Monumental Mistakes!
Historical buildings and monuments are a major place of attraction for travel freaks, history enthusiasts, students, and architects.
The famous monuments of the world have been illustrated in the following pictures. But there is one mistake in each illustration. Can you spot the mistake?
The Victoria Tower is located at one end of the Palace of Westminster in London. It is named after Queen Victoria. The height of the tower is 98.5 meters (323 ft). It has 12 floors.
Windsor Castle is located in the county of Berkshire, England. The castle has been inhabited for almost 900 years. It is one of the royal houses of British Kings & Queens.
The Tower of Pisa is a bell tower situated behind Pisa Cathedral in Pisa, Italy. The height of the tower is 55.86 meters (183.27 feet). It has 8 floors. The tower is made of marble.
The Nelson’s Column is located in Trafalgar Square, London. It is a monument to commemorate the death of Admiral Horatio Nelson who died in 1805 at the Battle of Trafalgar.
Issue: April 1997
Now, 6 artists planned to paint Mount Rushmore from memory. But only one succeeded in painting the correct sequence of presidents. Can you pick out the correct rendering of this national memorial?
Mount Rushmore is located on the northeast edge of the Harney Peak Granite Batholith in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It was chiseled out of granite to create the faces of 4 presidents.
The Eiffel Tower is located by the banks of the river Seine in Paris, France. It was officially opened on May 6, 1889, to provide an arched entrance to “Exposition Universelle World’s Fair”.