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  YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Yerevan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Yerevan was liberated by Russian troops under Ivan Paskevich during the second Russian-Persian war on 1 October, 1827 and formally ceded by the Persians in 1828.
Yerevan was connected via a railway line to Alexandropol, Tiflis and Julfa in 1902, in the same year the first public library was opened.
Yerevan became the capital of the newly formed Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union.
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 CN Tower - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The tower was topped off on April 2, 1975 after 40 months of construction, officially capturing the height record from Moscow's Ostankino Tower, and bringing the total weight to 117,910 metric tonnes (130,000 tons).
As the area around the Tower was developed, particularly with the introduction of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and Skydome (known as the Rogers Centre since 2005), the former railway "wasteland" disappeared and the Tower became the center of a newly developing entertainment area.
The CN Tower is 13 metres taller than Moscow's Ostankino Tower, is almost twice as tall as the Eiffel Tower, and is the tallest member of the World Federation of Great Towers.
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 Britain.tv Wikipedia - Eiffel Tower
At the time of its construction in 1889, the tower replaced the Washington Monument as the tallest structure in the world, a title it retained until 1930, when New York City's Chrysler Building (319 m/1063.33 ft tall) was completed (although the tower was still taller if the respective spires of the two structures were excluded).
The tower was met with resistance from the public when it was built, with many calling it an eyesore (Novelist Guy de Maupassant ate at a restaurant at the tower regularly, because it was the one place in Paris he was sure he wouldn't see it).
The Eiffel Tower served as a billboard for Citroën from 1925 to 1934.
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 Yerevan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Yerevan (Armenian: Երեւան or Երևան; sometimes written as Erevan; former names include Erebuni and Erivan) (population: 1,088,300 (2004 estimate) [1]) is the largest city and capital of Armenia.
Yerevan was seized and pillaged by Tamerlane in 1387.
In 1920, Yerevan became the capital of the newly formed Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union.
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 Yerevan - Enpsychlopedia
Yerevan (Armenian: Երեւան or Երևան; sometimes written as Erevan; former names include Erebuni and Erivan) (population: 1,088,300 (2004 estimate) [1]) is one of the provinces in Armenia and the largest city and capital of Armenia.
The territory of Yerevan was settled by humans since the 4th millennium BC, fortified settlements from the Bronze Age include Shengavit, Kamrir Blur, Karmir Berd and Berdadzor.
Yerevan was liberated by Russian troops during the second Russian-Persian war in 1827 and formally ceded by the Persians in 1828.
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 Hotel Yerevan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Yerevan (Armenian: Երեվան or Երևան; sometimes written as Erevan; former names include Erivan and Erebuni) (population: 1,201,539 (1989 census); 1,088,300 (2004 estimate)http://www.world-gazetteer.com/d/d_am_ye.htm) is the largest city and capital of Armenia.
Yerevan is a leading industrial, cultural, and scientific center in the Caucasus region.
Yerevan TV Tower is a 311.7 metre high lattice tower on Nork Hill in Yerevan, Armenia.
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 Sights and attractions of France - Eiffel Tower
This iron tower is located on the bank of the Seine, and it is a prime tourist spot with over five million visitors each year.
The tower carried an immense risk, as there were little support structures and no floors between the top and bottom platforms.
Other famous imitations are the Riga Radio and TV Tower in Latvia, the Dragon Tower in China, the Tokyo Tower in Japan, the TV Tower Yerevan in Armenia and the St. Petersburg TV Tower in Russia.
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 more info on Eiffel Tower - eiffle tower - eifel tower
Originally, Eiffel had a permit to leave the tower standing for 20 years, more than recouping his expenses, but, as it proved valuable for communication purposes, it was allowed to stay after the end of the permit.
The Eiffel Tower was also seen in the Star Trek franchise in 24th Century Paris in the episode of "We'll Always Have Paris"(1988) of Star Trek: The Next Generation and in two episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "Homefront" and "Paradise Lost" (1996).
Brasilia TV Tower, Brasilia, Brazil - 218 m lattice tower with an observation deck at a height of 75 m.
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 eiffel_tower   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Yerevan TV Tower, Yerevan, Armenia — 311.7 m high lattice tower built from 1974 to 1977.
Brasilia TV Tower, Brasilia, Brazil — 218 m lattice tower with an observation deck at a height of 75 m.
