The Atomium is a monument built for Expo '58, the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. It is 102-metres (335 ft) tall, with nine steel spheres connected so that the whole forms the shape of a unit cell of an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times.
Tubes which connect the spheres along the 12 edges of the cube and all eight vertices to the centre enclose escalators connecting the spheres which contain exhibit halls and other public spaces. The top sphere provides a panoramic view of Brussels. Each sphere is 18 metres in diameter. Three spheres are currently (2008) closed to visitors, others are easily reachable with escalator. The vertical vertex contains a lift which was considered very fast and advanced at the time of building (the speed is 5 m/s).
The Atomium is located beside the King Baudouin Stadium in Heysel Park. Just next to it lies the Mini-Europe park and the Heysel/Heizel metro station.
Mini-Europe is a park located in Bruparck at the foot of the Atomium in Brussels, Belgium. Mini-Europe has the reproductions of the most attractive monuments in the European Union on show. Roughly 80 cities and 350 buildings are represented. The monuments were chosen for the quality of their architecture or their European symbolism.
The list of the Monuments from different cities in Europe are as following:
Austria - Melk Abbey. Belgium - Grand Place / City Hall(Brussels), The Belfry(Bruges), Town Hall(Leuven), Castle of Vêves(Celles), Citadel and Notre-Dame Church(Berlaymont building), Graslei street and the Rabot(Ghent), Alden Biesen Castle(Rijkhoven), Main square of Antwerp (City Hall, Brabo statue, guild houses), Curtius House(Liège) Bulgaria - Rila Monastery, Rila Mountain, part of UNESCO World Heritage. Cyprus - Ancient Greek theatre(Kourion). Czech Republic - Prague Orloj. Denmark - Viking ring fort, Nyhavn waterfront(Copenhagen), Borsen (old stock exchange), Copenhagen. Estonia - Great Coastal Gate and Fat Margaret's Tower(Tallinn). Finland - St. Olaf's Castle(Savonlinna). France - Eiffel Tower(Paris), Arc de Triomphe(Paris), Basilica of the Sacré Cœur(Paris), Centre Georges Pompidou(Paris), Notre Dame du Haut(Ronchamp), Clos Vougeot(near Dijon), Château de Chenonceau(Loire Valley), Royal Saltworks(Arc-et-Senans). Germany - Speyer Cathedral, Burg Eltz, Holstentor, Burgtor and Salzspeicher(Lübeck), Brandenburg Gate and Berlin Wall(Berlin), Bonngasse (street) with Beethoven's birth house(Bonn), Wies Pilgrimage Church, Porta Nigra(Trier), Osthofentor(Soest). Greece - Acropolis(Athens), Traditional village(Santorini). Hungary - Széchenyi Bath. Ireland - Glendalough monastery(County Wicklow), Rock of Cashel(County Tipperary), Gallarus Oratory(County Kerry). Italy - Piazza dei Miracoli (Leaning Tower, Duomo, Baptistry)(Pisa), Doge's Palace and St Mark's Campanile(Venice), Palazzo Pubblico(Siena), Villa Capra (La Rotonda)(Vicenza), Trulli of Alberobell, Mount Vesuvius. Latvia - Freedom Monument(Riga). Lithuania - Vilnius University campus(Vilnius). Luxembourg - Adolphe Bridge(Luxembourg City). Malta - Mnajdra temple. Netherlands - Mint Tower and Montelbaan Tower(Amsterdam), Town Hall(Maastricht), Hoensbroek Castle(Hoensbroek), Church and houses(Ootmarsum), Abbey and Kloveniersdoelen(Middelburg), Museum village of Orvelte, Weigh House and Tax Tower(Alkmaar), Windmills(Kinderdijk), Hoofdtoren and Oude Doelenkade street(Hoorn), Town Hall(Veere). Poland - Artus Court(Gdańsk), Monument to Fallen Shipyard Workers(Gdańsk). Portugal - Belém Tower(Lisbon), Castle of Guimarães, Ribeira(Porto), Traditional village of the Algarve, Oceanarium(Lisbon). Romania - Mogoşoaia Palace(near Bucharest). Slovakia - The Blue Church in Bratislava. Slovenia - Prešeren Square with Tromostovje in Ljubljana. Spain - Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, El Escorial, Plaza de Toros(Seville), Christopher Columbus monument(Barcelona), Landscape with windmills(La Mancha). Sweden - City Hall(Stockholm). United Kingdom - Houses of Parliament / Big Ben(London), Stratford-upon-Avon (Shakespeare's birth house, Anne Hathaway's cottage, etc.), Longleat House(Wiltshire), Royal Crescent and Circus(Bath), Dover Castle, Arlington Row(Bibury). Others are Ariane 5, Pride of Dover ferry, An airport, A Ferris wheel, A North Sea oil platform, TGV train, Calypso (Jacques Cousteau's ship).
Manneken Pis(Dutch for little man urinating) is a famous Brussels landmark. It is a small bronze fountain sculpture depicting a naked little boy urinating into the fountain's basin. The famous statue is located at the junction of Rue de l'Étuve/Stoofstraat and Rue du Chêne/Eikstraat. To find it, one takes the left lane next to the Brussels Town Hall from the famous Grand Place and walks a few hundred meters to arrive at the spot. The statue will be on the left corner.
