands west of the Louvre. The Arc de Triomphe, (in English: Triumphal Arch)[2], honors those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars, with the names of all French victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer surfaces. Underneath its vault lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I.






4- La Portada (Spanish: "The Gateway") is a natural arch on the coast of Chile, 18 km (11 miles) north of Antofagasta. It is one of fifteen natural monuments included among the protected areas of Chile.
There is another similar but smaller structure in the spa town of Pucatrihue, Osorno Province.








5- The Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco, California, is a popular feature of Golden Gate Park, originally built as part of a sprawling World's Fair, the California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894. For more than 20 years San Francisco Parks Trusts' Park Guides have given free tours to San Francisco Parks trust members,[1] providing context and history for this historic Japanese-style garden.

The oldest public Japanese garden in the United States, this complex of many paths, ponds and a teahouse features native Japanese and Chinese plants. Also hidden throughout its five acres (20,000 m²) are sculptures and bridges.






6- Moai are monolithic human figures carved from rock on the Polynesian island of Easter Island, Chile between the years 1250 and 1500. Nearly half are still at Rano Raraku, the main moai quarry, but hundreds were transported from there and set on stone platforms called ahu around the island's perimeter. Almost all moai have overly large heads three-fifths the size of their bodies. The moai are chiefly the living faces (aringa ora) of deified ancestors (aringa ora ata tepuna). The statues still gazed inland across their clan lands when Europeans first visited the island, but most would be cast down during later conflicts between clans.

The 887 statues production and transportation is considered a remarkable creative and physical feat. The tallest moai erected, called Paro, was almost 10 metres (33 ft) high and weighed 75 tonnes; the heaviest erected was a shorter but squatter moai at Ahu Tongariki, weighing 86 tons; and one unfinished sculpture, if completed, would have been approximately 21 metres (69 ft) tall with a weight of about 270 tons.

7 -The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay into the Pacific Ocean. As part of both U.S. Route 101 and California State Route 1, it connects the city of San Francisco on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County. The Golden Gate Bridge was the longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed during the year 1937, and has become one of the most internationally recognized symbols of San Francisco, California, and of the United States. Despite its span length being surpassed by eight other bridges since its completion, it still has the second longest suspension bridge main span in the United States, after the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City. It has been declared one of the modern Wonders of the World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. The Frommers travel guide considers the Golden Gate Bridge the "possibly the most beautiful, certainly the most photographed, bridge in the world" (although Frommers also bestows the most photographed honor on Tower Bridge in London, England).

•8- The Faro Monumental de La Serena, Chile is a beacon located in the town of La Serena, was built between 1950 and 1951 at the request of President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla in the Plan called Serena. The work was led by civil engineer Cisternas Larenas The October 24, 1953 this structure was delivered to Mr. Mayor Juan Cortez spikes of the Municipality of La Serena, later dropped its lighting system, being in charts and publications as a used to make significant reference. On November 7, 1985 the then Commander in Chief of the Navy Admiral Jose Toribio Merino Castro handed over the lighthouse as a tourist resort for the city to the then Mayor Eugenio Rodríguez Munizaga. On May 12, 1986, the Governor delivered Coquimbo Marine officer Faro Monumental La Serena to the Municipality of La Serena, in order to offer her a tourist attraction, taking over its maintenance.

•9- The Eiffel Tower (French: La Tour Eiffel, nickname La dame de fer, the iron lady) is an 1889 iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris that has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The tallest building in Paris, it is the most-visited paid monument in the world; millions of people ascend it every year. Named for its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel, the tower was built as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair.

•The tower stands 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building. Upon its completion, it usurped the Washington Monument to assume the title of tallest man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years, until the Chrysler Building in New York City was built in 1930. Not including broadcast antennas, it is the second-tallest structure in France after the 2004 Millau Viaduct.
The tower has three levels for visitors. Tickets can be purchased to ascend, by stairs or lift, to the first and second levels. The walk to the first level is over 300 steps, as is the walk from the first to the second level. The third and highest level is accessible only by elevator. Both the first and second levels feature restaurants.
The tower has become the most prominent symbol of both Paris and France, often in the establishing shot of films set in the city.

