Travelers

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Our Destination STATUE OF LIBERTY The Tower Bridge of London Roman Coliseum

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  1. 1. STATUE OF LIBERTYThe Tower Bridge of LondonRoman Coliseum
  2. 2. Statue of libertyNew York City. The statue, designed by Frdric AugusteBartholdi, an Italian-French sculptor,[7] and dedicated onOctober 28, 1886, was a gift to the United States from thepeople of France. The statue is of a robed female figurerepresenting Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom,who bears a torch and a tabula ansata (a tablet evokingthe law) upon which is inscribed the date of theAmerican Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. Abroken chain lies at her feet. The statue is an icon offreedom and of the United States: a welcoming signal toimmigrants arriving from abroad.
  3. 3. Tower bridge of LondonTower Bridge (built 18861894) is acombined bascule and suspensionbridge in London which crosses the River Thames. Itis close to the Tower of London, from which it takesits name, and has become an iconic symbol ofLondon.
  4. 4. The Coliseum, also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin:Amphitheatrum Flavium; Italian: Anfiteatro Flavio or Colosseo) is anelliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy. Built ofconcrete and stone,[1] it was the largest amphitheatre of the RomanEmpire, and is considered one of the greatest works of Romanarchitecture and engineering. It is the largest amphitheatre in the world.
  5. 5. Suez CanalThe Suez CanalIs an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt,connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the RedSea. Opened in November 1869 after 10 years ofconstruction, it allows ships to travel between Europeand eastern Asia without navigating around Africathereby reducing the sea voyage distance betweenEurope and India by about 7,000 kilometres (4,300mi). The northern terminus is Port Said; the southernterminus is Port Tewfik at the city of Suez. Ismailia is onits west bank, 3 km (1.9 mi) from the half-waypoint.[1]