Incredible Sculptures in Stone Mountain

1. The Fortress of Brest

 The Fortress of Brest is the second largest war memorial in the Soviet Union. Located in the city of Brest, Belarus. This statue is a tribute to "courage" to survive the famous German attack against the Soviet Union during the first days of World War II. Its size and shape are very impressive showing toughness.

2. Mount Rushmore National Memorial

 Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a granite sculpture carved into becoming a face on Mount Rushmore near Keystone, South Dakota, USA. Gutzon Borglum carved by and then by his son Lincoln Borglum, Mount Rushmore 60-foot-tall (18 m) in the form of a statue of former president of the United States the head of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. The entire memorial covers 1,278.45 acres (5.17 km2) and 5725 feet (1745 m) above sea level.

3. The Confederate Memorial Carving

 Stone Mountain Park has the largest high relief sculpture in the world, the Confederate Memorial Carving. Carving is to honor three Confederate heroes of the Civil War, President Jefferson Davis and Gen. Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. The entire carved surface of 3 hectares, larger than a football field. Carved out of 3 people is 400 feet above the ground, area of ​​90 to 190 feet, and a hidden 42 feet into the mountain. Deepest point of the carving is located in Lee's elbow, which is 12 feet to the surface of the mountain.

4. The Bust of Ataturk

 A giant statue of The Bust of Ataturk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, was built in Buca, a suburb of the Aegean port city of Izmir, western Turkey.Small Note: A cow was reported to have sent to another village by the owner after destroying a statue of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, at the park elementary school in eastern province of Malatya.

5. The Matreiya Buddha

 Located in the hills Jishi 35 kilometers (22 miles) southwest of the village Yongjing, Gansu Province. Bingling Thousand Buddha Caves is the cultural richness of the Silk Road. The largest of the sculptures, The Matreiya Buddha, stands almost as tall as 100 feet (27 meters).

6. Petra

 
Petra is a city of historic and archaeological in Jordan who has a piece of stone architecture. Founded around the 6th century BC as the capital of the Nabataeans. It is a symbol of Jordan as well as a tourist attraction the most visited, chosen by the BBC as one of "40 places to see before you die". This site was featured in movies like Indiana Jones and Transformers.

7. Leshan Giant Buddha

 Leshan Giant Buddha is a statue of Maitreya who was in a sitting position. In December 1996, the location of the Buddha entered by the UNESCO World Heritage site list. Beginning in 713 in the Tang Dynasty, and completed in 803, the working of this statue requires more than 90 years to complete. At the time of initial construction, it is the tallest statue in the world. During this year, thousands of workers have been issued abilities and hopes on this project. As the biggest carved stone Buddha, Leshan Giant Buddha is featured in poetry, song and story

Imposing Building which was Built to Express Love

1. Boldt Castle on Heart Island, New York 

The castle was built by a man named George Boldt as an expression of his love for his wife, Louise. Precisely on Valentine's Day 1905 George Boldt gave her five acres and Development Boldt castle on an island. One year before the Boldt Castle will be completed, Louise, age 41, meninggal.Karena heartbreak, George Boldt to stop construction and never returned to the island

2. Taj-Mahal di Agra, India

Built by Mumtaz Mahal, Emperor Shah Jahan for his wife mendiam. Because of his love so that when the departure of his wife he felt lost love. Finally he was membangunan Taj Mahal when in fact this building is a tomb that would be the most magnificent monuments ever built by man for a woman

3. Swallow Nest Castle: “Castle of Love” di Krimea, Ukraina

This castle was originally named Castle of Love and was built in 1912. Not yet known who built this castle. But from the various stories that the castle was once a log cabin building and eventually built it is today. The castle itself is designed for couples who want to making love

4. Dobroyd Castle di Todmorden, Inggris

The castle was built by John files * den, the son of a rich man to his lover, Ruth Stansfield, a local weaver girl. It started when, John files * den fall in love with the girl and proposed. However, the girl willing to marry when John promises and willing to build a castle on the hill. In this building many initial engraved their names, John and Ruth, JFR as a witness of their love. After the death of his wife, John married again and had paralysis that he spend his life on a wheelchair

5. Kellie’s Castle di Batu Gajah, Malaysia

Kellie's Castle are among the oldest buildings in Malaysia and the castle built by William Kellie Smith for his wife Agnes. Its construction began in 1915, combining three architectural styles - Greco-Roman, Moorish, and Indian. A Spanish flu epidemic killed most of the 70 construction workers India.Akhirnya Kellie Smith build a Hindu temple near the fort to please the people of India and to start re-construction.

6. Stratford Castle di Durban, Afrika Selatan

Stratford Castle in Durban, South Africa, now placed in Camelot Residential and Golf Estate. Immortal words: "But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never old, never dead, From itself never changes." The fort was built on the spirit of beautiful words

7. Mystery Castle di Phoenix, Arizona

Mystery Castle is a castle that was built for a princess. Her story is quite sad. Boyce Gulley ran away from his home in Seattle because of pain after diagnosis with tuberculosis. He slipped away from his wife and daughter karea do not want them to see it die. With money available, he bought a land at the foot of the mountain. He then spent 16 years to build a castle by hand while waiting to die. He uses natural materials and the remaining artefacts After Boyce died, his daughter, Mary Lou Gulley, finding him is his legacy.

8. Coral Castle di Homestead, Florida

In the early 1920s, a man named Ed Leedskalnin abandoned by his fiancee the day before the wedding mereka.Dia was heartbroken and finally to remember the good times and his love for her lover, he built a castle rock. Leedskalnin worked for 28 years and only perform on the night he set the stone into a castle coral reefs.

9. Winchester Mystery House di San Jose, California

Sarah Winchester, widow of King William Winchester rifles, believing that his life was threatened and that he was haunted by the ghosts of those killed by Winchester rifles. Because the feeling that he was building a house to protect him so that he would be safe and may live forever, or as long as the house was being built.

10. Prasat Phimai di Phimai Hin, Thailand

Legend of Pajitt and Orapima begins when a King who wanted his son to find a istri.Akhirnya prince named Prince Pajitt went looking for his future wife to the countryside for months until he saw the pregnant woman.
Because there should not be married to the woman's status as a widow because he had wanted to marry a child in her womb, the child is born and named Orapima.
At Orapima, aged 16 they are in love but it seems the King does not agree with their marriage. Pajitt Orapima and fled into the forest and inside the forest, the prince killed someone who wants Orapima. Because of a broken heart, he built a sacred place, Prasat Hin Phimai.
Prasat Hin Phimai was built, painted, and carved on the inside with scenes of his life when together with Pajitt. And finally Orapima find a young man he considered to be the reincarnation Pajitt and they lived happily ever after.

11. Candi Prambanan di Jogyakarta, Indonesia

Narrated in the story there is a giant named Bandung Bandawasa who have supernatural powers. He wanted to marry the daughter Rara Jonggrang. For that he should make a statue inside the temple with a thousand in one night. Demand is met by the Bandung Bandawasa. However, Rara Jonggrang cheat so that at the time specified the temple was not finished, not a statue again. Bandung Bandawasa angry and cursed princess Rara Jonggrang complement the thousandth statue.