•10- The Leaning Tower of Pisa or simply the Tower of Pisa (La Torre di Pisa) is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa. It is situated behind the Cathedral and is the third oldest structure in Pisa's Cathedral Square after the Cathedral and the Baptistry.

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The height of the tower is 55.86 m (183.27 ft) from the ground on the low side and 56.70 m (186.02 ft) on the high side. The width of the walls at the base is 4.09 m (13.42 ft) and at the top 2.48 m (8.14 ft). Its weight is estimated at 14,500 metric tons (16,000 short tons). The tower has 296 or 294 steps; the seventh floor has two fewer steps on the north-facing staircase. Prior to restoration work performed between 1990 and 2001, the tower leaned at an angle of 5.5 degrees, but the tower now leans at about 3.99 degrees. This means that the top of the tower stands 3.9 metres (12 ft 10 in) lower from where it would stand if the structure were perfectly vertical.

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Job dialogue:

A: so, what’s your name?
B: my name is Mauricio S.
A: And what’s your job?
B: I’m a teacher.
A: really, of what?
B: Of music
A: I love music, since when are you working in this job?
B: since 5 years ago, in this school, because I have been teacher for 8 years
A: and what’s the more difficult of your job?
B: make that the students respect me
A: jaja, seriously…
B: seriously, the students don’t have me any respect, because I’m young and nice.
A: so, are you happy with your job?
B: yes, because I don’t see it like a job, but like a hobby
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B: I know…
A: and what kind of people do you think that are good for this job?
B: anyone can do it, is not complicated to do.
A: and is the career of musician teacher difficult?
B: jaja difficult, this career is for fools
A: so thank for your time
B: you’re welcome.

Marco:

In the future I want to be: Industrial civil engineer.

Always I been good in math and science, but never liked me the idea of work with numbers locked in an office because I thought that I would lose my freedom, however one day talking with my big brother about the engineering career, he recommended a book called the engineers and the ivory tower, made by a famous civil engineer, and I read it and I realized that be an engineer is more than work with numbers and make projects , be an engineer is be an integral professional who know how fix problems, lead and innovate. Also this book gave me another conception of the engineering career, because before of read the book I thought that this career was a scientific career, then I realized that the engineer is rather an humanist because he must know how treat to the persons and help to the development of the society.
Of all the careers of the engineering, I like the Industrial civil engineering because I think that is the most comprehensive of the careers of the engineering because it has math and science, and a series of classes focused on making a integral professional, with knowledge and prepared for the changing world we live in.
In the university that I would like to study this career would be the Concepción University, because it has prestige, docent quality, good infrastructure and because it is near to my house.
For that I can study this career I need to have a good score in the PSU test, and is for that reason that I have been studying hard, because I want to be in this university and this career the next year.

Diego:

In the future I want to be: Engineer in biotechnology

In these times it has opened a new field in the biology, due the new technology and studies from Scientifics that have allowed the manipulation of animals and vegetables for improve the human life quality.

The biotechnology is an old field in the biology but in these times it has experienced a great development, changin not only the foods, but also the animals and the medicine. but still are many things to investigate about the biotechnology, is for that reason that I want to study engineering in biotechnology. I would like become a great scientific, and make impressive discoveries that help to the sciences to improve the human life quality. so I will study this career in the concepción unversity, because is a great university, is near to my house and have a lot of prestige.

For study this career I need to have a good score in the PSU and once in the career I need to be constant, because it is a difficult career and it have a lot of competence.

The Seven Wonders of modern world

Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in northern China, built originally to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire against intrusions by various nomadic groups. Several walls have been built since the 5th century BC that are referred to collectively as the Great Wall, which has been rebuilt and maintained from the 5th century BC through the 16th century. One of the most famous is the wall built between 220–206 BC by the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang. Little of that wall remains; the majority of the existing wall was built during the Ming Dynasty.

