THE CRONICLES OF NARNIA (PRINCE CASPIAN)

• Directed by         - Andrew Adamson.
• Star Cast            - Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Liam Neeson and Sergio Castellitto.
• Budget               - $225 million.
• Release              - May 16, 2008 and released on June 26, 2008 for the United Kingdom.
• Gross Revenue   - $419,651,413.

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SUPERMAN RETURNS

A superhero based movie, everyone loves a Superhero.

•  Directed by       - Bryan Singer.
• Star Cast            - Brandon Routh,Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, James Marsden, Frank Langella, and Parker Posey.
• Budget               - $ 209 million.
• Release              - June 21, 2006.
• Gross Revenue  - $391,081,192.

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KING KONG

• Directed by        - Peter Jackson.
• Star Cast           - Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrian Brody, Andy Serkis.
• Budget               - Initially it was $ 150 million but later climbed to $ 207 million 
• Release              - Dec 14 2005.
• Gross Revenue   - $550 million , 4th highest  on Universal pictures history. 

King Kong 

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HIGHEST GLASS FLOOR IN THE WORLD

Are you afraid of heights, if yes that you will miss yours chance to experience one of the best things in life. The owners of the Sears towers in America have now installed a four glass box viewing platforms sticking out of the building from the height of 103 floors.WOW! the balconies are suspended 1,353 ft up in the air and just out four feet from the Sky deck of the building.Babies loves this and other trill seekers.

Sky deck attracts 25,000 visitors on  every clear days for the amazing view provided by it.You have to pay $ 15 and an elevator takes you to 103rd floor on 110 story building opened in 1973.

1 MILLION CANADIAN COIN THE GOLD MAPLE LEAF COIN

The 100 kg coin one of only five Canadian Maple Leaf Coin the Royal

 coin has ever produced.The coin has a diameter of 50 cm (19.69 in) and a thickness of 3 cm (1.18 in).The Royal Canadian Mint and has a nominal value of CAN $1 million (€677,000). The Head of this coin bears the Effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The tail side if the coin bears the maple leaf design.Mint held the record for the world's largest gold coin when, in 2004, it unveiled a €100,000 denomination coin weighing 31 kg.Think what wold you do if you get that coin and realize that coin costs the price of  of million.

The Art From The 16th Century

The Art from the 16th century and still is respected any where in the world. The Creation of  world popular Leonardo da Vinci. The oil on poplar painting of Mona Lisa seems to gaze at its viewers. The woman in the painting is Lisa Gherardhini  who was the wife of the wealth businessman in Florence. If history is to be believed Leonardo started this painting in 1503 and it took four years for its completion. One strange thing about this masterpiece painting is that is was not so well known till the 19th century. It is fact that oil paintings have progressed a lot in this century but having such masterpiece in 15th century is not the thing to be ignored because of its popularity. According to argues the landscapes at the back are said to be inspired from Chinese paintings.

Artist: Leonardo da Vinci

Year: 1503-1519

Dimensions: 77 cm * 53 cm (30 in * 21 in)

THE BEST GIFT

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The best gift ever gifted was  gifted by France to United States of America. The gift was The Statue of Liberty. Which is still standing today. Weighing 225 tones and standing from the pedestal to the tip of the torch is 305 ft and 6 inches. It has become very special tourist attraction places in United States. Better to say that may be very less people those who go to United States and does not hopes of visiting The statue of Liberty. It has been known and symbolized as the symbol of freedom to all the people  all over the the world. It was first opened in             1986 July.It has also been said that  this was gifted by the people of France that The Statue of Liberty was gifted for the freedom of the people of France. The torch symbolizes the freedom to the people.The torch is the symbol of freedom.Statue of liberty has become the most  precious gift and most unforgettable gift ever.

HIGHEST BRIDGE IN THE WORLD EVER

Commonly peoples build bridges over the sea,rivers so that it will be easier to cross them.But here is completely different reason for the construction of the worlds highest bridge.Construction began October 10,2001 and first thought to be finished four years later.But constructing the bridge at the height where no bridges have not yet met make engineers face new engineering  challenge it the construction if the bridge that the schedule of the construction went extended by the weather conditions.The reason to built this bridge is to reduce the traffic of the city which was disaster.The total length it runs is 2,460 meters,has 4 lanes to run and is 32 meters wide.It reaches the height of 343 meters which is the most for any bridges ever constructed here on earth.The Le Viaduc de Millau (the native name for the bridge) was opened in 14 Dec 2004.If you ever visit France, then you must take time to see Millau Viaduct. It is an extraordinary feeling to take a look at one of the world’s titleholders.Not only the bridge is at the tallest of the world ,the pylons are there too.

It just a little bit taller than the Eiffel tower in Paris.Look at the view it provides to the nature lovers.It it just great.And it is worthy of gaining the title of one of the best places of the world.

WHO BUILT STONEHENGE, HOW AND WHY

 Is it a some kind of a temple or what.The stones line up with the sunrise at midsummer and sunset at midwinter, so perhaps people worshiped at sun god. It has been standing there since it have been made by our ancestors.

Two types of stones were used there at Stonehenge smaller comes from  wales and weighs about 4 tonnes each. The  bigger stoned comes from about 380 km away and 30 tonnes each. The stoned were brought to shape from hammering and probably took years to transport them there.

This ancient henge were built in three stages:

• The first Stonehenge was a circular earth bank about the of 110 m across with a ditch around it, made by stone age people around 5000 years ago.
• Later the wooden structure was made.
• Stonehenge was completed in around 3,600 years ago during the Bronze age.

SEVEN WONDERS OF ANCIENT WORLD

In the middle ages people built which is impossible to built again even with the latest technologies of building so thats why everyone called them the wonders of the world today they are just written in the pages of history.

 Ancient Wonders:

                                                                                                                      

Statue of Zeus

1. Lighthouse at Alexandria -(destroyed by earthquake c. 1300s) It was about 120 m , This was the world's tallest buildings at the time it was built.
2. Colossus of Rhodes -(destroyed by earthquake c.200 BC )This was the huge statue of the sun god  
    Helios stood in Rhode harbour for 50 years.
3. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus -(destroyed by earthquake)This elaborate tomb for the  King Mausolus has given the word  Mausoleum.
4. Statue of Zeus-( destroyed by fire c . AD 460) a 12 m tall gold and ivory statue of the king of gods, whose head nearly touched the top of the temple of Zeus( the site of original Olympic Games)
5. Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt- The amazing stone tomb of  Pharaoh Khufu has lasted over 4,500 years.

   

   Seven ancient wonders of world

6. Hanging Gardens-(disappeared) King Nebuchadnezzar is believed to have had a spectacular palace and gardens with lush terraces and the support of pillars,built as gift for his homesick wife.
7. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus-(destroyed by Goths in AD 262 ) an ancient Greek marble temple to honour  of the goddess of hunting.