The Atomium is a monument built for Expo '58, the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. It is 102-metres (335 ft) tall, with nine steel spheres connected so that the whole forms the shape of a unit cell of an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times.
ReplyDeleteTubes which connect the spheres along the 12 edges of the cube and all eight vertices to the centre enclose escalators connecting the spheres which contain exhibit halls and other public spaces. The top sphere provides a panoramic view of Brussels. Each sphere is 18 metres in diameter. Three spheres are currently (2008) closed to visitors, others are easily reachable with escalator. The vertical vertex contains a lift which was considered very fast and advanced at the time of building (the speed is 5 m/s).
The Atomium is located beside the King Baudouin Stadium in Heysel Park. Just next to it lies the Mini-Europe park and the Heysel/Heizel metro station.
Mini-Europe is a park located in Bruparck at the foot of the Atomium in Brussels, Belgium. Mini-Europe has the reproductions of the most attractive monuments in the European Union on show. Roughly 80 cities and 350 buildings are represented. The monuments were chosen for the quality of their architecture or their European symbolism.
The list of the Monuments from different cities in Europe are as following:
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Belgium - Grand Place / City Hall(Brussels), The Belfry(Bruges), Town Hall(Leuven), Castle of Vêves(Celles), Citadel and Notre-Dame Church(Berlaymont building), Graslei street and the Rabot(Ghent), Alden Biesen Castle(Rijkhoven), Main square of Antwerp (City Hall, Brabo statue, guild houses), Curtius House(Liège)
Bulgaria - Rila Monastery, Rila Mountain, part of UNESCO World Heritage.
Cyprus - Ancient Greek theatre(Kourion).
Czech Republic - Prague Orloj.
Denmark - Viking ring fort, Nyhavn waterfront(Copenhagen), Borsen (old stock exchange), Copenhagen.
Estonia - Great Coastal Gate and Fat Margaret's Tower(Tallinn).
Finland - St. Olaf's Castle(Savonlinna).
France - Eiffel Tower(Paris), Arc de Triomphe(Paris), Basilica of the Sacré Cœur(Paris), Centre Georges Pompidou(Paris), Notre Dame du Haut(Ronchamp), Clos Vougeot(near Dijon), Château de Chenonceau(Loire Valley), Royal Saltworks(Arc-et-Senans).
Germany - Speyer Cathedral, Burg Eltz, Holstentor, Burgtor and Salzspeicher(Lübeck), Brandenburg Gate and Berlin Wall(Berlin), Bonngasse (street) with Beethoven's birth house(Bonn), Wies Pilgrimage Church, Porta Nigra(Trier), Osthofentor(Soest).
Greece - Acropolis(Athens), Traditional village(Santorini).
Hungary - Széchenyi Bath.
Ireland - Glendalough monastery(County Wicklow), Rock of Cashel(County Tipperary), Gallarus Oratory(County Kerry).
Italy - Piazza dei Miracoli (Leaning Tower, Duomo, Baptistry)(Pisa), Doge's Palace and St Mark's Campanile(Venice), Palazzo Pubblico(Siena), Villa Capra (La Rotonda)(Vicenza), Trulli of Alberobell, Mount Vesuvius.
Latvia - Freedom Monument(Riga).
Lithuania - Vilnius University campus(Vilnius).
Luxembourg - Adolphe Bridge(Luxembourg City).
Malta - Mnajdra temple.
Netherlands - Mint Tower and Montelbaan Tower(Amsterdam), Town Hall(Maastricht), Hoensbroek Castle(Hoensbroek), Church and houses(Ootmarsum), Abbey and Kloveniersdoelen(Middelburg), Museum village of Orvelte, Weigh House and Tax Tower(Alkmaar), Windmills(Kinderdijk), Hoofdtoren and Oude Doelenkade street(Hoorn), Town Hall(Veere).
Poland - Artus Court(Gdańsk), Monument to Fallen Shipyard Workers(Gdańsk).
Portugal - Belém Tower(Lisbon), Castle of Guimarães, Ribeira(Porto), Traditional village of the Algarve, Oceanarium(Lisbon).
Romania - Mogoşoaia Palace(near Bucharest).
Slovakia - The Blue Church in Bratislava.
Slovenia - Prešeren Square with Tromostovje in Ljubljana.
Spain - Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, El Escorial, Plaza de Toros(Seville), Christopher Columbus monument(Barcelona), Landscape with windmills(La Mancha).
Sweden - City Hall(Stockholm).
United Kingdom - Houses of Parliament / Big Ben(London), Stratford-upon-Avon (Shakespeare's birth house, Anne Hathaway's cottage, etc.), Longleat House(Wiltshire), Royal Crescent and Circus(Bath), Dover Castle, Arlington Row(Bibury).
Others are Ariane 5, Pride of Dover ferry, An airport, A Ferris wheel, A North Sea oil platform, TGV train, Calypso (Jacques Cousteau's ship).
Manneken Pis(Dutch for little man urinating) is a famous Brussels landmark. It is a small bronze fountain sculpture depicting a naked little boy urinating into the fountain's basin. The famous statue is located at the junction of Rue de l'Étuve/Stoofstraat and Rue du Chêne/Eikstraat. To find it, one takes the left lane next to the Brussels Town Hall from the famous Grand Place and walks a few hundred meters to arrive at the spot. The statue will be on the left corner.
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