The Great Wall stretches from Shanhaiguan in the east, to Lop Nur in the west, along an arc that roughly delineates the southern edge of Inner Mongolia. The most comprehensive archaeological survey, using advanced technologies, has recently concluded that the entire Great Wall, with all of its branches, stretches for 8,851.8 km (5,500.3 mi). This is made up of 6,259.6 km (3,889.5 mi) sections of actual wall, 359.7 km (223.5 mi) of trenches and 2,232.5 km (1,387.2 mi) of natural defensive barriers such as hills and rivers.

2- Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu is a pre-Columbian Inca site located 2,430 metres (7,970 ft) above sea level. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Cuzco and through which the Urubamba River flows. Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was built as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti (1438–1472). Often referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas", it is perhaps the most familiar icon of the Inca World.

The Incas started building the estate around AD 1400 but it was abandoned as an official site for the Inca rulers a century later at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Although known locally, it was unknown to the outside world before being brought to international attention in 1911 by the American historian Hiram Bingham. Since then, Machu Picchu has become an important tourist attraction and, since it was not found and plundered by the Spanish after they conquered the Incas, it is important as a cultural site.

3- Petra

Petra is a historic and archaeological city in the Jordanian governorate of Ma'an that has rock cut architecture and a water conduits system. Established sometime around the 6th century BC as the capital city of the Nabataeans, it is a symbol of Jordan as well as its most visited tourism attraction. It lies on the slope of Mount Hor in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah (Wadi Araba), the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. Petra has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985.

4- Chichén Itzá

Chichen Itza is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site built by the Maya civilization located in the northern center of the Yucatán Peninsula, in the Yucatán state, present-day Mexico.

Chichen Itza was a major focal point in the northern Maya lowlands from the Late Classic through the Terminal Classic and into the early portion of the Early Postclassic period. The site exhibits a multitude of architectural styles, from what is called “Mexicanized” and reminiscent of styles seen in central Mexico to the Puuc style found among the Puuc Maya of the northern lowlands. The presence of central Mexican styles was once thought to have been representative of direct migration or even conquest from central Mexico, but most contemporary interpretations view the presence of these non-Maya styles more as the result of cultural diffusion.

5- Christ the Redeemer

Christ the Redeemer is a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; considered the largest Art Deco statue in the world. The statue is 39.6 metres (130 ft) tall, including its 9.5 meter (31 feet) pedestal, and 30 metres (98 ft) wide. It weighs 635 tons (700 short tons), and is located at the peak of the 700 metres (2,300 ft) Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city. It is one of the tallest of its kind in the world (The statue of Cristo de la Concordia in Cochabamba, Bolivia, is slightly taller). A symbol of Christianity, the statue has become an icon of Rio and Brazil. It is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone, and was constructed between 1922 and 1931.

6- Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum located in Agra, India. It is one of the most recognizable structures in the world. It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal.

Taj Mahal is considered to be the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements from Persian, Islamic and Indian architectural styles.

In 1983, the Taj Mahal became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. While the white domed marble mausoleum is the most familiar component of the Taj Mahal, it is actually an integrated complex of structures. The construction began around 1632 and was completed around 1653, employing thousands of artisans and craftsmen. The construction of the Taj Mahal was entrusted to a board of architects under imperial supervision, including Abd ul-Karim Ma'mur Khan, Makramat Khan, and Ustad Ahmad Lahauri. Lahauri is generally considered to be the principal designer.

7- Colosseum

The Colosseum or, The Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. It is considered one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and Roman engineering.

Occupying a site just east of the Roman Forum, its construction started between 70 and 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus, with further modifications being made during Domitian's reign (81–96). The name "Amphitheatrum Flavium" derives from both Vespasian's and Titus's family name (Flavius, from the gens Flavia).

The seven medieval wonder of the world

1- Stonehenge

Stonehenge is one of the most famous sites of the world, is located in England, about west of Amesbury and north of Salisbury.

