| Place |
Famous For |
| AUROVILLE |
UNESCO sponsored world's first
international town near Pondichery in Tamil Nadu named after Aurobindo
Ghose. The town with an area of 15sq. miles and a population of 50,000
will be a self-supporting township having gour zones, viz., cultural,
industrial, residential and international. It was inaugurated on
February 28,1963. |
| ABU SIMBAL (U.S.A.) |
A monument executed by UNSCO in Egypt,
the famous temple at Nybia (Egypt) was facing submergence as result of
the construction of Aswan Dam. UNSCO has reconstructed it at a cost of
36 million dollars and was inaugurated on 12th Sept. 1968. |
| ADAM'S BRIDGE |
Sand and rock bridge between Sri Lanka
and India. Legent has is that was constructed by Lord Rama when he was
in invade Lanka of Ravana. |
| ALICE SPRINGS (Australia) |
Spring with medicinal properties. |
| BIG BEN |
Name given to the big clock of the
British Parliament building. |
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| BILLING'S GATE |
London fish market. As a term, it
means foul language. |
| DODOMA |
This is going to be the new capital of
Tanzania in place of Dar-es-Salam. |
| EIFFEL TOWER |
985 feet high tower in Paris build by
Gustav Effel in 1887-89 at a cost of 2,00,000 |
| ELBA |
An isolated island in the
Meduterranean Sea, where Napoleon was exiled in 1841. |
| ELLORA |
Famous for rock-pruned Kailash Temple
(Aurangabad) in Maharashtra. An exquisite piece of Dravidian art. Ellora
cave temples, 34 in number, present a blend of caves representing
Buddhism and Jainism constructed in 8th century A.D. |
| ELYSEE PALACE |
Official residence of the President of
France. It was the venue of Paris Peace parleys on Vietnam. |
| EMPIRE STATE BUILDING (U.S.A)
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World's one of the loftiest
structures. It has 103 storeys and a height of 1200 feet. |
| ESCURIAL |
One of the longest palaces in Spain. |
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