A marble temple on a citadel rock, raised for a goddess of wisdom — democracy was being invented at my feet.
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#landmark#mx
#ancient
#slug:chichen-itza
Twice a year, a serpent of shadow slithers down my stepped pyramid — proof a vanished people knew the sun better than their conquerors.
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#landmark#gr#ancient#slug:acropolis-parthenon
Um templo de mármore sobre uma rocha fortificada, erguido para uma deusa da sabedoria — a democracia nascia a meus pés.
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#landmark#pe#ancient#slug:machu-picchu
Uma cidadela acima das nuvens, perdida na selva por séculos até um explorador de Yale afastar os cipós em 1911.
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#landmark#fr#tower#slug:eiffel-tower
Fui construída para ser temporária, sobrevivi aos meus críticos e hoje defino o horizonte que zombou de mim.
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#landmark#it#ancient#slug:colosseum
An oval that once roared for fifty thousand under the sun — emperors fed it spectacle for four hundred years before the games went quiet.
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#landmark#br#monument#slug:christ-the-redeemer
Arms wide on a granite peak, I bless a city of beaches and samba — taller than a 12-story building, yet I look small from the sand below.
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#landmark#pacific#rapa-nui#moai
Centenas de cabeças de pedra vigiam o interior da ilha habitada mais remota, esculpidas por um povo cujas florestas desapareceram.
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#landmark#pacific#rapa-nui#moai
Cientos de cabezas de piedra vigilan el interior de la isla habitada más remota, talladas por un pueblo cuyos bosques desaparecieron.
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#landmark#pacific#rapa-nui#moai
Hundreds of stone heads keep watch inland on the most remote inhabited island, carved by a people whose forests vanished.
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#landmark#pacific#rapa-nui#moai
Hundreds of stone heads keep watch inland on the most remote inhabited island, carved by a people whose forests vanished.
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#landmark#south-america#rio#statue
Arms wide over a restless city, I watch the bay from a peak wrapped in forest.
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#landmark#europe#paris#tower
Built to be temporary, I outlasted my critics and now define the skyline that mocked me.
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#landmark#cl#ancient#slug:moai-easter-island
Centenas de cabeças gigantes de pedra olham para o interior da ilha habitada mais remota do mundo — esculpidas por um povo cujas florestas sumiram.
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#landmark#cl#ancient#slug:moai-easter-island
Cientos de cabezas gigantes de piedra miran hacia el interior desde la isla habitada más remota del mundo — talladas por un pueblo cuyos bosques desaparecieron.
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#landmark#cl#ancient#slug:moai-easter-island
Hundreds of giant stone heads stare inland from the world’s most remote inhabited island — carved by a people whose forests vanished.
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#landmark#de#architecture#slug:neuschwanstein
Um castelo de conto de fadas em um penhasco bávaro — um rei louco me construiu para si, e Walt Disney depois pegou minha silhueta emprestada.
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#landmark#de#architecture#slug:neuschwanstein
Un castillo de cuento en un risco bávaro — un rey loco me construyó para sí, y Walt Disney luego prestó mi silueta.
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#landmark#de#architecture#slug:neuschwanstein
A fairy-tale castle on a Bavarian crag — a mad king built me for himself, and Walt Disney later borrowed my silhouette.
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#landmark#br#ar#nature
“Coitada da Niágara”, disse uma primeira-dama ao me ver — dois países dividem meu rugido e o arco-íris sobre a névoa.
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#landmark#br#ar#nature
“Pobre Niágara”, dijo una primera dama al verme — dos países comparten mi rugido y el arcoíris sobre mi neblina.
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#landmark#br#ar#nature
“Poor Niagara,” said a first lady when she saw me — two countries share my roar and the rainbow above my mist.
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#landmark#jp#nature#slug:mount-fuji
Um cone quase perfeito, coberto de neve a maior parte do ano — um vulcão adormecido cuja silhueta pintores e poetas não soltam.
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#landmark#jp#nature#slug:mount-fuji
Un cono casi perfecto, coronado de nieve casi todo el año — un volcán dormido cuya silueta no sueltan ni pintores ni poetas.
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#landmark#jp#nature#slug:mount-fuji
A near-perfect cone, white-capped most of the year — a sleeping volcano whose silhouette painters and poets cannot let go.
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#landmark#kh#ancient#slug:angkor-wat
Cinco torres se erguem sobre a selva, refletidas num fosso — antes dedicado a um deus hindu, depois abraçado por monges budistas.
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#landmark#kh#ancient#slug:angkor-wat
Cinco torres se elevan sobre la selva, reflejadas en un foso — antes dedicado a un dios hindú, luego abrazado por monjes budistas.
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#landmark#kh#ancient#slug:angkor-wat
Five towers rise from the jungle, reflected in a moat — once dedicated to a Hindu god, later embraced by Buddhist monks.
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#landmark#gr#ancient#slug:acropolis-parthenon
Un templo de mármol sobre una roca fortificada, levantado para una diosa de la sabiduría — la democracia se inventaba a mis pies.
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#landmark#mx#ancient#slug:chichen-itza
Duas vezes ao ano, uma serpente de sombra desce pela minha pirâmide escalonada — prova de que um povo desaparecido conhecia o sol melhor que seus conquistadores.