Stonehenge is composed of large standing stones. It is one of the most important complex of Neolithic and of the Bronze Age in England, including several hundred burial mounds.

Archaeological evidence found by the Stonehenge Riverside Project in 2008 indicates that Stonehenge served as a burial ground from its earliest beginnings. The dating of cremated remains found on the site indicate that burials were made in the 3000 BC.

2-Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa

The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa is a historical archaeological site located in egypt, The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa consists of a series of Alexandrian tombs, statues and archaeological objects of the Pharaonic funeral cult with Hellenistic and Roman influences. Due to the time period, many of the features of the Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa mixture aspects Roman, Greek and Egyptian; some statues are Egyptian in style, yet bear Roman clothes and hair style whilst other features share a similar style.

3- Porcelain Tower of Nanjing

Porcelain Tower of Nanjing It is a historical site located on the south bank of the Yangtze inNanjing, China. It was constructed in the 15th century during the Ming Dynasty, but was mostly destroyed in the 19th century during the course of the Taiping Rebellion. The tower is now under reconstruction.

The tower was built with white porcelain bricks because they reflect the sun's rays during the day. The tower was also decorated with numerous Buddhist images.

4-Hagia Sophia

The Hagia Sophia (aka Saint Sophia) was first built in the fourth century in Constantinople (now known under the Turkish name of Istanbul). That church was destroyed in a revolt, and the current building was erected on orders of Roman Emperor Justinian I in AD 532 and took five years and 10,000 workers to build. It was the center of the Orthodox Church for a thousand years and also the place of the coronation of the Byzantine Emperors.

5- Tower of Pisa

The leaning Tower of Pisa is a bell tower at Pisa, Italy. It is famous for leaning 141/2 feet (4.4 meters) out of line when measured from the seventh story. It tilts because its foundation was built on unstable soil (it's a well known fact that Pisa architects aren't so bright). Construction of the tower began in 1173 and ended between 1360 and 1370 (which means it's been around even longer than dad). The ground beneath the tower first started to sink after the first three stories were built.

6- Cairo citadel

The Saladin Citadel of Cairo is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Egypt. The Muqattan hill was once famous for its great views of the city and was fortified by the Ayyubid ruler Salah al-Din to protect it from the Crusaders.

It contains the Mosque of Muhammad Ali perched on the summit of the citadel, so it’s referred as the Citadel of Muhammad Ali. This mosque was built between 1828 and 1848 in memory of Tusun Pasha, the oldest son of Muhammad who di.

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7- Ely cathedral

The Ely cathedral Is the principal church of the Diocese , in Cambridgeshire, England, and the seat of the Bishop of Ely. It is known locally as "the ship of the Fens", because of its prominent shape that towers above the surrounding flat and watery landscape. Visitors that go to Ely Cathedral might wonder how such a small town in the countryside came to have such a large and magnificent work of architecture. The answer is St. Etherelda, who founded an abbey in Ely in 673 AD. Her monastery flourished throughout the Middle Ages and her shrine attracted many pilgrims.

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El Callejón del Brito (the brito alley):

Is a new tapas restuarant that opened in talcahuano in early 2010. The restaurant has an elegant, yet casual feel to it and the food does not disappoint. On my visit to El Callejon del brito, the chef served us a great variety of his dishes, without us having to order anything in particular. The meal culminated with a stunning red snapper, cooked whole in the oven with a selection of mediterranean vegetables, including bell peppers, zucchini, red onions and garlic. The fish was served at our table by the chef himself and was cooked to perfection.Prior to the fish, we enjoyed garlic and salt chicken wings, pulpo a la gallega, clams, shrimp and a delicious salad. Not only is the food excellent and the service friendly, el Callejon seems to be turning into quite the meeting point among Casconians, whon come to the bar to relax at the beautiful bar with their neighbors. If you’re in “Talcahuano”, don’t miss a light snack or a full meal at the Callejon del Brito.