Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Pharos was a small island located on the western edge of the Nile Delta.In 332 BC, Alexander the Great founded the city of Alexandria on an isthmus opposite Pharos. . Alexandria and Pharos were later connected by a mole [6] spanning more than 1,200 metres (0.75 miles), which was called the Heptastadion ("seven stadia"—a stadion was a Greek unit of length measuring approximate
The tower has been the tallest building in the state of Minnesota since its completion in 1973, and is the 66th-tallest building in the United States. [3] The second-tallest skyscraper in the city and the state is Capella Tower, which rises 775 feet (236 m) and was completed in 1992. [4]
This does not include antennas, although the tallest overall man-made structure in Minnesota is the KPXM-TV Tower in Big Lake. It is also the 212th tallest structure in the United States. The majority of the tallest buildings in Minnesota are in Minneapolis, the largest city in the state by population.
This is where the building gained its "Metropolitan" name, even though it changed hands a few more times before succumbing to the wrecking ball. [3] A view up to the skylight. There was little practical reason to tear down the building. Records from the day indicate that it was safe and almost fully occupied at the time it was condemned.
The Great Pyramid of Giza, which was probably completed c. 2580 BC, is the oldest of the Giza pyramids and the largest pyramid in the world, and is the only surviving monument of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. [28] The pyramid of Khafre is believed to have been completed around 2532 BC, at the end of Khafre's reign. [29]
At the turn of the millennium, historicist or pseudo-historicist trends began to reappear, as seen in the Supreme Court building (1999), which references ancient Egyptian architecture, and the Faisal Islamic Bank Tower (2000), which references historic Islamic architecture. [104] Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria (opened 2002)
Rochester, Minnesota has some of the tallest buildings for a city of its size, including the Broadway Plaza, which upon completion was the tallest residential building in a U.S. city with a metro area of less than 200,000. [1]
The Wells Fargo Center (90 South 7th St), formerly known as Norwest Center, is the third-tallest building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after the IDS Center and the Capella Tower. Completed in 1988, it is 774 feet (236 m) tall.