The Spire The Arts Centre, Melbourne Australia - built in 1996 at a height of 163 m and is illuminated with roughly 6,600 metres (21,653 feet) of optic fibre tubing, 150 metres (492 feet) of neon tubing on the mast and 14,000 incandescent lamps on the spire's skirt.
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 Yerevan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It has been called Yerevan since at least the 7th century A.D., when it was the capital of Armenia under Persian rule.
In 1827 it was taken by Russia and formally ceded by the Persians in 1828.
After the 1917 Russian revolution it enjoyed three years as the capital of independent Armenia, and in 1920 became the capital of the newly formed Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union.
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 Home > Piti, Guam, GU, 96915, Piti Real Estate, Piti Yellow Pages, Piti Classifieds, Piti News, Piti Events, Piti ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The tower was completed by the Takenaka Corporation in 1958 (69 years after the Eiffel Tower) at a total cost of ¥2.8 billion.
The planned opening of the taller Sumida Tower in 2011 is expected to further depress Tokyo Tower\'s profits as broadcasters move to the new tower.
Although it chiefly functions as a radio and television broadcasting antenna, the Tower is best known as a tourist destination, though it is decried by some as overpriced and inconveniently located, and as having poor amenities.
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 Armenian Television | the official site
In 1957, during the first years of Armenian TV establishment, when there were only 250 TV sets in the country, the programs could be viewed only in Yerevan and adjacent territories not far than 60 kilometers from Yerevan.
On November 29, 1977 a new 311.7 meter high TV tower was launched as well as "Orbita 2" space station, that allowed to broadcast on almost the entire territory of the country.
We are one of those unique TV companies that have the same number of TV viewers in and out of the country.
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 Portable Apps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The tower stands 300 m (1000 ft) and 1/56 of a millimteter high.
In 1925, the con artist Victor Lustig twice "sold" the tower for scrap.
Blackpool Tower, Blackpool, England — 158 m (519 ft); it is not quite a free-standing structure as it stands above the Tower Circus complex, where the four "legs" can be seen.
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The Eiffel Tower (pronounced /\'aifəl\'taʊɚ/; French: La Tour Eiffel, pronounced /\'tɜ:\'aifel/) is an iron tower built on the Champ de Mars beside the River Seine in Paris.
The tower stands 300 m (1000 ft) high, which is about 75 stories.
The reason he disobeyed the order was because General Choltitz didn\'t want to go down in history who destroyed the Eiffel Tower, and the rest of Paris, the city of lights.
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 list_of_towers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This is a list of tallest towers in the world in general.
GermanyMühlacker190 mTallest timber-constructed transmission tower in the world, destroyed on 6 April 1945-
Piatkowo TV Tower1993 + 1955PolandPoznan128 m + 76 m-
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It proposes to build a solar updraft tower power generating station known as Solar Tower Buronga in western New South Wales at a site 25 km northeast of Mildura.
The originally-announced design was for a massive 1 kilometre high tower and 7 kilometre diameter collector area, producing 200 megawatts, costing around AU$900 million.
There is no combustion, so it would produce little, if any, carbon dioxide (CO It has been estimated that a 50 MW tower can reduce 490,000 tonnes per year of CO emissions from equivalent brown coal power stations.
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 Yerevan TV Tower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Currently being the highest point in the city, it is one of the highest towers in the world.
Alma-Ata Tower, Azeri TV Tower, Emley Moor, Europaturm, Gerbrandy Tower, Kiev TV Tower, Mumbai Television Tower, Saint Petersburg TV Tower, Sumida Tower (proposed), TV Tower Yerevan, WITI TV Tower, Zendstation Smilde
Solar Tower Buronga (proposed), Ciudad Real Torre Solar (proposed)
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 eiffel tower superpage
GENEVA, Switzerland -- A global competition to name the new seven wonders of the world is attracting widespread interest, with more than 20 million people voting so far, organizers say.
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 bed, bath, egyptian cotton sheets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
BOC Tower; Traditional Chinese: 中銀大廈) is one of the most recognized skyscrapers in Central, Hong Kong.
The formal address of the building is: 1 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong.
The BOC Tower is the only landmark from Hong Kong that appears in the city-building/simulation computer games SimCity 3000 and SimCity 4.
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